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New Zealand Listener, 31 Aug 2026

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ArticleLand lies bleed­ing

A bold plan to con­vert erosion­prone East Coast land to per­man­ent forest is gath­er­ing dust. Is the region doomed for a repeat of the dev­ast­a­tion wrought by Cyc­lone Gab­ri­elle? In Feb­ru­ary 2023, Cyc­lone Gab­ri­elle cut a swathe across the...

Land lies bleed­ing

ArticleUpfront

Journ­al­ist Denis Welch on why he went deep into the forest, lit­er­ally and fig­ur­at­ively, for his cover story on the East Coast’s slash and erosion night­mare. This week, the Listener takes back the Upfront page from our usual cor­res­pond­ents –...

Upfront

ArticlePolit­ics

National’s social media ban pledges and bed tax back­downs high­light the argy-bargy in the coali­tion sand­box. At first it felt like old times. The Prime Min­is­ter’s announce­ment that the gov­ern­ment would intro­duce a social media ban for...

Polit­ics

ArticleSlow train com­ing

Auck­land’s City Rail Link has been a long time in the mak­ing. Now it’s about to open, will the credit fall where it’s due? It wasn’t Len Brown’s idea. It wasn’t even Rob­bie’s. Auck­land’s under­ground rail link, which will open on Sunday,...

Slow train com­ing