First-time feature director Paloma Schneideman delivers a classic Kiwi coming-of-age movie
Review by Sarah Watt Film reviewer·New Zealand Listener· 9 Oct, 2026 05:06 PM3 mins to read Sarah reviewed…
Taika Waititi directs Breast Cancer Foundation’s shower ad promoting breast checks
Sorenson says many ideas were thrown around, but this was the happy medium. “We didn’t want it to…
Tom Cruise’s outlandish satire Digger is groundbreaking — and a bore
Review by Russell Baillie Arts & entertainment editor·New Zealand Listener· 1 Oct, 2026 05:00 PM3 mins to read…
‘A s*** Richie McCaw’: Peter O’Mahony on Sam Cane sledge, being blocked from All Blacks dressing room
“New Zealand had a ‘no dickheads’ policy, but their approach to rugby was ferocious,” O’Mahony wrote. Ireland loose…
NZ film Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant is utterly bonkers, spectacularly revolting and enormous fun
Sarah Watt Film reviewer·New Zealand Listener· 14 Sep, 2026 06:04 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess…
Did you use the Pūhoi-Warkworth motorway last weekend? You could get a refund
“Anyone who was directed on to State Highway 1 during the period when the free alternative route was…
Even a James Bond contender can’t save this passion-free romcom
Review by Sarah Watt Film reviewer·New Zealand Listener· 17 Aug, 2026 06:00 PM2 mins to read Sarah reviewed…
Company director faces 17 fraud charges, said to owe money from Covid subsidy, tax and Callaghan Innovation
Court documents show MSD charged Bolot with offences they say he committed from April to September in 2020.…
Movie review: NZ-filmed kids’ fantasy ‘I, Object’ falls flat on its face
Review by Sarah Watt Film reviewer·New Zealand Listener· 31 Jul, 2026 06:04 PM2 mins to read Sarah reviewed…
Taika Waititi, Richie McCaw, NZR+ and Lorde: How NZ Rugby spent $25m making videos – Gregor Paul
It launched with a $1m project directed by Taika Waititi and a powerful fly-on-the-wall documentary about the All…
Melissa Leong speaks out after abuse claims against co-host Vaughan Mabee
Leong, who said in her 2025 memoir Guts that she was subjected to an unconsented sexual encounter in…
‘Buffy’ reboot cancelled, Sarah Michelle Gellar says
“Thanks to Chloe, I was reminded how much I love her and how much she means not only…