Best of Listener 2024: Politics - past & present

There's only one winner of the coveted I’m Entitled to This Award Award.

Why Christopher Luxon, Nicola Willis and David Seymour are getting multiple awards.

Bagless in Bucharest makes for time to reflect on the city’s past and uncertain present.

Guinness shortage exposes the power of social media trends.

2025 promises a wild ride: the climate, the politics, the geopolitical instability.

While some names are expected, others might surprise.

Best of Listener 2024: Nature, conservation and tricky environmental questions.

Best of Listener 2024: Finance & work.

What science tells us about ageing well: How to live long and prosper.

Eric Trump recalls his own experience of receiving his aunt’s kidney 26 years ago.

Best of Listener 2024: Health & medicine

Fame, like much else these days, ain’t what it used to be.

Scott Gooding and Matilda Brown's Grilled Eggplant, Nectarine Sorbet and more.

Michele Hewitson & Greg Dixon's Lush Places Christmas messages.

Richard Betts runs the ruler over the 2025 orchestral year.

After 2000 years, there are as many questions around Jesus and who he really was as ever.

Tim Bray has inspired thousands of NZ children, including my own.

Jesse Eisenberg on how his own family history and travels in Poland inspired new film.

British comedian Miriam Margolyes plays Badjelly in Spike Milligan masterpiece.

A guide to the best new, local and return TV shows of 2024.

While some names are expected, others might surprise.

Listener books editor Mark Broatch casts a discerning eye over 2025's local releases.

Listener books editor Mark Broatch casts a discerning eye over 2025's new releases.

The most notorious crime NZ had seen happened for reasons older than dirt: lust & revenge.

Diane Gordon-Burns, shocked by a prison visit, asks how hard is it to be humane?

Across generations, messages about sexuality and safety change but one primal fear remains

Guinness shortage exposes the power of social media trends.

The auction of crime writer Raymond Chandler's old listicle sparks some genuine surprise.

Michele Hewitson talks Brexit, books, parties & philandering with Boris Johnson.

The former PM who helped solve a violent crime to 11 words to say before you die.