The Listener

Where the grass is greener

By Rebecca Macfie in Current Affairs

3rd Dec 2013

Some have found the answer to Auckland’s high property prices.

Is five too young to start school?

By Toby Manhire in Current Affairs

Issue Listener Plus 3rd Dec 2013

A groundswell of education experts are backing a British campaign to increase the starting age to seven.

Thalidomide victim Terry Wiles 50 years on

By Guyon Espiner in Science

Issue 3771 2nd Dec 2013

Fifty years after the thalidomide scandal, the subject of an Emmy-winning drama talks about his life and the injustice still experienced by others.

The television transformation

By Peter Griffin in Technology

Issue Listener Plus 3836 30th Nov 2013

Analogue TV was switched off at 2am on Sunday morning; Peter Griffin outlines the options.

NCEA slammed by tertiary assessors

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By Catherine Woulfe in Education

Issue 3839 30th Nov 2013

NZ secondary school qualification system causing serious problems, finds official report.

Baby bunkum

By Catherine Woulfe in Current Affairs

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

Pregnant women are being given “contradictory and occasionally infuriating” advice, says an American health economist.

Dame Anne Salmond wins Rutherford Medal

By Rebecca Priestly in Science

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

For the first time, an anthropologist has received the Royal Society of NZ’s highest award.

Big bang theories

By Rebecca Macfie in Current Affairs

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

Is the overheated property market a “ticking time bomb”?

John Collinge: turning the tables

By Karl du Fresne in Politics

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

For many years, ex-National Party president John Collinge has been dogged by a rumour he hopes will now be scotched following legal action and the republishing of a book without its offending content.

Jane Clifton: thinning the ranks

By Jane Clifton in Politics

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

As National “rejuvenates”, its list of retirees is growing scarily quickly.