Politician of the Year Awards
Subscriber contentBy Jane Clifton in Politics
Following an exhaustive study of the species Homo politicus, our esteemed judges are proud to announce the winners of their annual awards for MPs.
By Diana Wichtel in Television
This was a year when we glimpsed the country as it could be: diverse, eloquent, humorous and brave – with the odd dickhead to liven things up.
By Jane Clifton in Politics
Following an exhaustive study of the species Homo politicus, our esteemed judges are proud to announce the winners of their annual awards for MPs.
By David Larsen in Film
David Larsen finds Peter Jackson's second Hobbit film far more to his liking than the first. Shame about the dragon though.
By Helen Clark in Current Affairs
“It was like the sun came out” is how Nelson Mandela described hearing about the 1981 anti-apartheid protests in New Zealand. Former Prime Minister
By Guy Somerset
American Rachel Kushner is working on a contemporary novel, but only after writing about 1950s Cuba and, in this year’s The Flamethrowers, revolutionary
With the arrival of summer, a cook’s thoughts turn to picnics and portable food.
By The Listener
This country’s high level of child poverty is unacceptable. So, what are we going to do about it?
Try your hand at this week's caption competition.
Jill Trevelyan’s biography charts the life and times of the doyen of New Zealand gallerists.
Brief film reviews, including The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
A look at some words of significance in New Zealand's history.
By David Larsen
The author of A Game of Thrones eschews the "Disneyland Middle Ages" to describe worlds of inequality and violence.
COVER STORY: Lorde on high