New Zealand Listener

The New Zealand Listener is a weekly magazine that focuses on the political, cultural, and literary aspects of life in New Zealand. It explores a range of subjects, such as current news, politics, social matters, health, technology, arts, food, culture, and entertainment. In April 2020, The Listener was shut down by Bauer Media Group due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. Later, in June 2020, Mercury Capital took over the magazine when it acquired Bauer Media's previous assets in Australia and New Zealand, which were then renamed Are Media.

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Hawke’s Bay jockey Kate Hercock chasing record year of riding - John Jenkins

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | John Jenkins

Kate Hercock salutes the judge while bringing Platinum Designs back to the winner’s stall following their success in a Rating 73 race over 1000m at last Sunday’s Awapuni Synthetic meeting. Opinion by John JenkinsJohn Jenkins is a longtime racing journalist based in Hawke’s BayHawke’s Bay jockey Kate Hercock is poised to record her best season yet after a career spanning three decades.
Historic Hawke’s Bay: What Havelock North was worried about 100 years ago

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Michael Fowler

Havelock North in 1925. The War Memorial on the right was used for the first time that year to commemorate Anzac Day. Photo / Michael Fowler CollectionSo, just what was occupying the hearts and minds of the good people of Havelock North (population 1050) 100 years ago? Well, for starters, the state of the footpath on Te Mata Road from just past St Luke’s Church to the shops on the right of the photograph above.
My favourite flowering plants for winter cheer - Gareth Carter

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Gareth Carter

One of the most prolific flowering plants is the bold, bright, colourful cyclamen. There are plants for every season, something offering colour, fragrance or fruit. To plant a garden for all seasons requires some thought and planning. Alternatively, a trip to the garden centre every month and selecting some things that are flowering will in time develop a year-round garden.
The Green Party’s most radical plan yet, and how Labour inspired it - Thomas Coughlan

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Thomas Coughlan

Green Party co-leaders Chlöe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson. Photo / Mark MitchellOpinion by Thomas CoughlanThomas Coughlan, Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald, loves applying a political lens to people's stories and explaining the way things like transport and finance touch our lives. Learn moreJames Shaw’s fate was sealed months before he entered Government.
'Messy, ugly, full of sharp edges': How the world reacted to Lorde's new album

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Mitchell Hageman

The first reviews for Lorde’s highly anticipated new album Virgin are in, with fans and critics alike commending the singer’s raw and emotive songwriting as a return to form. But while the content of the album struck a chord, some listeners were left wanting more, owing to the album’s short runtime, which clocks in at just 34 minutes. Released at midnight June 27 (NZT), Virgin was described by Lorde as being about “transparency‚" signalled on the album cover by an X-Ray of the singer’s pelvis.
Kiwi mum’s hilarious Cristiano Ronaldo Temu fail

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jenni Mortimer

An ode to Cristiano Ronaldo went horribly wrong with this Temu order. Photos / Getty Images and NZ HeraldThe interests and phases of a growing child are endless, relentless and expensive for parents attempting to keep up. As for my now 6-year-old son and me, we’ve gone through the motions of construction vehicles, dinosaurs, Transformers, Godzilla, Marvel and Minecraft – the latter despite the fact he has never played it.
New Democratic star has Jewish supporters, but there’s many worried by his anti-Israel views

2 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Katie Glueck |Lisa Lerer

New York mayoral candidate, State Representative Zohran Mamdani (Democrat) greets voters on primary day. Photo / Michael Santiago, Getty ImagesNew York’s annual parade celebrating Israel has been a standard stop for the state’s politicians for the last 60 years, drawing in governors, senators and every mayor since Robert F. Wagner to pay their respects to the Jewish community.
US spy chiefs give new assessments on damage at Iran nuclear sites

2 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Julian Barnes |Mark Mazzetti |Maggie Haberman

United States President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the 2025 Nato Summit in The Hague, Netherlands. Trump and Rubio each said the Iranian nuclear programme had been dealt a significant blow.
Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp was a ‘beautiful soul’, ‘wonderful community leader’ dedicated to helping youth

2 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Julia Gabel |Jamie Ensor |Thomas Coughlan

Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp is being remembered as a “beautiful soul” dedicated to helping young people in South Auckland and a “wonderful community leader” in her Tāmaki Makaurau electorate who was looking forward to the next election. The MP died early Thursday morning, aged 50. She was battling kidney disease.
New Plymouth District Council joins opposition to seabed mine

2 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Craig Ashworth

New Plymouth district councillor Amanda Clinton-Gohdes asked fellow councillors whom they believed: scientists, mana whenua and the wider community, or miners with a vested interest. Photo / Te Korimako o TaranakiNew Plymouth’s council has joined the opposition to seabed mining in South Taranaki, saying the would-be miner lacks credibility and evidence of environmental safety.