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Listener weekly quiz: February 25

Test your general knowledge with the Listener’s weekly quiz.

24 Feb 05:00 PM

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Can putting non-teachers into struggling schools fix them?

Is Teach First NZ a game changer or a well-meaning Band-Aid?

23 Feb 05:08 PM

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Brown tides, big stinks and toxic beaches: Why our wastewater nightmare has just begun

The government is lowering standards for wastewater discharged to many waterways.

22 Feb 05:10 PM

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Nat Boltt’s Holy Days brings Joy Cowley back to NZ cinema and gets Miriam Margolyes to a nunnery

19 Feb 05:08 PM

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Wellington scientists lead world’s largest sponge study

18 Feb 05:08 PM

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Job losses, seismic threats and now a sewage spill: Why they’re not the end for Wellington

17 Feb 05:10 PM

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Listener weekly quiz: February 18

17 Feb 05:00 PM

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Record-breaking Kiwi teen track star Sam Ruthe on his astonishing achievements and fleet-footed family

13 Feb 06:10 PM

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Listener weekly quiz: February 11

10 Feb 05:02 PM

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Sex, politics and spies: Did a female reporter’s liaisons with powerful NZ figures risk national security?

08 Feb 05:15 PM

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Philanthropist Christine Fernyhough on "squandering" the family fortune on curiosities

04 Feb 05:10 PM

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Prelude to 2026: The best of what our orchestras are offering for their concert seasons part II

04 Feb 05:02 PM

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Scotty Morrison: The first NZers would have felt like they were "going from a dairy to a supermarket"

04 Feb 04:30 AM

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NZ scientists home in on how gonorrhoea acquires drug resistance

03 Feb 08:31 PM

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Listener weekly quiz: February 4

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03 Feb 05:02 PM

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As attacks surge, calls grow to overhaul NZ’s 30-year-old dog control laws

“Toothless” dog control laws are frustrating professionals and putting NZers at risk.

02 Feb 05:10 PM

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Simon Wilson’s City Desk: Wellington thrives on creative solutions

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Simon Wilson’s City Desk: Wellington thrives on creative solutions

As its council wrestles with rejuvenating Wellington's Golden Mile, boldness is needed.

01 Feb 05:04 PM

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Rime of the empty nester: My sister, daughter and lessons from Otago’s enduring albatrosses

Against the odds, the magnificent albatrosses of Pukekura/Taiaroa Head survive.

31 Jan 06:08 PM

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Winter Olympics tv guide: Are NZ’s snow-sport stars aligning for glory?

Check out the Kiwi athletes representing NZ at the winter games and when to watch them.

30 Jan 08:50 PM

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Where is Dunedin’s missing Star Fountain? Paul Gorman uncovers a strange tale

After Dunedin’s Star Fountain was dismantled in 1989, it disappeared.

27 Jan 05:10 PM

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Listener weekly quiz: January 28

27 Jan 05:02 PM

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Why local networks and good neighbours are critical in natural disasters

26 Jan 05:10 PM

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As Erica Stanford defends her rapid reforms in our schools, critics say they’re too experimental. Who’s right?

25 Jan 05:15 PM

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Where there's a wool: Corporate high-flyer becomes big player on sock market

20 Jan 05:10 PM

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We’re in this new era of kākāpō conservation: What a boom breeding season will mean for our native parrot

20 Jan 05:04 PM

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Listener weekly quiz: January 21

20 Jan 05:00 PM

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The other side of family harm: Child to parent violence - when kids strike out

19 Jan 05:08 PM

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The great art heist? A First XI of exhibitions we’d like to see at Te Papa

18 Jan 10:59 PM

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Te Papa has some of NZ’s greatest artworks, so why won’t our national museum let us see them?

18 Jan 10:09 PM

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Matinee Idle: Simon Morris on his Radio NZ show’s last waltz

16 Jan 06:05 PM

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Top-town Tim: A farewell to proudly parochial mayor Tim Shadbolt

15 Jan 05:08 PM

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A very forgettable country: Why is NZ missing from so many world maps?

13 Jan 05:05 PM

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Listener weekly quiz: January 14

13 Jan 05:00 PM

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The Listener’s annual sports quiz

09 Jan 06:05 PM