The Listener
An outlandish call for Covid-19 surrender
As the country moved toward lockdown, The Listener published a column calling efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19 "hysteria" and an "overreaction".
Ian Cross: editor, broadcast boss, critic and conscience
Former public broadcasting boss and Listener editor Ian Cross died earlier this month aged 93 leaving behind a lasting legacy in New Zealand journalism. He also presided over the creation of TVNZ and… Audio
Nga Taonga Sound Archives: Happy 80th birthday to The Listener
Nga Taonga today celebrates the 80th birthday of The Listener. Audio, Gallery
Masterpieces: Finlay MacDonald on The Listener
Writer and publisher Finlay MacDonald shares his love of The Listener. Audio
Media: North & South, and Listener scribe Donna Chisholm
Donna Chisholm has been fighting the good fight for 40 years.
Donna is editor-at-large of North & South and a staff writer for the Listener, with specialist areas including health, social issues… Audio
Anthony Byrt: art, criticism, and poker
Kim Hill talks to New Zealand critic and journalist Anthony Byrt, writer for Metro, contributor to international contemporary art magazine Artforum International, and Reviewer of the Year at the 2015… Audio
An uncritical critical culture - Iain Sharp
One of the big cliches about this little country of ours is our Tall Poppy Syndrome - the famous Clobbering Machine that reduces our so-called betters to the mundane and ordinary. To which critic Iain… Audio
TV reviewer Diana Wichtel writes a family memoir
The Listener's award-winning TV reviewer Diana Wichtel has provided us with so much entertainment and insight over the years that we tend to forget she's also one of our best writers. Not any more… Audio
Media: Photographer Jane Ussher
Jane Ussher photographs New Zealand's newsmakers, personalities, politicians and quiet achievers - she also enjoys taking photos of buildings and coastlines. She's best known for her many years… Audio, Gallery