New Zealand Listener

In this week's New Zealand Listener

July 31-August 6 2010 Vol 224 No 3664

Cover Story Reality check by Jane Clifton
We’re being fed a diet of lies and false expectations about health, says American specialist Dr Susan Love, and it’s time to set the record straight.
Feature Enter the dragon by Rebecca Macfie
Patience and persistence have paid off for Dunedin documentary-maker Natural History New Zealand, now the largest foreign producer of documentaries in China.
Feature In a fix by Joanne Black
With the Reserve Bank expected to lift interest rates
next week, is it time for borrowers with floating-rate mortgages to switch to fixed?
Feature The Lovelock connection
Jack Lovelock’s 1936 Olympic triumph changed a young Jew’s life.
Feature The Coro club by Diana Wichtel
It’s been a long time coming, but fans of Ken Barlow, Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner can now celebrate 50 tumultuous soap-filled years of t’Street.

The Lounge Louis Theroux meets America's medicated kids by Fiona Rae
TV Week Including new seasons of It's in the Bag and Top Gear by Fiona Rae
TV Films Including Funny People and The Exorcist by Fiona Rae
Radio Week Including Michael Hurst on Seeded and Aric Sigman on Kathryn Ryan by Fiona Rae
Cast List
Radio frequencies Small country, big choice
TV Information Classifications and addresses
TV Informer Is Martin Henderson the new McDreamy? by Fiona Rae
Interview Charles Mesure by Fiona Rae

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