New Zealand Listener

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Out of the shadows • Te Matatini offered a chance to reflect on past and present, and how Taranaki and Aotearoa have changed, writes Rachel Buchanan.

Around the houses

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Diversification matters • India doesn’t make the top 10 of our trading partners but as our top two – China and the US – look increasingly troublesome, wooing it seems right.

From London with love

Subconscious connections

Shot to pieces

Distant relations

Chasing a label • Our need to define what ails us may do more harm than good but is fuelling the medical industry, a prominent neurologist claims.

Building a myth? • Long Covid is widely experienced and accepted as a medical condition. In this extract from The Age of Diagnosis, Suzanne O’Sullivan argues many cases have a psychosomatic basis.

One man and his boat • For nearly 30 years, Steve Kafka has ferried scientists to the Subantarctic for vital research and protection of wildlife but he’s soon to down anchor for the last time.

Social Fabric • Southland farmer Eden Hore’s couture collection gets a major exhibition and a new book.

Mapping The Motu • In a new book, Lauren Keenan examines the history of pivotal sites in the New Zealand Wars and provides a guide to visiting them.

Degrees of goodness • Family dynamics at the heart of second offering from the Tanzanian-British Nobel prizewinner.

Dirty work

Age-old conundrum • Skilful debut digs deep into issues of privilege and modern anxieties as it explores a world in which people can live forever.

Playing mind games • Excessive remembering is a blessing and a curse for the woman at the centre of this slightly disembodied novel.

Buried treasures • Sifting through the “garbage” of ancient Mesopotamia leads to an evocative account of the written language.

The wages of sin • The latest thrillers dig into crime in majestic Maine, troubled Northern Ireland and bucolic Hawke’s Bay.

Flying the ‘Hump’ • Epic tale of a little-known, four-year wartime airlift across the Himalayas with a grim casualty rate.

Dirty old towns • Wealthy nations’ waste is turning impoverished suburbs on the other side of the world into toxic dumps.

BESTSELLERS

In pursuit of happiness • Why the guys behind hit musical That Bloody Woman have made a TV comedy about amateur theatre – with songs.

Continuing the taonga • Ahead of her TVNZ+ documentary looking at five decades of Polyfest, Indira Stewart writes about her enduring personal connections to the giant annual cultural gathering.

Mole hunt marriage • Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender star as sexy spy spouses.

Keeping the dream alive • Former Baywatch star shines as an aging Las Vegas hoofer.

Truth hurts • Veteran director Mike Leigh’s latest film walks a fine line between tragedy and comedy.

Changing patterns • Avant-garde women offer alternately accessible and challenging albums.

In their own voices • Aaron Smale, who has been reporting on state abuse of children for nearly a decade, has produced a documentary, The Stolen Children of Aotearoa. Here, the Listener columnist reflects on making the programme.

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