New Zealand Listener

From the Listener archive: Columnists

December 5-11 2009 Vol No 3630

• Editorial Can do
  We should spend less time worrying about self-esteem and more time achieving.

• Letters page Obama's example
  Surely it is time New Zealand discarded its pith-helmet and swagger-stick treatment of Fiji (“we know what is best for...

• The Internaut Set in concrete by Deborah Hill Cone
  The father of modern architecture gets a dressing down.

• Television Bodies of work by Diana Wichtel
  Encounters with donated cadavers can have a profound effect.

• Life The sin bin by Bill Ralston
  Evidence of the seven deadly vices are everywhere in politics, but there’s only one that will ruin a career.

• Politics Tokerau train wreck by Jane Clifton
  Hone-gate has revealed the cracks in the Maori Party edifice.

• Health Grit your teeth by Linley Boniface
  The old days of the murder house are long gone, but dentists are having trouble convincing everyone of it.

• Nutrition Stir it up by Jennifer Bowden
  Is there any truth to the rumours of links between Alzheimer’s disease and the use of aluminium saucepans in cooking?

• Food Double act by Martin Bosley
  Forget the tough-skinned broad beans of your youth. Suitably prepared, this vegetable can be bliss to eat.

• Wine Show time by Michael Cooper
  The judges cast their votes in the Air New Zealand Wine Awards.