From the New Zealand Listener archive
February 7-13 2004 Vol 192 No 3326
Features
Upfront Rawiri Paratene by Philip Matthews
In January 2004, actor Rawiri Paratene can still reel off, from memory, his itinerary of premieres from last year’s Whale...The gift of language by C K Stead
Janet Frame’s “dangerous intelligence” allowed her to see, feel and express the mysteries we all experience. She’s gone, but her work will always enrich us.Second rock from the sun by Marilyn Head
The transit of Venus comes around again for just the third time since Cook came to the Pacific to observe it.Loan justice by Felicity Monk
A landmark case before the Human Rights Commission highlights hidden inequities in an already ruinous student loan scheme.Public profile by Cheryl Sucher
New Zealand chefs Peter Gordon and Anna Hansen introduce their adventurous antipodean cuisine to the sceptical tastebuds of the Big Apple.Listing dangerously by Mark Revington
The nomination of Russell Coutts as a finalist in this year’s Halberg Awards is a test of both the meaning of national sporting prizes and our maturity as a nation of sports fans.It's the journey by Alistair Bone
You know you love the daily commute – and you are not alone.
Arts & Books
Arts The great Jack by Steve Braunias
Glad all over by Steve Braunias
Poetry Aniseed Valley Road by Ann Andrews
Film And the Oscar … ought to go to Anthony Minghella by Philip Matthews
Art “Your art fails to take political aims seriously” by Sally Blundell
Music When I (return to) paint my masterpiece by Nick Bollinger
Books
‘So to hell with it’ by Denis Welch
They are dying in Paris, Rio, Ireland and Provence by Christine Cole Catley
Why scientists really ought not inherit the Earth by Rebecca Priestley
One man, one boat, six Tahitian girls by Roy Colbert
TV & Radio
Radio review Talkback with legs by Olivia Kember
Radio week Pride of place by Felicity Monk
TV film The bear facts by Philip Matthews
TV review Scraptastic by Diana Wichtel
TV week Oprah makeover by James Cardno and Amy Prebble
