New Zealand Listener

27/11/2025

Film reviews: In these Squid Games days it can feel as if there are as many dramas about deadly future game shows as there are non-lethal actual game shows.

The Running Man doesn't live up to Edgar Wright's previous films.

26/11/2025

Three entitled men had an outsized influence over Australia across the 1980s and 90s. Their lives intertwined at the nexus of power, politics and privilege on the air waves.

Across the 1980s & 90s, three entitled men had an outsized influence over Australia.

26/11/2025

In theory, there are upsides to pushing down wages in traditionally male jobs. A narrower pay gap could remove the perverse incentives that keep men from moving to more socially productive and sustainable forms of activity.

Pay equity discussions involve raising women’s wages to men’s, but there’s an alternative.

26/11/2025

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26/11/2025

Ignorance of the law is no excuse – so went the maxim that meant you couldn’t plead ignorance of the law as a defence. Citizens were presumed to know the law.

The Free Access to Law movement has spurred greater online access to case and statue law.

26/11/2025

Much is still unknown about the causes of stuttering, but researchers are making progress on its genetic origins.

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26/11/2025

Few would deny that having an extra-marital affair is a risky business.

Forget lust or boredom, affairs might have their genesis much earlier in life.

26/11/2025

The first in an occasional series, is it worth it looks at the cost of expenses that can come without warning as well as income generating opportunities. Today, dental care for fur babies.

Why getting your pet's teeth cleaned might be a smart idea.

25/11/2025

At what number Baker St did Sherlock Holmes live?

Test your general knowledge with the Listener’s weekly quiz.

25/11/2025

If your social-media feed looks anything like that of a typical Gen Zer or millennial, it’s a steady stream of reels showing people trying the latest TikTok “health hack”.

Study finds only 2.1% of TikTok's nutrition advice is accurate.

25/11/2025

NZ’s compulsory retirement savings scheme, axed by Rob Muldoon 50 years ago, would have provided a $1 trillion nest egg by now.

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25/11/2025

Sky is shuffling and rebranding its designated comedy, children’s and music offerings due to the expiry of a deal with US programme supplier Paramount.

Changes are afoot to comedy, music and children's offerings on Sky TV.