Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013
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 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 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 Guy Somerset in Books
Books & Culture editor Guy Somerset and the Listener’s team of reviewers on the year’s reading highlights.
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 was a year when we caught a glimpse of the country as it could be: diverse, tolerant, eloquent, humorous and brave – with the odd dickhead to liven
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.
By Fiona Rae
Great if you want your gifts to smell like Doritos.
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