The Listener

Man of the moment

Issue 3329 28th Feb 2004

Will Don Brash's historic success at the polls prove a five-minute wonder? Critics say he is too unworldly even to understand the hurt he has caused Maori. Others say the mild-mannered monetarist, famous for washing his own socks, has the integrity and certitude to lead this country.

Pushing the envelope

By Philip Matthews in Uncategorized

Issue 3329 28th Feb 2004

Will it be the Year of the Whale of the Year of the Orc? Either way, this year's Oscar race is less predictable than most.

To dye for

By Bianca Zander in Uncategorized

Issue 3329 28th Feb 2004

It's the big anxiety issue for baby-boomers. Should you go prematurely dark brown? Or - here's an idea - let your hair go grey?

Pie in the sky

By Marilyn Head in Uncategorized

Issue 3329 28th Feb 2004

The breathtaking new images from Mars have the seductive familiarity of holiday snapshots. But what's the reality check on using a big chunk of the American economic pie to set up a moonbase for manned expeditions to Mars?

The one about a Scottish lighthouse keeper

By Roy Colbert in Uncategorized

Issue 3329 28th Feb 2004

Peter Hill, who dropped out of art school in Dundee to become a lighthouse keeper, is in New Zealand to collect stories about a profession that now beams from his books.