New Zealand Listener

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Dear little one, • A child attacked while playing in an Auckland park should have been safe, writes KIRSTY CAMERON.

Wishes with price tags

THE POLITICAL CARTOON

“Quote Marks”

10 by Quick Questions

Bright Lines • For Competition No 167, we asked for a haiku about banning fireworks.

Spin the wheel • 30 years of drifting off course under MMP demands future governments keep a surer hand on the steering.

In his own image

Going light

Ours and yours

Farewelling Red One

A weakness for dictators

Read my lips • To many of us, a kiss is just a kiss. But a ‘historian of emotion’ says a kiss has many cultural layers – and the act can signify much more than just affection.

Under seige • A year into a ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza, Israel maintains a stranglehold. But for medical evacuees allowed into Egypt, life is scarcely any better.

A time & a place • Whanganui photographer Richard Wotton focuses on the people and places of heartland NZ.

A Whopper Of A Wētā • Entomologist Chris Green has good news about the state of our largest wētā, even if it’s a species least likely to muster a warm response.

Out of sight • Booker winner Marlon James returns to literary fiction with a violent tale from Jamaica’s gay underground.

BESTSELLERS

Writing on the walls • Castles were as much about what they symbolised as they were about defence, a popular history shows.

Short cuts

Deep Immersion • Two artist-writers share the fruits of a 16-year collaboration guided by Pacific voyaging and the ocean’s power to connect.

Close to home • The daughter of a jailed militant makes sense of the world through a novel focused on punishment, family and duty.

When Parky talked • A new documentary on British broadcaster Michael Parkinson looks at the man away from the studio lights and his television legacy.

Squeezed Spaces

Striking a chord

Off to be the wizard

Nurse-bot on duty • British sitcom adds an AI twist to a story about loneliness and ageing.

TV Picks of the week

TV Films

The French master • The world’s leading interpreter of Saint-Saëns brings the Egyptian concerto to NZ.

Eat yourself happier • Growing research suggests the Mediterranean and other healthy diets help to improve mental health.

Nutrition bites

Roll up • Easy fusion dishes from Eva Pau, who runs Ireland’s largest Asian supermarket.

Moving on from ‘plonk’ • The Listener’s first wine columnist had plenty to say about the quality of our wines in the 1960s.

Having a ball • New games proving popular in Aotearoa show benefits for the body and brain.

Nipping at the heels of giants • An AI-powered newcomer is taking on Adobe and Microsoft with free versions of their expensive software.

Geddin’ Into It

Without notice