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The Bigger Picture: Forget Me Not

This must never happen again, we said. Five years on, we reflect.

The Listener weekly quiz: March 13

Mae West saved Paramount from bankruptcy. True or false?

Goodbye sailor: David Gapes, broadcasting pioneer and rock impresario

The original Radio Hauraki pirate has died at the age of 80.

Women’s Refuge releases shocking figures as police wind back family harm callouts

Police plans to limit their response to “family harm” incidents are raising alarm.

Kiwi English is giving it heaps but why has there been no local dictionary in yonks?

Can we call ourselves a proper country without a dictionary of New Zealand English?

The Listener Weekly quiz: March 6

What was the name of Robin Williams' character in Dead Poets Society?

The Hewitson Profile: The life and crimes of an Afghan refugee who’s gone from zero to community hero

Bariz Shah's made good on a prison promise that he would triumph over evil.

Life saving: A reverse mortgage can make retirement more comfortable, so why aren't they more popular?

As cost of living skyrockets, retirees are finding their pension can't house or feed them.

How stringent earthquake laws could destroy heartland NZ towns

Onerous earthquake-strengthening requirements threaten to leave holes in the fabric of NZ.

The Bigger Picture: The art of protest

“There’s a new breed coming,” Tāme Iti says. “I’m excited by it.”

The Listener weekly quiz: February 7

Who is the current Duke of Edinburgh?

Bare-minimum water quality standards are far from unreasonable

New Zealanders care about water quality, but fixing it means tough decisions.

Article of faith: Whose treaty is it anyway?

As Waitangi Day approaches, the scene is set for a fiery commemoration.

After a change of government, Auckland’s light rail system remains light years away

Russell Brown on the slow death of Auckland's weirdly routed light rail to the airport.

Auckland Pride creative director Nathan Joe: “I owe my life to art”

Nathan Joe on growing up queer in Christchurch to directing Auckland Pride.

The politics of history and memory - can we ever share the same past?

Historian Rowan Light on why memory matters for the stories we tell about the past.

The Listener weekly quiz: January 31

Who sang Someone Like You?

Law & society: Bringing back the three strikes regime would be a backwards step

Despite no evidence suggesting the three strikes law worked, it could be reintroduced.