Listener Today
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Joanne Black: Budget 2012… yawn
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Rewind: week ending May 25, 2012
Five broadcast highlights – and how to get them. Including Shortland Street, the man behind The GC, and Hell. [more]
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In the new Listener this weekend
Inside the new, redesigned magazine, on sale from May 26. [more]
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The Friday quiz, 25.05.12
All proceeds donated to the Paper Boy Benevolence Fund. [more]
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Budget 2012 live blog: the zero sum game; opponents condemn “paper boy budget”
Listener Live’s rolling coverage of NZ budget day 2012. Almost an app, but not. [more]
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Editorial
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Everyone benefits
Easing the burden for some of New Zealand’s poorest women is no bad... [more]
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The price is wrong
A shake-up of the building industry is long overdue. [more]
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Politics
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Budget 2012: A mini-triumph for David Shearer
In the theatre of parliament, honours were just about even, with a small, morale-boosting triumph for the Labour leader. [more]
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Budget 2012 live blog: the zero sum game; opponents condemn “paper boy budget”
Listener Live’s rolling coverage of NZ budget day 2012. Almost an app, but not. [more]
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Television
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Diana Wichtel: The GC and 20 years of Shortland Street
We’re not in Guatemala now, Dr... [more]
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Diana Wichtel: Bringing back nostalgia
When it comes to nostalgia, it’s all about the... [more]
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Life
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Bill Ralston: Home-made coffee
Making coffee at home has its drawbacks. [more]
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Bill Ralston: Free convention centre anyone?
What’s wrong with getting a free convention centre in exchange for more... [more]
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The Black Page
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It’s all Greek to me
It’s hard to see how not cutting spending can help the debt... [more]
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Joanne Black: Home truths
Too much honesty in a real estate ad can be offputting. [more]
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Books
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Interview: Jane Higgins
Children’s Book Awards finalist Jane Higgins rejects a reviewer’s claim that her novel The Bridge is bleaker than The Hunger... [more]
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The Brothers Grimm’s book of fairy tales – 200 years on
Kate De Goldi traces the Brother Grimm's tales’ influence on her and other writers. [more]
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Culture
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Now Showing, May 24 2012
New in our film round-up this week: reviews of Happy Happy, Men In Black 3, and Trishna [more]
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream review
Like all Shakespeare’s works, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has a varied history in performance, with the play often lost amid... [more]
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Book Club
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The Forrests: What the papers say
UK reviews start to roll in. [more]
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The Forrests book group discussion
Emily Perkins's novel meets its Waterloo. [more]
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Economy
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Are our decisions based on the influence of irrelevant factors?
With gentle persuasion, humans will act a little more like the rational beings economists think we are. [more]
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NZ government’s influence on economic growth
How much influence do governments really have on economic growth? [more]
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Nutrition
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Mums influence on their children’s eating habits
Mums have a big influence on their children’s eating habits and long-term... [more]
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Boosting your health with folic acid
Folic acid plays an essential role in health. [more]
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Travel
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Experiencing El Cosmico, Texas
Little surprises make a tiny Texas town stick in the imagination. [more]
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Two flat whites in Berlin
The origins of the flat white may still be murky, but that hasn’t stopped Kiwis taking it to the world. [more]
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Sport
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Creating a great sports team
Deciding what it takes to create a great team. [more]
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Border-jumping in sports
When it comes to sportspeople, nationality can be a fluid thing. [more]
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Letters
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Letters April 14 2012
Living alone; child poverty; and teacher performance. [more]
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Letters April 7 2012
Heart disease; child poverty; and teacher performance. [more]
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