Karyn Scherer

New Zealand Listener

Before joining the NZ Listener as deputy editor, Karyn was the founding editor and then deputy editor of The Business, a weekly business magazine inserted into the NZ Herald. Prior to that she was deputy editor of the Herald on Sunday, and before that was the editor of the Daily Post, based in Rotorua.

Century of the city

By Karyn Scherer in Current Affairs

Issue 3793 14th Jan 2013

By 2025, an extra billion people will crowd into the world’s cities, which will be unrecognisably different from the way they are now.

In for a shock

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By Karyn Scherer in Health

Issue 3787 3rd Dec 2012

An automated defibrillator could save your life. So, is there one near you?

New Zealand in 2050

By Karyn Scherer in Ecologic

Issue 3780 20th Oct 2012

A judge of a national competition in which young people predict the future says their concern about the environment is stronger than their wild imaginings.

Successful Kiwi entrepreneurs – the Kiwi can-do attitude

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By Karyn Scherer in Business

Issue 3777 29th Sep 2012

Some of our most accomplished entrepreneurs lift the lid on what it takes to achieve big hairy audacious goals.

The downside of social media

By Karyn Scherer in Technology

Issue 3773 1st Sep 2012

The digital world has always been a potentially dangerous place, but recent moves are catching just about everyone.

North Korea: Divide and rule

By Karyn Scherer in Current Affairs

Issue 3766 13th Jul 2012

Although there are signs of hope, most North Koreans are resigned to their oppressive way of life, according to one defector.

On the money

By Karyn Scherer in Current Affairs

Issue 3759 26th May 2012

How to make the most of the current investment climate.

The world in 2050

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By Karyn Scherer in Current Affairs

Issue 3755 28th Apr 2012

Some of the brightest brains who write for the Economist have forecast what the world will be like in 40 years’ time, and it’s far from doom and gloom.