New Zealand Listener

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New Zealand Listener

Maurice Gee 1931 - 2025

Superannuation game

Quips & Quotes

Call me Leo

New world order • As international powers jockey for regional supremacy, global security arrangements are not what they once were.

Turning back time

Then and now

Digital detox

Dons and dickheads

Just not that into you • A basic understanding of what’s going on inside the head of little Tiddles could save cat ‘companions’ much heartache.

At the office, naturally • Firms are going way beyond pot plants and coffee to attract a happy, diverse workforce – with paybacks in productivity and wellbeing.

Bigger than the bomb • A nuclear war would wipe out millions but the lingering effects on climate would kill billions more through starvation, says a US scientist who has spent decades raising the alarm.

Steady as he goes • Heʼs a sucker for punishment, overly earnest and a political junkie. Is Andrew Little the man to save Wellington?

Half-life • British writer’s relentless search to find the toxic truth behind his German-Jewish family’s WWII survival.

Taken in paradise • Thriller offers seductive heroine and exotic location but doesn’t take full advantage of its political framework.

Lives in the balance • Drugs, gangs and missing persons feature in latest crime fiction.

BESTSELLERS

Days are numbered • Novel about a clairvoyant doctor is enjoyably lightweight.

Fight for survival • Former scientist’s exhaustive, if flawed, account of our nation’s wildlife contains fascinating stories and asks thorny questions.

Poetry

Not just child’s play • Despite the financial challenges of children’s theatre, grown-ups continue to make smart entertainment for youngsters.

Kings of California • The late Brian Wilson and Sly Stone embodied the different places in the Golden State’s musical geography and history.

Show me the money • The stars are brighter than the script in Celine Song’s latest.

Spiritual road trip • Māori generation-gap drama has some magical moments.

Kindred spirits • Just a normal family living in a whare in the country – with ghosts.

In the driver’s seat • A new local series focuses on the challenges faced by young disabled people getting behind the wheel.

TV Picks of the week

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

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Melting moment

More than make-up • The charity Look Good Feel Better is branching out to find new ways of helping people with cancer.

Sumac your lips • Palestinian chef Sami Tamimi celebrates garden produce with recipes from his homeland.

Lovely drops

Play it again, Dad

Underwater invasion • Pest control hopes for a seaweed infestation in NZ’s northern waters rest on AI surveillance.

Hope Rising

A tall tale