New Zealand Listener

Editor-in-Chief PAMELA STIRLING Chief Subeditor GEOFF CUMMING Political Columnist JANE CLIFTON Books Editor MARK BROATCH Entertainment & Arts Editor RUSSELL BAILLIE Art Director DEREK WARD Assistant Art Director SHANE KELLY Senior Designer RICHARD KI

It could be that as a desirable place to live, New Zealand is world famous in the world, but not so much in New Zealand. Social media hums with envious people fantasising about emigrating to this country, citing its tolerance and inclusiveness, pande

The New Zealand Memorial Museum Trust’s vision is to remember the New Zealanders who fought and died for our freedom and to illustrate New Zealanders’ role in both World Wars in Europe by establishing the first permanent New Zealand War Memorial Muse

1. Which of these is used to make Eve’s pudding, a British tradition? ❑ Apple❑ Lemon Curd❑ Chocolate❑ Coconut cream 2. What unusual pet did the poet Lord Byron keep with him while he studied at Cambridge? ❑ Crocodile❑ Hyena❑ Zebra❑ Bear 3. Which film

Journalist Simon Winchester rightly sees a profound change ahead for land ownership (“Grounds for conflict”, May 1). I agree, given that exclusive private ownership of land in Aotearoa is a myth, with rates having to be paid to a regional controller

Have we become more disagreeable in the 21st century? Has social media made it harder to change people’s minds? We have been getting more “disagreeable” for centuries as our societies have become steadily more egalitarian, diverse and disputatious. B

It would be a foolish person who agreed to a game of poker with Nanaia Mahuta. She may be the first foreign affairs minister to intuitively get the old David Frost definition of diplomacy: the art of letting someone else have your way. Such a consumm

Some of those who became American politics junkies during the rise and fall of Donald Trump are probably finding it relatively easy to kick the habit now that things have returned to something approaching normality. Although near-normality in the Uni

“How can something so woke put so many people to sleep?” – Jimmy Kimmel on the Oscars’ 58% drop in ratings “Humans celebrating Earth Day is like fleas celebrating Dog Day.” – Jimmy Kimmel “We, the young people, are the ones who are going to write abo

In the dream my motheris chatting with her friend, Mary, mother of Jesus – Mum andMary sharing a joint. Mary tends to go onabout the cost of living, of everything ‘going up’;husband, Joseph, coming in latelysmelling of incense. All my mother’s friend

People with higher red-meat intake have worse heart health, Queen Mary University of London researchers found. Comparing database images and records of 20,000 patients, those who reported high meat consumption had smaller ventricles, poorer heart fun

‘Full-bodied, lengthy, almost opulent, but with fine-tuned acidity balancing the richness.” That’s how Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers describes the region’s chardonnays – and fair enough. Chardonnay yields classy white wines from Northland to Central Otago,

‘Whatever happened to Pull Yourself Together?” huffed a voice some time back, as talk turned to counselling and trauma treatment. Well, as Rick Morton’s second memoir, My Year of Living Vulnerably, indicates, sometimes the afflicted are left with pre

Readers were asked to write a recipe for a happy life in 15 words or fewer. Thanks to Kaye Bennetts of Whangaparāoa, whose recipe is: Combine health, affection, pals, peaceful years/Laughter, intimacy, family, empathy/Mix well/Add chocolate. Bay of P

RUGBY: The Crusaders will defend their Super Rugby Aotearoa crown against the Chiefs (Sky Sport 1, Saturday, 6.00pm, kick-off 7.05pm). Then comes the final of Super Rugby AU (SS1, Saturday, 9.40pm). But wait, there’s more. Friday sees the resumption

Can we, as a nation, forget – even briefly – our obsession with rugby, Covid, cricket and rocket launches and applaud The Gulf? Not Lydia Ko, that is, but the terrific New Zealand drama series that ended its second series on Three on April 19. May th

The actor and writer’s book of personal essays, TIMES LIKE THESE (Allen & Unwin, $36.99), is released on May 11. MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, by Jean Craighead George: This book is as close to a Bible as I’ve got. I inherited a battered copy at nine, and

FREEVIEW 51 SKY 422 iHeartRADIO rnz.co.nz/concert News and Weather 6.00am, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, noon 6.00 Summer Mornings 10.00 Summer Days 1.00 Onstage 2.00 Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie Trans-global, fusion and folk roots 3.00 Summer Afternoons 5

Check if it is a misunderstanding or antipathy in disguise. Step back and ask: what precisely are we disagreeing about (if anything)? Before getting into it, let the person know you’re about to disagree. Acknowledge you may be wrong and they may be r