Sip or scam? How to tell if your favourite wine is the real deal
As the summer party season draws near, how can you protect yourself from wine fraud?
Beef to beets: How to move the family to eat less meat without a battle
Eating less meat makes sense for health and the planet.
Politics
Harris vs Trump: Can dogs really help win elections?
The campaign gets wilder with puppy pleas, celeb texts and political promotions.
Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week
Anthony Ellison shares his perspective on current events.
Danyl McLauchlan: Crouching Kiwi, hidden tax breaks
An NZ economy that aspires to be like Singapore’s might have to borrow tax policies.
Opinion
New govt bill to toughen sentencing for criminals interferes with judicial discretion
Proposed law does not reform the sentencing process, it just adjusts and limits it.
Record sales and rental woes: Australia shows the dual faces of its property market
Home ownership dreams are being dashed in Australian just as they are in NZ.
US hurricanes bring a flood of misinformation and bizarre rumours
America may not be in control of its crises, but it's good at making money from them.
New Zealand
Listener weekly quiz: October 22
Test your general knowledge with the Listener's weekly quiz.
NZ’s levels of workplace bullying are startlingly high. Do we need stronger laws?
Bullying and harassment costs Aotearoa billions each year - and destroys lives.
New Zealand’s worst migration maritime disaster remembered: They drank the blood of the dead
HMNZS Manawanui sank off Upolu without loss of life, unlike NZ's worst maritime disaster.
Enterprise & Tech
Health
Beef to beets: How to move the family to eat less meat without a battle
Eating less meat makes sense for health and the planet.
New study reveals why exercise doesn’t work out for some osteoarthritis patients
Researchers find link between osteoarthritis, muscle weakness and the brain.
A precautionary tale: Two women’s story of breast cancer detection
‘I was never told that my AA-cup breasts were dense.’
Life
I’m blind - but I won't let it stop me from seeing the world
Losing his sight has not stopped Fraser Alexander from travelling the world.
Sip or scam? How to tell if your favourite wine is the real deal
As the summer party season draws near, how can you protect yourself from wine fraud?
The Good Life: Hole lotta bother
Kittens and chickens prove unhelpful when digging a hole for the new rose.
Culture
Singer Deborah Wai Kapohe takes on Gershwin classic with a Kiwi connection
Deborah Wai Kapohe gets ready to jazz up Porgy & Bess.
Royal New Zealand Ballet: A Dream Awakened
RNZB and Queensland Ballet take A Midsummer Night’s Dream around NZ.
Tale o’ Swift: Scottish harpist makes third visit to NZ
Scottish harpist Esther Swift shares stories of community, desire and life.
Entertainment
Fresh frequencies: New music from The Smile, Jim Nothing and The Hard Quartet reviewed
More Yorke-Greenwood smiles, 80s Kiwi pop echoes and dang good dad rock.
Bearded lady seeking love pulls the wool over cruel husband’s eyes in captivating Rosalie
Rosalie nudges at interesting questions of tolerance, exploitation and self-esteem.
Iranian tale of late life love is an absolute joy
An ageing Iranian couple kindle romance dreams of the good old days.
Books
Evie Wyld’s writing is imbued with the supernatural - her new novel is no exception
Ghostly The Echoes untangles the puzzles and secrets of a difficult relationship.
Revered comics writer Alan Moore turns his hand to tale of post-war London
Dennis Knuckleyard, star of fantastical post-war London novel, is unforgettable lead.
Working for the brand: The corporate threat to free speech
Social media at the heart of exposé into free speech and corporate threats to it.
Crime
NZ spy scandal: 50 years on and still a mystery
In 1974 one of our most respected public servants became first NZer charged with espionage
War crime: Why did a NZ WWII soldier gun down an innocent Japanese civilian?
Archivist Chris Adams details a senseless killing during post-WWII occupation of Japan.
World
US hurricanes bring a flood of misinformation and bizarre rumours
America may not be in control of its crises, but it's good at making money from them.
What it’s really like at a Trump rally
Plunging into the parallel universe that is a Donald Trump rally.
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An Auckland architect’s home is all about sun, family life and views of the zoo
The future is wool
An ambitious new wool education programme aims to advance the New Zealand wool industry