New Zealand Listener

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Te Kaiwhakarongo Aotearoa

Te reanga whakapono nui • Ko MAIKI SHERMAN tētahi o te reanga waimarie i te reo Māori, heoi anō, he whakapau werawera nōna – me tōna whānau tonu.

The generation who believed • MAIKI SHERMAN is one of the lucky generation of te reo Māori speakers, but she had to work hard for it – and so have her family.

Discriminatory practices

“Quote Marks”

10 Quick Questions

Bright Lines • Creative words competition

Operator error • Signs of recovery are here more by good luck than design, and our scaremongering leaders risk missing the chance to make it stick.

The immigration bonfire

Surrendering to stupidity

Big bird politics

Failing the legal test

By the book

Tūhononga ā-reo • E horo ana te nui haere o te hunga tauiwi kōrero Māori, mai anō i te taumata whakawhitiwhiti kōrero o ia rā tae noa ki te hunga matatau. I uiuitia ētahi o rātou e ATAKOHU MIDDLETON, me te pātai nā te aha rātou i whai ai i te reo Māori, ā, he aha hoki tana koha ki a rātou.

Reo connection • The number of non-Māori who can speak te reo, from conversational level right up to full fluency, is soaring. ATAKOHU MIDDLETON asks several how they came to te reo Māori and what it means to them.

A wild ride of a life • Her trailblazing legal career changed the doctor-patient relationship in NZ and sought justice for victims of genocide. But in her new memoir, Dame Silvia Cartwright says she never felt that special.

Peter Ransom’s lost domain • After almost four decades, a notable New Zealand artist returns with a show of new work.

Our man in Tehran • This true story of Cold War machinations in the Middle East is stranger than fiction.

BESTSELLERS

Ready for reo • Atakohu Middleton (Waikato, Pākehā) on why she wrote the first collection of short stories for adults in te reo Māori.

Kete of kupu • To mark Māori Language Week, we have a collection of te reo and Māori-authored books to give away*.

Nothing to declare • John Boyne’s alternative history of Oscar Wilde living on and achieving universal success fails to convince.

Short cuts

Nietzsche to Trump • Celebrated political thinker’s memoir casts complacency in liberal democracy against the populist-right revolt.

BESTSELLERS

Willkommen back • The classic musical Cabaret returns to the Auckland stage in time for a couple of anniversaries.

Steppin’ up • Joe Jackson is set for his first NZ concerts in more than 20 years.

Giving feedback • Survivors of American rock’s grungy 1990s return rowdy as ever.

Gross encounter • Kiwi-as ET impregnation comedy recalls early Peter Jackson.

Dark arts • Unenchanting sequel fails to cast spell.

Kicking into guerre • Second part of wartime de Gaulle biopic raises the stakes.

The end is nigh • A small but determined group of pessimistic Kiwis prepare for doomsday. BY RUSSELL BROWN

TV Picks of the week

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

Back to his roots • Jonathan Lemalu returns to Dunedin for the DSO’s 60th anniversary.

Back in the swim • Swimming has been confirmed as helpful for lower back pain – particularly in those put off movement.

Health briefs

A sprinkle in time • Family favourites with extra spices and herbs from Australian snack-maker Keira Rumble.

Bargain buys • Good wine needn’t cost a fortune. Here are 36 affordable tipples you can bank on.

Not on your noggin • New research into brain degeneration...