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Contents ISSN 2381-9553: Vol 288, No. 4325.

November 25 - December 1, 2023

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Andrew Anthony, Richard Betts,
Steve Bolton, Russell Brown,
Jane Clifton, Michael Cooper, Greg
Dixon, Andrea Graves, Charlotte
Grimshaw, Tom Grut, David
Harvey, Michele Hewitson, Colin
Hogg, Francesca Horsley , Parry
Jones, Paul Little, Paul Oestreicher,
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Reid, Chris Slane, Jane Ussher,
Sarah Watt, Weef, Marc Wilson

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Jane Huxley 22 | Connecting people government is enough
General Manager Anne Salmond has been to send anyone around the
Stuart Dick a bridge between cultures bend. by Michele Hewitson
Editorial Director all her life. Her new book
Sarah Henry revisits the stepping stones 12 | Bulletin The British
Head of Digital in her journey. by Paul Little music scene is not as vibrant
Melissa Walsh or influential as it once was.
Sales Director 28 | Tinseltown no more by Andrew Anthony
Claire Chisholm The heat is relentless,
Senior Account Managers the traffic daunting and the 13 | Diary Suddenly,
Jacquie Fraser homelessness distressingly surprisingly, Christchurch is
Jacquie.Fraser@aremedia.co.nz in your face. It could almost beautiful. by Charlotte Grimshaw
Chloe Jordan be Auckland. by Colin Hogg
Chloe.Jordan@aremedia.co.nz Cover image: Original 14 | View from Abroad
illustration for the Listener A 350-page sulk by a jilted
Classified Sales
Kim Chapman by Weef Commentary British MP is a scandal short
classifieds@xtra.co.nz 4 | Upfront Israel must of a secret. by Jane Clifton
acknowledge that “Never again”
Editorial postal address Features applies equally to Palestinians. 15 | Law & Society
PO Box 52122, Kingsland, COVER STORY by Paul Oestreicher Government proposals to
Auckland 1352 16 | Flying the coop cut funding for pre-sentence
Subscriptions Ahead of her final Saturday 6 | Letters Plus Quips & background reports on
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JANE USSHER
Books
30-43 | The Top 100 Books
of the Year Books editor
Mark Broatch and Listener
contributors list their best
reads of 2023.
Entertainment
44 | Music Tom Scott
has another album of Home
Brew; plus new albums
from Chris Stapleton and
Glen Hansard. by Russell Brown
and Graham Reid
48 | Obituary Acclaimed
dancer Sir Jon Trimmer
left a magical legacy as he
brought ballet to the people.
by Francesca Horsley
50 | Film reviews Simone:
Woman of the Century and
The Marvels. by Sarah Watt
51 | Television New season
of Slow Horses passes the
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and movies. by Russell Brown
and Russell Baillie
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Diversions
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Chess Problems, Quizword,
Crossword, Sudoku, Kakuro,
Logic Puzzle, Clueless
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No silver bullet for
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BY JENNIFER BOWDEN
infertility as sperm
counts fall worldwide.
by Nicky Pellegrino
84 | Food UK chef Sophie
Godwin takes berries to
a new level.
86 | Wine One of the pioneers
of our wine industry is back
in the game. by Michael Cooper Meta’s ugly
lawsuit battle
88 | Science
BY HEMMA VARA
A unique ultraviolet light
treatment can boost crop yields.
You’ll also find analyses of
by Andrea Graves
the political week by Danyl
89 | Psychology History McLauchlan, “best ofs” from
is littered with shameful our archive: stories you may
examples of mistreatment
have missed, hot new tracks
of people. by Marc Wilson
for your Spotify and much
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 Commentary | Upfront

No place to call home

Israel must acknowledge that “Never again” applies equally to Palestinians,
writes Paul Oestreicher, a Jewish refugee who arrived in NZ in 1939.

M
any Listener readers are perplexed about why
Israeli Jews “do unto others" what was done
to them. Part of the answer to that question
is that etched into the Jewish conscious and
subconscious mind are the words “Never
again”. As a German-Jewish refugee to New Zealand whose
grandmother fell victim to the Holocaust, I can understand
that all too well. Fear is, sadly, the enemy of compassion.
The tragedy is that Israel refuses to acknowledge that
“Never again” must apply to all peoples.
My wife and I are founding members of Jews for Justice
for Palestinians, the UK counterpart of the US Jewish Voice
for Peace. Both organisations have joined worldwide calls
for an immediate ceasefire.
Israel has rightly become a home for Jewish people. But
since its formation in 1948, Israel has denied that right to
the Palestinians. It drove more than 700,000 into exile in There is no safe haven in the Gaza Strip.
the Nakba catastrophe. Since then, it has illegally occupied
Palestinian land and systematically deprived Palestinians away, to get rid of this alleged threat. The 1938 international
of their rights. That is the background to the brutal October 7 conference in Évian-les-Bains, France to help fleeing Jews
revenge of Hamas, held captive for 17 years in the Gaza ghetto, could not come to an agreement.
often called the world’s largest open-air prison. The Australian delegate said his country had "no real
For now, a ceasefire is the only humane, temporary racial problem" and did not want to import one through
solution. Israel has refused to do so while Hamas continue large-scale migration. Many Kiwis at the time sympathised.
to hold more than 200 hostages. It has kept up relentless New Zealand reluctantly accepted 1100 refugees during
bombing, killing more than 11,000 people, including 4300 the 1930s, including my parents and my wife’s parents,
children. After a ceasefire, the only way forward requires but turned away many more.
complex, respectful diplomatic negotiations between equals.

All are capable of both cruelty and humanity.
One letter writer to the Listener compared what Israel is
doing to the Palestinians to what Hitler did to the Jews. This
is treading on the sacred ground of the Holocaust, the murder
in cold blood of some six million men, women and children.
Most Jews, and many others, consider this to be the ultimate,
and incomparable, example of inhumanity.
Nonetheless, Israel must acknowledge that “Never again”
applies equally to Palestinians, who, like
the Jews, have no other homeland to go
to. The recent announcement that Israel
will introduce four-hour pauses in the
bombing to allow people to flee northern
Gaza denies the fact that there is no safe The four-hour
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he comparison with Nazi Germany would hold
good if the wish to “send them all away” were to be
enacted by Israel. Indeed, a leaked Israeli document
proposes just this – expelling all Palestinians to Egypt's
Sinai Peninsula – as a potential option. In defiance of
international law (nothing new in that), Israel would be
carrying out the largest ethnic cleansing since 12 million
ethnic Germans were expelled from eastern Europe
in 1946-47. What would constitute the completion of
the Nakba could still happen.
The greatest error of judgment is to imagine that security
for Israel can be achieved by military means when what is
needed is a political solution. There is still a fast-shrinking
possibility that apartheid Israel could become a nation with

space in Gaza for them to flee to.
Hitler, in his pathological hatred of the
Jews, backed by German
public opinion, initially
planned to send them
pauses deny equal rights for all of its inhabitants. Against the odds, that
is a dream worth pursuing. l
the fact that
there is no safe Paul Oestreicher OBE is an Anglican priest, Quaker, and peace
space to flee to. and human rights activist who lives in Wellington.

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 Letters
Easing the pain of separation
Along with other benefits
of mediation when parents
split up (Upfront, November
11), there is one small change
that can transform the way
children experience the
separation.
As a mediator who works
with parents in dispute,
I use a model known as “child
inclusion”, which is, as the
name suggests, where the child
participates in mediation.
Oscar was 8 when the
mysterious pains began. They
stopped him sleeping; even his
favourite treats were no match
for the tummy cramps.
Three months before,
Oscar’s parents had decided
to separate. They had been
fighting bitterly about their
co-parenting schedule. And
while they were concerned
and dedicated parents, they
didn’t join the dots. Oscar’s
issue was not detectable on
a blood test, it was severe
emotional stress.
This isn’t uncommon, of
course. The impact on children
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of high parental conflict after
separation is well documented.
Research demonstrates that
at least one in four children
in legal proceedings develop a
formal mental health problem.
Less well known is that
children desperately want to be
consulted and informed about
separation. They want to be a
voice in the negotiations, not
a byproduct. That includes in
the counsellor or mediator’s
office, where it was expected
high-conflict parents would
go before going to court.
Knowledge of this practice
among the general public
remains close to zero, despite
research over a decade old
(disclaimer: mine) showing it
to be astoundingly successful.
For the child, being “heard”
eases emotional distress. For “Would you believe I ordered some nice business
the parent, “hearing” their cards and worked backwards from there?”
child acts as a motivation
to resolve issues amicably.
Oscar became part of his been implemented. Who Management (Enabling
parents’ mediation and was is responsible for this? The Housing Supply and Other
gently coaxed to talk about the public service? The judiciary? Matters) Amendment Bill.
issues his preoccupied parents Governments and ministers? The report of the environment
couldn’t hear. “My biggest Who will be held accountable? committee (chaired by Eugenie
problem,” Oscar told me, “is I fear the new government’s Sage) dated December 2021
that Dad asked me what my aim to “cut bureaucracy” stated: “The bill does not
favourite paint colour was for means this will not be affect the requirement for
my new bedroom … and I can’t addressed. In so many cases, developments to have building
choose.” When I asked why, the answer is staring us in the consents under the Building
he said simply, “Because Mum face, but we fail to see it. Act. We note that work to
likes blue and Dad likes green.” Rosemary Neave (Christchurch) review the building code is
Jill Goldson under way by the government.
Director, The Family Matters INSURABLE HOMES There is a climate change
Centre, Auckland Your cover story “Without aspect to this review.”
a paddle” (November 11) This important clarification
I found the Upfront article on touches on climate change of the intentions of Parliament
the Family Court frightening. in the discussion of insurance appears to have been
In 2013, it became a mandatory retreat and managed retreat overlooked by our media.
requirement to have but misses some of the While the Resource
mediation before going to legislative moves. One solution Management Act and the
the courts. On the face of it was offered two years ago Building Act deal with flood
this seems a sensible, cost- by a parliamentary select risks, they apply on a totally
effective and better option for committee after receiving different scale. The Resource
children. And yet it has never submissions on the Resource Management Act uses a
broad-brush approach in
which the smallest unit is a
zone ‒ for example, the Bexley
“red zone” in Christchurch
formerly contained thousands
of homes. In contrast, the
Building Act deals with
individual buildings, where
the construction of drive-on
access or even an extension
with a floor too low may
significantly affect the
insurable building flood risk.
At the 2023 World Congress
of the IAHR (international
hydraulic engineers) in
Vienna, the flood risk
management technical
committee announced
publication of model building
code updates for climate
change, requiring the mapping
of flood flows around each
proposed new house. If
adopted, such mapping should
convince reinsurers to reverse
the present trend towards
insurance retreat.
The onus is now on councils
to make sure their building
consent procedures meet
insurance expectations.
Alastair Barnett
Immediate past chair, IAHR
flood risk management
technical committee
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
I was deeply moved and
touched by Eric Trump’s
article about Robert Lord
(“From the shadowlands”,
November 11). Lord’s
statement, “I am not now and
never will be an American
but have ceased to be a
New Zealander” resonated
particularly with me. As a
resident of England, Australia
and latterly New Zealand,
I think this rings true for a
lot of residents who “drift”,
forever searching for home.
I have a deep love for New
Zealand, but witnessed with
horror the recent comments
about, for example, Dr
NOVEMBER 25 2023 LISTENER www.listener.co.nz
Siouxsie Wiles ‒ one who dares
to be different and outspoken.
The “suffocating” is still
out there. Trump’s piece
was a wonderful look at
what it was like to be “unlike”
in those times. Well done to
the Listener.
Patricia Bishop (Hamilton)
LETTER OF THE WEEK
POLITICIAN SPEAK
I have just read this in Politics
(November 11) with regard
to a Christopher Luxon
comment: “He gave one of his
non-answers. Get used to it.
We have at least three years
of non-answers ahead of us.”
We are well prepared. The
queen of non-answers, who
vacated the throne on January
25, 2023, made sure of that.
John Singleton (Wellington)
RISK OBSESSED
“Cocooning our kids”
(November 4) prompted me
to think that we now have
something of an obsession
with risks, and the often
absurd costs we incur to
ameliorate these.
A glaring example is the
now pervasive practice of
excessive traffic management
across all manner of
road maintenance and
construction, in many cases
where the risk to construction
workers and the public is
relatively low. The overuse
of cones and expensive traffic
management vehicles is
intrusive and costly, and seems
to be more to the benefit and
profits of specialist contractors
than the workforce or public.
A corollary is the
overbuilding of an expensive
cycleway network across the
city, which, while needed to
keep cyclists safe on some
highly trafficked routes,
is being taken to ridiculous
lengths in other areas of the
city where cycling is difficult.
Bright Lines
Creative words competition
For our Short Story
Competition, we asked for
up to 50 words using hunter,
technology, conservative,
reasonable and galaxy.
FINALISTS:
Having a reasonable if
conservative grasp of
technology, the hunter
believed he could
successfully launch
an arrow into space.
Flying through the
stratosphere and on into
the galaxy beyond, the arrow
was well aimed and even
hit the cow he’d seen, of late,
jumping over the moon.
‒ Robina Smythe, Paekākāriki
Nobody believed she was
capable when she started
farming Jersey dairy cows
at Walton. Her conservative
peers sneered. Male redband
gumboot-clad heavyweights
thought she was mad.
Delusional. Definitely not
reasonable. From another
galaxy. Hunter proved
them wrong when her
farming TikTok channel @
hunterisafarmer went viral.
That’s technology for you.
‒ Georgeina Hawkes, Tauranga
By even the most
conservative measure, the
problem was massive. Of the
exploding galaxy of issues
facing the new government,
it would be reasonable to
assume this was the biggest.
A technology hunter was
dispatched with utmost
urgency to find a solution.
The nation’s potholes would
finally be filled.
‒ Paul Kelly, Palmerston North
A reasonable estimate of the
conservative audience was a
hundred. Against a galaxy of
talent, he recited: “And lo, the
Hunter in the East has caught
…” when the lights went out.
“Damned technology,” he
muttered.
‒ MJ McKenzie, Havelock North
Mother thought her younger
sister Julia madcap. To my
unrelenting teenage mind,
mother was conservative
in dress and too reasonable
in thought. Julia wore avant-
garde fashion and kept a
galaxy of admirers dangling
through the latest in phone
technology. To me she was
the hunter, mother already
the encaged.
‒ Rob Page, Waihi Beach
WINNER:
Rory arrived from a distant
galaxy, with the aid of
technology, touching down
in the Hunter Valley. It’s too
conservative, he decided.
The wine isn’t up to much.
He took off again, landing
in Marlborough where he
discovered a reasonable
sauvignon blanc much more
to his taste.
‒ Sybil Gregson, Wellington
For the next Bright Lines
challenge, we have the Haiku
Competition. Please write
a haiku about risk-taking,
using 17 syllables set out
in three lines of five, seven
and five.
TO ENTER: Send your entry
to brightlinescompetition@
aremedia.co.nz with “Bright
Lines 20” in the subject line.
Entries must be received by
noon, Tuesday, November 28.
THE PRIZE
Kimchi Fried Rice,
Bibimbap and
Pork Bulgolgi
are some of the
family recipes
in Korean Home
Cooking.
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Quips&
Quotes
“I know New Zealanders
want us to get it resolved, but
I’m not just signing up with
some flatmates. I actually
have to sign off and form a
strong, stable government.”
– National leader Chris Luxon
“It isn’t the law you have
to get to school in a BMW.” –
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown
on congestion charges on busy
roads at peak times
“People are just over
elections, over voting.
It’s going to be difficult.” –
New Zealand First candidate
Casey Costello on the Port
Waikato byelection
“[The little blue penguins]
have all got their own
characters. Every day, we ask
our penguin keepers what the
latest soap opera news is from
the habitat.” – Christchurch’s
International Antarctic Centre’s
David Kennedy
“The pūteketeke now
wears the coveted
#BirdOfTheCentury crown
atop its burnt-orange
mullet.” – Forest & Bird after
the pūteketeke won 290,374 votes
“Donald Trump would
prosecute anyone he deems
an enemy, unleash troops
on protesters and essentially
unravel the rule of law as
we know it … But sure, Joe
Biden is three years older and
occasionally trips.” – Former
White House press secretary
Jen Psaki
“People are more vulnerable
and that’s driving another
wave, and it looks like this
is the way the [Covid] virus
is going to behave for the
foreseeable future – with
peaks and troughs – and
we’re very much in a peak at
the moment.” – Epidemiologist
Michael Baker
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10 Quick
Questions
1. Which river flows through
Perth, Western Australia?
❑ Yarra
❑ Swan
❑ Torrens
❑ Darling
2. Nobel Prize-winning author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez has
a posthumous novel coming
out in 2024. What nationality
was he?
❑ Argentinian
Mexican
❑ ❑ False
❑ Venezuelan
❑ Colombian
3. What does the r in sonar
stand for?
❑ Reflection
❑ Ranging
❑ Repercussion
❑ Repetition
4. America has invaded,
or been militarily involved
Then there’s the escalation
of costs and inconvenience
in Wellington, particularly
in relation to earthquake
remediation. Building owners
face the almost impossible and
unaffordable task of complying
with the theoretical challenge
of a future event. Maybe it’s
time to keep these risks in
perspective.
Rick Christie (Wellington)
Research, including several
reports from Auckland
Council in recent years,
suggests many kids in New
Zealand would like more
independence. Whether their
parents are comfortable with
that depends to a high degree
on the risks they perceive
beyond their gate, particularly
around traffic. There is a high
correlation between decent
footpaths, safe crossings,
slower traffic speeds and
lower levels of traffic and the
willingness of parents to send
their kids off to school or the
by MARK BROATCH
with, all but three of the
countries recognised by the
UN. Which is the odd one out?
❑ Andorra
❑ Bhutan
❑ Liechtenstein
❑ Philippines
5. Cheetahs are so genetically
similar that a skin graft from
one animal to another is likely
to be easily accepted.
❑ True
6. Hypethral means
lacking a …?
Roof
❑ ❑
Purpose
❑
❑ Destination
❑ Job
7. Where would you
typically see “foxing”?
❑ Sport
❑ Books
local park to play with their
friends without supervision.
Parents cannot change
the urban environment by
themselves. It is said you need
a village to raise confident and
able children. We also need the
consideration of the transport
and planning departments.
Alexandra Bonham
Member of the Waitematā Local
Board, Auckland Council
VOICE FOR CONFUSION
While I do not doubt the
undercurrent of racist views
in Australian society, there
was one fundamental flaw
of the recent referendum
in Australia (Bulletin,
November 18). I happened
to be in Perth and read in
detail the document provided
by the government on both
sides of the referendum.
Further, I was able to have
conversations with a broad
range of Australians about
it. There was the uncertainty
and lack of clarity around
❑ Clothes
❑ Chess
8. Which of these heavy
elements is named after
a living person?
❑ Mendelevium
❑ Seaborgium
❑ Bohrium
❑ Oganesson
9. Which European country
has the largest basin area
of the Danube river?
❑ Germany
❑ Austria
Hungary
❑
Romania
10. The hottest chilli pepper
now, hotter than the Carolina
Reaper, is called Pepper what?
❑ A
❑ P
❑ X Answers
on page 80.
❑ Z
what the government actually
proposed, including detail
of the number of positions
in Parliament, their executive
and constitutional function
and, of course, the cost. Asking
the population to vote “Yes” in
principle and then licensing
bureaucrats to fill in the details
and costs down the line is no
basis for a referendum. I am
certain this ambiguity was
reflected in the result.
Michael Bland (Cambridge)
NO END IN SIGHT
There is seemingly no end to
the inhumane bombardment
of Gaza since all demands
across the world for a
ceasefire are rejected with
the agreement of, particularly,
the US. This support is due to
a number of factors. President
Joe Biden has to support
the Israeli position due to
the millions of American
fundamental Christians who
support Israelis so that they
can rebuild the temple for the
second coming. If he does not,
they will vote for Trump next
election. Other than talk, the
Arab states are also holding
back because of Sunni/Shiite
differences.
Like Jonathan Kronstadt
(Bulletin, November 11), I was
raised a Jew because that is
life, but I am an atheist and
that is choice. However, the
answers to his two questions
are there to be seen in history.
The first is that Jews were not
a “small pool of long-suffering
applicants” but became that
after the four gospels were
adopted to define Christianity,
which led to 1500 years of
antisemitism culminating
in the Holocaust. This leads
to the answer of the second
question, which is, the guilt
of the European Christian
members of the UN deciding
on the partition of Palestine
essentially according to the
Balfour Declaration. Charlotte
Grimshaw refers to Gaza as
“the world’s biggest open-air
prison” (Diary, November 11).
I think a better description
would be the “world’s biggest
concentration camp”.
Reuben Leberman
(Palmerston North)
I am shocked by the historical-
impact omissions by most
media regarding the war
in Gaza. In the case of the
horrendous destruction
of people by the US-backed
State of Israel, there is a huge
knowledge gap. It is as though
everything started on October
7, 2023. These civilian killings
started 75 years ago when an
estimated 700,000 Palestinians
were forced from their land
and more than 400 Palestinian
cities and towns were
destroyed by Israeli forces
or repopulated with Israelis.
An average of 500-700
Palestinian children are
“detained” by Israel each
year, with an estimated 13,000
children mostly arbitrarily
detained, interrogated,
tried in military courts and
imprisoned since 2000.
Palestinians are subjected
to daily oppression, a result of
the apartheid system imposed
by Israel. We must work for
change. If justice succeeds,
peace will follow, benefiting
both Israelis and Palestinians.
Marie Venning (Christchurch)
JUST JOKING
Judi Altinkaya’s comment
(Upfront, November 18) that NZ
managers often use humour
to downplay
their status
struck a chord.
It reminded
me that Kiwis
do tend to
use humour
in situations
where others
might not. For example, when
stopped for a breath test any
time in New Zealand, I will
always attempt humour. This
is always responded to in an
appropriate way. For example,
Me: “Does that machine tell
you I haven’t had any alcohol
for five years?”
Officer: “No, but it does
tell me you’re partial to coffee,
which is also a drug, you know.”
Admittedly, my sample size
in Australia is much smaller
but the last time I tried humour
when pulled over there, I was
firmly put in my place.
Ro Giblin (Motueka)
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Twelve intriguing gardens
and their talented creators
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Michele Hewitson
Let’s twist again
Waiting for an announcement about who gets what in our
new government is enough to send anyone around the bend.
ave you lost the
will to live yet?
Don’t bother
answering.
That’s a rhetorical
question. We
have all lost the will to live. At
the time of writing – having to
write that is the very definition
of having lost the will to live – we
have been waiting a month for
something, anything, to happen.
We are all still locked in that
room with the clock that stopped
on election night.
As political tactics go, it’s not
a bad strategy. If we’ve all lost
the will to live we won’t care
about the outcome of National’s
cobbled-together government,
as long as something, anything,
happens. Oh, they all agreed
Winston Peters can be President
for Life? Whatever. Now, can we
go back to our lives?
Scoff not. Stranger things have
happened in politics. Donald
Trump became the president
of the United States, and may yet
be president again. Meanwhile,
in Britain, former Tory prime
minister David Cameron has just
been made foreign secretary.
Cameron was arguably Britain’s
most divisive leader since
Margaret Thatcher because of
his bonkers Brexit referendum
on leaving the European Union.
Cameron is not even an MP
any more. He had banked on
Britain voting to stay, and went
off in an almighty huff after the
vote didn’t go his way. No matter.
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Cameron can be in the Cabinet
again, though not in the House
of Commons, by being made a
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peer and sitting in the House
of Lords. Political commentator
and associate editor of Britain’s
The Spectator, Rod Liddle, said
Cameron’s appointment was
like “pulling a dead rabbit out
of a hat”. So there you go: why
not Peters as President for Life?
WHERE’S WINSTON?
Loose lips sink ships, so it’s
probably best to not get in a
waka with Shane Jones. Having
presumably been told to zip it,
the New Zealand First deputy
leader couldn’t help himself,
revealing there were some
“jagged edges” about tax policy
in the coalition negotiations.
It isn’t just his language that is
flamboyant. He has been known
to wear a pink sports coat that
makes him look like an extra in
Miami Vice.
But by the time the press pack
descended the next day, he had
gone beige. He wasn’t saying
a thing. Except that he didn’t
know anything, he wasn’t privy
to anything, the journos would
have to ask “rangatira” Winston.
Chance would be a fine thing.
We were back to playing that old
game: Where’s Winston? He had
not been spotted at Wellington
Airport. He hadn’t been spotted
at Parliament. He wasn’t at what
Jones called a “group solidarity
lunch” with NZ First MPs. Nobody
knew where he was. Casey
Costello, third on the
party’s list, didn’t know.
Jones claimed
to not even know
whether Peters was
in Wellington. Yeah,
and the moon is made of green
cheese. At this rate, we’ll have to
resort to reading the tea leaves,
If we’ve all lost or the entrails of dead rabbits.
the will to live we Jones later admitted that Peters
won’t care about was not in Wellington.
Later still, on Tuesday evening,
the outcome Chris Luxon and David Seymour
of National’s were seen racing through
cobbled-together Wellington Airport having,
government. presumably, been summoned
to Auckland by our future
President for Life.
In the absence of any clarity
we get gobbledygook, an outbreak
of nonsensical metaphors.
“It’s a bit like swimming
in the ocean; you’re stroking
away and you’re not quite at
your destination yet.” That was
Seymour, on 1News.
“It’s really important to iron
out the wrinkles before you put
the clothes on.” That was NZ
First’s Jenny Marcroft on the
same channel.
What does any of that mean?
Don’t bother trying to decipher
it. You’d go around the twist
trying. Oh, that’s right. We’ve
already gone round the twist.
IN FOR THE KILL
“You guys are really going for me.
Is there any particular reason?”
This was Labour MP Helen
White. The guys were the media.
Really, do not ask that question
of the media.
You are not going to like the
answer, which in this case was
that White had, according to
Newshub, “decimated” the votes
in the holy seat of Mt Albert.
Zipped lips: NZ As prime minister, Jacinda
First’s Shane Jones. Ardern won it by 21,246 votes
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in 2020. Helen Clark won it by
10,351 in 2008. It was the seat of
the holiest of holy ‒ Labour’s first
prime minister, Michael Joseph
Savage, known as the architect
of the welfare state, who held the
seat – then known as Auckland
West – from 1919 until his death
in 1940.
White now holds Mt Albert by
her fingertips. The recount this
week confirmed her majority
was reduced from 20 votes to 18.
White entered Parliament on
the Labour list in 2020 so she is
not a newbie. By now, she should
know how to deal with the lions
who stalk Parliament’s corridors
looking for the weakest zebra
to separate from the herd. She
should know that political hacks
go in for the kill.
White was particularly
vulnerable, not just because
of the paltry 20-vote lead over
National’s Melissa Lee when the
special votes were counted, but
because of leaked feedback from
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her volunteers, which included a
“keep” and “chuck” list for the next
Mt Albert campaign. The “chuck”
The delegates list flung the blame widely: “bad
may also be numbers” in their phone database;
expected to wear the Greens having the temerity
flowers in their to run a strong campaign;
Labour’s manifesto being late
hair, so it’s and sucking. White denied her
probably just volunteers were “leaking against
as well Luxon her”. Okay. And the moon is still
made of green cheese.
isn’t going. The press pack is dangerous
when nothing is happening.
A weakened zebra has no chance
of escape. But it should never
run. Chasing running zebras
is a lion’s favourite game.
FLOWER POWER
Pity poor Damien O’Connor. Due
tto the interminable wait
ffor a coalition deal, the
soon-to-be-former
s trade
minister in the now-
caretaker government
Apec wallflower: has been deputised to go
Damien O’Connor. to Apec in San Francisco
as a stand in for PM-in-waiting
(and waiting) Luxon.
Given the Governor-General
re-swore the caretaker Cabinet
last week, you might have
expected Labour’s former
foreign affairs minister Nanaia
Mahuta would be on the plane,
but because she lost her Hauraki-
Waikato seat, she’s an ex-polly.
So, instead, it’s poor O’Connor.
He will spend his time at Apec
being a political wallflower
because nobody wants to hang
out with the caretaker at parties
when Really Important Matters
of Global Significance are being
discussed. The caretaker is
the geezer who gets to mop up
after the party’s over. At least
O’Connor will get to keep as a
souvenir the silly shirt every
Apec leader is expected to wear.
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As it is in San Francisco, the
delegates may also be expected to
wear flowers in their hair, so it’s
probably just as well Luxon isn’t
going. l
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 Commentary | Bulletin from London
Andrew Anthony
London calling
I
t was announced
recently that the UK’s
global share of recorded
music had declined from
17% in 2015 to 12% last
year. The drop reflects the
improving reach of nations
such as South Korea, with
its K-pop phenomenon, and
it still leaves Britain holding
on to a significant slice of
the international market.
But I can’t help feeling
that the British music
scene is not as vibrant or
influential as it once was.
Of course, every generation
tends towards nostalgia
when it comes to popular
culture, and I can recall
thinking as a teenager in
the late 1970s that I’d missed
out on a golden era of
British music – the Beatles,
the Stones et al – 10 years
earlier. In fact, I was living
through a wonderful
period in its own right but
didn’t have the perspective
to realise it. I grew up in
Camden Town, which was,
and remains, a music hub
in London. I went to a school
in Chalk Farm, opposite
the legendary Roundhouse,
where just about every
music act from Jimi Hendrix
to Split Enz has played.
I recall skipping school to
queue for free tickets for an
Elvis Costello concert at the
Roundhouse, in which he
was previewing his second
album.
From that same school,
my friend Dan Woodgate
joined a band called Madness
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Relevant once more: The Rolling
Stones.
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that I used to watch in a pub
in Camden. I also saw Ian
Dury before he was famous,
Squeeze, the Clash, the Jam,
the Police, the Pretenders,
the Smiths and the Pogues.
It wasn’t hard to find great
music or the subcultures
it fostered. In many ways,
London then wasn’t the
sophisticated global city that
it has become – the food was
terrible, pubs closed at 11pm,
and everything was a bit tatty
and rundown. But the music
was vital and flourishing.
Y
ou can still find live
music, of course,
although it’s not at the
cutting edge of very much.
And there are obviously a
number of big international
British performers: Harry
Styles, Ed Sheeran, Adele. But
what they have in common
is a commercial sound
detached from any place
or tangible experience.
Whatever their talents or
merits, they sound like they
were created in a studio or
on a talent show, as though
they come from anywhere
or nowhere. When I think
of London nowadays, there
are very few well-known
musicians who seem to
embody its spirit or character.
Perhaps Stormzy, but I
struggle to think of others.
The irony is that the most
compelling London album
I’ve heard in a long time is
Hackney Diamonds, by a
group of seniors hitting 80 –
the Rolling Stones.
I remember seeing the
Stones at Wembley Stadium
in 1982 and thinking at the
time they were well past it,
and lamenting that I hadn’t
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The Beatles are No 1
with the execrable
piece of grave-robbing,
Now and Then.
seen them a decade earlier
in their prime. Had someone
told me back then that they’d
still be playing 40 years later
(my wife saw them last year in
Hyde Park and said they were
fabulous), I would have asked
to have some of what they
were smoking.
Yet, I’ve found myself
walking what Jagger calls “the
dreary streets of London” on
one track (Whole Wide World)
and listening to these old men
bring the place alive.
As I write this, the Beatles
are No 1 in the UK charts
with the execrable piece
of grave-robbing, Now and
Then. There’s something
desperate and cynical about
that example of commercial
nostalgia.
With the Stones, though,
I don’t just marvel at what
men of their advanced age
can achieve (there’s hope
for me yet!), but their album
also reminds me that this
small island is still capable
of producing a sound that
reverberates around the
world. l
Andrew Anthony is an
Observer writer and is
married to a New Zealander.

Homing in
I
n November, we set off
on a road trip around the
South Island. Arriving in
Christchurch, we spent
days exploring on foot.
Last time I visited the city, it
was bleak, scarred, dominated
by condemned buildings. The
rebuild was still slow after the
earthquakes, and the streets
had a rough, trashed look.
On a freezing night back then,
I walked through the centre,
spooked by all that dead space.
There’s something terrifying
about derelict buildings.
Now, years later, the
change is remarkable. The
reconstruction has taken off;
new buildings are everywhere,
and many are aesthetically and
architecturally interesting.
The city seems compact and
dynamic. The river and parks
are gorgeous in the spring
sunshine. We walk around
taking it in: the new centres
and cafes, the river, the mature
trees that have survived
continuous upheaval.
Suddenly, surprisingly,
Christchurch is beautiful.
In the hotel, we watch
news broadcasts about
Israel. The World Health
Organisation reports that
a child is being killed in Gaza
every 10 minutes. Gaza’s
largest hospital, where 50,000
people are sheltering, is being
bombed. Refugee camps are
destroyed. International
dismay is turning to anger and
disgust. The French President
has had enough. There is
“no legitimacy”, he says, for
continued bombardment:
“These babies, these ladies,
these old people are bombed
and killed.”
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Charlotte Grimshaw
A news podcast discusses
background, recent events.
According to a UN report,
Israel has been carrying out
systematic demolition of
Palestinian houses in the West
Bank. This includes punitive
demolitions. In January, Israeli
authorities demolished 132
structures. Residents suffered
the loss of houses, water and
sanitation facilities. The UN
reports the demolitions are
making way for illegal Israeli
settlements, and amount to
the crime of “domicide” ‒
destruction of home. Israeli
authorities have also been
demolishing donor-funded
Palestinian schools and
preschools for several years.
I
n Christchurch, the inquest
into the 2019 mosque
shootings has been taking
place. We cross from the Al
Noor Mosque to the site of the
Linwood Islamic Centre. Then
we walk to the old red zone,
where streets are still laid out
on the empty land that used to
be residential. A couple walk
their dog under the surreal
power poles.
I keep saying, “Imagine if
this was our street.” Imagine
it: the suburb where you
lived alongside neighbours,
your tūrangawaewae. Once
bustling, its structures now
erased, leaving nothing but
the poignant beauty and the
memory of the place that
anchored you to the earth.
The news broadcasts have
gone on. In Gaza, it’s domicide
by blitzkrieg: shattering,
indiscriminate and final. We
have watched Gazans digging
in the rubble with bare hands,
carrying injured children into
wrecked hospitals, Gazans
screaming over lines of body
bags. A friend, whose family
Diaryy
We can see only traces
of sections, lawns and
fences. The people are
departed.
is Israeli (one of whom, now
a grandfather, fought with
the Israeli Defence Forces in
the Six-Day War), sends me a
despairing text, horrified by
the bombing.
In Avonside, the river flows;
a mesh of gold-green light
shimmers under the willows.
On a week-day afternoon there
is silence in the sun along the
streets that go nowhere. We
can see only traces of sections,
lawns and fences. The people
are departed. I think of lines
of a Paul Celan poem about the
Holocaust, “The Straitening”.
I recall the poem’s baleful,
recurring line about erasure:
“Nowhere does anyone ask
after you.” It is our duty to
ask after people, wherever
and whoever they are.
We leave the streets that
go nowhere and head back
to the centre. “So, the themes
of today’s walking tour,” I
announce (because I’m always
fun to be around) “are mass
murder, displacement and
domicide.
“And also,” I add, because
Christchurch has turned so
beautiful, “hope”. l
STEVE BOLTON
Charlotte Grimshaw is an
Auckland author and critic.
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 Commentary | View from Abroad
Jane Clifton
A scandal short of a secret
T
he political world’s
new publishing
sensation, a 350-
page sulk by jilted
British MP Nadine
Dorries, could be spared its
fate in the remainder bin by
being repackaged as “Politics
for Dummies”.
At the risk of spoiling
The Plot’s suspense, Dorries
– the former Conservative
MP best known as an author
of heartwarming novels
– “reveals” that a cabal of
people, mostly men, some
“shadowy”, were behind both
the elevation and the downfall
of Boris Johnson as British
prime minister. And that they,
and other cabals of mostly
men, some “shadowy”, had
also installed and rolled other
leaders. And that one of the
shadowy-est was the sinisterly
furtive – but daily blurting in
the media – strategist Dominic
Cummings.
Dorries attests that she can
no longer remain silent about
these secret conspiracies.
Despite her 20-plus years’
political experience, the
basic operating model of
politics – cabals and a degree
of shadowiness – came as a
tremendous shock.
Deliciously, the real
conspiracy is that no one,
least of all her publisher, has
had the heart to tell her that
her catalogue of conspiracies
spans activities neither novel
nor secret.
The book does convey a
flavour of the sensational
new degrees of rancour,
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Missing the point: Boris Johnson
loyalist Nadine Dorries.
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dishonesty and incompetence
that the Johnson era fostered,
but those are not the bits
Dorries is scandalised by.
To anyone wondering why
the book was published, given
she’s the only person shocked
by its contents, the answer is
probably: Prince Harry. Despite
everything in his memoir
Spare being exhaustively
reported in the media before it
went on sale, it became one of
the fastest-selling non-fiction
titles in history. Publishers
now know readers will pay
to re-read what they’ve already
read if they’re told enough times
how sensational it is. By the
time they’ve bought the book
and realised it’s not sensational
or fresh, the publishers have got
their money – which is actually
quite sensationally shrewd.
It also helps to know that
Dorries’ furiously prosecuted
case against the establishment
comes after that establishment
failed to grant her the peerage
Johnson promised her.
Experts are divided over
the value of the House of Lords,
but it’s probably fair to say
that installing Dorries within
it wouldn’t have been a value-
added proposition.
T
hat small, cunning and
determined groups
of people privately
manipulate politics by
becoming influential and
persuasive should not cause
such a fit of the vapours. When
leaders become unpopular,
these cabals either scuttle
them or are overwhelmed
by another group of even
more cunning, determined,
influential operatives with
a new suite of policies and
personalities. And so on.
And frankly, if not, why not?
This ruthless model endures
because it’s effective – though
admittedly not in the hands
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Without the tank
fuel of realpolitik,
“nice” never makes
it past fairy dust.
of recent British politicos.
Politics’ core is persuasion
and influence. Idealism and
altruism alone would be nicer,
but without the tank fuel of
realpolitik, “nice” never makes
it past fairy dust. However
righteous anyone’s objectives,
they have to become popular to
have a shot at achieving them.
What would have been
sensational? To learn that
Johnson was elected leader
because he was rated a person
of gravitas and vision, not
because of his appealing
populism and charisma.
And how, having behaved
like an underslept toddler
on a sugar rush in office, he
had secretly surrendered the
job, not by alleging that a big
boy (ie, Cummings) did all the
naughtiness and ran away,
but by humbly apologising
and wishing his successors
all the best. And how the party
had next elevated Liz Truss
because of her sage and widely
acclaimed economic ideas, not
because she was the shoutiest
populist they could find in
their utter desperation.
Hopefully, that version will
be the plot of Dorries’ next
warm-hearted novel for young
adults. l

Cultural clash
W
hen judges
sentence
offenders,
they have
to take into
account a number of factors.
These are set out in the
Sentencing Act. Among them
are the offender’s personal,
family, whānau, community,
and cultural background,
particularly with a view to
rehabilitation.
This background
information comes in a variety
of ways. One is by a report
prepared by a probation
officer. Another is in the form
of submissions, affidavits and
letters presented by counsel.
Another is by the provision
of background and “cultural”
information.
An offender may request
the court to hear any person
called to speak on the personal,
family, whānau, community
and cultural background
of that offender, as well as how
that background may have
related to the offence. This
is set out in section 27 of the
Sentencing Act.
Judges must hear persons
called to provide this
information unless there is a
special reason for not doing so.
Section 27 provides a
means of getting background
information to the judge ‒
information that the judge
must take into account. The
provision has been around
since 1985 but it has been
underused.
Since about 2015, the
practice has developed of
presenting the background
information in the form
of written reports – often
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incorrectly referred to as
“cultural reports”.
The section provides for this
information to be conveyed
to the judge orally, but this
has some difficulties. The
information is often detailed
and nuanced. It requires time
to digest it and factor it in to
sentencing. Written reports
are of enormous assistance
to a sentencing judge. They
can help assess culpability
for the offending and provide
pathways for rehabilitative
treatment to prevent
reoffending.
I
n most cases, offenders
who seek to put background
information before the
court are on legal aid. Section
27 background reports
are prepared privately.
Approval from legal aid
for funding reports must
be obtained before a report
is commissioned.
The new government
proposes cutting funding
“I don’t think we would have had it designed by
an architect if we’d known he was a beaver.”
David Harvey
for section 27 reports. This is
a bad proposal.
First, it deprives the court
of vital information about an
offender’s background and
how it linked to the offending –
things like poor education, bad
role-modelling, limited ability
to problem-solve, difficulty
in understanding available
choices and numerous other
factors. Without such a report,
the judge is deprived of the
background information that
the law requires be taken into
account in sentencing.
Second, those offenders
who can afford to commission
a background report will be
in a better position in terms
of outcome than those who
are unable to do so. This is
discriminatory and means
that a more favourable outcome
may be based on a person’s
ability to fund a report.
Those who cannot fund
a report can still rely on an
oral presentation but that is
rarely of the quality, depth
Law & Societyy
The new government
proposes cutting
funding for section
27 reports. This is
a bad proposal.
and nuance that one finds
in a professionally prepared
report. That is not equal justice
before the law.
Third, every citizen should
be able to access justice and
expect equal treatment,
irrespective of means.
Outcomes must be determined
on evidence and the
application of standard rules.
There must be consistency
and certainty of outcome.
To deprive a section of the
community of such treatment,
offenders though they may be,
means that they do not have
proper access to justice.
And this affects us all.
Although the cry may be to
punish offenders – though the
word “punish” does not appear
in the act – rehabilitation
and prevention are in the
long-term interest of the
community.
To deprive offenders
of funding for background
reports that could signpost a
rehabilitation pathway is not in
the interests of the community,
the offender or justice. l
PARRY JONES
David Harvey is a retired district
court judge.
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Cover story | Exit interview
Flying the coop
Ahead of her final Saturday Morning show on RNZ, Kim Hill looks
back, reluctantly, on nearly 40 years on air and the many feathers she
ruffled along the way. BY RUSSELL BAILLIE ● PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID WHITE
I
t’s the Friday afternoon before the
second-to-last Saturday Morning with
Kim Hill. It’s also two days after Hill has
become a grandmother for a second
time. She is holding the new baby girl
as she talks and laughs at broadcast decibel
levels. Her granddaughter is unperturbed,
but for an occasional newborn chirp. Even
when Gran is getting animated about those
infamous interviews with Monica Lewinsky
or Jeffrey Archer, among others.
“You know, I’m talking in quite a loud
voice and this baby is sound asleep on my
chest. So cute.”
This disturbance to Hill’s childcare duties
is all very last minute. The Listener had asked
for an interview to mark her exit from the
airwaves after 38 years.
After all, she has been on the magazine’s
cover regularly and a valedictory was surely
called for. End of an era, last of her kind and
all that. It would be fair to say that a fair
proportion of Hill’s audience are Listener
readers, too, and vice versa. They possibly
read a lot of the same books. They would
possibly read a Hill memoir. More of which
later.
Hill didn’t like the idea of an exit inter-
view. Instead, she offered to write a column,
musing upon her departure, and possibly
explaining why she was reluctant to be inter-
viewed about it. Yes, please, we said.
But a few days before her deadline, and
with the new arrival and three shows still
to do, she realised writing something wasn’t
actually easier than talking to someone.
So, here we are a few hours later: Hill, her
daughter’s daughter and one slightly intimi-
dated writer interviewing our greatest
broadcast interviewer … and underachiev-
ing columnist. “Yes, sorry, I over-promised
and under-delivered,” she says. “I feel ter-
ribly guilty.”
So, given that she was going to be writing
her own valedictory piece, how should the
story start?
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“Well, it is good to leave before they throw
you out …”
KIM HILL’S LIFE IN THE FORM OF A KIM
HILL INTERVIEW INTRODUCTION:
“Born in the West Midlands in 1955, Kim
Hill came to New Zealand as a teenager with
her Irish veterinarian father and Scottish
physiotherapist mother when they swapped
Shropshire for the King Country. At university,
she studied languages and eventually jour-
nalism, worked for newspapers in Nelson,
Greymouth and overseas and started her
radio career in Gisborne. She rose up the
ladder at National Radio, moving into its
flagship shows. She presented Checkpoint,
co-presented Morning Report, then flew solo
on Nine to Noon for nine years, then Saturday
Morning for 21. On television, she did stints on
Fair Go and, in the early 2000s, three seasons
of Face to Face with Kim Hill.
“As Diana Wichtel wrote in a 2012 Listener
profile, Hill’s twin interviewing aptitudes are
“rapport and evisceration, sometimes simul-
taneously … .”
Hill has known 2023 would be her last
year on air since the beginning of it. Aware
her daughter Hannah was expecting her
second child, she signed a one-year con-
tract saying she planned to go at the end
of the year. RNZ hoped she would change
her mind, eventually asking if money was a
factor. “I said no, it’s not a question of money,
and explained that it was personal circum-
stances, and they said all right then. It was
a dignified agreement.”
I don’t even think I’m a very
good journalist. I’m just quite
good at talking on the radio.
Was her decision influenced by the state
of RNZ? “No, absolutely not. I mean, RNZ
comes and goes. It’s an icon and it’s a des-
perately important public broadcasting
organ and it has its trials and tribulations,
but actually, none of them affect me. You
know, I do my thing. As long as I’ve got a
good producer and a good operator in the
studio, that’s all I need.”
She has been there a rather long time: 38
years in one media organisation is possibly
some kind of record. Or possibly unhealthy.
“That’s the weird thing. It doesn’t seem so
long. And because I work from home a lot,
it’s not like it’s a 9-to-5 job. It’s a several-eve-
nings-a-week-and-on-a-Saturday-morning
job. And every Saturday is different. And
before that, every Morning Report was dif-
ferent. Every Nine to Noon was different. So,
it’s all been a rich tapestry, and it doesn’t feel
like Radio New Zealand is being torn off my
epaulettes. It feels like my raison d’être has,
maybe, but I don’t feel like I’ve been institu-
tionalised, per se.”
BALANCING LIFE & WORK
It hasn’t always been easy at RNZ. Though
it wasn’t revealed at the time, Hill says she
quit Nine to Noon in 2001 after “a horren-
dous experience” with a producer she won’t
name. “It just shook me completely and I
thought, ‘Okay, I have to leave now.’”
At the same time, Saturday Morning host
John Campbell left due to his growing TV3
commitments. Hill got the job, going from
15 broadcast hours a week to four.
“And it felt divine. I didn’t have to get up
at six in the morning. I didn’t have to sweat
blood every night trying to stay on top of
this and that. It just felt like a holiday. Of
course it is not a holiday. But in contrast, it
just felt fantastic.”
Family first: Kim Hill in 2012, when she kept
chickens. Now a grandmother for the second
time, it’s time to retire.
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Her years from Morning Report to Nine to
Noon were also fraught, personally. “It was
a tricky time, both on Report and on Nine to
Noon, with a break-up, solo parenthood and
a lot of complications. So, I found work very
therapeutic – I had to do it. I had to focus on
it to the exclusion of everything else.”
Which might sound like workaholism
… “No, not workaholism. I’m just a swot,
basically. I’ve always been a swot. It doesn’t
sound very glam, does it?”
What does she think she’s been like to
work with? “I don’t waste words and people
might think I’m being brusque when I’m not
meaning to. I don’t have time to shag around,
and if you get that, then everything’s fine.”
You know it will get a laugh before you
ask, but given that her boss for much of
Hill’s time at RNZ was former broadcaster
Sharon Crosbie, did she ever have manage-
ment aspirations? With all her experience,
shouldn’t she be running the place by now?
“Oh, who would want to manage?” she
says with a mad cackle. “I mean, it would be
my idea of hell running other people. No,
never. It would never have occurred to me.
Never.
“It’s my observation that broadcasters
and journalists don’t necessarily make good
managers, not mentioning any names – and
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not talking about [RNZ chief executive] Paul
Thompson.
“In the past, there have been some pretty
high-profile broadcasting journalists of
whom it was thought they would lend a
veneer of exoticism to the management
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team, but it didn’t work out particularly
well.
“I don’t even think I’m a very good jour-
nalist. I’m just quite good at talking on the
radio. It’s about my limit.”
At which point you want to shout down
the phone, “Oh, come on!” with the same
emphasis Hill has employed over the years.
She has won awards, notoriety, respect
and the fear of generations of NZ politi-
cians. Some must have got quite a surprise
in recent years when Hill was sometimes
injected back into the news cycle as reliev-
ing presenter and interviewer on Morning
Report.
“I missed the cut and thrust of Morning
Report because when there’s a story on, you
know, it’s really good. But those five-minute
interviews I find incredibly frustrating.
And a good short interview is much harder
to do than a longer one.”
FROM MANDELA TO MONICA
Saturday Morning has mainly been a pol-
itician-free zone, save for the occasional
former British or Australian prime minis-
ter flogging a memoir.
I don’t have time to shag
around, and if you get that,
then everything’s fine.
Famous ‒ and infamous ‒ faces: Hill
interviewees have included Monica Lewinsky,
John Pilger, Jeffrey Archer, Theresa May and
Paul Callaghan.
“That was a very strange interview –
Theresa May, wasn’t it?” she says of her
September encounter with one former
resident of 10 Downing Street. “Well, you
could just completely understand why they
called her robotic because she just stayed
completely on the level, did not react, failed
to understand or answer the question, just
stayed on the track and kept on going.
Maybe that’s what you’ve got to be like.”
Also in her collection of world leaders
past and present are Tony Blair (“I was
never a huge fan … he was a bit knowingly
charismatic”), John Howard, Julia Gillard,
Kevin Rudd, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai
Lama.
She has interviewed every New Zealand
prime minister – or aspiring prime minis-
ter – since Robert Muldoon, though she got
the post-1984, put-out-to-pasture version
of him.
Some of those politicos were on Face to
Face with Kim Hill, her three-season TVNZ
show in the early 2000s. That series featured
one of her most famous trainwrecks –
prominent maverick journalist John Pilger,
who claimed Hill hadn’t done her research
and called the interview a disgrace.
“The thing is, if Pilger wasn’t an ego-
maniac, he wouldn’t have done the work
he’s done,” Hill told Wichtel in 2012. “I was
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keen to talk to him, but he turns out to be a
prick. So it goes.”
Television, despite her other forays which
included a stint on Fair Go and a trip to Cuba
on Intrepid Journeys, was never her thing.
She has no regrets her small-screen career
didn’t last longer. Too much of a fidget, she
says, couldn’t keep her face still, couldn’t
steer an interview to a commercial break.
“I was terrible at television … I felt like a
complete fraud.”
Still, on Face to Face, she could confront
Winston Peters about his Islamophobia,
David Lange about his mortality, Don Brash
about his attitude to Māori – not for the only
time – and regularly, then-PM Helen Clark
about the issues of the day.
On radio, her first major derailment
had been in the early days of Nine to Noon,
when Jeffrey Archer, life peer, successful
potboiler-writer and, later, jailed perjurer,
took exception to Hill’s line of questioning.
The visiting UK Conservative politician
had been told by some new National Party
chums that Hill would be gunning for him,
so he got in with the retaliation first.
“I found that very bruising and weird
and quite mad and I didn’t know what was
going on,” she says about the memorable
encounter 30 years later. “But I suppose I
must have hardened up after that and so I
didn’t particularly take them personally. It’s
just sometimes you get off on the wrong foot
with people and you can’t get back on the
right foot. Most of the people who I have
fallen out with are quite important people
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… and possibly self-important, and so if you
haven’t got the right tone with some of those
people then it just goes off the rails immedi-
ately. So maybe I’m a bit tone deaf.”
Unprompted, Hill brings up her 1999
Nine to Noon interview with Monica
Lewinsky, who was on the promotional
trail for Monica’s Story, written by Andrew
Morton. Midway through, Hill memorably
asked: “You performed fellatio on President
Clinton the same day you exchanged your
first words with him. In retrospect, was that
a smart thing to do?”
“Well, that’s a really interesting way to
put it,” replied Lewinsky before carrying on.
In retrospect, Hill doesn’t think the
exchange was her finest hour. “The inter-
view with Monica Lewinsky was, in today’s
terms, absolutely terrible.”
Because? “Because, you know, I think I
asked her whether she thought the best way
to be an aide to President Clinton was to give
him a blow job. I can’t remember, but it was
The interview with Monica
Lewinsky was, in today’s
terms, absolutely terrible.
Because I asked her whether
she thought the best way to be
an aide to President Clinton
was to give him a blow job.
pretty shocking. And, these days, we would
interpret it as an imbalance of power. He
would be seen as a predator; she would be
seen as an innocent.
“It’s a bit like, I’m always very glad that I’m
not on social media behaving terribly badly
at a party 40 years ago, but that interview
with Monica Lewinsky could constitute a
me-behaving-badly moment because I don’t
think I’d be able to listen to it now without
feeling very ashamed of myself.”
MORE LIGHT THAN HEAT
Yes, like everyone who heard them at the
time, Hill remembers the trainwrecks most.
Honourable mentions of other derailments
include English author Tony Parsons –
whose first words to Hill after she read out
something of his was, “You’ve got your head
up your arse” – and Joyce McKinney, the
subject of the Errol Morris documentary
Tabloid, who was on quite a roll verbally
until Hill implored, “Joyce, I’m losing the
will to live”, and cut the interview short.
But any fair assessment of Hill’s career
would be that it has produced far more light
than heat. Among the best examples were
her regular spots in her first decade of Sat-
urday Morning with late physicist Sir Paul
Callaghan. They were ahead of the curve
when it came to the fusion of science and
media. Their discussions became a book.
“It was great, because he was so good at
putting things into simple language and
Paul was overflowing with enthusiasm.
So, it was a really lovely thing. Since then,
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A SENSE OF MISCHIEF
The woman who has been dubbed the biggest brain in radio
is also humble, and fond of a flight of fancy. BY MICHELE HEWITSON
“I CAN’T LIKE OLIVES,” KIM HILL ONCE
said, emphatically, enigmatically, and
somehow weirdly memorably. That
utterance summed up her idiosyncratic
appeal. The horrid olives made their
appearance on her first Saturday
morning show in 2002. In a review of
that first show, I wrote that she talks
about food the way a visitor from
another galaxy might. “I would have
thought mint and basil would argue with
each other,” she went on to proclaim.
Presumably, her observations of olives
and those battling herbs were apropos
of … something. But perhaps not. She is
the queen of the non sequitur.
Her last show will be on November 25.
“Bit of a day, yesterday,” she said of her
departure announcement. It was like
attending her own funeral “while still
alive”. There was more collective wailing
than when the All Blacks failed to win the
World Cup. She said she would have said
that the messages have been humbling
– except that she has never known what
“humbling” meant. Instead, they were
“prouding”. Part of the delight that is
Kim Hill is her propensity for making
up words.
It is very rude of her to retire. She’s
only 68. What is she going to do all day,
anyway? As she has pointed out, you can
only do Wordle once a day. She can cut
her own hair only so many times. And in
any case, she stopped cutting it herself
after her daughter told her she looked
like “a muppet”. She might learn to play
the cello. She has grandkids. She could
re-read Henry James’ The Portrait of a
Lady for, oh, the 100th time. She likes
semi-colons. She has a garden that she
appears to regard as a slightly tricky
interviewee. She’s rather good at killing
things. Pity the bugs. You can see her
going about her garden squashing pests
the way she has squashed pesky guests.
Some of her guests were treated like
bugs. Or those olives. If she couldn’t
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Hill is New Zealand broadcasting’s impish
Puck – sometimes benevolent, sometimes
malevolent.
like them, if they were horrible and rude
or merely a bit thick, she would roll
the sour thing about in her mouth and
with elegant distaste, spit the pip, with
exquisite precision, into the rubbish bin she
discarded nasty things into.
It must be a pain, and a bore, that
listeners remember the interviews that
were fiascos far longer than they remember
the clever ones – she makes baffling science
and boffins understandable and interesting
– or the sweet and funny ones: Dolly Parton,
a very young Lorde (who was wriggling
with excitement at being interviewed by
her hero, Hill). She was often ticked off by
listeners for being bitchy or opinionated.
People have long complained that
she interrupts too much. Of course she
interrupts. It’s what good interviewers do.
Otherwise, people will just waffle on along
a road of their own agenda. You’ve got to
She has long relished reading
rude messages. She has long
relished exposing morons as
morons.
lasso ’em. If listeners thought they could
offend her by sending a message objecting
to her interrupting, you’d think they’d have
learnt they could not. She has long relished
reading rude messages. She has long
relished exposing morons as morons.
She may be the only person who has ever
received an apology from the frequently
fierce CK Stead, who, in the introduction
to his 2002 collection of essays, Kin of Place,
added a footnote: “… is it ego, or Radio NZ
policy, which dictates that she must pretend
to have read books discussed on her
programme which clearly at times she has
only skimmed or glanced at?” Was he going
to be in for it the next time he appeared on
her show? Was he ever. She may also have
been the only person in the country to have
given CK a public tongue lashing. That’s a
pretty good definition of bravery – on both
of their parts. A fierce Hill is even scarier
than a fierce Stead.
In the early days, that pompous Max
Cryer had a slot on language. He made the
mistake of saying: “Have you ever noticed
how listeners don’t always hear things
accurately?” It’s always a fabulous idea to
insult the listeners. “Nooo. Not my listeners,
Max,” Hill said. “Heavens. In fact, far too
many of them heard CK Stead last week and
wrote me emails calling me unprofessional
and nasty. Bitchy, one called me, bitchy.”
One! Amazingly, those people who write in
to complain about her still listen to her. Why,
she would ask, didn’t they just find the off
knob? Why, indeed.
JEFFREY ARCHER THOUGHT HER RUDE,
cruel and unkind. The scandal-prone
then-Tory peer and author objected
when Hill asked whether he was driven
by ego. Things went rapidly downhill. Her
reputation for being cruel and unkind
had preceded her, he said. When he
came down from his soapbox, she asked
whether it was his encounters with the
UK press that had made him “so defensive”.
She was never intimidated.
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The British journalist and writer Tony
Parsons told her she had her head up her
arse. He later said he wouldn’t have said
it “if I’d known she was so old”. He was
a prick.
Hill did a shortish stint on the telly with
Face to Face with Kim Hill. John Pilger
came on the show and was a prick. Well,
she kind of suspected that he would
be, as did we. Spit, spit, spit. Into that
wastepaper bin went pips Pilger, Parsons
and Archer. It must be quite a large
rubbish bin.
Being on the telly requires a stillness
she has never possessed. Her hands,
like her brain, are in constant motion.
You found yourself hypnotised by the
hands, the pointing of pens, the face
twisting, which made it nigh impossible
to concentrate on the interview.
Is she terrifying, I once asked fellow
broadcaster Susie Ferguson. “Of course,”
she said. She’s so brainy. Brainy people
are scary. She’s been called the biggest
brain in radio. She told the Post: “That’s
because I’m so old that I know stuff
people don’t really care about any more.
They think it’s clever, but it’s not, it’s just
being overeducated.”
Unlike the late Sir Paul Holmes – the
only other broadcaster of her generation
who was in her league – she has never
given a toss about being populist. Big-
brained as she is, she probably doesn’t
know how to spell it. Unlike Holmes, she
doesn’t do folksy or gushy. She is fine,
though, with a bit of whimsy. She is fond
of going off on a flight of fancy – those
olives …
It is tempting to imagine she’ll go on
existing somewhere within the workings
of all our wirelesses. It is comforting
to think her catchy bark of a cackle,
sometimes benevolent, sometimes not,
will, at unexpected moments, emanate
from them.
She’s like a sometimes benevolent,
sometimes malevolent imp, and is
impishly capable of either. She has
always been New Zealand broadcasting’s
Puck. As the sprite says in Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: “Sometime
a horse I’ll be, sometime a hound / A hog,
a headless bear, sometime a fire / And
neigh, and bark, and grunt, and roar, and
burn/ Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire, at
every turn.” l
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science has become much more popular-
ised, I think. I’m not attributing that to us,
it’s just the fact that we are more at ease with
scientific discussions perhaps than we were
then.”
Talking of books, yes, publishers have
been beating a path to her door to write a
memoir. “They’re really nice and they’ve
had good ideas, and they mean well, but, you
know, I couldn’t even write you a column.
And if I ever have the time, then would I
have anything to say?
“There have been some fantastic memoirs
like Diana Wichtel’s or Noelle McCarthy’s.
I’ve read so many other good ones that I can’t
even begin to think that I could possibly do
it. You’d have to write a very good one, oth-
erwise, why bother?”
If someone else was to attempt a biogra-
phy? “I don’t care. I wouldn’t have anything
to do with this because I just don’t think I’m
fodder for it. It’s not like I’m Paul Holmes, is
it? Whereas Paul was larger than life, I am
smaller than life.
“After each Saturday Morning I just want
to go to bed. Not because I’m tired but I just
want to be underneath the duvet, very quiet.
That’s not the stuff of which scintillating
memoirs are written.”
A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW
The day after our interview, Hill’s second-
to-last Saturday Morning is something of a
classic. The interviewees include prominent
Canadian activist writer Naomi Klein, on
many things including far-left and far-right
conspiracy theories and Gaza; Australian
feminist writer and podcaster Clemen-
tine Ford, on why marriage is terrible for
women; and celebrated English classicist
Mary Beard (who, like Hill, was also born
in Shropshire 68 years ago), talking about
Roman emperors.
The guests’ respective new books
amount to more than 1200 pages Hill has
read in preparation. Among the locals are
Rhodes Scholar and foster care children’s
advocate Isaac Heron and GNS principal
scientist Graham Leonard. Providing some
light relief and banter is The Chase host
Bradley Walsh, who asks Hill, “What are you
going to do now that you’re finishing up?”
Hill: “I don’t know. I’ve got, you know,
grandchildren, Brad.”
Walsh: “That’s brilliant. The great thing
about it is you’ve got all that wonderful time
now to spend with them as well.”
The four hours are high-brow and
mid-brow, provocative and entertaining
(especially Hill’s responses to listener
Whoever it is is bound to be
better than me, and I’ll just
feel shit and think, ‘Oh my
god, I might have wasted
the last 500 years of my life.’
feedback), zeitgeisty and historic. It would
have been a good show to end on.
Hill will be a hard act to follow. If she was
interviewing applicants to be her succes-
sor, what would she ask them? “I would ask
them whether they realised that it was, in
fact, a job that would take over their lives.
Because I do think a lot of people think it’s a
bit of a part-time thing and they’ll have time
to do all sorts of other things. Well, they will,
because you can curate your own working
week up to a point. But you still have to read
a lot and listen to a lot and it doesn’t leave a
lot of time for other stuff. So, I would make
it clear that it’s not a little hobby.”
So, plans for the November 25 finale?
When she left Nine to Noon, Hill jokingly
played Wind Beneath My Wings as a feigned
thank-you to her listenership before cutting
the song off a few bars in. It won’t work a
second time.
“Genuinely, I haven’t thought about it. I’m
hoping I have people to do that. Because I’m
still in denial. People say, ‘God, how many
shows have you got left?’ and I genuinely
haven’t counted and don’t know because
this next show is the only one that matters.”
As for when the “on air” light goes off
and she swings open the heavy soundproof
studio door for the last time? “I imagine I’ll
go through the stages of grief, whatever they
are, but I will feel, you know, probably start
humming Is That All There Is? I’ll have an
existential crisis and then I’ll get over it.”
And no, she won’t be providing any lis-
tener feedback to whoever’s next.
“When I stop, I will not listen to the radio
on Saturday mornings. Because whoever it
is is bound to be better than me, is my think-
ing, and I’ll just feel shit and I’ll think, ‘Oh my
god, I might have wasted the last 500 years
of my life.’”
Once again, there’s a temptation to shout,
“Oh come on …” but a small baby is stirring,
and we say our goodbyes. l
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Connecting people
Anne Salmond has been a bridge between cultures all her life.
Her new book revisits the stepping stones in
her journey. BY PAUL LITTLE
W
herever she looks, Dame
Anne Salmond sees con-
nections: between people,
between academic disci-
plines, between Māori and
Pākehā cultures, between the islands of
the Pacific, between the past and the pre-
sent. Sometimes she sets out to make the
connections, sometimes she finds them,
sometimes they find her. Most recently,
she has been examining the existentially
crucial connections between humans and
the environment.
An important personal connection was
sundered in January, when her husband,
conservation architect Jeremy Salmond,
died. “It’s been a horrible year,” she says.
“Jem and I were very close – 54 years
together and we were very happy.” She is
speaking in the impressive Devonport,
Auckland, villa on which her late husband
practised his heritage restoration skills.
“We’ve only ever lived in this house. And we
bought it when [daughter] Amiria was just
a baby. He learned his craft on this house.”
As well as the personal partnership, the
two shared a professional one in which
each complemented the other. When Anne
was doing fieldwork on marae around the
country, Jeremy accompanied her and “was
always much more useful than me”, she says.
“People assumed because I could speak a bit
of Māori that I knew a lot more than I did.
But they would explain it all to Jeremy and
tell him everything.”
He is also a presence in her new book,
Knowledge Is a Blessing on Your Mind, which
collects academic and other writing from 40
years, some previously unpublished. Sal-
mond describes it as “a scholar’s journey.
It’s quite personal in one way, but the way
I’ve been a scholar doesn’t really exclude
everything else.”
She credits Jeremy with the idea for the
book’s structure. When she was approached
about the project by Auckland University
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Press, she thought it was “boring”.
“I wrote all that stuff a long time ago. But
Jem said, ‘It’s really good, because these are
papers that lots of people won’t have seen.
And why don’t you write something about
what was going on when you wrote each
one?’ And when I started to do that, the
whole thing came to life.”
Salmond was born in 1945 and grew up
in Gisborne, which “was quite a divided
community when I was young. [Māori and
Pākehā] met at school, and on the sports field
and the farms, but it was pretty separate a
lot of the time.” She describes her mother,
Joyce, as “a bridge” who “always engaged
with Māori people” and had Māori friends.
When teenage Anne went to the United
States as a field scholar, she had been taught
some action songs to include when doing the
obligatory talks to Kiwanis and Rotary clubs
but “I just realised I was talking through a
hole in my head”.
Curiosity aroused (which is perhaps her
natural state), she began to learn te reo
Māori and joined a kapa haka group. She
describes herself as having felt at home in
Māori culture right from the start, “like a
part of me that was missing somehow”.
At university, she took up anthropology –
the only department where you could learn
te reo Māori.
Sir Pita Sharples, the academic and
former minister of Māori affairs, was a
fellow student. He remembers Salmond
as “really bright, and modest with it. We
became pretty good friends. She came into
the department with an IQ twice as high as
She had quite a Pākehā
background, but soon she
was speaking Māori fluently.
ours and very out there and top of the class.”
University life was social and communal
in a way that would be unfamiliar to today’s
students. “We had excursions to go diving
for kai moana, lots of parties, lots of sing-
ing,” says Salmond. “You’d go watch the guys
play rugby. It was kind of pre-political.”
Says Sharples: “She had quite a Pākehā
background, but soon she was speaking
Māori fluently. She threw herself into her
work with Māori and Polynesian culture.
She was genuine.”
Tracey McIntosh, professor of indig-
enous studies at the University of Auckland,
has worked closely with Salmond. “People
who were students with her have said to me
she stood out even as an undergraduate. It
was very clear that there was a pathway in
front of her.”
Academically, Salmond says, “we were
taught to think about the whole world, the
whole of the Pacific, and Aotearoa as being
part of that. New Zealand wasn’t separate
from the Pacific in Māori studies.”
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Of all the connections Salmond made at
this time, the most significant was with
the Māori elders Amiria (Ngāti Porou) and
Eruera Stirling (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui).
She met Amiria first, at a party in her first
year at university. “She learnt a lot from
just being with them,” says Sharples. “They
found her quite charming and she was like
a daughter to them.”
The pair saw something in the young
Pākehā that made them think it worth
investing time and energy and sharing
their rich store of knowledge with her. “This
was an act of real generosity, and without
a doubt shaped the rest of her career. She
lived up to it,” says McIntosh.
Salmond says it was a time of “going
Dame Anne Salmond: “An amazing ability to
communicate and get the best out of people.”
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around marae and listening to people, sit-

ting through hui and exploring te reo with
people who are fluent native speakers,
and in Eruera’s case, wānanga experts and
expert philosophers”. She was exposed to
“some of the deep ideas that are really dif-
ferent from deep ideas in the Western
tradition. And so you start to see that the
world in that kind of way of thinking,
through whakapapa, is this vast, all-inclu-
sive, cosmic network of kinship. We are just
one life form among many.”
The acclaimed books she wrote with them
– Amiria: The Life Story of a Māori Woman
(1976) and Eruera: The Teachings of a Māori
Elder (1980) – were landmarks in bicultural
connection and understanding.
The link between Salmond and his family
runs deep for Eruera Tarena, the Stirlings’
great-grandson and executive director of
education and leadership consultancy
Tokona Te Raki. “What taonga the books
are,” he says. “It’s like having a window into
the lives, the thoughts and the souls of our
old people. When I was young, I read the
books multiple times, because they are just
interesting reads, so I feel that connection
with someone who’s like a window to your
tupuna.”
He thinks Salmond’s status as someone
outside the family and Māoridom was part
of the successful relationship. “Sometimes
there is a power in being an outsider. It’s not
about jostling and iwi politics or position-
ing or claiming a legacy and mana. It was
about having someone they deeply loved
and trusted, but also someone who could
capture it in a neutral way. A lot of our
tohunga had these relationships with a lot opportunities it provided to make connec- Salmond with Eruera Stirling: “He was
of early European ethnographers.” tions across other disciplines and between a walking encyclopaedia about different
whakapapa.”
academia and the rest of society.
A MEANS TO AN END “I’ve always been interested in philosophy
Not all Māori share this benign view. Sal- and environmental matters and the law.” you’re a here tangata, a knot of people.”
mond’s work has been challenged by Māori Certainly, the study of linguistics wasn’t As an example of connections across
critics such as environmental, indigenous enough. “You weren’t really getting into cultures, she cites her experience when
and human rights advocate Tina Ngata, deep patterns of how people understand the studying at Cambridge University, not long
who responded to Salmond’s 2022 News- world. The idea of Māori studies in an ivory after her close work with the Stirlings. Eve-
room article about race-based framing of tower is just ridiculous. In [Māori] philoso- rywhere she looked, she saw patterns from
the partnership provisions of the Treaty phy you are made up of your relationships; the marae: tapu areas where only initiates
of Waitangi with a blog post titled “It’s could walk, men’s houses and women’s
Time (AGAIN) to Teach about Racism”. She houses, “and there’s all the portraits of the
objected to a Pākehā “telling Māori how to masters around the walls and all the carv-
be Māori” and said Salmond “historically ings. I thought: this is not so different.”
and culturally decontextualises Te Tiriti The work goes on. In early October, Sal-
o Waitangi to her own ends”. Ngata wrote mond headed to Scotland and the island of
that “at the end of the day, Salmond does not All of a sudden, you’re Ulva to join anthropologist daughter Amiria
MARTI FRIEDLANDER

have the requisite whakapapa to shape this
debate”.
Anthropology was always a means to
an end, says Salmond, who valued the
in exploring more family connections. She
walking around with this has long known that her great-grandfather
absolute sense of wonder. James McDonald was of Scottish descent
And I’ve never lost that. and, alongside Sir Āpirana Ngata and

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Sir Peter Buck, was a core member of the
Dominion Museum expeditions team who
filmed Māori life between 1919 and 1923.
More recently, she discovered a new con-
nection: McDonald was a direct descendant
of a Celtic bardic line that “has been called
the oldest literary lineage in Europe. They
were the ones who kept the whakapapa –
the stories of the clan.” The line continued
down to McDonald’s great-grandfather, Ian
MacMhuirich. “He was the last of them, and
Amiria has found manuscripts by him in
Scotland.”
This visit was to be a special one in many
ways. It was Amiria’s 50th birthday. They
celebrated the first week, and the second
was for fieldwork “running around meas-
uring crops”. This was Salmond’s idea of an
excellent time.
“In many ways,” she says, “that history is
just so similar to what happened to Māori –
it happened to the Highlanders first.”
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Given the bardic heritage, it is perhaps
not surprising that Salmond is a more-
than-usually gifted writer. Seldom is deeply
researched anthropology such a pleasure to
read. In books such as The Trial of the Canni-
bal Dog, she has an almost uncanny ability to
put the reader inside the heads of the people
she is writing about and set them down in
the places where the scenes occur.
She says it’s about finding the connections
that are already there. “Like, for example,
We’re still smashing the
promises we made. You
can’t fix that by giving
people cash. You’ve got
to give them respect.
Salmond, fourth from right, and University
of Auckland Māori Studies Department staff
at Waipapa Marae, 1983.
going out on a boat, which I’ve done a lot of,
say in Tolaga Bay, and looking back at the
land. With all those coastal profiles, there
are all the images that the artists left behind.
And then, when you read the log books, you
know where they are on the landscape. And
you can work out quite a lot about what’s
actually going on.”
The same goes for the people in the sto-
ries. “The ancestors are real people. But it’s
not just Cook who’s real, it’s the people on
the beaches as well. And they are people you
can learn about, if you go about it in a way
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
that is mana-enhancing and respectful.”
She describes a kind of magic: “When I
was with Amiria and Eruera, for example,
and mixing with that generation of great
scholars and great orators, it really was
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like walking into another world. I say it’s

a bit like The Lion, the Witch and the Ward-
robe. All of a sudden, you’re looking around
with this absolute sense of wonder. And I’ve
never lost that.”
So, Captain James Cook is like us and not
like us, and the same goes for the Māori he
encountered. “They each had their own
mana. And if you don’t honour that as a
scholar you’re not doing your job. If you
say, ‘I’m a Pākehā. I can’t understand any-
thing Māori so I’m not going to write about
it’, it means that what you’re writing about
is inherently unbalanced.” She’s aware of
limits. “I’ve always known that people on
the marae know more than I ever will. So,
it’s not a matter of talking with authority;
it’s more a matter of being on a journey to
try to understand.”

NO STUFFY ACADEMIC
Sometime collaborator Billie Lythberg is a
lecturer in organisation studies at Auck-
land University’s business school. She and
Salmond worked together on the Artefact
TV series, but their connection goes back
to Lythberg’s childhood friendship with
Amiria Salmond.
“[Dame Anne] gave me the first sense of
what it might be like as a Pākehā to work in
te ao Māori,” says Lythberg, who highlights
Salmond’s passion for communicating
her knowledge to others. “Her writing is
designed to reach as many people as pos-
sible. She doesn’t write like a sort of stuffy
academic.”
It has always been like this. “I meet so
many people who, if I talk about doing some-
thing with her, will immediately say, ‘Oh, my
gosh, she was my favourite lecturer.’ They
can recall her lectures so vividly, I think
because of that capacity she has for bring-
ing things to life.”
And like the best teachers, she has time
and energy beyond what could be rea-
sonably expected. “I’ve seen her utterly
exhausted at the end of very long days,
especially when filming for Artefact, yet able
to ‘power up’ for whomever she is working
with, so they know they are receiving her
full attention.”
She describes a distinctive physical side to
Salmond’s writing practice. “In the analogue
DAME ANNE SALMOND COLLECTION
narrative kind of overview, from as many
people as possible.
“It means you can make these incredible
connections, when you find something in a
museum collection pinpointing where that
amazing taonga might have come from and
connecting it to the people who have made
it.”
Tokona Te Raki’s Eruera Tarena contin-
ues to find inspiration in Salmond’s work.
“I appreciate her thought leadership. And
her mahi. At the moment, people aren’t
pitching solutions, they’re pitching slo-
gans. In a public domain where she can use
her platform to raise her voice, she is more
powerful, because she is Pākehā, with many
segments of our society, but also she’s got
serious cred in te ao Māori, which is great.
We need bridges who can span cultures.”
One hundred of the 500 pages in Knowl-
edge Is a Blessing are devoted to a close
examination of the document intended
to connect Pākehā and Māori – te tiriti –
reflecting its importance in her work and
thought. She is clear about the imperfect
state of race relations here, especially given
the misunderstandings around that docu-
ment when it was signed and the breaking
of the agreement, which started almost
immediately.
“We’re still smashing the promises we
made,” says Salmond. “You can’t fix that by
giving people cash. You’ve got to give them
respect.”
That said, she is keen not to minimise the
value of treaty settlements. “It’s something
that most other countries have never con-
templated, so it’s something the country has
done of which I think we can be proud.”
Of the current climate, she says, “This tit-
for-tat type of politics around race is really
dangerous. The sort of leaders we need are
rangatira who treat others as rangatira and
who engage in exchanges that are mutu-
ally respectful and creative. We don’t need
people who are going to try to take us down
a path that means we’re trashing each other
and trashing our land, because they actually
tend to go together.”
She says leaders need to take people with
them, not present a fait accompli. “That’s
true in a democracy, and it’s equally true
on the marae. The idea that the people are

days, she would work on a voyage by find-
ing every record of that voyage, published
or in manuscript form. Say it was the third
of October in 17-something – every single
thing that was mentioned that day she would
photocopy and paste onto a huge sheet of
paper, which means you get a wonderful
This tit-for-tat type of
politics around race is really
dangerous. The sort of leaders
we need are rangatira who
treat others as rangatira.
the chiefs of the chief, and that everybody
has mana is something we share. Those
are ideas that translate across pretty well.
That’s why whakapapa is beautiful, because
it’s all about interconnection, and relation-
ships, and you focus on the things that really
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With Amiria, Tim and Steve in Cambridge,
England, in the early 1980s; with Tim,
husbandJeremy and Steve at the opening
of Te Papa Tongarewa in 1998; with Ecoworks
director Steve Sawyer and Jeremy at Young
Nick’s Head, near Gisborne.
among people, and between people and the
land. And these are the things that will make
or break us.”
LAND AND PEOPLE
The primary focus of Salmond’s thinking
and thought in recent years, which con-
nects all the threads of her earlier work,
has been the environment. The urgency of
the issue has only been confirmed by recent
events close to home in Tairawhiti, notably
cyclones Hale and Gabrielle.
“One of the projects that Jem and I worked
on together was Waikereru, our restora-
tion project in Gizzi [Gisborne]. The harm
to people and the land and the river was just
extraordinary, and you realise that all those
things are linked up. You can’t fix some-
thing like that just by focusing on carbon.
You can’t fix it just by planting pine trees,
because the pine trees actually created the
slash. You realise that when you think about
how best to run a country, you know, it’s
about relationships, and not just with each
other, but with the land.”
For a long time before that devastating
evidence was laid out, Salmond had been
taking a keen interest in the connections
between people and the environment.
“It grew out of travelling around with
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Amiria and Eruera and reading the land-
scape. He was a walking encyclopaedia
about different whakapapa. And when we
did Artefact, it was a bit like doing it again.
Whakapapa is about seeing ourselves as just
one life form among many, and realising the
degree of hubris that is built into our atti-
tude that these things are there for us to use.”
The restoration project at Waikereru has
been a spectacular success. As the land has
been returned towards its original state,
flora and fauna that have long been in
decline have started to flourish again.
It’s been a typically hands-on commit-
ment. “Jem and I started off just doing it on
weekends because we were so busy. And
we did a lot of planting and stuff ourselves.
And there have been collaborations with
wonderful people who we’ve become close
to through that project.”
One is Steve Sawyer, director of Eco-
works, who encountered the Salmonds
when they “were looking for somebody
to spray weeds out at their eco-sanctuary,
The quality of relationships
among people and between
people and the land – these
are the things that will make
or break us.
which wasn’t really an eco-sanctuary then”.
This grew into a collaboration, he says.
“We started discussing options for the
land and how to restore it and how to pro-
tect waterways and the biodiversity that
remained.” The partnership has been going
for about 20 years.
Add Sawyer to the long list of people who
have found inspiration working with Sal-
mond. “She’s so knowledgeable, but she’s
always happy to sit and listen to what others
have to say. [She’ll say,] ‘What can we do next
to make something better?’ She’s got this
amazing ability to get the best out of people.
She has an ability to communicate and get
people to do amazing things themselves.”
For Salmond, with her unique vantage
point, nothing could be more important
right now than what is happening to the
environment.
“I was a vice-president of the Royal Soci-
ety of New Zealand for a bit, and in that role,
you get to see the work of scientists right
across the spectrum. And when you look at
the Antarctic scientists, you look at marine
scientists … everybody’s terrified. The scien-
tific community is saying that if we carry on
the way we’re going, we’re history. To leave
that to our kids and our grandchildren is
unbelievable folly. This is bigger than the
treaty because this is about survival.” l
Knowledge Is a Blessing on Your
STEVE SAWYER
Mind: Selected Writings 1980-2020,
by Anne Salmond (Auckland University
Press, $65).
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Tinseltown no more
The heat is relentless, the traffic daunting and the homelessness
distressingly in your face. It could almost be Auckland. BY COLIN HOGG
V
isiting Los Angeles, an Auck-
lander can’t help but think of
home, though not in a homesick
way. It’s more to do with won-
dering if this vast, sun-baked,
car-mad, homeless-filled place is actually
future Auckland.
The taxi driver from the airport is garru-
lous but, unusually liberal for an LA cabbie,
says the city is hurting over the Hamas-
Israel war. “There’s a lot of fear.” And, as
usual, he’s never been to New Zealand, but
he hears it’s very beautiful.
Wife working, me tagging along, for our
first few days in Hollywood we’re based
at the Thompson Hollywood, new and hip
and full of rich youngsters. There’s a roof-
top bar and a pool. It’s just a hop off Sunset
Boulevard and I can see the skyscrapers of
Downtown in the heat-hazy distance.
After 6pm, the sun a fading glow way
above Santa Monica, we venture out for a
drink and food and go around the corner
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to the rooftop bar in another hip hotel. The
seats have no backs and everyone is less
than half my age. There’s no tap beer, just
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cocktails with names like Jolene. Incon-
gruously, the sound system is playing Dire
Straits.
Next morning, even hotter, an Uber
driver says, “I’m starting to notice the home-
less in parts of town they weren’t before, like
Beverly Hills, even Rodeo Drive. There was
an influx after the epidemic. For the first
time, it’s starting to feel dangerous.”
But the thing he’s really in a state about
is the price of petrol. “It’s so expensive now,
hitting $6 a gallon.” When I tell him that
back home, we pay the equivalent of $14 a
gallon, he refuses to believe me.
TAKING SHELTER
It’s mid-afternoon and 30°C and if I don’t
walk on the shady side of Hollywood Boule-
vard I might faint. I take shelter in the Frolic
Room, said to be the last real dive bar in Hol-
lywood. It opens at 11 and it doesn’t do food
– at all, not even nuts, except for the patrons,
none of whom look remotely like tourists,
though it’s hard to see. They’re playing Tom
Petty loudly and it’s too dark to read my LA
Times.
The Frolic Room opened 90 years ago.
Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland used to
drink here, not necessarily together. It’s
where the victim of the notorious Black
Dahlia murder had her last drink. LA Con-
fidential, the movie about it, was shot here.
The only change they had to make to the
décor for historical reality was to remove
the cash register.
The next guy along from me leans over
and asks, “Are you in the business?”
“What business?”
“Oh, it’s something we ask in this town,”
he says. “The movie business.”
He’s a helicopter pilot who works on
movie and TV news shoots. He’s on a series
of large vodkas. He orders another. He’s
an Angelino, born and bred. His city has
changed a lot, he says.
“The homeless situation seems unstop-
pable.”
After we part, walking back down Holly-
wood Boulevard, I pass several dishevelled
chaps peeing on the footpath. Others are
lying in doorways. They don’t beg. They’re
too far gone for that.
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SANCTUARY AWAITS
After the sirens, the high-life hotels and the
urine-soaked sidewalks of downtown Hol-
lywood, our next base, in Larchmont, is a
still and well-mannered sanctuary. Almost
another planet, if it wasn’t for that dome of
pure blue sky and the same blazing sun.
Larchmont is suburban Hollywood. It
calls itself a village, which it is with its grid of
narrow streets lined with well-maintained,
100-year-old character houses, some of them
once homes to movie stars of the mid last
century, Cary Grant, Charles Bronson,
the Bogarts. One of the old factories they
worked at, Paramount Pictures, is at the
top of our street.
This town is a living caricature. Floating
along the toasty sidewalk towards Larch-
mont village centre, I pass a pair of excitable
guys caught in loud conversation. One’s tell-
ing the other, “Listen to me, man, whatever
occurs to you, just be sure you put it in the
script.”
And it isn’t just what the locals talk about
that marks them as persons from an adja-
cent planet. Sometimes, it’s how they talk.
Sitting in a shady cafe called Bricks and
Scones and nursing my milkshake-sized
“small” coffee, I can’t help but overhear a
chatty young woman at the next table.
Every third word she says is “like”. If her
sentences were put through a “like” filter,
she’d be saying almost nothing. And she’d
save herself so much energy.
In search of quieter company, I melt my
way down merciless Melrose Ave. I walk for
10 minutes and I’m still not past Paramount.
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But there’s my oasis, the Edmon, a glori-
ous old hotel playing 70-year-old music in
an antique setting to match. The beer is icy
and so is the barman. It’s Happy Hour and
I’m the only customer. I wish the barman
would stop calling me sir.
GOING UNDERGROUND
I leave my nerves behind and go under-
ground to ride the Los Angeles Metro, which
I was previously unaware of, thinking of this
sprawling city as more of an overground
place. But there are 175km of train lines
running under LA and above ground all the
way to Santa Monica, and they’re an efficient
way of getting about when every next place
you want to go is a long Uber ride through
jammed streets.
The Metro is a lot less terrifying than
urban legend has it, though there is the
occasional weathered-looking bloke who
looks like he might actually live down here
on a seat in a carriage in his nest of dirty old
bags and bits.
Up on the streets of old Downtown LA,
there’s an army of homeless and it’s best not
It isn’t just what locals talk
about that marks them as
persons from an adjacent
planet. Sometimes, it’s how
they talk.
Tent city: About 75,000 homeless people live
in LA. Opposite, a freeway interchange in the
sprawling “City of Light”.
to wander too far down many of the streets
off Broadway, the once-grand old theatre
and business district, which, from a distance
at least, resembles a chunk of Manhattan.
But this is where the street people outnum-
ber the nervous tourists. And the locals only
come here if they have to.
One I spoke to referred to it as a “sewer”,
but I’d call it characterful and, as well as
some notable museums and galleries, it’s
home to at least two magnetic retail forces:
The Last Bookstore, a vast, marvellous
palace of paper that can trap a reader for
half a day; and the Grand Central Market,
a rowdy labyrinth filled with more tempt-
ing funky food, craft beer and provisions
options than the eye, ear and nose can quite
cope with.
The reason there are 75,000 homeless
camped, parked or just lying on the byways
of LA is directly attributable to the dire lack
of affordable housing. The cheap and awful
drugs many of them take come later, to cope
with the horror of the life.
Of America’s homeless, 30% live in Cali-
fornia. They drift from America’s cold east
and centre to the warm west where they
won’t die in the winter, and liberal local gov-
ernance seems stymied by the sheer scale of
the invasion.
Back in Larchmont, it’s as if they don’t
exist. Which makes me think a little of
home, in Remuera. l
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Welcome to the best books of 2023, chosen by books

editor Mark Broatch and Listener contributors.

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FICTION
AFTER THE
FUNERAL AND
OTHER STORIES
by Tessa Hadley
(Jonathan Cape)
The fourth collection
of short stories by the
master literary stylist
are melancholic but
emotionally satisfying
and hew to earlier
themes, exploring
transgressions between
siblings, parents
and spouses and
burrowing into life’s
many disappointments
and consolations.
AUDITION by Pip
Adam (Te Herenga Waka
University Press)
Three giants are
hurtling through space
towards a black hole in
the Wellington author’s
fourth novel. True to
form, it’s a strange and
not straightforward
story, examining how
society treats people
who don’t fit the
mainstream.
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BE MINE by Richard Taranaki twin brothers as it steadily builds to beautifully written,
Ford (Bloomsbury) who head to Crete to a dramatic crescendo. 700-page family saga
In the fifth Frank serve their country. set on south India’s
Bascombe novel, one THE BONE TREE Malabar Coast follows
of the US’s best stylists BIRD LIFE by Airana Ngarewa a family suffering an
narrates the road trip by Anna Smaill (Hachette) affliction where, in
the now septuagenarian (THWUP) Dark though beautifully every generation, at
Frank takes with his Long-awaited new novel written debut about least one person dies
47-year-old dying from the author of the two boys, Kauri and by drowning.
son to Mt Rushmore. Booker-longlisted The his little brother Black,
Wry, rich, full of quiet Chimes tells the magical who live free and truant CUDDY by Benjamin
sadness. realism-inflected days in the shadow of Myers (Bloomsbury)
story of two connected what seems to be Mt The many afterlives of
THE BEE STING women in Tokyo, Taranaki. Kauri goes Cuddy, or St Cuthbert,
by Paul Murray each dealing with seeking family truths. after the death of the
(Hamish Hamilton) trauma and exploring bishop and unofficial
Shortlisted for the friendship, grief and CAHOKIA JAZZ by patron saint of
Booker is this novel madness. Francis Spufford (Faber) England’s northeast in
from the Irish author A murder-mystery set 687AD, told in multiple
of Skippy Dies, a BIRNAM WOOD in 1920s America, with voices and viewpoints
tragicomedy about by Eleanor Catton jazz and speakeasies, through time.
the Barnes family. (THWUP) but where a pre-
Absorbing, surefooted, The Kiwi Booker Columbus multiracial DAY by Michael
with engaging prose, winner’s third novel civilisation has Cunningham
it is both deeply funny is a literary thriller, continued to thrive (Fourth Estate)
and deadly serious. centrally concerning by the Mississippi Sensitively written
a rogue billionaire and River. An immersive, novel from the Pulitzer-
A BETTER PLACE an idealistic team of pleasurable world, with Prize-winning author
by Stephen Daisley (Text) guerrilla gardeners plot and action to burn. of The Hours circles a
The 2016 Ockham in the South Island, fragmenting family in
NZ Book Awards but which also offers THE COVENANT OF Brooklyn, a couple and
winner has written a critique of leftist WATER by Abraham her beloved younger
a powerfully visceral, politics and New Verghese (Grove Atlantic) brother, and their
poetically told tale of Zealand society, This old-fashioned, growing children,
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as they navigate crises present and her also a meditation on Heavens and The Men wry commentary
and trauma across evolution from a storytelling and being ingeniously reimagines on society.
the pandemic years. troubled childhood. believed. the world of Orwell’s
1984 through the THE LIBRARIANIST
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graceful contribution to by Stephen Buoro wrapping in a character KALA by Colin Walsh retired librarian who
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our recent experience, upends the typical power in America’s Walsh’s novel debut, life and character of
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Decameron and telling of one Andrew Aziza, a towns as seen through in a town on Ireland’s individual are revealed,
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THE MOUNTAIN IN
THE SEA by Ray Nayler
(Hachette)
Top-drawer
speculative fiction
about the possibility
of superintelligent
animals, with lyrical
writing and fresh new
ideas and reflections
on intelligence and
consciousness.
NORTH WOODS by
Daniel Mason (Hachette)
Epic, original novel
about a house in
New England, as told
through the lives of
those who live in it
through the centuries.
Captivating, despite
its piecemeal nature,
beautifully paced and
often moving.
PET by Catherine
Chidgey (THWUP)
Evocative page turner
about a 12-year-old
whose mother has just
died and a charismatic,
beautiful teacher at her
1980s Catholic school
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her son. (Swift Press) NSW after her parents’ protagonist with a
The provocative deaths, launching a dynamic inner life.
RUIN AND OTHER master of paranoid novel that brilliantly
STORIES by Emma zeitgeist-channelling stitches together the THE WREN, THE
Hislop (Te Herenga Waka and the luridly weird daily tribulations of WREN by Anne Enright
University Press) in a return to form and a confined life, her (Jonathan Cape)
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a sentence and much about the Waters, a her mother Carmel,
more in a paragraph. SOLDIER SAILOR complex and troubled and Carmel’s father,
by Claire Kilroy (Faber) family from near a famous poet gifted in
THE SEVENTH SON A tender, often darkly Christchurch, and language and betrayal.
by Sebastian Faulks funny novel, taut and more a collection of
(Hutchinson skilled in the telling, of 21 connected stories YELLOWFACE
Heinemann) first-time motherhood that jump between by Rebecca F Kuang
Ideas-filled, fluidly with an emotionally characters, viewpoints (Blue Door)
written and often distant husband, and decades and build Thrilling, nuanced,
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insightful black amusement park THE LOCK-UP yet Galbraith (aka JK blue-collar community
comedy in which a worker takes it upon by John Banville (Faber) Rowling) has crafted and the Irish mob
young white writer of himself to try to save In 1950s Dublin, the a ripping, almost while searching for
middling success steals, two abused kids. body of a young woman unputdownable yarn her missing daughter.
and passes off as her is found in a lock-up about detective duo
own, the unpublished DICE garage, and DI Strafford CB Strike and Robin STRANGE SALLY
manuscript of her by Claire Baylis and pathologist Dr Ellacott entering the DIAMOND
more successful Asian (Allen & Unwin) Quirke quickly suspect dangerous world of a by Liz Nugent (Penguin)
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Southern noir in which perspective of 12 Glaswegian author late father, uncovers
a black FBI agent- jurors in a court trial. THE SECRET HOURS takes on Raymond the horrors of her
turned-local sheriff Fascinating insights by Mick Herron Chandler’s Philip childhood as she
faces a Pandora’s box into the topics of (Hachette) Marlowe and conjures connects with others.
of secrets after a high consent and rape from Peerless spy fiction a cracking mystery
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racial and political by Vanda Symon excellent characters and be better than the 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
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Sam Shephard is back, disastrous MI5 mission SMALL MERCIES by account by an expat
DARK RIDE and faced with the in Berlin during the Dennis Lehane (Abacus) native of a country
by Lou Berney horrendous murder Cold War. Taut and powerful that disappeared when
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thriller full of heartache herself pregnant, is GRAVE by Robert canvassing tribalism, prominence its unique
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BLOOD AND DIRT: EMPEROR OF ROME Mandatory Palestine history of books RESISTANCE: The
Prison Labour and by Mary Beard (Profile) boosted the size of the and bibliophilia, Underground War
the Making of New Fascinating, thoroughly British Empire to nearly namely our love of in Europe, 1939-45
Zealand by Jared entertaining detective a quarter of the world’s the physical objects by Halik Kochanski
Davidson (BWB) story looking beyond land, encompassing themselves, full of (Allen Lane)
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crime and punishment, sovereign rule of Rome Well-written, nuanced information, but which comprehensive account
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Britain owes to this classical archaeologist mixing in childhood troubled boyhood, of gender roles, societal
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parents, finds it events, observations Eton and Sandhurst, juggle to be whole and
THE WAGER: A Tale wanting. on film and his thought journalism, British honest.
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this rip-roaring visceral charming, thoroughly (Fourth Estate) AN INTIMATE from the obituarist
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Royal Navy ship that to the Kiwi extreme, Freeman’s clear and Family by Alison to put it another way,
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Chile, resulting in a agreeable prose about research and gentle A fascinating, writes about getting
Lord Of The Flies-style growing up, acting in humour, as well as her ambitious history by to the essence of poets,
breakdown of society many dozens of major intriguing theories the Australian historian physicists, singers,
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analysis and elegant HIMSELF AND GOD by Nicholas Shakespeare (William Collins)
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civilisation – a single Herzog (Bodley Head) portrait of a man (Penguin) odds and despite the
cultural through-line A fascinating self- far more than just The NZ novelist and cruelties of two of
from ancient Greece to portrait of the the creator of James playwright’s finely the 20th century’s
now – via 14 lives, the film-maker in all his Bond, whose bio crafted memoir is a most murderous
author, a British-born idiosyncratic glory, reads like a thriller: nuanced exploration dictatorships, two

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European Jewish the miners’ strike, music to origami and investigator Guido thoroughly readable
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night in 1956 in central ugly divorce and the are quotable lines on her early years in New affairs included, in
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vivid, insightful essay- James Cumming, part philosophers in the gathers scant details YOGA
memoir by Espiner, brilliant meditation 1930s, all of whom led about George Orwell’s by Emmanuel Carrère
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father and Pākehā paintings, particularly and stood, for the large O’Shaughnessy, and, What began as “an
mother who became the work of Carel part, outside politics blending some fictional upbeat, subtle little
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Entertainment
Heady blend
Tom Scott goes back to his tribe with another
album of Home Brew, following a tour showing
the love for his brand of hip-hop is still there.
BY RUSSELL BROWN ● PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOM GRUT
I
t’s Friday night at the Powerstation
and the urge to party is so strong
you can taste it. More than one tribe
of Auckland is represented in the
heaving crowd and most of them
aren’t fancy people. They’re the ones
who bought their tickets on the day it
was announced that Home Brew would
be playing in their home town for the first
time in years. The show sold out that same
day and the air of expectation is manic.
Home Brew is the group Tom Scott
formed in Avondale in 2006 and the scene
of various crimes. The band’s self-titled
debut album was released in 2012 and
became the first local hip-hop album
to top the national charts since Scribe’s
The Crusader, nearly a decade before.
A four-LP vinyl version released in 2014
by a European label now changes hands
for more than $700, and a 2023 re-release
– the premise for the tour that concluded
at the Powerstation at the end of October
– is selling.
By the time Home Brew came out, the
band was already scattering and Scott
had begun on a series of other projects
– most notably, Avantdale Bowling Club,
whose ambitious, jazzy 2018 debut album
earned Scott the Taite Music Prize, a
Silver Scroll, the Album of the Year award
and a degree of respectability that might
once have seemed unlikely. The vivid
Friday Night at the Liquor Store, from
the follow-up album Trees, was a Silver
Scrolls finalist this year. But it’s Home
Brew the people are here for tonight.
The first few songs – Alcoholic, Benefit,
Yellow Snot Funk – are tales of misspent
youth and a release for the raging energy
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in the room. It’s not unlike the occasional
45-minute festival sets the band has
reconvened to play over the years.
But this longer show shifts gear more
than once. There’s a political section,
a woozy weed interlude, a singalong to
White Flowers (a cautionary tale about
eating datura and losing your mind)
and, most remarkably, an intro to Bourbon
& Coke, a song about departed friends
where Scott urges the crowd to voice
their own losses: “Say their names. Say
their names!” he calls out. “They live
with you now.”
People shout out names like they shout
out nearly every line of every other song.
Fans are very, very invested in the words,
but also in the meaning of Home Brew.
Afterwards, Scott’s old friend and
co-founder of the band, Harry Huavi
(better known as Haz Beats) signs a
few things and chats to people at the
merchandise stand.
“I went to sign some stuff for some fans
and they said their parents had given them
our CD when they were 12,” he says. “Then
I met a couple of older folk ‒ I think they
were the parents ‒ and they were frothing
more than their kids.” Everyone goes off into the night
happy and with some news: there is
a new Home Brew album on the way.
IT’S PERSONAL
Tom Scott can see the irony in it all.
The success story that came with the
I’m really into the idea Avantdale project was not just artistic
and commercial, but personal. The enfant
that happiness is found terrible, the guy who was too wild and
in fulfilling your impulsive to deal with, had matured
responsibilities. as an artist and a man.
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 “This was the thing that the whole
Avantdale Bowling Club thing was about:
look at this beautiful journey of Tom, he’s
found his family, he’s got this new life,”
he says. “I didn’t want it to end, I wasn’t
trying to demolish it for the sake of art
or anything, but it ended.”
Scott separated from his partner
Whitney Wainui, with whom he has two
children, at the beginning of this year.
“I did have it together. It’s weird to talk
about now, because I feel like I’ve come
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through it all. I really have. I’m quite
proud of myself, to be honest. But can’t act
like that wasn’t a huge shake-up of my life.
I was so happy in that era of Avantdale
and having my family together. It was
the first time I’ve truly found solace, truly
found contentment and happiness in the
purest form. There’s no happier time than
holding your kids. I’m really into the idea
that happiness is found in fulfilling your
responsibilities. Feeding your plants,
packing your kids’ lunches, paying the
Talking to the moshpit: Tom Scott
at the Powerstation in Auckland.
bum outside the supermarket. That’s
legit.”
Scott shares parenting of their two
children and is in a new relationship, but
the new Home Brew album, Run It Back,
is largely about going off the rails on
the way there. Drinking in the Morning,
Probably and Tears Gone Dry are reflective,
sad, funny (“And I spent all my money to
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Live: From left, Esther Stephens, Tom Scott
and bass player Chip Matthews.
self-medicate/I drunk so much wine they
ain’t got no more grapes”): songs about
finding yourself on the cusp of middle age
– Scott turns 40 next year – back in the
place you used to be.
On the title track, he surveys the messes
he’s made over the years, both public and
personal. He’d do it differently, but they’re
part of who he is. “For a night like this I’ll
take a hangover,” he croons. “For a life like
this, I’ll pay the debt.”
Scott has never been shy about talking
about his feelings, and his determination
to name the feelings gives his words
a universality. Which is perhaps what
makes it a Home Brew record as against
the more tightly autobiographical themes
of his Avantdale work. Everyone’s been
there some time.
The sentiments are set against a new
musical backdrop, however. Huavi’s
productions are suffused with classic
soul – there’s not a big gap between these
and the sumptuous R&B tunes he’s been
making with the singer Miloux – and
Scott is singing as often as he’s spitting
rhymes. The two old friends both came
into the recording process off relationship
break-ups.
“And I don’t think either of us spoke
about it the whole time, because we
talk in music. I understand him more
than anyone on Earth when he plays his
music. He doesn’t say nothing to me, he’s
TOM GRUT
always saying so much. He knows exactly
what frequency to play to get me to feel
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comfortable, to bring something out of
me. I sound like I’m over-analysing it, but
I know what it is. We’d just be sitting in
the studio and just having conversations
about things that we weren’t literally
having conversations about.”
There was a sense of unfinished
business about Home Brew, Huavi
acknowledges, “I mean, we just left
it and kind of parted ways to do our
little projects. We never kind of ended
it properly.” Scott feels that, but also
perceives a duty to the people who just
kept listening to Home Brew.
“I think one revelation I had after the
success of Avantdale Bowling Club was
that I was making this music in Avondale
about the things I was going through, not
being able to pay the rent, my drug addict
friends and my addiction, working class
issues – and then I was turning up to the
shows and I wasn’t seeing anyone from
Avondale.
“I’m walking down the street,
and people are driving past playing
Melodownz – or playing Home Brew. That
was the stuff that was touching the people.
As a musician, if you’re not
speaking for your village,
then you kind of feel that
you’ve failed a bit.
And I think, as a musician, if you’re not
speaking for your village, then you kind of
feel that you’ve failed a bit. Not that I’m not
grateful – I’m always grateful for anyone
that wants to listen. But I started realising
that this music resonated with people on
a different kind of level.”
He relates a story from Dead Forest, the
young rapper he asked to open for Home
Brew at the Powerstation.
“He said, ‘We were homeless, and we had
a CD with nine Home Brew songs on it that
we used to play ... under the bridge.’ That’s
worth more than any number of streams
or revenue I’ve ever made. And that’s
when I started realising, fuck, I think this
music’s a bit bigger than me and my ego
and what I perceive as success. I’d rather
have some kid saying, ‘Bro, I was off my
meds and you talked me off the ledge with
that shit,’ you know?”
Ironically, he’s not yet sure if this new
Home Brew will be what the people want
when the band tours again this summer.
“If we can do these new songs, that’ll
be an honour – because you know how
it is when people go, ‘We got a new one.’
And if they don’t, I’ll be happy to play
those other songs and just have the one
Bob Dylan moment. I won’t do a whole
Bob Dylan!”
MAKING A LIVING
In between the Powerstation show and
the album release, Scott has been back
with Avantdale Bowling Club, playing
a one-off show in London, the city of his
birth, to follow up dates they did there
earlier this year.
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It’s all part of the practical life that
began in 2018 when he was taken on
by artist manager Lorraine Barry (also
Dave Dobbyn’s manager), who he refers
to as “my other mum”. Barry is ferociously
protective of Scott’s wellbeing and
has effectively provided the structure
that lets him conduct the balancing act
that is making a living as an artist in
New Zealand.
That’s something Scott canvassed
in Don’t Give Up Your Day Job, his 2019
documentary about Young, Gifted and
Broke, the collective of artists that formed
around him and his work.
Some of them have made it through:
Esther Stephens, who came back to sing
on the Home Brew tour, is best known to
the country as Ngaire Munro in Westside,
among her other stage and screen roles.
Huavi makes a living out of DJing,
songwriting and producing for several
artists (“I had to make it work because
I didn’t want to go back to welding,”
he says).
Being able to pay the rent feels “insane”,
says Scott: “I can sit in the room and be a
weirdo. I don’t know how long there’ll be
a living in it, I’m not planning for it to be
forever. But I’m happy for now.”
And if it does all end one day? “I’ve been
thinking about being a counsellor. I’d love
to try that one day.”
It’s not a stretch to picture Tom Scott
helping young men process their feelings.
It’s basically what he’s been doing since
this whole thing started. l
Run It Back is released on December 8.
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HARD-EARNED WISDOM
Life lessons from a country king and
an Irish rocker. BY GRAHAM REID
HIGHER
by Chris Stapleton
W
ith unruly long hair,
a Stetson and ragged
beard falling to his chest,
Kentucky’s Chris Stapleton
looks like the guy on a reality show
building an off-grid cabin in Alaska.
But this gifted songwriter – eight
Grammys, 14 Country Music
Association awards and nine
from the Academy of Country
Music – fills stadia across the
States. He has duetted with
Adele on the reissue of her
Easy on Me (which got her
on to the country charts),
collaborated with Ed Sheeran
and Sheryl Crow, and wrote
huge country hits for George
Strait and Kenny Chesney,
among others. He’s recorded
with Taylor Swift (I Bet You
Think About Me) and Justin
Timberlake (Say Something).
Stapleton makes pop artists cool for
country listeners and takes his brand
of country to a mainstream audience.
He cut his teeth as a writer in
Nashville, fronted the bluegrass band
SteelDrivers and, with his solo 2015
debut album Traveller, picked up his
first Grammy, CMA and ACM awards.
His new double album, Higher, errs
towards familiar themes (heartbreak,
tough times, the outsider) with rasping
vocals (It Takes a Woman), stadium-
pleasing country rock (White Horse
currently nominated for two Grammys,
the swampy South Dakota) and with
touchstones in Bob Seger (The Bottom)
as much as Waylon Jennings (Crosswind).
Artists looking for more Stapleton
to cover will alight on the country-soul
ballads Loving You On My Mind and the
Al Green-influenced Think I’m In Love
With You, and Weight of the World which
would polish up nicely as a final song in
a Las Vegas show.
Higher is painted with a broad brush.
ALL THAT WAS EAST IS WEST
OF ME NOW
by Glen Hansard
T
he grit and sinew opening this
fifth solo album by Ireland’s
Glen Hansard – of the Frames
and Swell Season, guitarist in The
Commitments, a central character
in the acclaimed 2007 film Once –
are apocalyptic, desperate
and urgent.
Hansard crashes in with
his tough, tight band on
the abrasively downbeat
Feast of St John: “See a man
of good standing pushed to
the ground. And his lover
attending … and her blood
raging full muster, muster
to the depths of your soul.”
The surging 61/2-minute
Down on Your Knees which
follows speaks of “pandemic,
famine, war, privation, mass
migration. Four horsemen
riding … we’ll all go down on our knees
... Eventually.”
These first volleys suggest no easy
ride. But thereafter are the unhurried,
evocative, Cohenesque Sure As the Rain
with strings and theremin (“Come dance
with me down the Rue Du Faubourg
Saint-Denise”), a conversational delivery
(“Will you please stop butting into
everything I say” on Between Us There
Is Music) and that impending apocalypse
offset with There’s No Mountain – “great
or small you can’t climb”.
On Short Life, he sings, “It’s a
dangerous lie that we’ve got endless
time but there’s a real hope hovering.”
If Stapleton explores familiar themes,
Hansard upturns them with his roar
or dark whisper to shake out sin,
redemption, fears, doubt and hope. l
Higher, by Chris Stapleton, and All
That Was East Is West Of Me Now,
by Glen Hansard, are available digitally
and on CD and vinyl.
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 Entertainment | Obituary
Haere rā, Jonty
Acclaimed dancer Sir Jon Trimmer left a magical legacy
as he brought ballet to the people. BY FRANCESCA HORSLEY
I
n December 2018, when news came
that Sir Jon Trimmer had retired
after six decades with the Royal
New Zealand Ballet, it felt like a body
blow. Trimmer’s dance magic was so
embedded into the RNZB’s DNA that the
thought of not seeing him, even in small
cameo roles, hurt.
His ballet history is our ballet history.
Jonty, as he was known, and his wife,
Lady Jacqui Trimmer, were there when
the national company first made a
commitment to take ballet to the people.
He was also a brilliant dancer and actor,
a generous mentor who always had time
for younger dancers and brought joy to
countless thousands. He could lift his leg
above his head well into his 70s and had a
wicked sense of humour that would have
the company rolling with laughter.
Trimmer’s history with the company
began when he took summer school
classes in Wellington, aged 14, with
Danish dancer and teacher Poul Gnatt.
Born in 1939, Trimmer grew up in
Petone in an artistic family. His father
was a wool classer by day and played the
violin in orchestras by night. His mother
was a dancer who as a child watched
musicals from the wings of Wellington’s
St James Theatre. Trimmer started dance
classes when he was 12 in his sister
Pamela’s dance school. By age 13, he was
performing in dance concerts around the
Wellington region with his younger sister,
moving on to cabarets in clubs such as the
Majestic, where he danced flamenco.
Gnatt recognised his talent and began
nurturing the young dancer, partnering
him with older girls so he could develop
his strength and physical confidence.
In 1957, Gnatt invited the 18-year-old
to join his recently formed New Zealand
ROYAL NZ BALLET ARCHIVE
Ballet Company. On the same day, 15-year-
old Jacqui Oswald, Trimmer’s future
wife, joined the nine-member troupe.
With trucks full of costumes, props and
sets, they lurched over country roads
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performing in any town that invited
them, sometimes on makeshift stages.
These tours remain an integral part
of the RNZB’s schedule.
He spent a year with the company
before winning a bursary to study in
London at the Royal Ballet School in 1959.
After a year’s study, preferring to dance,
he joined the Sadler’s Wells Theatre for
two years, performing with such stars
as Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev
and Erik Bruhn. After returning home
to marry Jacqui, they both danced with
the Australian Ballet in 1965-66 and then
the Royal Danish Ballet in 1968-69.
After learning of the New Zealand
Ballet’s dire financial state, the Trimmers
returned home in 1970. The couple had to
break their contracts with the Washington
DC Ballet and went from earning several
hundred dollars to $75 a week. At this
time, the company had been suffering
from funding and management issues and
a disastrous amalgamation with the New
Zealand Opera Company by the then Arts
Council had carved a considerable hole in
both organisations. Trimmer convinced
the council to keep a pared-down version
going, and the full company was restored
several years later.
I
n his prime, Trimmer was known for
his lifts and high leaps and was ranked
among the world’s top male dancers.
This technical brilliance gave him an
electric stage presence. His favourite ballet
was Stravinsky’s tragedy Petrushka, a role
requiring not only virtuosic technique but
considerable acting skills to convey the
straw puppet’s desperate unrequited love.
Trimmer first performed it in 1967 and
it remained his favourite, despite having
danced countless other roles. He enjoyed
the classical repertoire, with lead roles
in Giselle, and La Fille mal gardée.
Great dancers make the transition
from technical mastery to depth of
characterisation as their bodies find the
restraints of age. Very few can achieve
this, but for Trimmer it was seamless
and his theatrical genius produced
remarkable performances in the latter
part of his long career.
Audiences will recall such character
roles as his irascible Captain Hook in the
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2009 performance of Peter Pan, a role
so delectably wicked he had children
squirming in their seats.
One of his comic masterpieces was
playing the matron in RNZB artistic
director Gary Harris’s 2010 version of
The Nutcracker, set in a hospital. His first
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He could lift his leg above
his head well into his 70s
and had a wicked sense
of humour.
Sir Jon Trimmer in his trademark beret.
Opposite, Trimmer was ranked among
the world’s top male dancers in his prime.
role in The Nutcracker had been as the
prince in those early tours. He loved
the ballet, appearing in five different
productions over the years.
At 69 and celebrating 50 years with
the RNZB, he starred in Harris’s Don
Quixote in the title role. He relished the
opportunity to play the hero once again
– though a doddery and confused one
– after a stint of playing old ladies and
witches.
His last major ballet with the RNZB was
the 2017 production of Romeo and Juliet,
where his sensitive interpretation of Friar
Laurence was unforgettable, such was his
depth of conveying the impending tragedy
of the young lovers.
In 2017, he performed a duet with
William Fitzgerald in LARK by company
choreographer Loughlan Prior, a story
of an old man and a young man in
conversation.
Trimmer’s last performance with the
company was in The Long and the Short
of It, for Tutus on Tour in Kerikeri on
December 12, 2018. This was also created
for him by Prior, and he performed
it with Luke Cooper, marking the end
of his 60 years with the company.
Trimmer had often expressed the
desire to keep dancing into his 90s,
but it was not to be and he retired at 79.
His prowess as an actor was evident
elsewhere through the years. He played
the title role in the television series of
Maurice Gee’s The Fire-Raiser and was
nominated for a best actor award. He
performed with Helen Moulder in her
award-winning play Meeting Karpovsky
on a national tour in 2004. Trimmer and
Moulder first met at an acting school in
1985, and Moulder was so impressed with
his movement he became her muse for the
play. Trimmer and Moulder reprised the
work for his 80th birthday celebrations.
Having been made an MBE in 1974 for
services to ballet, Trimmer was awarded
a knighthood in 1999.
Often sporting a beret and a
mischievous smile, he was a much-loved
man about Wellington and in hometown
Paekākāriki, where the Trimmers shared
their love of gardening and their ever-
present cats. He died of cancer on October
26, aged 84. He will be sorely missed.
STUFF
Haere rā, Jonty. l
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Entertainment | Film
Lifting
the Veil
Biopic on campaigning
French politician
a fascinating watch.
SIMONE: WOMAN
OF THE CENTURY
Directed by Olivier Dahan
M
ost New Zealanders won’t
be familiar with French
politician Simone Veil,
who became the first female
president of the European Parliament in
1979, but Veil’s incredible life and legacy
make for a fascinating biopic.
Born Simone Jacob into a middle-class,
Jewish family in 1927, the young girl was a
voracious reader and fighter of injustices
even before the Holocaust tore the Jacob
family apart and gave her a lifetime of
nightmares and panic attacks. She went
on to become a magistrate, health minister
and a revered champion of women’s
Nothing to
marvel at
Trio of superheroes
produce a bog-
standard tale.
THE MARVELS
Directed by Nia DaCosta
W
hile the cinema-going
world complains about
superhero fatigue, Marvel
Studios keeps churning
out the movies and television shows
in the hope they’ll find an audience not
worried that they’ve seen it all before.
This one brings together Captain
Marvel, aka Carol Danvers (Brie Larson),
from 2019’s underseen Captain Marvel,
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rights. As with director Olivier Dahan’s
previous paeans to great women – La
Vie En Rose about Edith Piaf and Grace
of Monaco about Grace Kelly – there is
nothing subtle about the storytelling
in Simone. The narrative leaps back and
forth through Veil’s tragedy-filled life,
which can be confusing – characters are
dead one minute, alive the next – from
rather on-the-nose childhood predictions:
“She commands everyone – she’ll end up
being unbearable!” to scenes of politicians
bellowing down the camera lens about
abortion, to gruelling depictions of
concentration camps.
But while La Vie En Rose won Oscars and
Grace of Monaco earned derision, it’s the
extraordinary successes and the powerful
personality honoured in Simone that
elevate this film from messy melodrama
to engrossing biography.
her scientist niece Monica
Rambeau (Teyonah Parris)
who acquired her powers in
the WandaVision television
series, and Kamala Khan
(Iman Vellani), the teenage-
wannabe-turned-accidental
superhero from Ms. Marvel,
also a Disney+ TV show.
Literally thrown together
when mysterious “jump
points” appear across
time and space, the three
must learn to control their
newfound abilities to trade places and
super powers as they fight against Zawe
Ashton’s power-hungry enemy Dar-Ben.
It’s a Marvel movie better understood
and appreciated if you’ve watched those
shows. And on the big screen, Vellani, the
then-teen Pakistani-Canadian, steals every
scene as the adorably overly enthusiastic
Kamala, especially when she’s fangirling
all over the taciturn Captain, or trying
to avoid a scolding from her amusingly
stereotypical South-Asian mother
Grande dame: Elsa Zylberstein portrays
Simone Veil in her later years.
Thankfully, we have two excellent adult
Simones to guide us through the tangled
timeline – a beguiling Rebecca Marder as
the 1940s teen, and a prosthetic-assisted
Elsa Zylberstein (I’ve Loved You So Long)
who portrays Simone in later life as the
grande dame of political change. They
are supported by a solid cast, which helps
us ignore the occasionally ham-fisted
dialogue, in which characters over-
explain things. But no one can dispute the
importance of the issues that Veil fought,
nor the vehemence of feeling. This French
femme makes an inspirational figure for
every woman the world over.
IN CINEMAS NOW
Sarah Watt
Mission control: Brie Larson
as Captain Marvel.
(The Big Sick’s Zenobia
Shroff ). It’s a bog-standard
superhero fantasy story
– it’s all force fields,
dying planets and magic
bracelets. And the best
scenes are a visit to the all-
singing planet of Aladna
or when the women are
hanging out in Captain
Marvel’s bachelorette
spaceship, dressed in leisure-wear and
practising their skills.
But the endearing girl talk is cut short
in favour of CGI fight scenes and despite a
ridiculous number of people-eating kittens
and Ashton’s great British villain, the film’s
just not that interesting. Larson is boring
and Samuel L Jackson’s Nick Fury should
have retired a long time ago.
IN CINEMAS NOW
Sarah Watt
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TV Preview
Tiger in
this tank
New season of
Slow Horses passes
the sniff test.
BY RUSSELL BAILLIE
SLOW HORSES
Streaming: Apple TV+, Season 3
from Wednesday, November 29.
Seasons 1 and 2 also available.
I
n its review of the second season of
Slow Horses, the Wall Street Journal,
no less, made the observation with
some disappointment that Jackson
Lamb, the gone-to-seed MI5 agent played
by Gary Oldman, wasn’t quite as flatulent
as he was in the first.
Informed of this observation at a
press panel earlier this year, Oldman,
ah, cracked a funny.
“Well, we’re just about to head off
and shoot Season 4 and if you think
he’s flatulent now, hold on to your hats.”
Yes, for the veteran actor, playing
Lamb has been a gas (oh, stop it) and the
imminent season three promises more of
his terse insults, personal hygiene issues
and obnoxious charm.
Depending on whether Apple TV+ back
any more seasons beyond the fourth due
out next year – there are eight Slow Horses
novels by Mick Herron – Oldman has
said he could retire happy after the show.
“I hope to play Jackson as my pension,”
he told Deadline.
It’s unknown if the streamer will be
keeping Oldman in the manner to which
he has become accustomed. Like its
competitors, it doesn’t release viewing
numbers from a subscriber base thought
to be 25 million and which has just
undergone a price rise (it’s now NZ$15
a month).
But Apple TV+ has shown commitment
to star-heavy and/or expensive shows
with the likes of The Morning Show,
Ted Lasso, Foundation and Silo, and big
movies like Killers of the Flower Moon and
Napoleon. Its first new series is Masters of
the Air, the third in the Tom Hanks-Steven
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Spielberg-produced World War II trilogy
after Band of Brothers and The Pacific.
The likes of Oldman and Kristin Scott
Thomas in Slow Horses might command a
price, as might its real London locations
and its Mick Jagger theme song. But it has
picked up glowing reviews and word-
of-mouth acclaim for its smart, faithful
adaptations of the Herron books, the
performances and for being a show where
John le Carré meets The Office. If it’s costly
to produce, at least not much of its budget
is going towards the lead character’s
wardrobe – Lamb hasn’t changed his shirt,
tie, or raincoat since Season 1.
Oldman, of course, played le Carré’s
George Smiley in the 2011 movie of Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy and was up for possible
sequels that never eventuated. Lamb may
well be the next best thing – and better paid.
The third season is based on Herron’s
third Slow Horses instalment Real Tigers.
The plot involves the kidnapping of
Catherine Standish (played by Saskia
Reeves in what has been the show’s other
Not much of its budget
is going towards the lead
character’s wardrobe – Lamb
hasn’t changed his shirt, tie,
or raincoat since Season 1.
Just as whiffy: Gary Oldman in the third
season of Slow Horses.
great performance), the mother hen of
Lamb’s team of misfits at Slough House.
The squad are pressed into action while
finding themselves up against the upper
echelons of MI5 and Whitehall.
The original story and a preview of the
early episodes suggest this might be the
most action-based and gun-happy Slow
Horses series so far.
Fortunately, it’s kept its oddball
character-based charms. That’s especially
in the scenes involving Lamb’s strange
dance with Scott Thomas’ MI5 deputy
director Diana Taverner.
Elsewhere, River Cartwright (Jack
Lowden), a wannabe 007 who has been
exiled to Slough House like the rest
of Lamb’s team, is still having impulse-
control and walking-into-fist problems,
while dealing with his grandfather
(Jonathan Pryce), a retired MI5 grandee
who is slipping into senility.
Actually, it seems all the squad have
issues this time around (gambling, drugs,
unresolved grief), possibly except for
the office’s resident hacker-bro Roddy
Ho (Christopher Chung), who once
again rivals Lamb for entertaining
obnoxiousness. He’s even let out of the
office this time. It doesn’t go well. But the
third series does, and its six episodes are
just as addictive as its predecessors – and
just as whiffy. l
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Entertainment | TV Picks of the week
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26
DOCTOR WHO 60TH
ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS
Tardis in Disneyland
Streaming: Disney+
It’s grabbed the Beatles and
now streamer Disney+ has
gone into business with
another 1960s-born British
pop culture institution, Doctor
Who – the BBC has given the
American entertainment giant
exclusive rights outside the
UK to new instalments. Which
means no more free access to
old shows on TVNZ+. The new
arrangement begins with three
60th-anniversary specials
in which David Tennant and
former co-star Catherine
Tate return. Tennant played
the 10th incarnation of the
Doctor. Arriving weekly
from November 26, the
three one-offs – “Star Beast”,
“Wild Blue Yonder” and
“The Giggle” – feature other
returning characters, including
Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble,
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Karl Collins as Shaun Temple,
Ruth Madeley as Shirley
Anne Bingham and Jemma
Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-
Stewart. Among the newbies
is American star Neil Patrick
Harris as villain the Toymaker.
The season featuring Ncuti
Gatwa as the 15th Doctor is
due next year.
FARAWAY DOWNS
The director’s cut
Streaming: Disney+
Baz Luhrmann’s “six-chapter
reimagining” of his 2008 film
Australia, starring Nicole
Kidman and Hugh Jackman,
recut from footage shot for
the original film (which was,
by Luhrmann standards,
a flop). The premise of the
story remains the same –
Kidman is a far-from-home
English aristocrat who needs
the help of a rough-edged
drover (Jackman) to try
to save her late husband’s
farm – but it features a new,
less-than-happy ending
that Luhrmann filmed but
was told by studio bosses to
replace after audiences in
test screenings didn’t like it.
The 23⁄4 hour film has been
expanded with more dialogue
to four hours. A preview
screening of the first episode in
Sydney last month revealed the
embrace of young First Nations
creatives who Luhrmann has
drawn on for a new soundtrack
and title graphics.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28
MY DREAM DERELICT
HOME IN THE SUN
The worst houses
in the best countries
Screening: Eden, 9.30pm
Streaming: ThreeNow
The proliferation of cheap,
dilapidated and abandoned
homes in Europe has
spawned its own sub-genre
of renovation shows (see also,
Alan Carr’s The Italian Job
and Help! We Bought a Village).
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Doctor Who 60th
Anniversary Specials,
Sunday.
In this one, property expert
Scarlette Douglas follows
Britons who’ve taken the
plunge and bought derelict
properties in some of the most
beautiful parts of France and
Spain. The goal is to create
a dream home, but the road
there isn’t a smooth one.
LOVE HAS WON
The strangest cult
Streaming: Neon/Sky Go
Screening: SoHo, Saturdays
from December 2, 9.30pm
This HBO docuseries (it
screened in America as Love
Has Won: The Cult of Mother
God) follows the story of the
late Amy Carlson, founder of
the new age religious cult Love
Has Won. Carlson, who grew
up as a high-achieving student
and managed a McDonald’s
before leaving her family to
embrace what she believed
was her divine destiny as a
19-billion-year-old being (fact
check: the Universe is less than
 Interview with
the Vampire,
Thursday.
14 billion years old), claimed
to receive her guidance
from a group of intergalactic
entities led by earthly
comedian Robin Williams.
Group activities included
reverential screenings of Mrs
Doubtfire and supplying the
“Mother God” Carlson with
piles of psychedelic drugs and
alcohol. “Director [Hannah]
Olson doesn’t have to strain to
condemn or ridicule because
the material at hand does the
work for her,” the Daily Beast’s
reviewer wrote.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29
THE ARTFUL DODGER
Dickens in the colonies
Streaming: Disney+
A spin-off of Oliver Twist,
in which Thomas Brodie-
Sangster is Jack Dawkins,
the Artful Dodger of Dickens’
novel (Brodie-Sangster also
played the spiritually-related
Malcolm McLaren in Pistol).
Jack has reinvented himself far
NOVEMBER 25 2023 LISTENER www.listener.co.nz
from Victorian London in the
growing Australian colony of
Port Victory, where the nimble
hands that once picked pockets
now perform medical surgery.
But there’s an unwelcome blast
from the past with the arrival
of Fagin (David Thewlis).
Australian actor Maia Mitchell
(Good Trouble) plays Lady Belle
Fox, who is a professional
threat (she’s an actual surgeon)
and a love interest, despite
looking alarmingly like she
might be Brodie-Sangster’s
sister. There are capers
aplenty and it looks fun.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30
INTERVIEW WITH
THE VAMPIRE
More like the book
than the movie
Streaming: TVNZ+
Less a reboot of the 1994 Tom
Cruise film than a fresh take
on Anne Rice’s original novel,
this series was available
here last year on the AMC+
streaming service, but is
now free to watch on TVNZ+.
The new, contemporary
version revives Rice’s focus
on the queer relationship
at the centre of the story
and introduces a new racial
dynamic by making Louis
(Jacob Anderson) black –
do even vampires of colour
suffer in the segregated
South? Critics have mostly
loved the show, with LA
Weekly declaring that, “Rice
fans, vamp connoisseurs,
and those looking for a
good LBGTQI+ romance
will find much to drink in”.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 1
UNWANTED
Luxury travel meets
human traff icking
Streaming: Neon/
Sky Go
Screening: SoHo,
The Artful Dodger,
Wednesday.
Sundays from December 17,
8.30pm
Inspired by Italian
investigative journalist
Fabrizio Gatti’s book Bilal,
my undercover journey to
Europe, Unwanted centres
on a bustling cruise ship that
unexpectedly stops to rescue
28 refugees who are trying to
escape from Libya to Europe.
When they discover that the
captain has been ordered
to take them back to the
country they’ve tried to flee,
the refugees decide to hijack
the ship. The brutal business
of human trafficking comes
under the spotlight as the
story unfolds. The eight-part
series was produced in Italy,
created
c and written by
Stefano
S Bises (himself
a former journalist)
and
a helmed by
award-winning
German director
Oliver
Oli Hirschbiegel
(Downfall).
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TV Films
The big movies on TV this week
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25
MIA AND THE WHITE LION
Felines, woah, woah, woah,
felines …
Whakaata Māori, 7pm
This French film starts out
family-friendly with its story
of young Mia who moves to
South Africa where she bonds
with a white lion cub on the
wildlife farm her parents are
managing. But it takes a dark
turn in the second half as it
strives to say something about
awful hunting practices.
All a bit jarring. (2018)
THE MEG
Jaws, the rip-off, part CMXCIX
TVNZ 2, 8.30pm
Very silly undersea monster
flick partly filmed in NZ with
Jason Statham, Cliff Curtis, Li
Bingbing and Rainn Wilson
fighting a mega shark in the
Mariana Trench then on a
beach in China. (2018)
THE SWITCH
Jen-eric comedy
Three, 8.30pm
The Switch might have
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The Dry,
Sunday.
BY RUSSELL
BAILLIE
been based on a short story
by Pulitzer Prize winner
Jeffrey Eugenides, but
somehow its story about a
30-something single woman
wanting a baby who gets
her sperm donors mixed up
becomes just another one
of those Jennifer Aniston
romcoms. (2010)
THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE
Out of the cage
Eden, 8.30pm
Director Niki Caro directs
Jessica Chastain in a sturdily
old-fashioned take on Diane
Ackerman’s book about the
true story of how Warsaw
zookeepers Jan and Antonina
Żabiński helped save Jews
during the Nazi occupation.
(2017)
AMERICAN CHERRY
Teen angst
Rialto, 8.30pm
In this overwrought
American indie teenage
romance psychological
thriller, a troubled small-town
boy meets a troubled girl and
things get a bit obsessive.
From a first-time commercials
director who makes it look
like a particularly moody
jeans ad, and a tribute to
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
(2023)
THE TWO FACES OF
JANUARY
Throwback thriller
Whakaata Māori, 8.50pm
Middling adaptation of a
Patricia Highsmith novel that,
like The Talented Mr Ripley, is
a story of murder in the Med
featuring a trio of dapper
Americans. Oscar Issac
is a guide in Athens who
inveigles his way into the lives
of wealthy tourists played
by Viggo Mortensen and
Kirsten Dunst. It looks classy
but it’s less than compelling.
(2014)
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26
JUNIPER
Bad grandma
Whakaata Māori, 8.30pm
Charlotte Rampling is
in fine form as Ruth, the
ailing, gin-soaked granny
who has come from England
to live at her son’s farm
in New Zealand, where
she makes life interesting
for her teenage grandson who
she has to babysit while Dad
is away. The debut feature
by director-writer Matthew
Saville is a film of bittersweet
cross-generational drama
that makes fine use of
Rampling’s hauteur. (2020)
THE DRY
Outback noir
Eden, 8.30pm
A faithful, atmospheric
adaptation of Jane Harper’s
hit mystery thriller starring
Eric Bana as city cop Aaron
Falk who, returning to his
country hometown, gets
involved in a homicide
investigation with ties to
his younger life. (2021)
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MAFIA MAMMA
Offer she should have refused
Sky Movies Premiere, 8.30pm,
Neon
Terrible action comedy that is
a rare misstep for Toni Colette.
She plays a suburban mum
who finds her Italian mafioso
grandpa has bequeathed his
empire to her, thinking she’s
lucked into a Calabrian wine-
making business managed by
Monica Bellucci. (2022)
OCEAN’S THIRTEEN
Last roll of the dice
TVNZ 2, 8.45pm
After the serious slump on
second outing Ocean’s Twelve,
the third and final one for
Danny Ocean’s crew returns
to the formula. Director
Steven Soderbergh certainly
went to town on the visuals
but there’s nothing much else
to it. (2007)
MONDAY NOVEMBER 27
PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT
Les jeunes d’aujourd’hui
Rialto, 8.30pm
French director Jacques
Audiard uses monochromatic
camerawork, episodic
structure and heavy nods to
New Wave cinema to explore
the lives of three young
people living in the towers of
Paris’s 13th arrondissement
but spending a lot of time
on their devices. Funny
and stylish. (2021)
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29
THE GILDED CAGE
Homeward bound
Whakaata Māori, 8.30pm
Feel-good Portuguese-French
film – it was a hit in both
countries – about salt-of-
the-Earth couple Maria
and Jose Ribeiro who, after
30 years running a posh
apartment building in Paris,
decide to return to Portugal,
much to the objections
of the building’s tenants,
friends and family, who try
to manipulate them into
staying. (2013)
WHITE RIBBON DAY
TVNZ 1 FREEVIEW 1 SKY 001
6.00 Infomercials
6.55 Religious Programming
7.25 Fishing and Adventure (G,
R, C)
7.55 Rural Delivery (G, R, C, AD)
Improving yield and quality
of pinot noir, monitoring
sediment control and
harvesting in Tasman forests,
and a Riddet Institute study
on the nutritional values
of meat and plant-based
proteins.
8.25 Country Calendar (G, R,
C, AD)
8.55 A New Zealand Food Story
(PG, R, C, AD)
9.30 Tagata Pasifika
10.00 n Pacific Island Food
Revolution (G, C, AD)
11.00 Cooking with the Stars (G,
R, C, AD) s2ep2
Noon The Hotel Inspector (PG, R,
C, AD)
1.00 John & Lisa’s Weekend
Kitchen (G, C)
2.00 n Space Invaders (G, C, AD)
s2ep10
3.00 n Scouting for Toys (G, C)
American doll Barbie goes
head-to-head with UK rival
Sindy, and teddy bear expert
Jo receives an elderly and
well-loved Steiff bear.
3.55 Sitting on a Fortune (G, C)
5.00 The Chase (G, R, C)
6.00 1News at Six (C)
7.00 The Great British Bake
Off (PG, C, AD) Noel
Fielding and Alison
Hammond present a baking
competition. Tonight, in
Chocolate Week, the bakers
make a tricky torte, a
cheesecake, and a chocolate
box showstopper (includes
Lotto at 8.00pm).
8.15 Gone Fishing (M, C, AD)
Paul Whitehouse and Bob
Mortimer fish the beautiful
Wensum River in search of
roach. s1ep4
8.50 Dream Kitchens and
Bathrooms (PG, C, AD) In
Yorkshire, Mark Millar helps a
couple with a modern house
revamp their bathrooms, and
meets a family who want
two dream kitchens in their
historic Tudor home. s2ep8
9.50 n The Killing Kind (M, C,
AD) Ingrid is forced to
re-examine the Webster trial
and face the consequences.
s1ep6
10.50 Becoming Elizabeth (16, C,
AD) Elizabeth and Somerset
face the consequences of
Thomas’ actions. s1ep6
12.00am Under the Vines (PG, R, C,
AD) s1ep2
12.55 n The Long Song (16, C)
UK historical drama set in
the final days of slavery in
Jamaica. s1ep1
2.05 Infomercials
5.30 – 6.00 Religious
Programming
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TVNZ 2 FREEVIEW 2 SKY 002
6.00 Takaro Tribe (G, R, C, AD)
6.10 Book Hungry Bears (G, R, C)
6.25 Postman Pat’s Magical
Christmas (G, R, C, AD)
6.50 Gus – the Itsy Bitsy Knight
(G, R, C) s1ep9
7.10 Spidey and His Amazing
Friends (G, C)
7.35 SpongeBob SquarePants (G,
R, C)
7.55 Abominable and the
Invisible City (G, C)
8.20 Croods Family Tree (G, C)
8.40 Trollhunters: Tales of
Arcadia (G, R, C)
9.05 Jamie Johnson (G, R, C)
s7ep10
9.30 Turn Up the Volume (G, C)
10.00 Hot Cakes (G, R, C, AD)
s1ep4
10.35 Shortland Street Omnibus
(PG, R, HD, C, AD)
1.00 Call Me Kat (PG, C, AD)
s3ep17
1.30 Siwa’s Dance Pop
Revolution (PG, C, AD)
2.30 Extreme Weddings (PG, R,
C) s1ep4
3.25 Beauty and the Geek UK
(PG, C)
4.30 Young MasterChef UK (G, C,
AD) s1ep7
5.05 Young Sheldon (G, R, C, AD)
s5ep5
6.00 For the Love of Pets (PG,
C, AD) Australian series
following the RSPCA
Queensland. Tonight, two
long-lost cats are reunited
with their families, a vet
nurse falls for an abandoned
kitten with a birth defect,
and an abandoned dog faces
a daunting dental surgery.
7.00 The Voice Australia (G, C,
another episode screens
on Thursday) Sonia Kruger
hosts a singing competition,
with judges Jason Derulo,
Jessica Mauboy, Rita Ora and
Guy Sebastian. Tonight, two
coaches secure their final
artists.
8.30 n The Meg (2018, M, R, C,
AD) When an underwater
research facility comes
under threat from a 23m
prehistoric shark, a deep
sea diver is hired to save it.
Jason Statham, Ruby Rose.
TV Films, page 54
10.30 n Ride Along (2014, M, R,
C, AD) A security guard
tries to prove himself to his
girlfriend’s brother, a top
police officer, on a ride along.
Kevin Hart, Ice Cube.
12.20am n Almost Christmas (2016,
PG, R, C) Kimberly Elise.
2.15 Unbelievable Moments
Caught on Camera (PG,
R, C)
3.05 n Justice League Dark:
Apokolips War (2020, 16, R)
Voice of Jerry O’Connell.
4.40 Call Me Kat (PG, R, C, AD)
s2ep4
5.00 – 6.00 Infomercials
C Captions AD Audio Description
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25
THREE FREEVIEW 3 SKY 003
6.00 Charles Stanley
6.30 Infomercials
9.30 Newshub Nation (C) With
Simon Shepherd and
Rebecca Wright.
10.30 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet
(PG, R, C)
11.30 100 Day Dream Home (G,
R, C)
12.25 The Block Australia
Marathon (PG, R, C) s19ep1-4
5.00 Gold Rush: White Water
(PG, R, C)
6.00 Newshub Live (C) Film: DECODING TURNER
7.00 ITM Fishing (C) Matt grabs
a rod and reel he’s been You might not have thought
using for more than 20 years that 18th-century painter
and heads out in the Bay of JMW Turner could be made
Islands to fish old-school.
7.30 Sort Your Life Out NZ (PG, controversial, other than during
R, C, AD) Kanoa and the his own lifetime, anyway, but
team come to the aid of a the two “plucky enthusiasts”
busy, generous and loving
featured in this documentary
family who are living under a
mountain of clutter. s1ep6 are determined to go all Da
8.30 n The Switch (2010, M, R, Vinci Code on the great master.
C, AD) A single woman Nicholas Wilkinson and his wife
worried about her biological
clock decides to pursue
Erica claim there are hidden
motherhood with the help of meanings in the paintings: first,
a sperm donor, much to her Turner’s titles are complicated
best friend’s dismay. Jennifer and cryptic, says Wilkinson, and
Aniston, Jason Bateman.
TV Films, page 54 second, there are anamorphic
10.30 Falling Skies (M, C) The elements in the paintings
2nd Mass leaves Chinatown that tell a narrative. As one
for what they hope will be
critic pointed out, you can
the final Espheni battle, but
encounter a deranged and see anything in a cloud if you
desperate gunman who look long enough, and once
takes Weaver hostage. Napoleon’s face is outlined on
12.25am Infomercials
5.00 Leading the Way
the side of ship, we’re wondering
5.30 – 6.00 Charles Stanley how we never saw it before.
SKY ARTS, 8.30pm
SKY OPEN FREEVIEW 15 SKY 004
6.00 Infomercials
8.00 Kids’ Programmes (C)
10.00 SmackDown (PG, R)
11.00 RAW (PG, R)
Noon Judge Judy (PG, R)
1.00 The Crowd Goes Wild
(PG, R)
2.00 Designing Dreams (G, R, C)
3.00 Kids’ Programmes (C)
4.00 A-League Men Live (G)
Wellington Phoenix v
Melbourne City, from Go
Media Stadium, Auckland.
7.00 Pawn Stars (PG, R)
7.30 Outback Truckers (PG, R,
Awards: 57TH CMA
C) The refrigerator unit on AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS
Woody’s truck threatens his
Waimate’s own Kaylee Bell has
last supply run of the year.
8.30 n C.B. Strike (16, C) Strike already won Global Country
realises that Margot’s killer is Artist, but some of the lesser
responsible for many other Country Music Awards include
murders that have gone Entertainer of the Year and Song
undetected.
10.50 n Project Greenlight (M, of the Year, which went to Tracy
C) The producers have just Chapman’s Fast Car, making
five days to convince Meko her the first black songwriter
GETTY IMAGES
to implement sweeping to win the award, thanks to
changes to the final cut.
12.30am NXT (PG) a cover by Luke Combs.
1.30 – 6.00 Infomercials TVNZ+
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WHAKAATA
MĀORI FREEVIEW 5 SKY 019
6.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
8.00 Pūkana (G, R)
9.00 Ariki (G, R)
9.30 Tōku Reo (G, R)
10.00 Ōpaki (G, R)
10.30 Ako (G, R)
11.00 ASB Polyfest (G, R)
Noon
12.30
Haka Pedia (G, R)
Haka Life (PG, R)
1.00 The Ring Inz (PG, R)
1.30 Iwi Anthems (G, R)
2.00 Whakataukī (G, R)
2.30 Karanga: The First Voice
(G, R)
3.00 Whaikōrero (G, R)
3.30 Marae Current affairs.
4.30 Strait to the Plate (PG, R)
5.00 Moon Tide Fishing (G, R)
5.30 Matau (PG, R)
6.00 Piri’s Tiki Tour (PG, R) Piri
visits Deon Muir in Maketu.
6.30 Lucky Dip on the Road (G,
R)
7.00 ■ Mia and the White Lion
(2018, PG) A girl who moves
to South Africa with her
family develops a special
bond with a white lion cub.
Daniah De Villiers. TV Films,
page 54
8.50 – 11.10 ■ The Two Faces of
January (2014, M, R) A con
artist, his wife and a stranger
flee Athens after one of
them is caught up in the
death of a private detective.
Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten
Dunst. TV Films, page 54
TVNZ DUKE FREEVIEW 6 SKY 023
6.00 On Duke Today
Noon Extreme E Magazine (G, R)
12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat (G, R, C)
1.20 The Wall (G, R, C)
2.20 Abandoned Engineering (G,
R, C)
3.15 Man Eats Wild (PG, R)
3.45 Alone (PG, R) s7ep9
5.05 Curse of Oak Island (PG)
6.00 Fishing and Adventure (PG,
R, C)
6.30 Fish of the Day (G, R, C, AD)
s1ep3
7.00 Tougher Than It Looks (PG,
R) Andrew Younghusband
tries snow biking, dirt biking,
and bike couriering.
7.30 ■ Patriot Brains with Sue
Perkins (PG, R, C) Local
comedy panel show.
8.30 ■ So Dumb It’s Criminal (16,
R, C, AD) Snoop Dogg, Jim
Jefferies and Diallo Riddle
scrutinize stupid criminal
acts. s1ep1
9.45 ■ Double Jeopardy (1999,
16, C, AD) A woman framed
for her husband’s murder
suspects he is still alive.
Ashley Judd.
11.40 – 1.15am ■ Body Snatchers
(1993, 16, R, C, AD) Gabrielle
Anwar.
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Film: BODY SNATCHERS
Is there an Invasion of the Body Snatchers
for every era? If so, we’re due for one in the
conspiracy theory-laden 21st century. In
the 1950s, it was either McCarthyism or
communism. In the 1970s, it was the end of
a free society, and in this 1993 update, it’s
the mindlessness of the military.
TVNZ DUKE, 11.40pm
BRAVO FREEVIEW 4 SKY 012
6.00 Infomercials
10.00 Hoarders (PG, R)
11.45 Baking It (PG, R)
12.40 Million Dollar Listing: Josh &
Josh (PG, R)
2.35 Celebrity Ghost Stories
(PG, R)
3.30 Top Chef (PG, R)
4.30 Undercover Boss (PG, R)
5.30 Hollywood Medium (PG, R)
6.30 Botched (PG, R) A woman’s
nose has been stuck at seven
o’clock.
7.30 24 Hours in Emergency (M)
54-year-old John has gone
over the handlebars of his
bike, and 84-year-old Alan
has fallen on his elbow.
8.30 ■ American Reunion (2012,
16) Former high school
classmates attend a Class of
1999 reunion. Jason Biggs,
Alyson Hannigan, Seann
William Scott.
10.55 New York Homicide (16, R)
11.50 Snapped (M, R)
12.45am Infomercials 5.00 – 6.00
Shark Tank (PG, R)
SKY PREMIERE SKY 030
7.57 Beast (2022, 16) Idris Elba,
Sharlto Copley
9.26 Halloween Ends (2022, 16)
Jamie Lee Curtis
11.14 Dead for a Dollar (2022, 16)
Christoph Waltz
12.58 Magic Mike’s Last Dance
(2023, M) Channing Tatum
2.50 Living (2022, PG) Bill Nighy,
Aimee Lou Wood
4.35 Where the Crawdads Sing
(2022, M) Daisy Edgar-
Jones, Taylor John Smith
6.40 The Phantom of the Open
(2021, M) Based on the
story of Maurice Flitcroft,
who entered the 1976 Open
Championship despite never
playing a round of golf
before. Mark Rylance, Sally
Hawkins
8.30 Happening (2021, 16) In 1963,
a young Frenchwoman who
falls pregnant decides to
take matters into her own
hands. Anamaria Vartolomei,
Kacey Mottet Klein
10.15 The Drover’s Wife (2021, M)
Leah Purcell, Rob Collins
12.06am John Wick: Chapter 4
(2023, 16) 2.56 Assassin Club
(2022, 16) 4.47 Christmas Movie
Magic (2021, PG)
EDEN FREEVIEW 8 SKY 013
6.00 Infomercials
6.30 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R)
7.25 The Pioneer Woman (G, R)
7.55 Beat Bobby Flay (G, R)
8.25 Church Mysteries (PG, R)
9.20 American Pickers (PG, R)
10.15 Storage Wars (PG, R)
10.45 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
11.15 Border Security (PG, R)
11.45 Iceland (PG, R)
12.40 Around the World (PG, R)
1.35 American Pickers (PG, R)
2.30 Salvage Dawgs (G, R)
2.55 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
3.25 The Chase USA (PG, R)
4.20 Property Wars (PG)
4.45 Rick Stein’s Cornwall (G, R)
5.20 Church Mysteries (PG, R)
6.15 American Pickers (PG, R)
7.05 Richard Hammond’s
Workshop (G, R)
8.00 It’s Me or the Dog (PG, R)
8.30 ■ The Zookeeper’s Wife (M,
R) Jessica Chastain.
TV Films, page 54
10.45 All That Glitters (PG, R)
11.55 Salvage Dawgs (G, R)
12.25am – 6.00 Infomercials
MOVIES CLASSICS SKY 034
6.10 Get Carter (1971, M) Michael
Caine, Ian Hendry
8.03 Ishtar (1987, PG) Dustin
Hoffman, Warren Beatty
9.51 The Taming of the Shrew
(1967, M) Richard Burton,
Elizabeth Taylor
11.51 His Girl Friday (1940, PG)
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
1.23 Excalibur (1981, M) Nigel
Terry, Helen Mirren
3.43 The Silent Partner (1978, 16)
Elliott Gould, Christopher
Plummer
5.30 The Hook (1963, PG) Kirk
Douglas, Robert Walker Jr
7.05 The Lady from Shanghai
(1948, PG) A seaman joins a
bizarre yachting cruise and
ends up mired in a murder
plot. Orson Welles, Rita
Hayworth
8.30 High Society (1956, G) A
socialite’s ex-husband has
48 hours to convince her not
to remarry. Grace Kelly, Bing
Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis
Armstrong
10.15 Blade Runner (1982, 16)
Harrison Ford, Sean Young
12.13am Labyrinth (1986, G) 1.53
Silver Bears (1978, PG) 3.47 Sense
and Sensibility (1995, G)
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RUSH FREEVIEW 14 SKY 024
6.00 Wheeler Dealers (PG, R)
6.50 Fast N’ Loud (PG, R)
8.30 Head Rush (G, R)
9.20 Alaskan Bush People
Marathon (PG, R)
1.30 Diesel Brothers (PG, R)
2.20 Building Off the Grid:
Mushroom House (G, R)
3.10 Man, Woman, Wild (PG, R)
4.00 Raising Wild (PG, R)
4.50 Iron Resurrection (PG, R)
5.40 Fast N’ Loud (PG, R)
6.30 Kindig Customs (PG, R)
7.30 Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch
(M)
8.30 Bering Sea Gold (PG)
Shawn constructs the largest
washplant in Nome, and
Ken’s monster roars to life.
9.25 The Legend of Croc Gold
(PG, R) Farley’s injury,
equipment failure, a beached
boat, and killer crocodiles
damage team morale.
10.25 Cops UK: Bodycam Squad
(PG, R)
11.20 Fast N’ Loud (PG, R)
12.15am Programmes continue
RIALTO SKY 039
6.40 Everybody Loves Jeanne
(2022, M) Blanche Gardin
8.25 My Old School (2022, M) UK
documentary.
10.15 A Bread Factory: Part Two
(2018, M) Tyne Daly
12.15 7 Days (2021, M) Karan Soni
1.45 Charli XCX: Alone
Together (2021, M) US/UK
documentary.
2.55 The Passengers of the
Night (2022, M) Charlotte
Gainsbourg
4.45 Free Money (2022, PG) US
documentary.
6.05 Triangle of Sadness (2022,
M) A celebrity couple are
invited on a luxury cruise
helmed by an unhinged
captain. Woody Harrelson
8.30 American Cherry (2021, 16)
A teen who protects a girl
from her family becomes
obsessed. Leonor Varela
TV Films, page 54
10.15 Studio 666 (2022, 18) Dave
Grohl
12.00am Redemption of a Rogue
(2020, 16) 1.35 The Kingdom (18)
s1ep3 2.50 Atali’i O Le Crezent
(2022, PG) 3.05 Charli XCX:
Alone Together (2021, M) 4.15 The
Passengers of the Night (2022, M)

SKY CHANNELS
Vibe SKY 006
6.00 Whiskey Cavalier (M) s1ep6 6.55 Motive (M)
s4F 7.50 Southland Marathon (16) s5ep2-6 12.20
Shetland (M) s5ep3 1.25 New Amsterdam (M)
s5epF 2.15 Vera (M) s8ep3 3.55 Whiskey Cavalier
(M) s1ep6 4.45 Dream Home Rescue Marathon (PG)
s2ep17-F 6.30 All Creatures Great and Small (PG)
s3F 7.30 Vera (M) s8ep3 9.25 Whiskey Cavalier
(M) The team is sent to Prague where Will must
seduce the widow of a notorious shipping tycoon.
s1ep2 10.25 ER Marathon (M) s7ep21-s8ep3 2.30am
Programmes continue
BBC UKTV SKY 007
6.00 QI Marathon (M) 7.40 Would I Lie to You?
Marathon (PG) 9.15 Keeping Up Appearances
(PG) s3ep6 9.50 The Bill Marathon (M) 2.00
Death in Paradise (M) s2ep5 3.00 Holby City (PG)
s22ep30 3.45 Call the Midwife (PG) s7ep4 4.50
Grantchester (M) s1ep5&6 6.35 Sister Boniface
Mysteries (PG) Felix is Police Advisor on the set of
a movie and is called to action when the director
is found strangled. s2ep6 7.30 Death in Paradise
(M) There is a blast from the past for Richard when
an old colleague turns up in Saint Marie. s2ep6
8.30 Midsomer Murders (M) An unpleasant and
unpopular local magistrate is found shot dead
in his house. s2ep3 10.30 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown (M) 11.25 Who Do You Think You
Are? (PG) Lisa Hammond wants to understand
her grandfather’s WWII experiences. 12.25am
Programmes continue
Jones! SKY 008
6.00 Frasier Marathon (G) 7.20 Hondo (PG) 8.10
The Wild Wild West Marathon (PG) 12.20 Frasier
Marathon (G) 2.00 Lonesome Dove (M) 3.35
Hondo (PG) 4.30 77 Sunset Strip (PG) 5.30 Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (PG) 6.00 The Twilight Zone
(PG) 6.30 Petticoat Junction (PG) 7.00 The Andy
Griffith Show (PG) 7.30 Marcus Welby, M.D. (PG)
An ageing fisherman with emphysema insists on
entering a deep-diving competition. 8.30 Lonesome
Dove (M) In Lonesome Dove, the lives of former
Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow F Call
are disrupted when old friends Jake Spoon and
Joshua Deets arrive. 10.15 Frasier Marathon (G) 11.55
The Wild Wild West (PG) 12.45am Programmes
continue
SoHo SKY 010
6.00 Made for Love (16) s2ep5 6.30 Industry (16)
s2ep3 7.30 Mayans M.C. (16) s4ep1 8.30 Phoenix
Rising (18) s1ep2 10.00 Fellow Travelers (M) s1ep3
10.55 Made for Love (16) s2ep5 11.30 The L Word:
Generation Q Marathon (18) s2ep1-9 7.40 The L
Word: Generation Q (18) Bette is forced to make
a huge decision as Tina and Carrie’s wedding
approaches. s2F 8.30 Raised by Wolves (16)
Campion plans an escape, and Marcus and Sue
attempt to mobilise a rescue party. s1ep3 9.30
Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me (16) Marlon Wayans
presents a stand-up show. 10.30 Swiping America
(16) s1ep6 11.30 Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults
(16) s1ep1 12.20am Programmes continue
Living SKY 017
6.00 Escape to the Chateau (PG) 6.55 Kids
Baking Championship (PG) 7.45 Bakeaway Camp
with Martha Stewart (PG) 8.35 Salvage Hunters
Marathon (PG) 12.45 The Best House in Town
(PG) 1.40 Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge (PG)
3.30 Wedding Cake Championship (PG) 4.25
Selling in the City Marathon (PG) 7.35 A Barefoot
Thanksgiving (PG) 8.30 Love Your Garden (PG)
9.35 Gardening Australia (PG) 10.45 Inside Eats
with Rhett & Link (PG) 11.10 Simply Giada (PG)
11.35 Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge (PG) 1.05am
Programmes continue
NOVEMBER 25 2023 LISTENER www.listener.co.nz
Investigation Discovery SKY 018
6.00 Murder Comes to Town (M) 6.45 Murder in
the Wicked West (M) 7.35 Evil Lives Here: Shadows
of Death (M) 8.25 American Monster (M) 9.10
Nightmare Next Door (M) 10.00 Disappeared (M)
10.50 Murder Comes to Town (M) 11.35 People
Magazine Investigates (M) 12.25 Disappeared
Marathon (M) 4.25 American Monster (M) 5.15
Doomsday: The Missing Children (M) 6.05
Murdaugh Murders: Deadly Dynasty (M) 6.50
American Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda (M) 7.40
The Atlanta Child Murders (M) 8.30 Vanished
in New Canaan: An ID (M) 9.30 Onision: In Real
Life (M) 11.10 Nightmare Next Door (M) 12.00am
Programmes continue
Sky Arts SKY 020
6.30 Landscape Artist of the Year 7.15 The Big
Book Club 8.00 Sounds and Stone 8.45 Landscape
Artist of the Year 9.30 Video Killed the Radio Star
10.00 Christian Hook: Painting the Invisible 11.15
The Prince’s Master Crafters: The Next Generation
Noon The Hollow Crown (M) 1.05 ■ Nomad:
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019, G)
2.30 Landscape Artist of the Year 3.15 The Big
Book Club 4.00 Bellini’s Il Pirata at Teatro Real
Madrid 2019 6.40 Britain’s Novel Landscapes (G)
Mariella Frostrup explores the dramatic Yorkshire
landscapes that inspired the Brontë sisters. 7.35 ■
Piano to Zanskar (2018, G) 8.30 ■ Decoding Turner
(2023, G) Two Turner enthusiasts explain the hidden
codes they believe are embedded in his paintings.
10.00 ■ Radiograph of a Family (2020, G) Firouzeh
Khosrovani explores her family history before and
after the Iranian Revolution. 11.15 Comedy Legends:
Kenneth Williams 12.00am Programmes continue
Discovery SKY 070
6.00 How It’s Made (PG) 6.25 Aussie Gold Hunters
(PG) 7.20 Demolition Down Under Marathon
(PG) Noon What on Earth? (PG) 12.55 Deadliest
Catch (M) 1.55 Outback Opal Hunters (PG) 2.50
Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan (M)
3.45 Outback Opal Hunters Marathon (PG) 6.35
Moonshiners (M) 7.30 Homestead Rescue Special
(PG) 8.30 Homestead Rescue (PG) 9.30 Maine
Cabin Masters (PG) 10.25 Deadliest Catch (M) 11.20
Dual Survival (M) 12.15am Programmes continue
History SKY 073
6.15 Kennedy (PG) 7.15 The Grand Scuttle (PG)
8.20 Time Team 9.20 Lost Treasures of the Ancient
World 10.20 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 11.20
Cities of the Underworld (PG) 12.15 Forbidden
History (PG) 1.15 Kennedy (PG) 2.15 The Grand
Scuttle (PG) 3.20 The World from Above (PG)
4.30 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 5.30 Hitler’s
Engineers (PG) 6.30 Forbidden History (PG) 7.30
Cursed Treasures (PG) The truth behind the curses
supposedly bestowed on the finders of some of
the world’s treasures. 8.30 Trains at War (PG)
Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the
Soviet Union. 9.30 Weeks of War (PG) 10.30 The
UnXplained (PG) 11.30 Ancient Aliens (PG) 12.25am
Programmes continue
BBC Earth SKY 074
6.00 Life Below Zero (16) 6.50 Life Below Zero
(M) 8.30 24 Hours in A&E (M) 9.20 24 Hours in
A&E (PG) 10.10 Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
(PG) Noon Penguins: Meet the Family (PG) 12.55
Science’s Greatest Mysteries (PG) 1.50 Jupiter
Revealed (PG) 2.45 Snow Wolf Family & Me (PG)
3.40 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (PG) 4.30
Where the Wild Men Are (M) 5.25 Louis Theroux:
Return to Westboro (M) 6.30 Natural Born Hustlers
(PG) 7.30 Attenborough’s Global Adventure
(PG) 8.30 Snow Wolf Family & Me (PG) Gordon
Buchanan continues to gain the trust of a white wolf
family. 9.30 Life Below Zero (M) 10.25 Kate Humble:
Living with Nomads (PG) 12.20am Programmes
continue
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25
SoHo: The L Word: Generation Q
Marathon, 11.30am
SKY SPORT
Sky Sport 1 SKY 051
6.00 A-League Men, Macarthur FC v Melbourne
Victory 6.15 Women’s BBL, Adelaide v Perth
6.30 Sky Speed 7.00 FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi
Grand Prix, Practices 1 & 2 11.00 TBA Noon FIM
X-Trial World Championship 1.00 UEFA European
Qualifiers, highlights 2.00 Gallagher Premiership,
Northampton Saints v Harlequins 4.00 A-League
Men, Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City, from
Go Media Stadium, Auckland, live 7.00 Oceania
Rugby Sevens, men’s final 7.10 A-League Women,
Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory, live 9.15 Oceania
Rugby Sevens, women’s final 9.30 A-League Men,
Macarthur FC v Melbourne Victory 9.45 A-League
Men, Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City 10.00
FIM X-Trial World Championship 11.00 FIA Formula
1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Practice 3, live 1.00am
UEFA European Qualifiers, highlights 2.00 FIA
Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Qualifying, live
5.00 TBA 5.30 UFC on Sky
Sky Sport 2 SKY 052
6.30 A-League Men, Macarthur FC v Melbourne
Victory 8.40 Gallagher Premiership, Northampton
Saints v Harlequins, live 10.45 TBA 11.45 Australian
PGA, round 2 12.15 DP World Tour, Joburg Open,
round 2 12.45 Women’s BBL, Adelaide Strikers v
Perth Scorchers 1.00 A-League Men, Macarthur FC
v Melbourne Victory, replay 3.00 AFL Women’s,
Preliminary Final 1 5.00 AFL Women’s, Preliminary
Final 2, live 7.00 A-League Men, Macarthur FC v
Melbourne Victory 7.15 A-League Men, Newcastle
Jets v Central Coast Mariners, live 9.45 Players
Championship, day 1, evening session 1.15am
A-League Men, Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne
City 1.30 A-League Women, Wellington Phoenix v
Perth Glory 1.50 A-League Men, Wellington Phoenix
v Melbourne City 3.50 Premier League, Newcastle
v Chelsea, live
Sky Sport 3 SKY 053
6.00 Women’s BBL, Brisbane v Sydney Thunder
6.15 Super50 Cup, Trinidad & Tobago v Guyana,
semi-final 1 6.35 Super50 Cup, Leeward Islands
v Barbados, semi-final 2 6.55 Super50 Cup, final
7.15 Australia Women v West Indies Women, 1st
and 2nd ODIs 8.00 Players Championship, day 1,
evening session, live Noon Players Championship,
day 1, afternoon session, replay 6.30 ICC Cricket
World Cup, semi-final 1 7.30 Women’s BBL,
Brisbane v Sydney Thunder 7.45 Women’s BBL,
Adelaide v Perth 8.05 Women’s BBL, Melbourne
Stars v Melbourne Renegades, live 11.10 Women’s
BBL, Perth v Melbourne Stars 11.25 Women’s BBL,
Hobart v Melbourne Renegades 11.45 Gallagher
Premiership, Northampton Saints v Harlequins,
replay 1.45am Matchroom 2023
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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26
Nature: RUNNING
WITH THE BEEST
These days, it’s not just
predators such as lions,
crocodiles, hyenas and vultures
that threaten the Great East
African Migration, the mass
movement of land animals
that can be seen from space.
Masai guides Derrick Nabaala
and Evalyn Sintoya have been
following the migration for 10
years and have seen the changes
caused by climate change and
humans. There is even a tourism
problem, as thousands of people
arrive to sightsee, but block the
crossings of the wildebeests.
Poachers and fences also create
danger. Nevertheless, it’s an
incredible spectacle, an event
that is an ecosystem in itself.
BBC EARTH, 8.30pm
Documentary:
FANTASTIC BEASTS:
A NATURAL HISTORY
Stephen Fry, the voice of the
Harry Potter audio books, is
just the right person to present
this charmer about the real-life
fantastic creatures that inspired
JK Rowling. He starts in the
Natural History Museum in
London, a wonder of its own.
TVNZ+
n NEW n RETURN n FINAL n FILM
58
TVNZ 1 FREEVIEW 1 SKY 001
6.00 n Heathrow: Britain’s
Busiest Airport (G, R, C, AD)
s7ep11
6.25 Ready Steady Cook (G, R, C)
7.10 Tagata Pasifika (R)
7.35 Songs of Praise (G, C)
Hymns, songs and uplifting
stories of faith from around
the UK and beyond.
8.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Day
Out (G, R, C, AD)
9.00 Q+A with Jack Tame (C)
Political interviews and
discussions.
10.00 Waka Huia (G) Māori stories
and histories for all New
Zealanders.
10.30 n Marae Storie from te ao
Māori.
11.00 Shop Well for the Planet (G,
R, C, AD) s1ep2
12.05 Attitude (G, R, C, AD)
Eighteen-year-old OJ lost
his sister to cystic fibrosis,
a genetic lung condition he
has also inherited, but with
whānau support he’s making
every breath count.
12.35 n Fair Go (R, C) With Pippa
Wetzell and Hadyn Jones.
1.10 Sunday (R, C) Miriama Kamo
presents current affairs.
2.10 n Frozen Planet ll (G, R, C,
AD) The journey begins in
the most hostile place on
earth, Antarctica. s2ep1
3.25 n Real Life on the Prairie:
Blackleg Ranch (PG, C, AD)
Series following the Doan
family over the course of a
summer on their ranch in
North Dakota.
4.30 Country House Hunters (G,
R, C)
5.00 The Chase (G, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
6.00 1News at Six (C)
7.00 Country Calendar (G, C, AD)
A Banks Peninsula woman
has never been busier since
taking over the family flower
farm, growing proteas for
her own shop and for local
markets.
7.30 Sunday (C) Miriama Kamo
presents current affairs.
8.30 After the Party (16, C, AD)
Local drama series. Tonight,
Penny’s efforts to stop Phil
circle back on themselves
and she is forced to face her
own culpability. s1ep5
9.30 World on Fire (M, C, AD)
UK drama series following
various people across
Europe during WWII.
Tonight, tragedy strikes at
the heart of Harry’s unit
as the siege drags on in
Tobruk, in Manchester, Kasia
is confronted by more of the
horrors of war, and in France,
romance blossoms. s2ep5
10.40 n Murder in Provence (M, R,
C, AD) A love affair seems
to be at the heart of a young
woman’s death. s1ep3
12.35am – 6.00 Infomercials
C Captions AD Audio Description
WORLD SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT DAY
TVNZ 2 FREEVIEW 2 SKY 002
6.00 Darwin and Newts (G, R,
C, AD)
6.10 Peppa Pig (G, R, C)
6.20 Kangaroo Beach (G, R, C)
6.40 Love Monster (G, C)
6.50 Bluey (G, R, C)
7.05 The Kids of Kōrero Lane (G,
R, C, AD)
7.10 Bird’s Eye View (G, R, C, AD)
7.15 Scooby Doo! Guess Who (G,
R, C)
7.40 Madagascar: A Little Wild
(G, R, C)
8.05 Miraculous: Tales of
Ladybug and Cat Noir (G,
R, C)
8.30 What Now? (C) Local kids’
show featuring, games,
interviews, fun and gunge.
9.30 Fresh Fairytales (PG, C, AD)
Fairy godmothers, magic
beans and villainous queens
with an Island twist.
9.45 Life Savers (G, R, C, AD)
9.55 LEGO Masters NZ (PG, R, C,
AD) s1ep8
10.45 Home and Away Omnibus
(PG, R, C)
12.45 Friends (G, R, C) s2ep13
3.10 n Beauty and the Geek UK
(PG, C)
4.10 n Trolls World Tour (2020,
G, R, C, AD) Two trolls
discover troll tribes that
represent music genres other
than their own. Voice of
Anna Kendrick.
6.00 The Great British Bake Off:
Extra Slice (PG, C, AD) Jo
Brand hosts a series that
reviews the latest episode of
The Great British Bake Off.
Tonight, Paul Hollywood,
Yinka Bokinni and James
Buckley discuss the events
of Chocolate Week. s14ep5
7.00 n Pitch Perfect 3 (2017, PG,
R, C, AD) Two years after
graduation, the unhappy
Bellas reunite and are
persuaded to go on a USO
tour. Anna Kendrick, Rebel
Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld,
Brittany Snow.
8.45 n Ocean’s Thirteen (2007,
M, R, C, AD) Danny Ocean
rounds up the gang for a
third heist after casino owner
Willy Bank double-crosses
one of the original 11. Brad
Pitt, George Clooney, Matt
Damon, Don Cheadle, Elliott
Gould. TV Films, page 54
11.05 SEAL Team (16, C, AD)
Bravo works with the Syrian
Women’s Defense Unit to
suss out who is responsible
for the bombing of the USS
Crampton. s6ep4
12.00am n Annabelle Comes
Home (2019, 16, R, C) Vera
Farmiga, Patrick Wilson.
1.50 n Killer Cops (M, R, C) s1ep8
3.30 Mom (PG, R) s2ep10
3.50 2 Tunes
4.05 Infomercials
4.30 Religious Programming
5.00 – 6.00 Infomercials
www.listener.co.nz LISTENER NOVEMBER 25 2023
THREE FREEVIEW 3 SKY 003
6.00 Life TV
6.30 Leading the Way
7.00 Charles Stanley
8.00 Life TV (R)
8.30 Turning Point
9.00 One of a Kind (G, R, C)
9.25 The Hui (R, C) With Julian
Wilcox.
9.55 Newshub Nation (R, C)
With Simon Shepherd and
Rebecca Wright.
10.50 Rescue My Reno (G, R, C)
11.15 American Loggers (PG,
R, C)
Noon Extinct or Alive (PG, R, C)
1.00 Toyota Oceania
Championship
2.00 Sunraysia Safari Cross
Country Rally Coverage
from Australia.
3.00 Trans Am TA2 USA
3.45 MotoGP
5.00 Building the Kiwi Dream
(PG, R, C, AD)
5.30 Piri’s Tiki Tour (G, C, AD)
6.00 Newshub Live (C)
7.00 The Block Australia (PG,
C, another episode screens
tomorrow) The new judge
does not hold back. s19ep5
8.25 Married at First Sight UK
(PG, C, another episode
screens tomorrow) It’s the
final dinner party before vow
renewals. s8ep32
9.30 Last King of the Cross (16,
C, AD) As John aspires to
escape Kings Cross, war is
unavoidable. s1ep10
10.30 The Rookie (M, R, C) s4ep18
11.30 11.22.63 (16, C)
12.40am Infomercials
5.30 – 6.00 Tiny House Hunters
(G, R, C)
SKY OPEN FREEVIEW 15 SKY 004
6.00 Kids’ Programmes (C)
7.00 Religious Programming (G)
9.30 Fishy Business (PG, R, C)
10.00 Addicted to Fishing (PG, R)
11.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
Noon NXT (PG, R)
1.00 Judge Judy (PG, R)
2.00 Dream Home Dilemma (G,
R, C)
2.30 Pawn Stars (PG, R)
3.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
4.00 Pawn Stars (PG, R, C)
4.30 A-League Women
Highlights (G) Wellington
Phoenix v Perth Glory.
5.00 A-League Men Highlights
(G) Wellington Phoenix v
Melbourne City.
5.30 News First at 5.30
6.00 Pawn Stars (PG, R)
6.30 Massive Engineering
Mistakes (PG, R, C)
7.30 n Shepherdess (PG, C)
8.00 n Raised by Refugees (PG,
R, C)
8.30 Ambulance (16, R, C)
9.45 Five Bedrooms (M, C)
10.45 Pivoting (M, C)
11.45 SmackDown (PG)
1.00am – 6.00 Infomercials
 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26

WHAKAATA Awards: TE TOHU TĀKARO O

MĀORI FREEVIEW 5 SKY 019

6.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
8.00 Pao Pao Pao: Between the
Lines (G, R)
8.20 Ka Hao (G, R)
8.30 Whānau Bake-off (G, R)
9.30 Ka Pai Living (PG, R)
10.00 Taste the Diversity (G, R)
10.30 Tagata Pasifika (G)
Noon Te Ao Tapatahi
12.30 ■ Mia and the White Lion
(2018, PG, R) Daniah De
Villiers.
2.20 ■ Tehran Taxi (2015, PG, R)
Iranian documentary.
3.50 Rags are Riches (PG, R)
4.00 Survive the Wild (G, R)
5.00 The Hui
5.30 Waka Huia (G)
6.00 Merchants of the Wild (G)
6.30 Te Tohu Tākaro o Aotearoa:
Māori Sports Awards 2023
Live Coverage of the 2023
Māori Sports Awards, from
Mercury Arena, Mount
Maunganui.
8.30 ■ Juniper (2021, M) A
self-destructive teenager
is suspended from school
and asked to look after his
feisty alcoholic grandmother.
Charlotte Rampling, George
Ferrier, Márton Csókás, Edith
Poor. TV Films, page 54
10.10 Short Film: Lemming Aid
(1994, G, R) Fiona Samuel
10.25 – 10.40 Short Film: Daddy’s
Girl (Kōtiro) (2019, PG, R)
Ngapaki Moetara.
BRAVO FREEVIEW 4 SKY 012
6.00 Shark Tank Marathon
(PG, R)
9.15 Top Chef (PG, R)
10.05 Tiny House Nation (PG, R)
10.55 Botched (PG, R)
11.40 Hoarders Marathon (PG, R)
2.30 Celebrity Ghost Stories
(PG, R)
3.30 Judge Jerry Marathon (G, R)
5.30 Top Chef (PG, R)
6.30 Baking It (PG) The bakers
must choose between
savoury or sweet pies.
7.30 ■ The Truman Show (PG, R,
C) An insurance salesman
discovers his whole life is
actually a reality TV show.
Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura
Linney.
9.40 Snapped (M, R) A young
mother disappears with a
woman claiming to be a
social worker.
10.40 24 Hours in Emergency
(M, R)
11.35 Buried in the Backyard
(M, R)
12.25am – 6.00 Infomercials
AOTEAROA: MĀORI SPORTS
AWARDS 2023 LIVE
Finalists include para-swimmer Cameron
Leslie, mountain biker Sam Gaze, boxer
Lani Daniels and pool player Laquiesha
Clifford. For the first time, the awards are
in Mount Maunganui.
WHAKAATA MĀORI, 6.30pm
EDEN FREEVIEW 8 SKY 013 RUSH FREEVIEW 14 SKY 024
6.00 Key of David 6.00 Tanked (PG, R)
6.30 Through the Bible 7.40 Iron Resurrection (PG, R)
7.00 Turning Point 8.30 Building Off the Grid (G, R)
7.30 Trisha’s Kitchen (G, R) 9.20 Raising Wild (PG, R)
7.55 The Chase USA (PG, R) 10.10 Man, Woman, Wild (PG, R)
8.50 Property Wars (PG, R) 11.00 Diesel Brothers (PG, R)
9.15 Rick Stein’s Cornwall (G, R) 11.45 Fast N’ Loud (PG, R)
9.45 Church Mysteries (PG, R) 1.25 American Chopper
10.30 American Pickers (PG, R) Marathon (PG, R)
11.15 Richard Hammond (G, R) 5.50 Fast N’ Loud (PG, R)
12.05 It’s Me or the Dog (PG, R) 6.40 Head Rush (G, R)
12.30 The Chase USA (PG, R) 7.30 Iron Resurrection (PG, R)
1.25 Property Wars (PG, R) A black Cadillac 64 Coupe
1.50 Rick Stein’s Cornwall (G, R) De Ville convertible fires up
2.25 All That Glitters (PG, R) Joe’s imagination.
3.35 My Cat from Hell (PG, R) 8.30 Speed is the New Black
4.25 Celebrity Catchphrase (PG) A family mad for
(PG, R) hockey tasks Noah with
5.20 Church Mysteries (PG, R) transforming their 1957
6.10 American Pickers (PG, R) Nomad.
7.00 Missing Pieces (PG) 9.30 Junkyard Empire (PG) Andy
7.30 Great Southern Truckers finally scores the only wire
(PG, R harness that can marry
8.30 ■ The Dry (2020, M, R) Eric his SVO Mustang to a new
Bana. TV Films, page 54 EcoBoost engine.
10.30 Ice Vikings (PG, R) 10.25 Airplane Repo (PG, R)
11.25 Old House, New Home (PG) 11.20 Fast N’ Loud (PG, R)
12.25am – 6.00 Infomercials 12.15am Programmes continue

TVNZ DUKE FREEVIEW 6 SKY 023 SKY PREMIERE SKY 030
6.00 On Duke Today
12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat (G, R, C)
1.20 Abandoned Engineering (G,
R, C)
3.15 Ultimate Rides (G, R)
3.45 Alone (PG, R) s7ep10
5.05 Curse of Oak Island (PG)
5.55 Fishing and Adventure (G,
R, C)
6.25 Fish of the Day (G, R, C, AD)
s1ep4
7.00 Tougher Than It Looks (PG,
R) Andrew Younghusband
tries various circus stunts.
7.30 South Seas Spearo (M, C)
The guys try their luck at
spearing Australian fish
species. s4ep7
8.30 Gem Hunters Down Under
(M) Ray and Paul come
unstuck with a 40 tonne drill,
and Todd and Brianna drop
an $8000 sapphire. s1ep4
9.35 The Fast and the Farmer-
ish (M, C) It’s the Highlands
against the Lowlands in the
Scottish heat. s1ep4
10.15 Reel Destinations (M) The
crew are at Arnhem Land
6.12 The Woman King (2022, 16)
Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu
8.24 Crawlspace (2022, 16) Henry
Thomas, Bradley Stryker
9.55 Smile (2022, 16) Sosie
Bacon, Jessie T Usher
11.52 On the Line (2022, M) Mel
Gibson, Kevin Dillon
1.36 Millie Lies Low (2022, M)
Ana Scotney, Chris Alosio
3.18 Dog (2022, M) Channing
Tatum, Jane Adams
4.59 Missing (2023, M) Storm
Reid, Nia Long
6.50 Allelujah (2022, M) A
Yorkshire community fights
the proposed closure of
a small geriatric hospital.
Jennifer Saunders, Judi
Dench
8.30 Mafia Mamma (2023, 16)
A suburban mum inherits
her late grandfather’s Mafia
empire in Italy. Toni Collette,
Monica Bellucci TV Films,
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10.15 Whitney Houston: I Wanna
Dance with Somebody
(2022, M) Naomi Ackie
MOVIES CLASSICS SKY 034
6.00 Sleepless in Seattle (1993,
PG) Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks
7.43 Top Gun (1986, PG) Tom
Cruise, Kelly McGillis
9.29 Murder in the First (1994, 18)
Kevin Bacon, Christian Slater
11.31 Geronimo: An American
Legend (1993, PG) Wes
Studi, Gene Hackman
1.28 It’s Always Fair Weather
(1955, PG) Gene Kelly
3.08 Moulin Rouge (1952, M) Jose
Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor
5.05 Carnal Knowledge (1971, 16)
Jack Nicholson
6.40 Eagles Over London
(1967, PG) During the
Dunkirk evacuation,
German saboteurs disguise
themselves as British
soldiers. Frederick Stafford,
Van Johnson
8.30 Tootsie (1982, PG) An
unemployed actor disguises
himself as a woman to get
a part on a TV soap. Dustin
Hoffman, Jessica Lange
10.25 The Dirty Dozen (1967, M)
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine
RIALTO SKY 039
6.05 Free Money (2022, PG) US
documentary.
7.25 Triangle of Sadness (2022,
M) Woody Harrelson
9.50 Publish or Perish (2023, 16)
Timothy McCracken
11.35 Redemption of a Rogue
(2020, 16) Aaron Monaghan,
Aisling O’Mara
1.10 Atali’i O Le Crezent (2022,
PG) Villa Junior Lemanu
1.25 Martin Eden (2019, M) Luca
Marinelli
3.30 C’mon C’mon (2021, M)
Joaquin Phoenix
5.20 Pray for Our Sinners (2022,
M) Irish documentary.
6.45 I Was a Simple Man (2021,
M) Steve Iwamoto
8.30 S.T.I.F.F (2023, 16) A group
of students sign up to work
at a festival to gain free
entry, but things turn out
to be not as glamorous as
expected. Kieran Donnelly
10.00 Zola (2020, 18) Riley
Keough, Taylour Paige
11.25 On the Count of Three
(2021, 16) Christopher
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6.45 Dream Home Rescue Marathon (PG) s2ep17-F
8.45 Judge Judy Marathon (PG) 10.20 ER Marathon
(M) s7ep21-s8ep3 2.45 Vera (M) s11ep3 4.30 Smash
(M) s1ep2 5.30 Further Back in Time for Dinner
(G) s1ep5 6.30 Kids Say the Darndest Things (PG)
s2ep7&8 7.30 Designing Dreams (G) Julie Stout
takes Matthew on a past and present Auckland
journey and considers its future, specifically the
waterfront area. s1ep5 8.30 The Supervet (PG)
Sophie and Dan bring nine-month-old Betsy in
to discuss treatment options for her dragging
front paw, but events overtake them when Betsy
develops gangrene. s7ep5 9.30 Downton Abbey
(M) The Crawleys go to London for a busy social
programme, and in 1924, a new government heralds
change. s4F&s5ep1 12.00am Programmes continue
BBC UKTV SKY 007
6.00 Death in Paradise Marathon (PG) s9ep5-7
9.05 Dragons’ Den (PG) s20ep6 10.10 EastEnders
Marathon (PG) 12.10 The Jonathan Ross Show (M)
s19ep5 1.05 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M)
1.55 Midsomer Murders (M) s2ep3 3.55 The Mallorca
Files (PG) s1ep2 4.45 London Kills (PG) s3ep3 5.40
Beyond Paradise (PG) s1ep2 6.45 The House Across
the Street (16) s1ep4 7.35 Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road
Adventure (PG) Joanna’s odyssey stretches from
Venice to the Chinese border along the veins of the
ancient Silk Road. s1ep1 8.30 Who Do You Think You
Are? Australia (PG) Celia Pacquola finds her three-
times Scottish great-grandfather was Sydney’s first
Town Clerk. 9.30 Call the Midwife (PG) A distressing
birth raises fears of another Thalidomide case, and
Trixie is troubled by her sudden admittance to the
Lady Emily. s10ep1&2 11.40 Death in Paradise (M)
s2ep6 12.35am Programmes continue
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6.25 The Andy Griffith Show (PG) 6.50 Petticoat
Junction (PG) 7.15 Frasier (G) 7.40 77 Sunset Strip
(PG) 8.30 Porridge (M) 9.00 Alfred Hitchcock
Presents (PG) 9.30 Bret Maverick (PG) 11.40
Rawhide (PG) 12.40 Petticoat Junction (PG) 1.10
The Andy Griffith Show (PG) 1.40 Marcus Welby,
M.D. (PG) 2.45 Perry Mason (PG) 3.50 Mannix
(PG) 4.50 Bergerac (M) 5.50 Porridge (M) 6.25
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (PG) 7.00 Cheyenne
(PG) 8.00 Cheyenne (PG) 9.00 Bergerac (M)
Poultry and the vet have been killed at the Cedars
Nursing Home. 10.10 Bergerac (M) On the lookout
for forged banknotes at the racetrack, Bergerac
witnesses a quarrel between a former 60s star and
a local businessman. 11.15 Bergerac (M) 12.10am
Programmes continue
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6.25 The L Word: Generation Q Marathon (18)
s2ep4-F 12.30 Happyish (16) s1ep8 1.00 Swiping
America (16) s1ep6 1.55 Raised by Wolves (16)
s1ep3 2.45 Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me (16)
4.00 Swiping America (16) s1ep6 5.00 Happyish
(16) s1ep8 5.30 Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults
(16) s1ep1 6.20 ZeroZeroZero (18) s1ep2 7.30 The
Staircase (18) The Petersons struggle with the
court’s decision. s1ep5 8.30 COBRA (16) When the
Government legislates an aggressive anti-protest
bill, the police force goes on an unofficial strike.
s3ep4 9.30 Eden (16) Saranya tails an elusive Katz
to get answers and protect Scout from harm.
s1ep7 10.30 Real Time with Bill Maher (M) s21ep5
11.30 Somebody Somewhere (M) s2ep3 12.00am
Programmes continue
Living SKY 017
6.00 A Barefoot Thanksgiving (PG) 6.55 Wedding
Cake Championship (PG) 7.45 The Great British
Dig (PG) 8.40 Our Simple Life (PG) 9.35 A Place
in the Sun: Home or Away (PG) 10.35 Love Your
60
Garden (PG) 11.35 A Barefoot Thanksgiving (PG)
12.35 Guy’s Ranch Kitchen (PG) 1.05 Buddy’s
Big Bakedown (PG) 1.30 Farmhouse Rules (PG)
2.00 Holly-Dazzle Special (PG) 2.55 Kids Baking
Championship (PG) 3.50 Bakeaway Camp with
Martha Stewart (PG) 4.45 Big Time Bake (PG) 5.40
George Clarke’s Shed of the Year (PG) 7.40 Gobble
Goodies (PG) 8.40 The Great British Dig (PG) In
King’s Lynn, Hugh and the team hunt for defensive
earthworks from the English Civil War 9.40 Escape
to the Chateau (PG) 10.45 Holly-Dazzle Special
(PG) 11.40 Kids Baking Championship (PG) 12.25am
Programmes continue
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6.00 Murder Comes to Town (M) 6.45 Devil in
Suburbia (M) 7.35 Body Cam (M) 8.25 Murder in
the Wicked West (M) 9.10 Nightmare Next Door
(M) 10.00 Disappeared (M) 10.50 Murder Comes
to Town (M) 11.35 Undercover Underage (M)
12.25 Nightmare Next Door Marathon (M) 4.25
Reasonable Doubt (M) 5.15 American Monster (M)
6.05 Evil Lives Here: Shadows of Death (M) 6.50
Onision: In Real Life (M) 8.30 Murder in the Wicked
West (M) 9.30 Undercover Underage (M) 10.20
Reasonable Doubt (M) 11.10 Nightmare Next Door
(M) 12.00am Programmes continue
Sky Arts SKY 020
6.00 ■ Radiograph of a Family (2020, G) 7.15
Comedy Legends 8.00 Bellini’s Il at Teatro Real
Madrid 2019 10.40 Britain’s Novel Landscapes 11.35
■ Piano to Zanskar (2018, G) 12.30 ■ Decoding
Turner (2023, G) 2.00 ■ Radiograph of a Family
(2020, G) 3.15 Comedy Legends 4.00 ■ All That
Breathes (2022, M) 5.50 Decades Rock Live! (G)
Elvis Costello performs with guests Death Cab
for Cutie, Fiona Apple, and Green Day’s Billie Joe
Armstrong. 7.05 Rock Legends: David Bowie 7.30
Last Night of the Proms 2023 8.50 When I Go
Outside (G) Documentary about Kurdish artist
Bîstyek. 10.00 Beat the Drum for Music 10.30 Park
Life 12.00am Programmes continue
Discovery SKY 070
6.00 How It’s Made (PG) 6.25 Weird Earth (M)
7.20 What on Earth? (PG) 8.15 Deadliest Catch
(M) 9.15 Maine Cabin Masters (PG) 10.10 Deadliest
Catch Special (M) 11.05 Outback Opal Hunters (PG)
Noon Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan
(M) 12.55 Moonshiners (M) 1.55 Bering Sea Gold
Marathon (M) 7.30 Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with
Freddy & Juan (M) 8.30 Survive the Raft (M) 9.30
Tracked (M) 10.25 Dual Survival (M) 11.20 Bering
Sea Gold Special (M) 12.15am Programmes continue
History SKY 073
6.25 Weeks of War (PG) 7.25 The UnXplained (PG)
8.25 Time Team 9.25 Cursed Treasures (PG) 10.25
Trains at War (PG) 11.25 Weeks of War (PG) 12.25
The UnXplained (PG) 1.25 Ancient Aliens (PG) 2.20
FDR (PG) 4.15 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways (PG)
5.15 The Australian SAS: The Untold History (PG)
6.30 Treasures Decoded (PG) 7.30 Castle Secrets
(PG) 8.30 Kennedy (PG) 9.30 FDR (PG) 11.30 The
Australian SAS: The Untold History (PG) 12.40am
Programmes continue
BBC Earth SKY 074
6.00 Life Below Zero (M) 6.50 Louis Theroux:
Return to Westboro (M) 7.50 Science’s Greatest
Mysteries (PG) 8.45 Jupiter Revealed (PG) 9.40
China: Nature’s Ancient Kingdom Marathon (PG)
12.25 Operation Arctic with Simon Reeve (PG) 1.20
The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (PG) 2.05 24
Hours in A&E (M) 2.55 24 Hours in A&E (PG) 3.45
Diagnosis Detectives (PG) 4.45 Earth (PG) 5.45
Penguins: Meet the Family (PG) 6.45 Where the
Wild Men Are (M) 7.40 The Dog Rescuers with
Alan Davies (PG) 8.30 Running with the Beest (PG)
9.30 Strangest Things (PG) 10.25 Evolve (PG) 11.25
China: Nature’s Ancient Kingdom Marathon (PG)
2.05am Programmes continue
BBC UKTV: Who Do You Think You Are?
Australia, 8.30pm
SKY SPORT
Sky Sport 1 SKY 051
6.00 TBA 7.00 FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand
Prix, Practice 3, replay 9.00 FIA Formula 1, Abu
Dhabi Grand Prix, Qualifying, replay Noon TBA
1.30 Gallagher Premiership, Gloucester v Leicester
Tigers, replay 3.30 Premier League, Manchester
City v Liverpool 3.45 Premier League, Newcastle
v Chelsea 4.00 Premier League, Nottingham
Forest v Brighton 4.15 Premier League, Brentford v
Arsenal 4.30 A-League Men, Brisbane Roar v Perth
Glory, live 7.30 Premier League, Manchester City v
Liverpool, replay 9.30 Premier League, Newcastle v
Chelsea 11.30 Sailing to the Games 12.00am Inside
Sailing 12.30 FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,
Pre Race, live 1.45 FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand
Prix, live 4.00 FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand
Prix, Chequered Flag, live 5.00 TBA 5.30 Premier
League, Manchester City v Liverpool 5.45 Premier
League, Newcastle v Chelsea
Sky Sport 2 SKY 052
6.10 A-League Women, Wellington Phoenix v Perth
Glory 6.25 A-League Men, Sydney FC v Western
Sydney Wanderers 6.40 A-League Men, Newcastle
Jets v Central Coast Mariners 7.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Gloucester v Leicester Tigers, replay
9.00 Premier League, Luton v Crystal Palace,
replay 11.00 Premier League, Nottingham Forest
v Brighton, replay 1.00 Matchroom 2023 5.00
TBA 5.55 A-League Women, Canberra United v
Newcastle Jets, from McKellar Park, Canberra, live
8.05 Matchroom 2023 11.35 Gallagher Premiership,
Northampton Saints v Harlequins, replay 1.30am
Women’s Big Bash League, Hobart Hurricanes v
Adelaide Strikers 1.45 Women’s Big Bash League,
Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder 2.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Gloucester v Leicester Tigers, replay
3.55 Gallagher Premiership, Newcastle Falcons v
Exeter Chiefs, live
Sky Sport 3 SKY 053
6.00 Premier League, Manchester City v Liverpool,
replay from Etihad Stadium, Manchester 8.00
Matchroom 2023 12.05 Women’s BBL, Hobart
Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers, from Sydney Cricket
Ground, live 3.10 Women’s BBL, Adelaide Strikers v
Perth Scorchers 3.35 Women’s BBL, Sydney Sixers
v Sydney Thunder, from Sydney Cricket Ground, live
6.40 The Blast, live 7.15 Women’s BBL, Brisbane
Heat v Sydney Thunder 7.30 Women’s BBL,
Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers 7.45 Women’s
BBL, Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers, replay
from Sydney Cricket Ground 10.45 Women’s BBL,
Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades, replay
from Melbourne Cricket Ground 1.45am Darts,
Players Championship, day 3, quarter-finals, Butlin’s
Resort, Minehead, live
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6.00 Breakfast (C) Jenny-May
Clarkson, Chris Chang, Anna
Burns-Francis and Matty
McLean present news, sport,
information and weather.
9.00 Lingo (G, R, C) Adil Ray
hosts a UK quiz show.
10.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C) Ben
Shephard hosts a UK quiz
show.
11.00 The Chase (G, R, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
Noon 1News Midday (C)
12.30 Emmerdale (PG, C, AD)
1.30 Coronation Street (PG, R,
C, AD)
2.00 Millionaire Hot Seat (G, C)
Hosted by Eddie McGuire.
3.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C)
Hosted by Ben Shephard.
4.00 Te Karere A Māori
perspective on the day’s
news and current affairs.
4.30 The Office US (PG, R, C)
When an attractive woman
arrives at the office to sell
purses, the male staff vie for
her attention. s1ep6
5.00 The Chase (G, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
6.00 1News at Six (C)
7.00 Seven Sharp (C) Hilary
Barry and Jeremy Wells
present current affairs and
entertainment.
7.30 n Border Security (PG,
C, AD) Series following
Australian immigration,
customs and quarantine
officers. Tonight, a man with
a shadowy past claims to
be a devoted father, and in
the mail centre, a suspicious
jar of Biscoff spread has an
“extra crunch”.
8.00 n The Casketeers (G, C,
AD) Local series following
the staff of Tipene Funerals.
Tonight, the whānau travel to
Fiji to visit someone special
and witness the funeral of a
family member. s6ep8
8.30 Wonders of the World
I Can’t See (M, C, AD)
UK series in which blind
comedian Chris McCausland
visits iconic landmarks
accompanied by a fellow
comic. Tonight, in Rome,
Chris and Tom Allen train as
gladiators and make pasta
and Tom tries to convey the
majesty of the Colosseum.
s1ep2
9.30 20/20 (C) Carolyn Robinson
presents international current
affairs.
10.30 1News Tonight (C)
11.00 Shortland Street (PG, R, C,
AD) Marty’s homecoming
hits turbulence.
11.30 Skin A&E (M, C, AD)
12.30am Q+A with Jack Tame
(R, C)
1.30 Te Karere (R)
2.10 Religious Programming
2.40 Infomercials
5.30 – 6.00 Te Karere (R)
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6.00 Les Mills Born to Move (G,
R, C)
6.25 Kiri and Lou (G, R, C, AD)
6.35 Toi Time (G, R, C, AD)
7.05 How to Train Your Dragon:
Homecoming (PG, R, C, AD)
7.30 Trollstopia (G, R, C)
7.55 Agent Binky: Pets of the
Universe (G, C)
8.20 The Imagination Machine (G,
C, AD)
8.35 Paw Patrol (G, R, C)
9.00 Infomercials
9.30 Les Mills Adult Classes (G,
R, C)
10.00 Home and Away (PG, R, C)
10.30 Shortland Street (PG, R, HD,
C, AD)
11.00 Country House Hunters:
Canada (PG, C)
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me
(PG, C)
12.30 Lingo (G, R, C)
1.30 Grand Designs UK (G, R, C,
AD)
2.30 The Drew Barrymore Show
(PG, C)
3.30 Bluey (G, R, C)
3.35 Teen Titans Go! (G, R, C)
3.45 Miraculous: Tales of
Ladybug & Cat Noir (G, C)
4.10 The Feed (C)
4.35 Home Sweet Rome (G,
C, AD)
5.05 The Goldbergs (PG, R, C)
s3ep18
5.30 Friends (G, R, C) s3ep10
6.30 Home and Away (PG, C)
Roo’s concern only makes
things worse, and Leah’s
insomnia turns to paranoia.
7.00 Shortland Street (PG, HD,
C, AD) Marty’s homecoming
hits turbulence.
7.30 My Kitchen Rules New
Zealand (PG, C, AD, another
episode screens tomorrow)
In the semi-final, two teams
compete in a sudden death
cook-off where they create
a three-course dinner for a
table of Kiwi comedians.
8.35 n The Notebook (2004,
PG, R, C, AD) An elderly
man reads a romantic story
from a notebook to another
patient in a rest home.
Rachel McAdams, Ryan
Gosling, Joan Allen, Sam
Shepard, Kevin Connolly,
James Marsden.
10.50 Frasier (PG, C, AD)
11.20 Catastrophe (M, C, AD)
When Sharon’s parents visit
from Ireland and meet Rob
for the first time, they are not
prepared for Sharon’s news.
s1ep4
11.50 Deep Heat (M, C)
12.20am The Calling (M, C)
1.05 Emmerdale (PG, R, C, AD)
1.55 Infomercials
2.50 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (16,
C) s3ep6
4.05 Mom (M, R) s2ep11
4.25 Neighbours (PG, R, C)
4.50 2 Tunes
5.00 – 6.00 Infomercials
C Captions AD Audio Description
MONDAY NOVEMBER 27
THREE FREEVIEW 3 SKY 003
6.00 AM With Ryan Bridge,
Melissa Chan-Green and
William Waiirua.
9.00 Infomercials
10.30 Gold Rush (PG, R, C)
11.30 Tiny House Hunters (G, C)
Noon Say Yes to the Dress UK
(PG, C)
12.25 Sister Wives (M, C)
1.20 Return to Amish (M, R, C)
2.15 Pit Bulls & Parolees (PG, C)
3.05 Guy’s Grocery Games (G, C)
4.05 Flip or Flop (G, C)
4.30 Room Crashers (G, R, C)
5.00 Gold Rush (PG, R, C)
6.00 Newshub Live (C) Film: CHRISTMAS CAROLE
7.00 The Project (C) With Kanoa Ho, ho, Christmas comes early
Lloyd, Jesse Mulligan and
Jeremy Corbett. in the form of a modern retelling
7.30 The Block Australia (PG, of Charles Dickens’ story by Anil
C, another episode screens Gupta and Richard Pinto, who
tomorrow) The contestants
have cast Suranne Jones as a
visit each other’s bathrooms.
s19ep6 Scrooge-y entrepreneur. Jones
8.40 Married at First Sight UK told Graham Norton that after
(PG, C, another episode Gentleman Jack and the thriller
screens tomorrow) It is time
for the vow renewals, when
Vigil, she wanted to make
the couples either continue something that her 6-year-old
their relationships or go their son could see, and she’s terrific
separate ways. s8ep33 as the mean Carole, purveyor
9.45 Newshub Late
10.15 911: Lone Star (M, R, C) of Christmas tat, who believes
Owen has a breakthrough in that “Christmas is a lie, made
therapy, and a clown has an up by German royals, American
emergency at a youngster’s
corporations and Charles
birthday party. s3ep15
11.15 Dragnificent! (PG, R, C) bloody Dickens!” Along comes
Danyale needs help when Christmas Past (Morecambe
she is named queen of her and Wise), Present (Jo Brand)
30th high school reunion.
12.10am Infomercials
and Future (Nish Kumar) and
5.30 – 6.00 Tiny House Hunters lessons are learned, including
(G, R, C) the need for sustainability.
NEON
SKY OPEN FREEVIEW 15 SKY 004
6.00 Infomercials
8.00 Kids’ Programmes (C)
9.00 Jeopardy (G, R)
9.30 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon Massive Engineering
Mistakes (PG, R, C)
1.00 Pawn Stars (PG)
2.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
3.00 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
3.30 Jeopardy (G)
3.55 American Pickers (PG, R)
4.55 Tagata Pasifika (G)
5.30 News First at 5.30
6.00 Frasier (PG, R, C) Documentary:
6.30 FIA Formula One World VIVIENNE WESTWOOD:
Championship Highlights DO IT YOURSELF!
(G) Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
7.30 American Pickers (PG, R) A 2010 doco that would
Mike and Frank run into bookend nicely with 2018’s
some kid pickers. Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist. It
8.30 n The Red Stag Timber
Hunters Club (M, C) The
follows the iconoclastic fashion
team try bagging a scrub designer over a year as she
bull with a bow. prepares for two shows and she
9.35 The Crowd Goes Wild (PG) discusses her influences (Aldous
10.05 n Night Court (PG, C)
10.35 Lopez vs. Lopez (PG, C)
Huxley among them), her
11.05 Love Island UK (16, C) childhood and teenage years.
12.30am – 6.00 Infomercials SKY ARTS, 7pm
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6.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
8.00 Pūkana (G)
8.30 Oranga Ngākau (G, R)
9.00 Easy Eats (G, R)
9.30 Whānau Bake-off (G, R)
10.00 Te Tohu Tākaro o Aotearoa:
Māori Sports Awards 2023
(R)
Noon Te Ao Tapatahi
12.30 ■ Juniper (2021, M, R)
Charlotte Rampling.
2.10 Rags are Riches (PG, R)
2.30 Ōpaki (G, R)
3.00 Ako (G, R)
3.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
5.30 Brain Busters (G, R)
6.00 Haka Ngahau ā Rohe:
Tamararo (G, R)
6.30 Te Ao Mārama
7.00 Marae Current affairs.
7.30 Life in the FFN (PG)
Penetaui Kleskovic honours
his Yugoslavian heritage and
gum-digging history.
8.00 Te Hokinga Mai: The Return
(G) Shyla hopes that finding
out where she comes from
may help her discover who
she really is.
8.30 ■ My Name is Gulpilil (2021,
M, R) Documentary about
Indigenous Australian actor
and activist David Gulpilil as
he faces a diagnosis of lung
cancer.
10.20 Ki Tua (G, R) Podcast-style
interview series.
10.50 – 11.20 Te Ao Mārama (R)
TVNZ DUKE FREEVIEW 6 SKY 023
6.00 On Duke Today
11.15 Til Death (PG, R, C) s4ep4
11.40 Heavy Rescue 401 (PG, R)
1.35 Abandoned Engineering
(PG, R, C)
2.30 Xploration (G, R)
2.55 Ultimate Rides (G, R) s2ep16
3.25 Hunting Aotearoa (PG, R)
3.55 The Chase Australia (G, C)
4.50 ABC World News (PG)
5.15 Taste of Australia with
Hayden Quinn (G, R, C)
5.45 Superstore (PG, R, C, AD)
s4ep14
6.10 Community (PG, R, C)
6.40 Two and a Half Men (PG, R,
C) s1ep11
7.35 2 Broke Girls (PG, R, C)
s1ep11
8.30 Family Guy (PG, R, C, AD)
Lois and Peter are divided
on who the next mayor of
Quahog should be.
9.30 HouseBroken (PG, C) Honey
struggles when someone
starts revealing secrets, and
Chief refuses to take his UTI
medication. s2ep18
10.25 Suits (M, C) s8ep8
11.25 House Marathon (M, C)
s5ep22-24
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(PG, R)
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Film: MURINA
The water is “another universe”, says
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic about her
debut feature. For teenaged Julija (Gracija
Filipović), “it’s where she enjoys what is for-
bidden above the water.” The moray eels of
the title, which will bite their own flesh to
be free, are also a metaphor.
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(M, R)
2.00 Vanderpump Rules (M)
3.00 Judge Jerry (G, R)
3.30 Hollywood Medium (PG, R)
4.30 Shark Tank (PG, R)
5.30 Rich Kids Go Skint (PG, R)
6.35 Hoarders (PG, R)
7.30 Snapped (M) Skeletal
remains are uncovered at a
dumpsite in Fort Sumner.
8.30 Buried in the Backyard
(M) A promising forensics
student is found mutilated
on a lonely stretch of Utah
highway.
9.30 New York Homicide (16) The
murders of two five years
apart are connected by the
same unknown DNA.
10.30 Snapped (M, R)
11.30 An Unexpected Killer (M, R)
12.20am – 6.00 Infomercials
SKY PREMIERE SKY 030
6.07 A Bramble House Christmas
(2017, PG) Autumn Reeser
7.32 Mafia Mamma (2023, 16)
Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci
9.12 Firestarter (2022, 16) Zac
Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong
10.47 Don’t Worry Darling (2022,
16) Florence Pugh
12.47 Christmas Cupcakes (2018,
PG) Erin Karpluk
2.19 House Party (2023, 16) Tosin
Cole, Jacob Latimore
4.01 John Wick: Chapter 4
(2023, 16) Keanu Reeves,
Donnie Yen
6.50 Seriously Red (2022, M) A
woman decides to trade in
her 9-to-5 in real estate for a
life in the spotlight as a Dolly
Parton impersonator. Krew
Boylan, Rose Byrne
8.30 Father Stu (2022, M) After
surviving a motorcycle
accident, a former boxer
believes that he’s meant to
help people as a Catholic
priest. Mark Wahlberg, Mel
Gibson
10.35 Babylon (2022, 18) Brad Pitt,
Margot Robbie
1.42am X (2022, 18) 3.25 Knock at
the Cabin (2023, M) 5.02 M3gan
(2022, M)
EDEN FREEVIEW 8 SKY 013
6.00 Infomercials
6.30 My Cat from Hell (PG, R)
7.25 Celebrity Catchphrase
(PG, R)
8.20 Church Mysteries (PG, R)
9.15 American Pickers (PG, R)
10.10 Missing Pieces (PG, R)
10.35 Great Southern Truckers
(PG, R)
11.30 My Cat from Hell (PG, R)
12.20 Celebrity Catchphrase
(PG, R)
1.15 Ice Vikings (PG, R)
2.10 George Clarke (PG, R)
3.05 Missing Pieces (PG, R)
3.35 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R)
4.25 The Pioneer Woman (G)
4.50 Beat Bobby Flay (G)
5.15 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R)
6.10 American Pickers (PG, R)
7.00 Storage Wars (PG)
7.30 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
8.00 Border Security (PG, R)
8.30 Motorway Cops (M)
9.30 Paramedics (PG, R)
10.30 Underbelly (M, R)
11.30 Salvage Dawgs (G, R)
12.00am – 6.00 Infomercials
MOVIES CLASSICS SKY 034
6.11 Ocean’s 11 (1960, PG) Frank
Sinatra, Dean Martin
8.19 Cahill, U.S. Marshal (1973,
PG) John Wayne
10.00 Kelly’s Heroes (1970, PG)
Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas
12.20 Young Guns II (1990, PG)
Kiefer Sutherland
2.05 Robin Hood: Prince of
Thieves (1991, PG) Kevin
Costner, Morgan Freeman
4.35 First Knight (1995, M)
Richard Gere, Sean Connery
6.45 Ghostbusters (1984, PG)
A group of paranormal
investigators start a ghost-
catching business in New
York. Bill Murray, Dan
Aykroyd
8.30 Ghostbusters II (1989,
PG) The team are back in
business when the spirit of
a warlock causes havoc. Bill
Murray, Dan Aykroyd
10.17 The Lady from Shanghai
(1948, PG) Orson Welles,
Rita Hayworth
11.45 Singin’ in the Rain (1952, G)
Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds
1.28am The Guns of Navarone (1961,
PG) 4.02 High Society (1956, G)
5.50 Buchanan Rides Alone (1958,
PG)
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8.35 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
9.25 Speed is the New Black
(PG, R)
10.15 Junkyard Empire (PG, R)
11.05 Insane Pools (PG, R)
11.55 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
12.45 Building Off the Grid:
Mushroom House (G, R)
1.30 Building Alaska (G, R)
2.20 Homestead Rescue (PG, R)
3.10 American Chopper (PG, R)
4.00 Iron Resurrection (PG, R)
4.55 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
End (PG, R)
5.45 American Chopper (PG)
6.40 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
7.30 Manhunt with Joel Lambert
(PG, R)
8.30 Naked and Afraid XL (M)
9.30 Naked and Afraid (M)
10.25 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
End (PG, R)
11.20 American Chopper (PG, R)
12.15am Programmes continue
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6.05 I Was a Simple Man (2021,
M) Steve Iwamoto
7.50 Pray for Our Sinners (2022,
M) Irish documentary.
9.15 S.T.I.F.F (2023, 16) Kieran
Donnelly
10.45 Martin Eden (2019, M) Luca
Marinelli
12.55 Reel Britannia (M)
2.00 Maika (2022, PG) Phu
Truong, Diep Anh Tru
3.50 When We Speak (2022, M)
UK documentary.
5.10 Murina (2021, M) Cliff Curtis
6.50 Glasshouse (2021, 16) A
family in a glasshouse
survive a toxin that erases
memory. Jessica Alexander
8.30 Paris, 13th District (2021,
16) The lives of three young
Parisians intersect as they
negotiate the challenges of
work, sex and real estate.
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11.35 Rebel Dread (2022, 16) UK
documentary.
1.00am Manhunt: The Night Stalker
(2021, M) 1.50 The Finding (2022,
M) 2.15 Reel Britannia (M) s1ep1
3.20 Maika (2022, PG) 5.10 When
We Speak (2022, M)

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The Bill (M) 2.25 New Tricks (M) s8ep8 3.25 8 Out
of 10 Cats Does Countdown (16) 4.20 The Graham
Norton Show (M) s29ep13 5.15 Who Do You Think
You Are? (PG) 6.20 QI (M) 6.55 EastEnders (PG)
7.25 QI (M) 8.00 Would I Lie to You? (PG) 8.35
Doc Martin (PG) Morwenna is back as receptionist
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Cheyenne (PG) 11.30 The Wild Wild West (PG)
12.30 Cheyenne (PG) 1.25 Lawman (PG) 1.50 The
Lone Ranger (M) 2.15 The High Chaparral (PG) 3.05
Bonanza (M) 3.55 Dr Kildare (PG) 4.30 Matlock (M)
5.35 McHale’s Navy (PG) 6.10 Cheers (PG) 6.40
All in the Family (M) 7.15 The Love Boat (PG) 7.50
Perry Mason (PG) 9.00 Mannix (PG) A woman asks
Mannix to protect her and the valuable manuscript
she inherited from her father. 10.10 Cheers (PG)
10.45 All in the Family (M) 11.20 The Love Boat (PG)
11.55 Matlock (M) 12.55am Programmes continue
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6.15 Real Time with Bill Maher (M) s21ep3 7.05
ZeroZeroZero (18) s1ep2 8.15 Last Week Tonight
with John Oliver (M) 8.55 Dice (16) s2ep3 9.25
Californication Marathon (16) s1ep11-F 10.20 This
Way Up (16) s2ep4 10.45 Yellowstone (16) s3F 11.30
The Staircase (18) s1ep5 12.30 Eden (16) s1ep7 1.20
Real Time with Bill Maher (M) s21ep3 2.20 COBRA
(16) s3ep4 3.30 Somebody Somewhere (M) s2ep3
4.00 Californication Marathon (16) s1ep11-F 5.00
This Way Up (16) s2ep4 5.30 Yellowstone (16)
s3F 6.20 In Treatment (M) s4F 6.50 Flatbush
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with John Oliver (M) 8.00 Barry (16) s4ep5 8.30
Fargo (16) A series of unexpected events plunge
Dot back into a life she thought she left behind.
s5ep1 9.30 Yellowjackets (18) s2ep3 10.30 Snowfall
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Place in the Sun (PG) 8.30 The Best House in Town
(PG) 9.30 House Hunters (PG) 10.30 My Mortgage
Free Home (PG) 11.30 House Hunters (PG) 12.20am
Programmes continue
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6.00 Murder Comes to Town (M) 6.45 American
Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda (M) 7.35 Undercover
Underage (M) 8.25 People Magazine Investigates
(M) 9.10 Nightmare Next Door (M) 10.00
Disappeared (M) 10.50 Murder Comes to Town (M)
11.35 Evil Lives Here: Shadows of Death (M) 12.25
Betrayed (M) 1.15 Scorned: Love Kills (M) 2.00
Onision: In Real Life (M) 3.35 Devil in Suburbia (M)
4.25 Body Cam (M) 5.15 Evil Lives Here (M) 6.05
Evil Kin (M) 6.50 Deadly Affairs (M) 7.40 People
Magazine Investigates (M) 8.30 Evil Lives Here
(M) 9.30 American Monster (M) 10.20 Undercover
Underage (M) 11.10 Nightmare Next Door (M)
12.00am Programmes continue
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6.00 Beat the Drum for Music 6.30 Park Life 8.00
■ All That Breathes (2022, M) 9.35 Decades Rock
Live! 11.30 Last Night of the Proms 2023 12.50
When I Go Outside 2.00 Beat the Drum for Music
2.30 Park Life 4.00 The Great Pottery Throw Down
4.55 Keeping the Music Alive: In Defiance of the
Taliban 5.45 Y’africa 6.10 Morozov Brothers: Story
of a Collection 7.00 Vivienne Westwood: Do It
Yourself 8.00 The Art Dispute 9.00 Cuban Dances:
a Musical Roadtrip with Sarah Willis 9.50 ■ The Film
Justifies the Means (2021, G) 11.10 Stars of the Silver
Screen: Christopher Plummer 12.00am Programmes
continue
Discovery SKY 070
6.00 How It’s Made (PG) 6.25 Barnwood Builders
(PG) 7.20 Trung Nguyen Legend: The Tao of Coffee
(PG) 8.15 Outback Opal Hunters (PG) 9.15 Gold
Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan (M) 10.10
Maine Cabin Masters (PG) 11.05 Deadliest Catch
Special (M) Noon Expedition Unknown (PG) 12.55
Naked and Afraid XL (M) 2.50 Aussie Gold Hunters
(PG) 3.45 Deadliest Catch (M) 4.40 Dirty Jobs
Down Under (PG) 5.35 Demolition Down Under
(PG) 6.35 Outback Opal Hunters (PG) 7.30 Hoffman
Family Gold (M) 8.30 Maine Cabin Masters (PG)
9.30 Moonshiners (M) 10.25 Aussie Gold Hunters
(PG) 11.20 Naked and Afraid XL (M) 1.00am
Programmes continue
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6.25 Kennedy (PG) 7.25 Castle Secrets (PG) 8.25
Time Team 9.25 FDR (PG) 11.25 Kennedy (PG)
12.25 Castle Secrets (PG) 1.25 Nazi Collaborators
(M) 2.25 Scorched Earth (PG) 3.25 Tales of the
Gun (PG) 4.25 Turning Point (M) 4.55 Unsolved
Mysteries of WWII (PG) 5.30 Lost Treasures of the
Ancient World 6.30 Abandoned Engineering (PG)
7.30 Forbidden History (PG) 8.30 Weeks of War
(PG) 9.30 Cursed Treasures (PG) 10.30 The Last
Days of Pompeii (PG) 11.30 Dogfights (PG) 12.30am
Programmes continue
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6.00 Sacred Wonders (PG) 7.00 Universe (PG) 7.55
The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (PG) 8.40 Life
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Men Are (M) 10.20 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor (PG) 11.20
24 Hours in A&E (PG) 12.10 Louis Theroux: Addicted
to Cry (16) 1.10 The Trials of Life (PG) 2.05 Sacred
Wonders (PG) 3.05 The Octopus in My House (PG)
4.00 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor (PG) 5.05 Life Below
Zero: The Thaw (M) 5.55 Where the Wild Men Are
(PG) 6.50 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies
(PG) 7.40 24 Hours in A&E (PG) 8.30 Life Below
Zero (M) 9.25 Where the Wild Men Are (PG) 10.15
Dynasties (PG) 11.15 The Octopus in My House (PG)
12.10am Programmes continue
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SKY SPORT
Sky Sport 1 SKY 051
6.00 Pacific Games 2023, day 6, highlights 7.00
FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 11.30 TBA
Noon A-League Women, Wellington Phoenix v
Perth Glory 2.00 Rugby World Cup, bronze final,
Argentina v England 2.30 Rugby World Cup,
final, All Blacks v South Africa 3.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Gloucester v Leicester Tigers, replay
5.00 Gallagher Premiership, Newcastle Falcons v
Exeter Chiefs, replay 7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild
7.30 FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 8.20
Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur v Aston
Villa, replay 10.30 Australian PGA, round 4 11.00
DP World Tour, Joburg Open, round 4 11.30 The
Crowd Goes Wild 12.00am Gallagher Premiership,
Northampton Saints v Harlequins 2.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Gloucester v Leicester 4.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs
Sky Sport 2 SKY 052
6.00 Twilight Bowls League, week 4 7.00 Premier
League, Manchester City v Liverpool 7.15 Premier
League, Luton v Crystal Palace 7.30 Premier
League, Newcastle v Chelsea 7.45 Premier
League, Brentford v Arsenal 8.00 Darts, Players
Championship, day 3, evening session, live Noon
FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, replay 2.15
A-League Women, Sydney v Melbourne City,
replay 4.15 A-League Women, Canberra United
v Newcastle Jets, replay 6.15 FIA Formula 1, Abu
Dhabi Grand Prix 10.45 The Crowd Goes Wild 11.15
FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 11.30 Dutch
Football League, AZ Alkmaar v FC Volendam
1.30am Premier League, Manchester City v
Liverpool 1.45 Premier League, Burnley v West Ham
2.00 Premier League, Luton v Crystal Palace 2.15
Premier League, Newcastle v Chelsea 2.30 DArts,
Players Championships
Sky Sport 3 SKY 053
6.00 Women’s BBL, Hobart v Adelaide 6.15
Women’s BBL, Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder
6.30 The Blast 7.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, Black
Caps v England 7.20 ICC Cricket World Cup,
Pakistan v Netherlands 7.40 ICC Cricket World
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Premiership, Newcastle v Exeter, replay 10.00
Women’s BBL, Hobart v Adelaide, replay 1.00
Women’s BBL, Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder,
replay 4.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, South Africa
v Sri Lanka 5.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, India v
Australia 6.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, Black Caps
v Netherlands 7.00 Darts, Players Championships
10.30 Women’s BBL, Sydney Sixers v Sydney
Thunder 1.30am Women’s BBL, Melbourne Stars
v Melbourne Renegades 4.30 The Blast 5.00 ICC
Cricket World Cup, England v Bangladesh
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Film: THE MARSH
KING’S DAUGHTER
British actor Daisy Ridley has
been quietly carving out a post-
Star Wars career and has even
moved into producing, including
developing an upcoming film
with her husband, actor and
screenwriter Tom Bateman.
Chaos Walking, her foray back
into big-budget sci-fi, did not
go so well, and this thriller
based on Karen Dionne’s 2017
novel is a much leaner affair.
It’s directed by Neil Burger
(Limitless) and co-written by
Mark L Smith, who co-wrote The
Revenant. Ridley is the child of
Ben Mendelsohn, who abducted
her mother and kept them in the
wilderness. Her survival skills
will be needed when he escapes
and comes for her family.
PRIME VIDEO
Drama: LITTLE DORRIT
The 2005 adaptation of Bleak
House was voted the best
Dickens adaptation in a Radio
Times poll, but for our money,
2008’s Little Dorrit is its equal.
Tom Courtenay as the befuddled
William Dorrit, the “Father of the
Marshalsea” debtors’ prison, is
particularly affecting, and the
series, written by Andrew Davies,
launched Claire Foy.
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6.00 Breakfast (C) Jenny-May
Clarkson, Chris Chang, Anna
Burns-Francis and Matty
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information and weather.
9.00 Lingo (G, R, C) Adil Ray
hosts a UK quiz show.
10.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C) Ben
Shephard hosts a UK quiz
show.
11.00 The Chase (G, R, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
Noon 1News Midday (C)
12.30 Emmerdale (PG, C, AD)
1.00 Coronation Street (PG, R,
C, AD)
2.00 Millionaire Hot Seat (G, C)
Hosted by Eddie McGuire.
3.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C) Ben
Shephard hosts a UK quiz
show.
4.00 Te Karere A Māori
perspective on the day’s
news and current affairs.
4.30 The Office US (PG, R, C) The
Dunder Mifflin employees
suffer through the annual
office awards ceremony, The
Dundies, hosted by Michael
Scott at their local watering
hole. s2ep1
5.00 The Chase (G, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
6.00 1News at Six (C)
7.00 Seven Sharp (C) Hilary
Barry and Jeremy Wells
present current affairs and
entertainment.
7.30 Grand Designs New Zealand
(PG, C, AD) Tom Webster
hosts a local series that
follows extraordinary house
builds. Tonight, an hour
and seven river crossings
inland from Geraldine is
where arborist Li Tane and
his landscaper wife Michelle
are building their rammed
earth, off-grid sustainable
mountain home.
8.30 Grand Designs: The Streets
(PG, C, AD) Kevin McCloud
hosts a UK series in which he
follows ambitious self-builds
and community projects.
Tonight, Kevin meets John
and Julia, who have spent
the past 30 years trying to
build their own home, but
bad luck has always stood in
their way.
9.30 Coronation Street (PG,
C, AD)
10.30 1News Tonight (C)
11.00 Shortland Street (PG, R, C,
AD) Madonna is an angel of
mercy.
11.30 n Sunday (R, C) Miriama
Kamo presents current
affairs investigations.
12.25am Filthy House S.O.S (G, R,
C, AD) UK series in which
cleaning duo Jon and
Brennan tackle filthy and
cluttered homes.
1.15 Te Karere (R)
1.40 Infomercials
5.35 – 6.00 Te Karere (R)
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TVNZ 2 FREEVIEW 2 SKY 002
6.00 Les Mills Born to Move (G,
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6.25 Kiri and Lou (G, R, C, AD)
6.30 Toi Time (G, R, C, AD)
7.00 Little Drummer Boy (G, R,
C, AD)
7.30 Trollstopia (G, R, C)
7.50 Agent Binky: Pets of the
Universe (G, C)
8.20 The Imagination Machine (G,
C, AD)
8.35 Paw Patrol (G, R, C)
9.00 Infomercials
9.30 Les Mills Adult Classes (G,
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10.00 Home and Away (PG, R, C)
10.30 Shortland Street (PG, R, HD,
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11.00 Country House Hunters:
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11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me
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12.30 Lingo (G, R, C)
1.30 n Grand Designs UK (PG, R,
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2.30 The Drew Barrymore Show
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3.25 Bluey (G, R, C)
3.35 Teen Titans Go! (G, R, C)
3.45 Miraculous: Tales of
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4.10 The Feed (C)
4.35 Home Sweet Rome (G,
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5.00 The Goldbergs (PG, R, C)
s3ep19
5.30 Neighbours (G, C) Byron
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Nicolette prepares to disrupt
the status quo.
6.00 Friends (G, R, C) The gang
contemplates how differently
their lives could have turned
out. s6ep15
6.30 Home and Away (PG, C)
7.00 Shortland Street (PG, HD, C,
AD) Madonna is an angel of
mercy.
7.30 n My Kitchen Rules New
Zealand (PG, C, AD) In the
grand final, the last two
teams prepare a four-course
menu at two of the country’s
most prestigious restaurants.
9.25 Survivor UK (M, C, another
episode screens tomorrow)
Big surprises await the tribes
at the reward challenge, and
a new phase of the game is
set in motion. s1ep9
10.35 n CSI: Vegas (16, R, C, AD)
The team investigates a
murder case that hits close
to home for Folsom. s2ep21
11.35 n FBI: International (16, R,
C, AD) s1ep1
12.25am Chemistry of Death (16, C)
1.10 Emmerdale (PG, R, C, AD)
1.35 Infomercials
2.30 Tom Allen’s Quizness (G, R,
C, AD)
3.20 Unbelievable Moments
Caught on Camera (PG,
R, C)
4.10 Neighbours (PG, R, C)
4.40 2 Tunes
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10.30 Gold Rush (PG, R, C)
11.30 Tiny House Hunters (G, C)
Noon Say Yes to the Dress UK
(PG, C)
12.25 Sister Wives (M, C)
1.20 Return to Amish (M, R, C)
2.15 Pit Bulls & Parolees (PG, C)
3.10 Guy’s Grocery Games (G, C)
4.05 Flip or Flop (G, C)
4.30 Room Crashers (G, R, C)
5.00 Gold Rush (PG, R, C) Parker
and Tony face off over
royalties and land access.
6.00 Newshub Live (C)
7.00 The Project (C) With Kanoa
Lloyd, Jesse Mulligan and
Jeremy Corbett.
7.30 The Block Australia (PG,
C, another episode screens
tomorrow) Some teams face
hurdle after hurdle while
trying to build their opulent
studio spaces. s19ep7
8.30 Married at First Sight UK
(PG, C, another episode
screens tomorrow) The
remaining couples must
decide whether to give
their relationship a go in the
outside world or walk away
for good. s8ep34
9.50 Newshub Late
10.20 The Hui (C) With Julian
Wilcox.
10.55 Newshub Nation (R, C)
With Simon Shepherd and
Rebecca Wright.
12.00am Infomercials
5.30 – 6.00 Tiny House Hunters
(G, R, C)
SKY OPEN FREEVIEW 15 SKY 004
6.00 Infomercials
8.00 Kids’ Programmes (C)
9.00 The Crowd Goes Wild
(PG, R)
9.30 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon All American: Homecoming
(M, C)
2.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
3.00 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
3.30 Jeopardy (G)
4.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
5.00 Pawn Stars (PG, R)
5.30 News First at 5.30
6.00 Frasier (PG, R, C)
6.30 Outback Truckers (PG, R, C)
7.30 Helicopter ER (M, C) Harry
flies into the Dales to bring
emergency care to a stroke
victim.
8.30 n Death on the Beach (16,
C) Joining other families who
lost loved ones on Koh Tao,
Boyne campaigns for more
Foreign Office support.
9.30 Yellowstone (16, C)
10.40 Fear the Walking Dead
(18, C)
11.30 Love Island UK (16, C)
12.30am – 6.00 Infomercials (G, R)
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6.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
8.00 Ariki (G, R)
8.30 Oranga Ngākau (G, R)
9.30 Whānau Bake-off (G, R)
10.00 Te Hokinga Mai: The Return
(PG, R)
10.30 Ki Tua (PG, R)
11.00 Marae Current affairs.
11.30 Life in the FFN (PG, R)
Noon Te Ao Tapatahi
12.30 ■ Older Than Ireland (2015,
PG, R) Irish documentary.
2.20 Rags are Riches (PG, R)
2.30 Ōpaki (G, R)
3.00 Ako (G, R)
3.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
5.30 Brain Busters (G, R)
6.00 Haka Ngahau ā Rohe:
Tamararo (G, R)
6.30 Te Ao Mārama
7.00 Moosemeat and Marmalade
(PG, R) Chefs Art Napoleon
and Dan Hayes explore
culture and culinary
traditions.
7.30 Moon Tide Fishing (PG, R) In
the Maurimutu phase, Nore
Martin and his cousin Matene
head out to the Hauraki Gulf.
8.00 Into the Blue (PG) Series
about the Coral Triangle.
9.00 Haututū Hunters (PG) The
guys travel to Samoa to try
to heal the past.
9.30 Hunting Aotearoa (PG)
10.00 Toa Hunter Gatherer (PG, R)
With Owen Boynton.
10.30 – 11.00 Te Ao Mārama (R)
BRAVO FREEVIEW 4 SKY 012
6.00 Infomercials
10.00 Shark Tank (PG, R)
11.00 Snapped (M, R)
Noon The Real Housewives of
Beverly Hills (M)
1.00 Below Deck Mediterranean
(M, R)
2.00 Vanderpump Rules (M)
3.00 Judge Jerry (G, R)
3.30 Hollywood Medium (PG, R)
4.30 Shark Tank (PG, R)
5.30 Rich Kids Go Skint (PG, R)
6.30 Hoarders (PG, R)
7.30 Tattoo Fixers (M, R) Sketch
covers a shoddy Egyptian-
themed tattoo, and Dave’s
kids want him to get rid of
an obscene back piece.
8.30 The Real Housewives of
Beverly Hills (M) Las Vegas
starts with a bang when the
women hold an intervention
for Sutton.
9.30 The Real Housewives of
Sydney (M)
10.30 Snapped (M, R)
11.30 An Unexpected Killer (16, R)
12.20am – 6.00 Infomercials
in Iran, it has led to films shot covertly in
cars. Panah Panahi, whose film-maker
father has been imprisoned by the
regime, creates a perfect balance of
humour and anxiety in his debut about
a family travelling to the border in a bor-
rowed car. RIALTO, 2.05pm
EDEN FREEVIEW 8 SKY 013 RUSH FREEVIEW 14 SKY 024
6.00 Infomercials 6.00 Manhunt with Joel Lambert
6.30 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R) (PG, R)
7.25 The Pioneer Woman (G, R) 6.50 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
7.55 Beat Bobby Flay (G, R) End (PG, R)
8.20 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R) 7.40 American Chopper (PG, R)
9.15 American Pickers (PG, R) 8.30 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
10.10 Storage Wars (PG, R) 9.20 Naked and Afraid XL (M, R)
10.40 Bondi Rescue (PG, R) 10.10 Naked and Afraid (M, R)
11.10 Border Security (PG, R) 11.00 Insane Pools (PG, R)
11.40 Motorway Cops (M, R) 11.50 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
12.35 Paramedics (PG, R) 12.40 Diesel Brothers (PG, R)
1.30 Underbelly (M, R) 1.30 Kindig Customs (PG, R)
2.25 Salvage Dawgs (G, R) 2.20 Street Outlaws (PG, R)
2.55 Bondi Rescue (PG, R) 3.10 American Chopper (PG, R)
3.25 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R) 4.00 Manhunt with Joel Lambert
4.20 The Pioneer Woman (G) (PG, R)
4.45 Beat Bobby Flay (G) 4.55 Insane Pools (PG, R)
5.15 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R) 5.45 American Chopper (PG)
6.10 American Pickers (PG, R) 6.35 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
7.00 Storage Wars (PG) 7.30 Raising Wild (PG)
7.30 Bondi Rescue (PG, R) 8.30 Flying Wild Alaska (PG)
8.00 Border Security (PG, R) 9.25 Lone Star Law (M) The
8.30 The Motorway (PG, R) Game Wardens stage a boat
9.30 My Dream Derelict Home in crash on Lake Texoma.
the Sun (G) 10.25 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
10.30 The Weakest Link UK (PG, R) End (PG, R)
11.30 Salvage Dawgs (G, R) 11.20 American Chopper (PG, R)
12.00am – 6.00 Infomercials 12.15am Programmes continue

TVNZ DUKE FREEVIEW 6 SKY 023 SKY PREMIERE SKY 030
6.00 On Duke Today
11.10 Til Death (PG, R, C) s4ep5
11.40 Heavy Rescue 401 (PG, R)
1.30 Abandoned Engineering (G,
R, C)
2.30 Xploration: Awesome Planet
(G, R)
2.55 Ultimate Rides (G, R) s2ep17
3.20 Hunting Aotearoa (PG, R)
3.50 The Chase Australia (G, C)
4.45 ABC World News (PG)
5.10 Taste of Australia with
Hayden Quinn (G, R, C)
5.40 Superstore (PG, R, C, AD)
s4ep15
6.05 Community (PG, R, C)
6.35 Two and a Half Men (PG, R,
C) s1ep13
7.30 2 Broke Girls (PG, R, C)
s1ep13
8.30 ■ Angels and Demons
(2009, M, R, C, AD)
Symbologist Robert
Langdon works with a
nuclear physicist to solve
a murder and prevent a
terrorist act against the
Vatican. Tom Hanks, Ayelet
Zurer, Ewan McGregor.
11.00 Suits (M, C) s8ep9
12.00am ■ Mercury Rising (1998, M,
R, C, AD) Bruce Willis. 1.50 – 2.15
ABC World News (PG, R)
6.43 Nope (2022, 16) Daniel
Kaluuya, Keke Palmer
8.53 The Invitation (2022, 16)
Nathalie Emmanuel
10.38 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
Among Thieves (2023,
M) Chris Pine, Michelle
Rodriguez
12.55 Bros (2022, 16) Billy Eichner,
Luke Macfarlane
2.52 Morbius (2022, M) Jared
Leto, Matt Smith
4.39 Magic Mike’s Last Dance
(2023, M) Channing Tatum,
Salma Hayek
6.34 Bros (2022, 16) Two men
must overcome their
commitment issues to find
love. Billy Eichner, Luke
Macfarlane
8.30 Dual (2022, 16) A woman
who undergoes a cloning
procedure is forced to fight
her clone. Karen Gillan,
Aaron Paul
10.10 Fall (2022, M) Grace Caroline
Currey, Virginia Gardner
11.59 Firestarter (2022, 16) Zac
Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong
1.34am Mafia Mamma (2023, 16)
3.14 The Phantom of the Open
(2021, M) 4.58 Mr. Malcolm’s List
(2022, PG)
MOVIES CLASSICS SKY 034
7.11 Sahara (1943, PG) Humphrey
Bogart, Bruce Bennett
8.46 The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse (1962, PG)
Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin
11.16 Blade Runner (1982, 16)
Harrison Ford, Sean Young
1.11 Ishtar (1987, PG) Dustin
Hoffman, Warren Beatty
2.56 Back to the Future
(1985, PG) Michael J Fox,
Christopher Lloyd
4.50 Back to the Future Part II
(1989, PG) Michael J Fox,
Christopher Lloyd
6.35 Back to the Future Part
III (1990, PG) Marty McFly
travels back to 1885 to
prevent Doc Brown from
being murdered. Michael J
Fox, Christopher Lloyd
8.30 Sense and Sensibility (1995,
G) Three sisters are plunged
into penury when their
brother inherits their father’s
estate. Emma Thompson,
Kate Winslet
10.45 The Shawshank Redemption
(1994, 16) Tim Robbins,
Morgan Freeman
1.05am The Hook (1963, PG) 2.40
The Man Who Would Be King (1975,
PG) 4.45 Get Carter (1971, M)
RIALTO SKY 039
6.30 Murina (2021, M) Cliff Curtis
8.10 Glasshouse (2021, 16) Jessica
Alexander
9.50 Rebel Dread (2022, 16) UK
documentary.
11.15 Paris, 13th District (2021, 16)
Noemie Merlant
1.00 Reel Britannia (M)
2.05 Hit the Road (2021, PG)
Pantea Panahiha, Hasan
Majuni
3.40 The Reason I Jump (2020,
M) US/UK documentary.
5.00 The Son (2022, M) Hugh
Jackman, Laura Dern
7.00 A House Made of
Splinters (2022, M) Danish
documentary.
8.30 The Kingdom (18) Kingdom
is still in danger of falling
apart. s2ep3
9.50 Greenhouse by Joost (2022,
PG) Australian documentary.
following Joost Bakker as
he devises a self-sustaining
home in the heart of
Melbourne.
11.15 Dead Fred (2019, M) Sandra
Dickinson
12.45am Manhunt: The Night
Stalker (2021, M) 1.35 Reel Britannia
(M) s1ep2 2.40 The Son (2022, M)
4.40 The Reason I Jump (2020, M)

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Vibe SKY 006
6.00 Southland (16) s5ep8 6.50 ER (M) s8ep5 7.40
Downton Abbey (M) s5ep9 8.30 Blindspot (16)
s3ep11 9.15 Medium (M) s6ep4 10.05 Nikita (M)
s3ep10 10.55 Women on the Force (M) s2ep1 11.55
Ambulance (M) s9ep2 1.05 Harley Street (M) s1ep3
2.00 ER (M) s8ep5 2.50 Downton Abbey (M) s5ep9
3.50 Blindspot (16) s3ep11 4.40 Nikita (M) s3ep10
5.30 Southland (16) s5ep8 6.30 Medium (M) s6ep4
7.30 The Equalizer (M) A Venezuelan migrant is
accused of murdering a prominent congresswoman.
s3ep14 8.30 Vera (M) The body of a teenager is
found in the reservoir of a remote rural town. s8F
10.30 Blindspot (16) s3ep11 11.30 Judge Judy (PG)
12.15am Programmes continue
BBC UKTV SKY 007
6.00 The Vicar of Dibley (PG) s1ep6 6.30 QI (M)
7.05 EastEnders (PG) 7.40 The Bill (M) 8.30 A
Touch of Frost (M) s2ep4 10.20 Father Brown
(PG) s6ep2 11.10 Doc Martin (PG) s8ep8 Noon
Midsomer Murders (M) s13ep5 1.35 The Bill (M) 2.25
New Tricks (M) s8ep9 3.25 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown (16) 4.20 The Graham Norton Show
(M) s29ep14 5.15 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG)
6.20 QI (M) 6.55 EastEnders (PG) 7.25 QI (M) 8.00
Would I Lie to You? (PG) 8.35 Beyond Paradise
(PG) The community of Shipton Abbott is rocked
when a beloved painting disappears in a seemingly
impossible heist. s1ep3 9.40 The Mallorca Files (PG)
The famous icon of St Nicholas is stolen in front of a
shocked crowd. s1ep3 10.30 Good Karma Hospital
(M) s3ep6 11.25 Midsomer Murders (M) s13ep5
1.00am Programmes continue
Jones! SKY 008
6.00 The Love Boat (PG) 6.55 All in the Family
(M) 7.25 Cheers (PG) 7.50 McHale’s Navy (PG)
8.15 Bonanza (M) 9.05 Dr Kildare (PG) 9.35 Perry
Mason (PG) 10.35 Mannix (PG) 11.35 The Wild Wild
West (PG) 12.30 Cheyenne (PG) 1.25 Lawman (PG)
1.50 The Lone Ranger (M) 2.15 The High Chaparral
(PG) 3.05 Bonanza (M) 3.55 Dr Kildare (PG) 4.30
Matlock (M) 5.35 McHale’s Navy (PG) 6.05 Cheers
(PG) 6.35 All in the Family (M) 7.10 The Love Boat
(PG) 8.20 Cimarron Strip (PG) Bo Woodwood
convinces the Marshal to hire him as a deputy, but
he wants to use his badge to get revenge on his
former gang. 9.55 Cheers (PG) 10.25 All in the
Family (M) 11.00 The Love Boat (PG) 12.05am
Programmes continue
SoHo SKY 010
6.30 Snowfall (18) s5ep3 7.15 The Game Revealed
(M) 7.30 The Time Traveler’s Wife (M) s1ep4 8.30 In
Treatment (M) s4F 9.00 Californication (16) s2ep1&2
10.00 This Way Up (16) s2ep5 10.30 The Nevers
(16) s1ep1 11.30 Fargo (16) s5ep1 12.30 Yellowjackets
(18) s2ep3 1.30 The Sounds (M) s1ep4 2.25 Barry
(16) s4ep5 3.00 The Time Traveler’s Wife (M) s1ep4
4.00 Californication (16) s2ep1&2 5.00 This Way
Up (16) s2ep5 5.30 The Nevers (16) s1ep1 6.30
Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol (M) s1ep9 7.30 The
Drowning (M) s1ep2 8.30 The Gilded Age (M) s2ep6
9.30 Euphoria: F*ck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob
(18) Over Christmas, Jules reflects on the year. 10.30
Irma Vep (16) s1ep3 11.30 The Man Who Fell to
Earth (16) s1ep2 12.30am Programmes continue
Living SKY 017
6.00 Salvage Hunters (PG) 6.45 Giada on the
Beach (PG) 7.35 House Hunters Marathon (PG) 9.30
The Best House in Town (PG) 10.25 A Place in the
Sun (PG) 11.25 Selling Houses Australia (PG) 12.30
My Mortgage Free Home (PG) 1.25 Salvage Hunters
(PG) 2.20 House Hunters (PG) 3.15 Giada on the
Beach (PG) 4.15 House Hunters (PG) 5.15 Scotland’s
Christmas Home of the Year (PG) 6.30 Selling
Houses Australia (PG) 7.30 A Place in the Sun (PG)
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8.30 Salvage Hunters (PG) 9.30 Escape to the
Chateau (PG) 10.35 A Barefoot Thanksgiving (PG)
11.25 House Hunters (PG) 12.20am Programmes
continue
Investigation Discovery SKY 018
6.00 Murder Comes to Town (M) 6.45 Undercover
Underage (M) 7.35 People Magazine Investigates
(M) 9.10 Nightmare Next Door (M) 10.00
Disappeared (M) 10.50 Murder Comes to Town (M)
11.35 Murder in the Wicked West (M) 12.25 Betrayed
(M) 1.15 Scorned: Love Kills (M) 2.00 Body Cam (M)
2.50 Evil Lives Here (M) 3.35 American Monster
(M) 4.25 Murder in the Wicked West (M) 5.15 Evil
Lives Here (M) 6.05 Evil Kin (M) 6.50 Deadly Affairs
(M) 7.40 People Magazine Investigates (M) 9.30
Onision: In Real Life (M) 11.10 Nightmare Next Door
(M) 12.00am Programmes continue
Sky Arts SKY 020
7.10 Stars of the Silver Screen 8.00 The Great
Pottery Throw Down 8.55 Keeping the Music
Alive: In Defiance of the Taliban 9.45 Y’africa 10.10
Morozov Brothers: Story of a Collection 11.00
Vivienne Westwood: Do It Yourself Noon The Art
Dispute 1.00 Cuban Dances: a Musical Roadtrip
with Sarah Willis 1.50 ■ The Film Justifies the Means
(2021, G) 3.10 Stars of the Silver Screen 4.00 The
Great Pottery Throw Down 5.00 Landscape Artist
of the Year 5.45 Rice 7.05 Finding Your Roots
8.00 The Art of the Garden (G) Andy Sturgeon’s
rooftop garden at Battersea Power Station, London.
9.00 Master Class 9.30 1968: Photographic Acts
(PG) 10.25 Stephen King: A Necessary Evil (PG)
11.15 ■ Brewmore Baltimore (2015, G) 12.20am
Programmes continue
Discovery SKY 070
6.00 How It’s Made (PG) 6.25 Barnwood Builders
(PG) 7.20 Alaskan Bush People (M) 8.15 Abalone
Wars (M) 9.15 Dirty Jobs Down Under (PG) 10.10
Deadliest Catch Special (M) 11.05 Aussie Gold
Hunters (PG) Noon Expedition Unknown (PG) 12.55
Naked and Afraid XL (M) 2.50 Aussie Gold Hunters
(PG) 3.45 Deadliest Catch (M) 4.40 Dirty Jobs
Down Under (PG) 5.35 Demolition Down Under
(PG) 6.35 Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy &
Juan (M) 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters (PG) 8.30
Weird Earth (M) 9.30 What on Earth? (PG) 10.25
How the Universe Works (PG) 11.20 Naked and
Afraid XL (M) 1.00am Programmes continue
History SKY 073
6.15 Cursed Treasures (PG) 7.15 The Last Days of
Pompeii (PG) 8.15 Time Team 9.15 Lost Treasures
of the Ancient World 10.15 Abandoned Engineering
(PG) 11.15 Forbidden History (PG) 12.15 Weeks of
War (PG) 1.15 Nazi Collaborators (M) 2.15 Scorched
Earth (PG) 3.20 Tales of the Gun (PG) 4.20 Turning
Point (PG) 4.55 Unsolved Mysteries of WWII (PG)
5.30 Lost Treasures of the Ancient World 6.30
Abandoned Engineering (PG) 7.30 Trains at War
(PG) 8.30 The Decades That Defined Us (PG)
9.30 Timeline of the Century (PG) 10.30 I, Caesar
(PG) 11.30 Dogfights (PG) 12.30am Programmes
continue
BBC Earth SKY 074
6.00 Sacred Wonders (PG) 7.00 Universe (PG)
7.55 The Dog Rescuers (PG) 8.40 Life Below Zero:
The Thaw (M) 9.30 Where the Wild Men Are (PG)
10.20 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor (PG) 11.20 24 Hours in
A&E (PG) 12.10 Louis Theroux: Louis & the Brothel
(16) 1.15 Dynasties (PG) 2.10 Sacred Wonders
(PG) 3.10 Eden: Untamed Planet (PG) 4.05 Trust
Me, I’m a Doctor (PG) 5.05 Life Below Zero: The
Thaw (M) 5.55 Where the Wild Men Are (M) 6.50
The Dog Rescuers (PG) 7.40 24 Hours in A&E (M)
8.30 Operation Arctic with Simon Reeve (PG) 9.30
Louis Theroux: Ultra Zionists (M) 10.35 Dynasties
(PG) 11.30 Dynasties: The Making of (PG) 11.40
Eden: Untamed Planet (PG) 12.30am Programmes
continue
SoHo: The Man Who Fell to Earth, 11.30pm
SKY SPORT
Sky Sport 1 SKY 051
6.00 Pacific Games 2023, day 8, highlights 7.00
Inside Sailing 7.30 The Crowd Goes Wild 8.00
The Blast 8.30 Australian PGA, round 4 9.00 DP
World Tour, Joburg Open, round 4 9.30 Pacific
Games 2023, day 8, highlights 10.30 Gallagher
Premiership, Northampton Saints v Harlequins,
replay 12.30 The Crowd Goes Wild 1.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Gloucester v Leicester Tigers, replay
3.00 Inside Sailing 3.30 The Crowd Goes Wild 4.00
Gallagher Premiership, Newcastle Falcons v Exeter
Chiefs, replay 6.00 The Crowd Goes Wild 6.30
Twilight Bowls League, week 5, night 1, live 9.00
NBL Slam 9.30 The Back Page 10.30 The Crowd
Goes Wild 11.00 NBL Slam 11.30 UEFA European
Qualifiers, group stage review 12.00am Home Field
Advantage 3.00 The Back Page 4.00 Gallagher
Premiership, round 7 highlights 5.00 Spirit of Sport
5.30 NBL Slam
Sky Sport 2 SKY 052
6.00 FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 7.50
Pacific Games 2023, day 8, highlights 8.50 The
Crowd Goes Wild 9.20 Gallagher Premiership,
Gloucester v Leicester Tigers 11.20 Rugby, Gallagher
Premiership, Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs,
replay 1.20 A-League Men, Wellington Phoenix v
Melbourne City 3.20 Premier League, Manchester
City v Liverpool 3.35 FIA Formula 1, Abu Dhabi
Grand Prix 4.25 Dutch Football League, AFC Ajax
v Vitesse 6.25 Gallagher Premiership, round 7 7.15
Premier League, Manchester City v Liverpool 7.30
Premier League, Luton v Crystal Palace 7.45 Premier
League, Newcastle v Chelsea 8.00 Sky Speed
8.30 Gallagher Premiership, round 7 9.30 UEFA
European Qualifiers, group stage review 10.00
Gallagher Premiership, round 7 highlights 10.50 FIA
Formula 1, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 11.05 Gallagher
Premiership, round 7 11.55 Sky Speed 12.25am
Inside Sailing 1.00 Next Generation ATP Finals, day
1, afternoon session, live 5.00 The Back Page
Sky Sport 3 SKY 053
6.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, India v Afghanistan
7.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, Pakistan v Sri Lanka
8.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia v South
Africa 9.00 Women’s BBL, Adelaide v Sydney
Thunder Noon Women’s BBL, Sydney Sixers v Perth
3.00 Women’s BBL, Melbourne Stars v Hobart 6.00
ICC Cricket World Cup, Black Caps v Bangladesh
7.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, England v Afghanistan
8.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, India v Pakistan 9.00
ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia v Sri Lanka 10.00
ICC Cricket World Cup, South Africa v Netherlands
11.00 The Blast 11.30 Australia Women v West
Indies Women, 1st T20 3.00am Women’s BBL,
Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades, replay
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TVNZ 1 FREEVIEW 1 SKY 001
6.00 Breakfast (C) Jenny-May
Clarkson, Chris Chang, Anna
Burns-Francis and Matty
McLean present news, sport,
information and weather.
9.00 Lingo (G, R, C) Adil Ray
hosts a UK quiz show.
10.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C) Ben
Shephard hosts a UK quiz
show.
11.00 The Chase (G, R, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
Noon 1News Midday (C)
12.30 Emmerdale (PG, C, AD)
1.00 Coronation Street (PG, R,
C, AD)
2.00 Millionaire Hot Seat (G, C)
Hosted by Eddie McGuire.
3.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C) Ben
Shephard hosts a UK quiz
show.
4.00 Te Karere A Māori
perspective on the day’s
news and current affairs.
4.30 The Office US (PG, R, C)
Michael hits a new low when
his obnoxious best friend,
sales rep Todd Packer, drops
by for a visit. s2ep2
5.00 The Chase (G, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
6.00 1News at Six (C)
7.00 Seven Sharp (C) Hilary
Barry and Jeremy Wells
present current affairs and
entertainment.
7.30 George Clarke’s Amazing
Spaces (PG, C, AD) George
Clarke presents a UK series
in which he explores small
and interesting builds.
Tonight, a couple create an
ambitious floating home,
George and Will make a
magical vista in their garden
flat, and two siblings build
their own mobile homes
away from home (includes
Lotto at 8.20pm).
8.30 n Location Location
Location Australia (PG, C,
AD) In Melbourne, Mitch
Edwards and Mark McKie
help two very different
buyers, first-timers and
lifestyle seekers. s1ep10
9.35 Coronation Street (PG,
C, AD)
10.35 1News Tonight (C)
11.05 Shortland Street (PG, R, C,
AD) Chris backs off.
11.35 Holding (16, R, C, AD) UK
comedy-drama about a
police officer in a small Irish
village. Tonight, when a key
suspect vanishes, it casts an
ominous shadow over the
investigation. s1ep2
12.30am The Split (PG, R, C, AD)
An online illicit dating
website is hacked, providing
Hannah with an explosive
case, and Ruth hosts a
disastrous dinner party for all
the family. s1ep4
1.30 Te Karere (R)
2.10 Infomercials
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TVNZ 2 FREEVIEW 2 SKY 002
6.00 Les Mills Born to Move (G,
R, C)
6.25 Kiri and Lou (G, R, C, AD)
6.35 Toi Time (G, R, C, AD)
7.05 Frosty the Snowman (G, R,
C, AD)
7.30 Trollstopia (G, R, C)
7.55 Agent Binky: Pets of the
Universe (G, C)
8.20 The Imagination Machine (G,
C, AD)
8.35 Paw Patrol (G, R, C)
9.00 Infomercials
9.30 Les Mills Adult Classes (G,
R, C)
10.00 Home and Away (PG, R, C)
10.30 Shortland Street (PG, R, HD,
C, AD)
11.00 Country House Hunters:
Canada (PG, C)
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me
(PG, C)
12.30 Lingo (G, R, C)
1.30 Sarah Beeny’s New Life in
the Country (G, R, C, AD)
2.30 The Drew Barrymore Show
(PG, C)
3.25 Bluey (G, R, C)
3.35 Teen Titans Go! (G, R, C)
3.45 Miraculous: Tales of
Ladybug & Cat Noir (G, C)
4.10 The Feed (C)
4.35 Home Sweet Rome (G,
C, AD)
5.00 The Goldbergs (PG, R, C)
s3ep20
5.30 Neighbours (G, C) Aaron
and David have a clash
of values, Toadie makes
a personal call, and Cara
tries her hand at interior
decorating.
6.00 Friends (G, R, C) Ross
initiates a threesome with his
wife and her female friend,
but is left out. s6ep16
6.30 Home and Away (PG, C)
7.00 Shortland Street (PG, HD, C,
AD) Chris backs off.
7.30 n Taskmaster (M, C, AD)
Greg Davies and Alex Horne
set bizarre tasks for a group
of comedians. Tonight, a
new Taskmaster champion is
crowned. s16ep10
8.30 n Taskmaster Australia (M,
C, AD) Tom Gleeson sets
bizarre tasks for a group
of comedians. Tonight, the
winner of Tom Gleeson’s
giant golden head is
announced. s1ep10
9.30 Survivor UK (PG, C) At the
immunity challenge, the
players must fight against
their survival instincts. s1ep10
10.40 Love Island USA (16, C) The
islanders play a kissing game
called Danger in the Villa.
1.40am Emmerdale (PG, R, C, AD)
2.05 Infomercials
3.00 Tom Allen’s Quizness (PG, R,
C, AD)
3.50 Unbelievable Moments
Caught on Camera (PG,
R, C)
4.35 Neighbours (G, R, C)
5.00 – 6.00 Infomercials
C Captions AD Audio Description
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THREE FREEVIEW 3 SKY 003
6.00 AM With Ryan Bridge,
Melissa Chan-Green and
William Waiirua.
9.00 Infomercials
10.30 Gold Rush (PG, R, C)
11.30 Tiny House Hunters (G, C)
Noon Say Yes to the Dress UK
(PG, C)
12.25 Sister Wives (M, C)
1.25 Return to Amish (M, R, C)
2.15 Pit Bulls & Parolees (PG, C)
3.10 Guy’s Grocery Games (G, C)
4.05 Flip or Flop (G, C)
4.30 Room Crashers (G, R, C)
5.00 Gold Rush (PG, R, C) A Film:
slow start to the season is
compounded by a host of
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
mechanical problems. If Dickens had written this
6.00 Newshub Live (C)
story, he might have said it
7.00 The Project (C) With Kanoa
was the worst of times, it was
Lloyd, Jesse Mulligan and
Jeremy Corbett. the best of times – the week
7.30 The Block Australia (PG, C) that musician Jon Batiste was
The Blockheads are halfway
nominated for 11 Grammy
through building their
Awards, his author wife,
studios when conspiracy
Suleika Jaouad, learned that
theories gain traction. s19ep8
8.30 Married at First Sight UK her leukemia had returned.
(PG, C) The group reunite Film-maker Matthew Heineman
for the first time since the
had been planning to spend a
experiment ended and
year with Batiste as he worked
discover which marriages
have flourished in the on a modern symphony, but
outside world. s8ep35 got more than he bargained for
9.55 Newshub Late as the couple face treatment
10.25 Law & order: SVU (16, R, C)
Benson and Rollins try to during the pandemic. They had
help a homeless solo mother to continually reassess whether
who is being trafficked. they wanted to continue with the
11.20 Haunted Towns (M, R, C) filming process, Batiste told CBS’
12.15am Infomercials
5.30 – 6.00 Tiny House Hunters Gayle King, but carried on in the
(G, R, C) hopes of empowering others.
NETFLIX
SKY OPEN FREEVIEW 15 SKY 004
6.00 Infomercials
8.00 Kids’ Programmes (C)
9.00 Jeopardy (G, R)
9.30 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon All American: Homecoming
(M, C)
2.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
3.00 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
3.25 Jeopardy (G)
3.50 A-League Men Highlights
(G) Round 5.
5.00 Pawn Stars (PG, R) Docuseries:
5.30 News First at 5.30
6.00 Sky Speed (G) DUBLIN NARCOS
6.30 Outback Truckers (PG, R, C) Liverpool Narcos’ director
7.30 Weather Gone Viral (PG,
Benedict Sanderson turns to the
R, C)
8.30 n Dublin Narcos (16, C) 1980s heroin epidemic in Dublin,
Docudrama about organised using the same technique of
crime, violence and addiction dramatic recreations, archive
in Dublin from the 1980s to footage and contemporary
the present day.
9.30 Crashing (16, C) Pete and interviews. Against a backdrop
Ali have wildly different of The Troubles, the series
experiences at a college doubles as “a profile of a
comedy conference. country verging on a failed
10.40 Bluff City Law (M, C)
11.40 Love Island UK (16, C) state,” said the Irish Times.
1.00am – 6.00 Infomercials SKY OPEN, 8.30pm
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MĀORI FREEVIEW 5 SKY 019
6.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
8.00 Pūkana (G)
8.30 Oranga Ngākau (G, R)
9.30 Whānau Bake-off (G, R)
10.00 Into the Blue (G)
11.00 Moon Tide Fishing (PG, R)
11.30 Toa Hunter Gatherer (PG, R)
Noon
12.30
Te Ao Tapatahi
Haututū Hunters (G, R)
1.00 Hunting Aotearoa (PG, R)
1.30 Hunt with Me (M, R)
2.00 Moosemeat and Marmalade
(G, R)
2.30 Ōpaki (G, R)
3.00 Ako (G, R)
3.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
5.30 Brain Busters (G, R)
6.00 Haka Ngahau ā Rohe:
Tamararo (G, R)
6.30 Te Ao Mārama
7.00 Amplify (G, R) Series
featuring Indigenous
musicians.
7.30 ■ Cracking the Code (G)
Series about some of
the world’s most famous
encryptions. Tonight,
Elizabeth Friedman cracked
the mob code and prevented
a Nazi invasion of the US.
8.30 ■ The Gilded Cage (2013,
PG, R) The family and friends
of a Portuguese couple
in Paris try to stop them
returning to Portugal. Rita
Blanco, Joaquim de Almeida.
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10.10 – 10.40 Te Ao Mārama (R)
TVNZ DUKE FREEVIEW 6 SKY 023
6.00 On Duke Today
11.10 Til Death (PG, R, C) s4ep6
11.35 Heavy Rescue 401 (PG, R)
1.30 Abandoned Engineering
(PG, R, C)
2.25 Xploration: Awesome Planet
(G, R)
2.55 Ultimate Rides (G, R) s2ep18
3.20 Hunting Aotearoa (PG, R)
3.50 The Chase Australia (G, C)
4.45 ABC World News (PG)
5.10 Taste of Australia with
Hayden Quinn (G, R, C)
5.40 Superstore (PG, R, C, AD)
s4ep16
6.05 Community (PG, R, C)
6.35 Two and a Half Men (PG, R,
C) s1ep15
7.30 2 Broke Girls (PG, R, C)
s1ep15
8.30 The UnXplained with
William Shatner (M, C, AD)
9.25 Neighborhood Wars (M, C)
Twins in Colorado turn on
their neighbours. s2ep12
9.55 Road Wars (M) s1ep11
10.20 Suits (M, C) s8ep10
11.20 Police: Hour of Duty (16, R)
s2ep8
12.20am ■ Six (M, R, C) s1ep1 1.05
■ SAS: Who Dares Wins (16, R, C)
s6ep1 1.55 – 2.20 ABC World News
(PG, R)
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STORY OF SURVIVAL
Australian explorer Tim Jarvis says he is
retracing Ernest Shackleton’s famously
disastrous 1914 expedition because he
believes that “his powerful leadership is
what we need now to save Antarctica from
Man”. It’s a spectacular doco either way.
RIALTO, 8.30pm
BRAVO FREEVIEW 4 SKY 012
6.00 Infomercials
10.00 Shark Tank (PG, R)
11.00 Snapped (M, R)
Noon The Real Housewives of
Beverly Hills (M)
1.00 Below Deck Mediterranean
(M, R)
2.00 Vanderpump Rules (M)
3.00 Judge Jerry (G, R)
3.30 Hollywood Medium (PG, R)
4.30 Shark Tank (PG, R)
5.30 Rich Kids Go Skint (PG, R)
6.30 Hoarders (PG, R)
7.30 LA Fire & Rescue (M) A
rescue during the Malibu
triathlon needs teamwork.
8.30 24 Hours in Emergency
(M, R) 71-year-old Mel ws
knocked down by her
husband’s car.
9.30 Embarrassing Bodies (M,
R, C) Dr Dawn and tropical
diseases specialist Dr James
Logan offer on-the-spot
advice in Thailand.
10.30 Snapped (M, R)
11.30 An Unexpected Killer (16, R)
12.20am – 6.00 Infomercials
SKY PREMIERE SKY 030
6.53 Missing (2023, M) Storm
Reid, Nia Long
8.41 Where the Crawdads Sing
(2022, M) Daisy Edgar-
Jones, Taylor John Smith
10.46 A Man Called Otto (2022, M)
Tom Hanks, Mariana Trevino
12.52 Scream VI (2023, 16) Melissa
Barrera, Jenna Ortega
2.52 Mafia Mamma (2023, 16)
Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci
4.35 Allelujah (2022, M) Jennifer
Saunders, Judi Dench
6.15 Redeeming Love (2022,
M) In the late 19th century,
a woman who has been
betrayed all her life meets
someone who could mend
her broken heart. Abigail
Cowen, Tom Lewis
8.30 Emily the Criminal (2022,
16) A woman who is saddled
with debt gets involved in
a credit card scam. Aubrey
Plaza, Theo Rossi
10.10 Living (2022, PG) Bill Nighy,
Aimee Lou Wood
11.55 Halloween Ends (2022,
16) Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi
Matichak
1.46am The Infernal Machine (2022,
16) 3.34 House Party (2023, 16) 5.16
The Drover’s Wife (2021, M)
EDEN FREEVIEW 8 SKY 013
6.00 Infomercials
6.30 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R)
7.25 The Pioneer Woman (G, R)
7.55 Beat Bobby Flay (G, R)
8.20 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R)
9.15 American Pickers (PG, R)
10.10 Storage Wars (PG, R)
10.40 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
11.10 Border Security (PG, R)
11.40 The Motorway (PG, R)
12.35 My Dream Derelict Home in
the Sun (G, R)
1.30 The Weakest Link UK (PG, R)
2.25 Salvage Dawgs (G, R)
2.55 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
3.25 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R)
4.20 The Pioneer Woman (G)
4.45 Beat Bobby Flay (G)
5.15 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R)
6.10 American Pickers (PG, R)
7.00 Storage Wars (PG)
7.30 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
8.00 Border Security (PG, R)
8.30 Emergency Australia (M)
9.30 North Sea Connection (M)
10.30 Al Murray’s Pub Quiz (PG, R)
11.30 Salvage Dawgs (G, R)
12.00am – 6.00 Infomercials
MOVIES CLASSICS SKY 034
6.35 Labyrinth (1986, G) David
Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
8.15 Lone Star (1952, PG) Clark
Gable, Ava Gardner
9.52 Carnal Knowledge (1971, 16)
Jack Nicholson
11.32 Jagged Edge (1985, 16)
Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges
1.20 The Silent Partner (1978, 16)
Elliott Gould
3.05 The Dirty Dozen (1967, M)
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine
5.35 Buchanan Rides Alone
(1958, PG) Randolph Scott,
Craig Stevens
6.55 Johnny Handsome (1989, 16)
A facially disfigured prisoner
volunteers for experimental
plastic surgery. Mickey
Rourke, Ellen Barkin
8.30 Private’s Progress (1956,
G) During World War II, a
reluctant soldier is chosen
to participate in a secret
operation to recover looted
artwork. Ian Carmichael,
Richard Attenborough
10.13 Eagles Over London (1967,
PG) Frederick Stafford, Van
Johnson
12.07am Ocean’s 11 (1960, PG) 2.14
Legends of the Fall (1994, M) 4.26
An Eye for an Eye (1966, M)
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6.00 Raising Wild (PG, R)
6.45 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
End (PG, R)
7.35 American Chopper (PG, R)
8.25 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
9.15 Flying Wild Alaska (PG, R)
10.05 Lone Star Law (M, R)
10.50 Insane Pools (PG, R)
11.40 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
12.30 Legends of the Lost with
Megan Fox (PG, R)
1.15 Expedition Unknown (PG, R)
2.10 Rob Riggle: Global
Investigator (M, R)
3.00 American Chopper (PG, R)
4.00 Raising Wild (PG, R)
4.50 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
End (PG, R)
5.40 American Chopper (PG)
6.35 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
7.30 Building Off the Grid:
Modern Farmhouse (G)
8.30 Building Alaska (G)
9.30 Homestead Rescue (PG, R)
10.25 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
End (PG, R)
11.20 American Chopper (PG, R)
12.15am Programmes continue
RIALTO SKY 039
6.00 Hit the Road (2021, PG)
Pantea Panahiha
7.35 A House Made of
Splinters (2022, M) Danish
documentary.
9.05 Dead Fred (2019, M) Sandra
Dickinson
10.35 Greenhouse by Joost (2022,
PG) Australian documentary.
Noon The Son (2022, M) Hugh
Jackman, Laura Dern
2.00 Reel Britannia (2022, M)
3.05 70 Is Just a Number (2022,
M) Hannele Lauri
4.50 Raising a School
Shooter (2021, 16) Danish
documentary.
6.05 I Am: Maria (M) s2ep3
6.55 To Olivia (2021, M) BKeeley
Hawes, Hugh Bonneville
8.30 Shackleton: The Greatest
Story of Survival (2023, PG)
Australian documentary.
10.00 The Auschwitz Report (2021,
16) Noel Czuczor
11.35 Stray (2020, 18) US
documentary.
12.50am Manhunt: The Night
Stalker (2021, M) 1.40 Live Till I Die
(2022, M) 2.55 70 Is Just a Number
(2022, M) 4.40 Raising a School
Shooter (2021, 16) 5.55 I Am: Maria
(M) s2ep3

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6.00 Southland (16) s5ep9 6.50 ER (M) s8ep6 7.40
Downton Abbey (M) 8.30 Blindspot (16) s3ep12
9.20 Medium (M) s6ep5 10.10 Nikita (M) s3ep11
11.00 Vera (M) s8epF 12.55 The Equalizer (M)
s3ep14 1.55 ER (M) s8ep6 2.50 Downton Abbey
(M) 3.50 Blindspot (16) s3ep12 4.40 Nikita (M)
s3ep11 5.30 Southland (16) s5ep9 6.30 Medium
(M) s6ep5 7.30 Fairly Legal (16) s2ep7 8.30 The
Heights (M) Mich is hit with a realisation that could
threaten his friendship with Sabine, and Shannon’s
looming court date threatens to tear the Murphys
apart. s2ep11 9.40 East New York (M) With Bentley
fighting for his life, Haywood and the team try to
track down the shooter. s1ep10 10.40 Blindspot
(16) s3ep12 11.40 Judge Judy (PG) 12.05am
Programmes continue
BBC UKTV SKY 007
6.00 The Vicar of Dibley (PG) s2ep1 6.30 QI (M)
7.05 EastEnders (PG) 7.40 The Bill (M) 8.30 A
Touch of Frost (M) s3ep1 10.20 Father Brown (PG)
s6ep3 11.10 Doc Martin (PG) s9ep1 Noon Midsomer
Murders (M) s13ep6 1.35 The Bill (M) 2.25 New
Tricks (M) s8ep10 3.25 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown (M) 4.20 The Graham Norton Show
(M) s29ep15 5.15 Who Do You Think You Are?
(PG) 6.20 QI (M) 6.55 EastEnders (PG) 7.25 QI
(M) 8.00 Would I Lie to You? (PG) 8.35 Dragons’
Den (PG) Pitches included portable toilets for kids.
s20ep7 9.40 Holby City (PG) Kian is tested when
Sarah Jane calls in a favour. s22ep31 10.30 Guilt (M)
s1ep4 11.35 Midsomer Murders (M) s13ep6 1.10am
Programmes continue
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6.00 The Love Boat (PG) 7.00 All in the Family (M)
7.30 Cheers (PG) 7.55 McHale’s Navy (PG) 8.25
Bonanza (M) 9.20 Dr Kildare (PG) 9.50 Cimarron
Strip (PG) 11.25 The Wild Wild West (PG) 12.25
Cheyenne (PG) 1.25 Lawman (PG) 1.50 The Lone
Ranger (M) 2.15 The High Chaparral (PG) 3.05
Bonanza (M) 3.55 Dr Kildare (PG) 4.25 Matlock (M)
5.25 McHale’s Navy (PG) 5.55 Cheers (PG) 6.25 All
in the Family (M) 7.00 The Love Boat (PG) 8.00 All
Creatures Great and Small (PG) Siegfried helps his
old friend when he drunkenly invites a professor
to dinner. 9.10 All Creatures Great and Small (PG)
Rosie accompanies her dad on his rounds. 10.20
Cheers (PG) 10.55 All in the Family (M) 11.25 The
Love Boat (PG) 12.25am Programmes continue
SoHo SKY 010
6.30 Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol (M) s1ep9 7.15
The Drowning (M) s1ep2 8.15 Avenue 5 (M) s2ep5
9.00 Californication (16) s2ep3&4 10.00 This Way
Up (16) s2F 10.30 The Nevers (16) s1ep2 11.30 Irma
Vep (16) s1ep3 12.30 The Man Who Fell to Earth
(16) s1ep2 1.30 Euphoria: F*ck Anyone Who’s Not
a Sea Blob (18) 2.30 The Gilded Age (M) s2ep6
3.30 Avenue 5 (M) s2ep5 4.00 Californication
(16) s2ep3&4 5.00 This Way Up (16) s2F 5.30 The
Nevers (16) s1ep2 6.30 C.B. Strike: Troubled Blood
(16) s1ep4 7.30 The First Lady (16) s1ep7 8.30 Fear
the Walking Dead (16) s8F 9.30 His Dark Materials
(M) s3ep2 10.30 Real Time with Bill Maher (M)
s21ep3 11.30 New Amsterdam (M) s4ep1 12.15am
Programmes continue
Living SKY 017
6.00 Salvage Hunters (PG) 6.45 Giada on the
Beach (PG) 7.40 House Hunters (PG) 8.40 Escape
to the Chateau (PG) 9.45 Salvage Hunters (PG)
10.40 A Place in the Sun (PG) 11.35 Selling Houses
Australia (PG) 12.35 A Barefoot Thanksgiving (PG)
1.25 Salvage Hunters (PG) 2.20 House Hunters
(PG) 3.20 Giada on the Beach (PG) 4.20 Escape
to the Chateau (PG) 5.25 Love It or List It UK (PG)
6.25 Selling Houses Australia (PG) 7.35 A Place in
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9.30 The Pioneer Woman (PG) 10.00 Girl Meets
Farm (PG) 10.30 Gobble Goodies (PG) 11.30 House
Hunters (PG) 12.30am Programmes continue
Investigation Discovery SKY 018
6.00 Murder Comes to Town (M) 6.45 Reasonable
Doubt (M) 7.35 Evil Lives Here (M) 8.25 People
Magazine Investigates (M) 9.10 Nightmare Next
Door (M) 10.00 Disappeared (M) 10.50 Murder
Comes to Town (M) 11.35 Seduced to Slay (M)
12.25 Betrayed (M) 1.15 Scorned: Love Kills (M) 2.00
People Magazine Investigates (M) 2.50 Onision: In
Real Life (M) 4.25 American Monster (M) 5.15 Evil
Lives Here (M) 6.05 Evil Kin (M) 6.50 Deadly Affairs
(M) 7.40 People Magazine Investigates (M) 8.30
Love, Honour, Betray (M) 9.30 Seduced to Slay (M)
10.20 Evil Lives Here (M) 11.10 Nightmare Next Door
(M) 12.00am Programmes continue
Sky Arts SKY 020 BBC UKTV: Holby City, 9.40pm
6.45 Stephen King: A Necessary Evil (PG)
7.35 ■ Brewmore Baltimore (2015, G) 8.40
Landscape Artist of the Year 9.25 Rice 10.45
Finding Your Roots 11.40 The Art of the Garden
SKY SPORT
12.40 Master Class 1.10 1968: Photographic Acts
(PG) 2.05 Stephen King: A Necessary Evil (PG)
2.55 ■ Brewmore Baltimore (2015, G) 4.00 The
Sky Sport 1 SKY 051
6.00 Pacific Games 2023, day 9, highlights from
Odeonsplatz Concert: Lorenzo Viotti Conducts
Honiara, Solomon Islands 7.00 Dutch Football
the Munich Philharmonic and Yuja Wang 5.30
League, round 13 8.00 UEFA European Qualifiers,
Salzburg Festival 2021: Mendelssohn’s Die erste
group stage review 8.30 The Back Page 9.30
Walpurgisnacht and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Meads Cup, final, South Canterbury v Whanganui,
7.15 LSO: Sir Simon Rattle Conducts Kurt Weill
8.45 Verbier Festival 2021: Kian Soltani and Julien replay from Temuka Domain 11.30 Meads Cup,
final, South Canterbury v Whanganui, replay 1.30
Quentin 9.40 Salzburg Festival 2021: Mozart 11.05
Gallagher Premiership, round 7 highlights 2.25 The
Hollywood Gala with the DR Symphony Orchestra
12.30am Programmes continue Back Page 3.30 The Greatest Rivalry 6.30 Twilight
Bowls League, week 5, night 2, live 9.00 Next
Generation ATP Finals, day 1, match of the day
Discovery SKY 070 10.00 DP World Tour, Joburg Open 10.30 G4D Tour,
6.00 How It’s Made (PG) 6.25 Barnwood Builders highlights 11.30 2023 Ryder Cup 12.45am Australian
(PG) 7.20 Alaskan Bush People (M) 8.15 Abalone PGA, highlights 1.45 Twilight Bowls League, week
Wars (M) 9.15 Dirty Jobs Down Under (PG) 10.10 5, night 2 4.10 Dutch Football League, round 13
Weird Earth (M) 11.05 What on Earth? (PG) Noon highlights 5.05 La Liga, matchday 14 highlights
Expedition Unknown (PG) 12.55 Naked and
Afraid XL (M) 2.50 Aussie Gold Hunters (PG) 3.45
Deadliest Catch (M) 4.40 Dirty Jobs (M) 5.35
Sky Sport 2 SKY 052
Demolition Down Under (PG) 6.35 Deadliest Catch 6.00 Next Generation ATP Finals, day 1, evening
(M) 8.30 Homestead Rescue Special (PG) 9.30 session, live 10.00 Gallagher Premiership, round
Homestead Rescue (PG) 10.25 Moonshiners (M) 7 highlights 10.55 Pacific Games 2023, day 9,
11.20 Naked and Afraid XL (M) 1.00am Programmes highlights 11.55 The Back Page 1.00 NBL Slam 1.30
continue Next Generation ATP Finals, day 1, match of the day
2.30 Twilight Bowls League, week 5, night 1 5.10 The
Back Page 6.10 UEFA European Qualifiers, group
History SKY 073 stage review 6.40 Gallagher Premiership, round
6.25 Timeline of the Century (PG) 7.20 I, Caesar 7 highlights 7.30 Sky Speed 8.00 The Back Page
(PG) 8.20 Time Team 9.20 Lost Treasures of the 9.00 NBL Slam 9.30 NBL Overtime 10.30 Gallagher
Ancient World 10.20 Abandoned Engineering (PG)
11.20 Trains at War (PG) 12.20 The Decades That
Premiership, round 7 highlights 11.30 Sky Speed
12.00am Next Generation ATP Finals, day 1, match
Defined Us (PG) 1.20 The Rise of the Nazi Party of the day 1.00 Next Generation ATP Finals, day
(M) 2.20 Scorched Earth (PG) 3.20 Tales of the 2, afternoon session, from Jeddah, UAE, live 5.00
Gun (PG) 4.20 Turning Point (M) 4.55 Unsolved Inside Sailing 5.30 UEFA European Qualifiers, group
Mysteries of WWII (PG) 5.30 Inside the Tower of stage review
London (PG) 6.30 Abandoned Engineering (M)
7.30 Kennedy (PG) 8.30 The UnXplained (PG) 9.30
World War II in HD Colour (M) 10.30 The Pacific:
Sky Sport 3 SKY 053
In the Wake of Captain Cook (PG) 11.30 Dogfights 6.00 Women’s BBL, Sydney Thunder v Perth
(PG) 12.30am Programmes continue Scorchers 6.15 Women’s BBL, Sydney Sixers v
Adelaide Strikers 6.30 Women’s BBL, Melbourne
Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes 6.45 Women’s
BBC Earth SKY 074 BBL, Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat 7.00
6.00 Steve Backshall vs the Vertical Mile (PG) 6.50 Australia Women v West Indies Women, 2nd T20,
Brian Cox: Forces of Nature (PG) 7.55 The Dog replay from North Sydney Oval 10.30 South Africa
Rescuers (PG) 8.40 Life Below Zero: The Thaw Women v White Ferns, 2nd T20, replay from Buffalo
(M) 9.30 Where the Wild Men Are (M) 10.20 Trust Park, East London 12.30 ICC Cricket World Cup,
Me, I’m a Doctor (PG) 11.20 24 Hours in A&E (M) Black Caps v Afghanistan 1.30 ICC Cricket World
12.10 Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge (M) Cup, India v Bangladesh 2.30 ICC Cricket World
1.10 Dynasties (PG) 2.15 Steve Backshall vs the Cup, Australia v Pakistan 3.30 ICC Cricket World
Vertical Mile (PG) 3.10 Eden: Untamed Planet (PG) Cup, Netherlands v Sri Lanka 4.30 ICC Cricket
4.00 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor (PG) 5.05 Life Below World Cup, England v South Africa 5.30 Women’s
Zero: The Thaw (M) 5.55 Where the Wild Men Are BBL, Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder, replay
(PG) 6.50 The Dog Rescuers (PG) 7.40 24 Hours from Sydney Cricket Ground 8.35 The Blast 9.05
in A&E (M) 8.30 Natural Born Hustlers (PG) 9.30 Women’s BBL 12.35am ICC Cricket World Cup, India
Attenborough’s Global Adventure (PG) 10.30 v Black Caps 1.35 ICC Cricket World Cup, Pakistan
Dynasties (PG) 11.35 Eden: Untamed Planet (PG) v Afghanistan 2.30 Australia Women v West Indies
12.25am Programmes continue Women, 3rd T20
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Film: SQUARING THE
CIRCLE (THE STORY
OF HIPGNOSIS)
Director and photographer
Anton Corbijn’s deep connection
to the music industry stretches
from snapping pics for NME
and The Face in the 1980s and
90s to album covers, music
videos and his collaborations
with Depeche Mode and U2.
He strayed into feature films
with Control and A Most Wanted
Man, so it’s not surprising that
his first documentary should
be about Hipgnosis, the hippies
who designed some of the
most iconic album covers of
all time. Storm Thorgerson
and Aubrey “Po” Powell took
advantage of vast budgets
and hallucinogens to create
LP covers for Pink Floyd, Led
Zeppelin, 10cc, Peter Gabriel
and Paul McCartney and Wings.
DOCPLAY
Animation:
THE BAD GUYS:
A VERY BAD HOLIDAY
A spin-off of the terrific 2022
kids’ movie that was like
Ocean’s 11 meets Looney Tunes.
The criminal animal crew, led by
Mr Wolf (Sam Rockwell), return
for a holiday story involving
restoring Christmas so their
own heist can go ahead.
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n NEW n RETURN n FINAL n FILM
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TVNZ 1 FREEVIEW 1 SKY 001
6.00 Breakfast (C) Jenny-May
Clarkson, Chris Chang, Anna
Burns-Francis and Matty
McLean present news, sport,
information and weather.
9.00 Lingo (G, R, C) Adil Ray
hosts a UK quiz show in
which teams of two try to
solve mystery and puzzle
words.
10.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C) Ben
Shephard hosts a UK quiz
show.
11.00 The Chase (G, R, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
Noon 1News Midday (C)
12.30 Emmerdale (PG, C, AD)
1.00 Coronation Street (PG, R,
C, AD)
2.00 Millionaire Hot Seat (G, C)
Hosted by Eddie McGuire.
3.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C) Ben
Shephard hosts a UK quiz
show.
4.00 Te Karere A Māori
perspective on the day’s
news and current affairs.
4.30 The Office US (PG, R, C)
While Michael and Dwight
are away from the office, Jim
and Pam organise an Office
Olympics. s2ep3
5.00 The Chase (G, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
6.00 1News at Six (C)
7.00 Seven Sharp (C) Hilary
Barry and Jeremy Wells
present current affairs and
entertainment.
7.30 Cooks on Fire (PG, C,
AD) Ganesh Raj, Jared
Macdonald and Jess Pryles
present a barbecue cooking
competition. Tonight, a blast
from the past enters the
competition, teams cook
an Asian street food feast
on hibachi grills, and two
teams must prepare a classic
French tarte tartin in the
Scorcher challenge. s2ep4
8.30 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor
Service (M, C, AD) Australian
medical drama series.
Tonight, Wayne’s grief
surrounding a sudden death
results in dire consequences
for his own health and a
terrifying race against the
clock for the team to get to
him. s2ep6
9.30 Coronation Street (PG,
C, AD)
10.30 1News Tonight (C)
11.00 Shortland Street (PG, R,
C, AD) Marty’s a man on a
mission.
11.30 The Apprentice UK (M, R,
C, AD) The contestants’
challenge involves one of
Britain’s leading TV shopping
channels. s14ep9
12.40am 20/20 (R, C) Carolyn
Robinson presents
international current affairs.
1.30 Te Karere (R)
2.10 Infomercials
5.30 – 6.00 Te Karere (R)
C Captions AD Audio Description
TVNZ 2 FREEVIEW 2 SKY 002
6.00 Les Mills Born to Move (G,
R, C)
6.25 Kiri and Lou (G, R, C, AD)
6.30 Toi Time (G, R, C, AD)
7.00 Brain Busters (G, R, C)
7.30 Trollstopia (G, R, C)
7.55 Agent Binky: Pets of the
Universe (G, C)
8.20 n The Imagination Machine
(G, C, AD)
8.35 Paw Patrol (G, R, C)
9.00 Infomercials
9.30 Les Mills Adult Classes (G,
R, C)
10.00 Home and Away (PG, R, C)
10.30 Shortland Street (PG, R, HD,
C, AD)
11.00 Country House Hunters:
Canada (PG, C)
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me
(PG, C)
12.30 Lingo (G, R, C)
1.30 Sarah Beeny’s New Life in
the Country (G, R, C, AD)
2.30 The Drew Barrymore Show
(PG, C)
3.25 Bluey (G, R, C)
3.35 Teen Titans Go! (G, R, C)
3.45 Miraculous: Tales of
Ladybug & Cat Noir (G, C)
4.10 The Feed (C)
4.35 Home Sweet Rome (G,
C, AD)
5.00 The Goldbergs (PG, R, C)
s3ep21
5.30 Neighbours (G, C) Dex
and JJ work to rekindle
the romance between their
mums.
6.00 Friends (G, R, C) Chandler
and Monica agree to give
each other home-made
presents for their six-month
anniversary. s6ep17
6.30 Home and Away (PG, C)
7.00 Shortland Street (PG, HD,
C, AD) Marty’s a man on a
mission.
7.30 The Voice Australia (G, C,
another episode screens
tomorrow) On the final night
of Blind Auditions, Jess and
Jason go head-to-head to
win the final artists.
9.00 Emergency on Sunny
Beach (M, C, AD) UK series
following police at Bulgaria’s
Sunny Beach. Tonight, twins
Harvey and Oscar are going
all-in on their first holiday
without mum around. s1ep3
9.55 Paranormal: Caught on
Camera (M, C) A Utah
couple is visited by the ghost
of a murder victim.
10.50 FBI: International (PG, R, C,
AD) s1ep2
12.30am Party Down (M, C) s1ep3
1.00 Emmerdale (PG, R, C, AD)
1.20 Infomercials
2.20 n Tom Allen’s Quizness (G,
R, C, AD)
3.10 n Unbelievable Moments
Caught on Camera (M, R, C)
4.00 Mom (M, R) s2ep12
4.20 Neighbours (G, R, C)
4.50 2 Tunes
5.00 – 6.00 Infomercials
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THREE FREEVIEW 3 SKY 003
6.00 AM With Ryan Bridge,
Melissa Chan-Green and
William Waiirua.
9.00 Infomercials
10.30 Gold Rush (PG, R, C)
11.30 Tiny House Hunters (G, C)
Noon Say Yes to the Dress UK
(PG, C)
12.25 Sister Wives (M, C)
1.20 Return to Amish (M, R, C)
2.15 Pit Bulls & Parolees (PG, C)
3.10 Guy’s Grocery Games (G, C)
4.05 Flip or Flop (G, C)
4.30 Room Crashers (G, R, C)
5.00 Gold Rush (PG, R, C)
6.00 Newshub Live (C)
7.00 The Project (C) With Kanoa
Lloyd, Jesse Mulligan and
Jeremy Corbett.
7.30 The Graham Norton Show
(M, C) With guests Sean
“Diddy” Combs, Ashley
Jensen, George MacKay,
Chris and Rosie Ramsey, and
Jessie Ware. s31ep7
8.35 Luke Heggie: I Already Told
You (16, C, AD) Australian
comedian Luke Heggie
presents a stand-up show
at the Malthouse Theatre,
Melbourne.
9.45 Newshub Late
10.15 NCIS: Los Angeles (M, R, C)
A civilian scientist is killed
and her advanced radar
technology stolen. s13ep10
11.10 Room Crashers (G, R, C)
Todd and his crew transform
an unused garage into a
high-end lounge.
11.40 Flip or Flop (G, R)
12.10am Infomercials
5.30 – 6.00 Tiny House Hunters
(G, R, C)
SKY OPEN FREEVIEW 15 SKY 004
6.00 Infomercials
8.00 Kids’ Programmes (C)
9.00 Rural Delivery (G, R, C)
9.30 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon All American: Homecoming
(M, C)
1.00 The Heights (M, C)
2.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
3.00 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
3.25 Jeopardy (G)
3.50 A-League Women
Highlights (G) Round 6.
5.00 Pawn Stars (PG, R)
5.30 News First at 5.30
6.00 Frasier (PG, R, C)
6.30 Outback Truckers (PG, R, C)
7.30 The Wine Show (M, R, C)
Matthew Rhys and Joe
Fattorini try Chinese wine.
8.30 n How We Eat with
Simon Gault (G, R, C)
Simon investigates the
Mediterranean diet.
9.30 The Crowd Goes Wild (PG)
10.00 Barry (16, C)
10.35 Law & Order: Organized
Crime (16, C)
11.30 Love Island UK (16, C)
1.00am – 6.00 Infomercials
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WHAKAATA Film: RAMBLIN’ RACER

MĀORI FREEVIEW 5 SKY 019
6.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
8.00 ASB Polyfest (G)
8.30 Oranga Ngākau (G, R)
9.30 Whānau Bake-off (G, R)
10.00 Hurō Pēpi (G, R)
10.30 Amplify (G, R)
11.00 Cracking the Code (G, R)
Noon
12.30
Te Ao Tapatahi
■ The Gilded Cage (2013,
PG, R) Rita Blanco.
2.10 Rags are Riches (PG, R)
2.20 Someday Stories (PG, R)
2.30 Ōpaki (G, R)
3.00 Ako (G, R)
3.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
5.30 Brain Busters (G, R)
6.00 Haka Ngahau ā Rohe:
Tamararo (G, R)
6.30 Te Ao Mārama
7.00 He Aha to Say? (G, R)
7.30 Hui Hoppers (PG) Anahera
and Kura put their
differences aside for once.
7.40 Not Even (M, R) Heps comes
across research that sends
him into a downward spiral.
8.00 Aroha Bridge (PG, R)
Animated comedy.
8.30 Anyone’s Game (M)
Orangeville Prep hopes to
end their season on a high.
9.00 Rūrangi (M) Caz, Anahera
and Jem are thrust into
the environmental debate
dividing Rūrangi.
9.30 Dear Flora (M) Canadian
drama series.
10.30 – 11.00 Te Ao Mārama (R)
BRAVO FREEVIEW 4 SKY 012
6.00 Infomercials
10.00 Shark Tank (PG, R)
11.00 Snapped (M, R)
Noon The Real Housewives of
Beverly Hills (M)
1.00 Below Deck Sailing Yacht
(M, R)
2.00 Vanderpump Rules (M)
3.00 Judge Jerry (G, R)
3.30 Hollywood Medium (PG, R)
4.30 Shark Tank (PG, R)
5.30 Rich Kids Go Skint (PG, R)
6.30 Hoarders (PG, R)
7.30 Tattoo Fixers on Holiday (M,
R) Glen banishes Ashley’s
Magaluf motto, and Sketch
helps Bobby get rid of his
rank rabbit.
8.30 Below Deck Mediterranean
(M) Capt Sandy tries to
persuade a deckhand to stay.
9.30 The Real Housewives of
New York (M) Sai helps
Jenna cast models for her
false eyelash line.
10.30 Snapped (M, R)
11.30 An Unexpected Killer (16, R)
12.20am – 6.00 Infomercials
If you’re going to have a mid-life crisis, you
might as well make it a good one and this
entertaining doco features two everyday
Aussies who went large. Best mates Tim
and Phil decided they’d like to have a
crack at supercars, and Tim’s former
employee Neil McGregor captured the
journey. RIALTO, 8.30pm
EDEN FREEVIEW 8 SKY 013 RUSH FREEVIEW 14 SKY 024
6.00 Infomercials 6.00 Building Off the Grid:
6.30 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R) Modern Farmhouse (G, R)
7.25 The Pioneer Woman (G, R) 6.50 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
7.55 Beat Bobby Flay (G, R) End (PG, R)
8.20 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R) 7.40 American Chopper (PG, R)
9.15 American Pickers (PG, R) 8.30 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
10.10 Storage Wars (PG, R) 9.20 Building Alaska (G, R)
10.40 Bondi Rescue (PG, R) 10.10 Homestead Rescue (PG, R)
11.10 Border Security (PG, R) 11.00 Insane Pools (PG, R)
11.40 Emergency Australia (M, R) 11.50 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
12.35 North Sea Connect (M, R) 12.40 Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch
1.30 Al Murray’s Pub Quiz (PG, R) (M, R)
2.25 Salvage Dawgs (G, R) 1.25 Bering Sea Gold (PG, R)
2.55 Bondi Rescue (PG, R) 2.10 The Legend of Croc Gold
3.25 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R) (PG, R)
4.20 The Pioneer Woman (G) 3.00 American Chopper (PG, R)
4.45 Beat Bobby Flay (G) 4.00 Building Off the Grid:
5.15 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R) Modern Farmhouse (G, R)
6.10 American Pickers (PG, R) 4.50 Insane Pools (PG, R)
7.00 Storage Wars (PG) 5.40 American Chopper (PG)
7.30 Bondi Rescue (PG, R) 6.35 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
8.00 Border Security (PG, R) 7.30 Diesel Brothers (PG)
8.30 The Great Pottery Throw 8.30 Kindig Customs (PG)
Down (PG) 9.30 Street Outlaws (PG)
9.35 Alone at Home (PG, R) 10.25 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
10.30 Islands of America (PG, R) End (PG, R)
11.30 Salvage Dawgs (G, R) 11.20 American Chopper (PG, R)
12.00am – 6.00 Infomercials 12.15am Programmes continue

TVNZ DUKE FREEVIEW 6 SKY 023 SKY PREMIERE SKY 030
6.00 On Duke Today
11.10 Til Death (PG, R, C) s4ep7
11.35 Heavy Rescue 401 (G, R)
1.35 Abandoned Engineering (G,
R, C)
2.30 Xploration: Awesome Planet
(G, R)
2.55 Ultimate Rides (G, R) s2ep19
3.25 Hunting Aotearoa (G, R)
3.50 The Chase Australia (G, C)
4.50 ABC World News (PG)
5.15 Taste of Australia with
Hayden Quinn (G, R, C)
5.40 Superstore (PG, R, C, AD)
s4ep17
6.10 Community (PG, R, C)
6.35 Two and a Half Men (PG, R,
C) s1ep17
7.30 2 Broke Girls (M, R, C) s1ep17
8.30 ■ Deep Water Salvage (M)
A major storm gate in the
British Isles needs repair.
9.30 Saving Lives at Sea (M, C,
AD) A cargo ship has run
aground on a sandbank.
s4ep8
10.45 Suits (M, C) s8ep11
11.45 Outback Car Hunters (G, R,
C) s1ep6
12.45am Grime & Punishment (PG,
R, C) s2ep15 1.35 UnXplained with
William Shatner (PG, R, C) 2.20 –
2.40 ABC World News (PG, R)
7.03 Magic Mike’s Last Dance
(2023, M) Channing Tatum,
Salma Hayek
8.53 Allelujah (2022, M) Jennifer
Saunders, Judi Dench
10.30 The Phantom of the Open
(2021, M) Mark Rylance, Sally
Hawkins
12.14 Firestarter (2022, 16) Zac
Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong
1.48 Seriously Red (2022, M)
Krew Boylan, Rose Byrne
3.28 The Black Phone (2021, 16)
Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames
5.11 Emily the Criminal (2022, 16)
Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi
6.49 Happening (2021, 16) In 1963,
a young Frenchwoman who
falls pregnant decides to
take matters into her own
hands. Anamaria Vartolomei,
Kacey Mottet Klein
8.30 Mafia Mamma (2023, 16)
A suburban mum inherits
her late grandfather’s Mafia
empire in Italy. Toni Collette,
Monica Bellucci
10.15 Organ Trail (2023, 16) Zoe
De Grand Maison
12.10am Allelujah (2022, M) 1.50 A
Bramble House Christmas (2017,
PG) 3.15 Dual (2022, 16) 4.50 The
Invitation (2022, 16)
MOVIES CLASSICS SKY 034
6.00 Murder in the First (1994, 18)
Kevin Bacon, Christian Slater
8.00 It’s Always Fair Weather
(1955, PG) Gene Kelly
9.40 First Knight (1995, M)
Richard Gere, Sean Connery
11.50 Macho Callahan (1970, PG)
David Janssen, Jean Seberg
1.30 Tootsie (1982, PG) Dustin
Hoffman, Jessica Lange
3.25 High Society (1956) (1956,
G) Bing Crosby
5.10 Geronimo: An American
Legend (1993, PG) Wes
Studi, Gene Hackman
7.05 The Lady from Shanghai
(1948, PG) A seaman joins a
yachting cruise and becomes
mired in a murder plot.
Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth
8.30 From Here to Eternity (1953,
PG) Three soldiers struggle
with life on an army barracks
in Hawaii in the months
before the Pearl Harbor
attack. Burt Lancaster,
Montgomery Cliff
10.25 The Man Who Would
Be King (1975, PG) Sean
Connery, Michael Caine
12.33am Ghostbusters (1984, PG)
2.21 Ghostbusters II (1989, PG) 4.08
Silver Bears (1978, PG)
RIALTO SKY 039
6.45 Shackleton: The Greatest
Story of Survival (2023, PG)
Australian documentary.
8.15 To Olivia (2021, M) Keeley
Hawes, Hugh Bonneville
9.50 Live Till I Die (2022, M)
Swedish documentary.
11.05 The Auschwitz Report (2021,
16) John Hannah
12.40 Reel Britannia (M)
2.05 Lunana: A Yak in the
Classroom (2019, PG)
Sherab Dorji
3.55 Lingui: The Sacred Bonds
(2021, M) Achouackh Abakar
Souleymane
5.25 Three Minutes: A
Lengthening (2021, M)
Dutch documentary.
6.35 Both Sides of the Blade
(2022, 16) Juliette Binoche
8.30 Ramblin’ Racer (2021, M)
Australian documentary.
9.55 Bad Luck Banging or
Loony Porn (2021, 18) Katia
Pascariu
11.40 You Are Not My Mother
(2021, M) Hazel Doupe
1.15am Manhunt: The Night Stalker
(2021, M) 2.05 Reel Britannia (M)
s1ep4 3.30 Lunana: A Yak in the
Classroom (2019, PG) 5.20 Lingui:
The Sacred Bonds (2021, M)

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SKY CHANNELS
Vibe SKY 006
6.00 Southland (16) s5F 6.45 ER (M) s8ep7 7.35
Downton Abbey (M) s6ep1 8.45 Blindspot (16)
s3ep13 9.30 Medium (M) s6ep6 10.15 Nikita (M)
s3ep12 11.00 The Heights (M) s2ep11 Noon East
New York (M) s1ep10 12.50 Fairly Legal (16) s2ep7
1.45 ER (M) s8ep7 2.35 Downton Abbey (M) s6ep1
3.50 Blindspot (16) s3ep13 4.40 Nikita (M) s3ep12
5.30 Southland (16) s5F 6.30 Medium (M) s6ep6
7.30 Five Bedrooms (M) s3ep6 8.30 All Creatures
Great and Small (PG) James and Helen arrive at a
decision, and a ferret presents a challenge for the
practice. s4ep2 9.30 Vera (PG) Vera finds a kindred
spirit in the son of a murdered woman. s1ep4 11.15
Blindspot (16) s3ep13 12.15am Programmes continue
BBC UKTV SKY 007
6.00 The Vicar of Dibley (PG) s2ep2 6.35 QI (M)
7.05 EastEnders (PG) 7.40 The Bill (M) 8.30 A
Touch of Frost (M) s3ep2 10.20 Father Brown
(PG) s6ep4 11.10 Doc Martin (PG) s9ep2 Noon
Midsomer Murders (M) s13ep7 1.35 The Bill (M) 2.25
New Tricks (M) s9ep1 3.25 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown (M) 4.20 The Graham Norton Show
(PG) s29ep16 5.15 Who Do You Think You Are?
(PG) 6.20 QI (M) 6.55 EastEnders (PG) 7.25 QI
(M) 8.00 Would I Lie to You? (PG) 8.35 Cheaters
(PG) After their flight from Finland is delayed, Josh
and Fola end up sleeping together. s1ep1&2 9.45
The Jonathan Ross Show (M) With Craig David,
Katherine Ryan, and music from Wet Leg. s19ep6
10.40 The Mallorca Files (PG) s1ep3 11.30 Midsomer
Murders (M) s13ep7 1.05am Programmes continue
Jones! SKY 008
6.00 The Love Boat (PG) 6.55 All in the Family
(M) 7.25 Cheers (PG) 7.55 McHale’s Navy (PG)
8.20 Bonanza (M) 9.15 Dr Kildare (PG) 9.45 All
Creatures Great and Small (PG) 11.35 The Wild Wild
West (PG) 12.30 Cheyenne (PG) 1.25 Lawman (PG)
1.50 The Lone Ranger (M) 2.15 The High Chaparral
(PG) 3.05 Bonanza (M) 3.55 Dr Kildare (PG) 4.30
Matlock (M) 5.35 McHale’s Navy (PG) 6.10 Cheers
(PG) 6.40 All in the Family (M) 7.15 The Love Boat
(PG) 8.25 Lucan (PG) 9.30 Lucan (PG) 10.30
Cheers (PG) 11.00 All in the Family (M) 11.30 The
Love Boat (PG) 12.30am Programmes continue
SoHo SKY 010
6.00 New Amsterdam (M) s4ep1&2 7.30 The First
Lady (16) s1ep7 8.25 Real Time with Bill Maher
(M) s21ep3 9.25 Californication (16) s2ep5 9.55
Californication (16) s2ep6 10.25 Random Acts of
Flyness (16) s2ep1 10.55 The Nevers (16) s1ep3
Noon Real Time with Bill Maher (M) s21ep3 1.00
Fear the Walking Dead (16) s8F 2.00 C.B. Strike:
Troubled Blood (16) s1ep4 3.00 His Dark Materials
(M) s3ep2 4.00 Californication (16) s2ep5&6 5.00
Random Acts of Flyness (16) s2ep1 5.30 The Nevers
(16) s1ep3 6.30 I’m Dying Up Here (16) s1ep7 7.30
Dave (16) s3ep7 8.00 Rap Sh!t (16) s2ep3 8.30
Shining Vale (M) s2ep6 9.00 A Black Lady Sketch
Show (16) s2ep4 9.30 Succession (16) s4ep5 10.30
Intergalactic (M) s1ep1 11.30 Temple (16) s2ep4
12.30am Programmes continue
Living SKY 017
6.00 Salvage Hunters (PG) 6.45 Giada on the
Beach (PG) 7.45 House Hunters (PG) 8.45 The
Pioneer Woman (PG) 9.15 Girl Meets Farm (PG)
9.45 One-Stop Thanksgiving (PG) 10.40 A Place
in the Sun (PG) 11.35 Selling Houses Australia (PG)
12.35 A Barefoot Thanksgiving (PG) 1.30 Salvage
Hunters (PG) 2.30 House Hunters (PG) 3.30 Giada
on the Beach (PG) 3.55 Girl Meets Farm (PG) 4.25
The Pioneer Woman (PG) 4.55 Girl Meets Farm
(PG) 5.20 Love It or List It UK (PG) 6.25 Selling
Houses Australia (PG) 7.30 A Place in the Sun (PG)
8.30 Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread
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Restaurant: Impossible (PG) 11.30 House Hunters
(PG) 12.25am Programmes continue
Investigation Discovery SKY 018
6.00 Murder Comes to Town (M) 6.45 Onision: In
Real Life (M) 8.25 People Magazine Investigates
(M) 9.10 Nightmare Next Door (M) 10.00 Grave
Secrets (M) 10.50 Murder Comes to Town (M) 11.35
Body Cam (M) 12.25 Betrayed (M) 1.15 Scorned:
Love Kills (M) 2.00 Murder in the Wicked West (M)
2.50 Love, Honour, Betray (M) 3.35 Seduced to Slay
(M) 4.25 Undercover Underage (M) 5.15 Evil Lives
Here (M) 6.05 Evil Kin (M) 6.50 Deadly Affairs (M)
7.40 People Magazine Investigates (M) 8.30 Body
Cam (M) 9.30 Devil in Suburbia (M) 10.20 People
Magazine Investigates (M) 11.10 Nightmare Next
Door (M) 12.00am Programmes continue
Sky Arts SKY 020
6.10 Salzburg Festival 2021: Mozart 7.35 Hollywood
Gala with the DR Symphony Orchestra 9.00
Salzburg Festival 2021 10.45 LSO: Sir Simon Rattle
Conducts Kurt Weill 12.15 Verbier Festival 2021:
Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht and A
Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.10 Salzburg Festival
2021: Mozart 2.35 Hollywood Gala with the DR
Symphony Orchestra 4.00 Other Voices 6.00 The
Big Book Club 7.00 Becoming Marilyn 8.00 The
Wonders of Europe (G) Hugh Bonneville explores
the Palace of Versailles. 9.00 Masterpieces Unveiled
9.30 The Boy with the Leica (G) Documentary
about Gianni Berengo Gardin, the “Italian Cartier
Bresson”. 10.30 Stars of the Silver Screen: George
C Scott & Julie Christie 12.00am Programmes
continue
Discovery SKY 070
6.00 How It’s Made (PG) 6.25 Maine Cabin Masters
(PG) 7.20 Alaskan Bush People (M) 8.15 Abalone
Wars (M) 9.15 Dirty Jobs (M) 10.10 Deadliest Catch
(M) 11.05 Maine Cabin Masters (PG) Noon Trung
Nguyen Legend: The Tao of Coffee (PG) 12.55
Naked and Afraid XL (M) 2.50 Aussie Gold Hunters
(PG) 3.45 Deadliest Catch (M) 4.40 Dirty Jobs
(M) 5.35 Demolition Down Under (PG) 6.35 Gold
Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan (M) 7.30
Hoffman Family Gold Special (M) 8.30 Outback
Opal Hunters (PG) 9.30 Aussie Gold Hunters (PG)
10.25 Reclaimed (PG) 11.20 Naked and Afraid XL
(M) 1.00am Programmes continue
History SKY 073
6.20 World War II in HD Colour (M) 7.20 The
Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook (PG) 8.20
Time Team 9.20 Inside the Tower of London (PG)
10.20 Abandoned Engineering (M) 11.20 Kennedy
(PG) 12.20 The UnXplained (PG) 1.20 The Rise
of the Nazi Party (M) 2.20 Scorched Earth (PG)
3.20 Tales of the Gun (PG) 4.20 Turning Point
(M) 4.55 Unsolved Mysteries of WWII (PG) 5.30
Inside the Tower of London (PG) 6.30 Abandoned
Engineering (PG) 7.30 Castle Secrets (PG) 8.30
Ancient Aliens (PG) 9.20 CIA vs. Bin Laden: First
In (M) 11.10 The World from Above 11.40 Dogfights
(PG) 12.35am Programmes continue
BBC Earth SKY 074
6.00 Steve Backshall vs the Vertical Mile (PG) 6.50
Brian Cox: Forces of Nature (PG) 7.55 The Dog
Rescuers (PG) 8.40 Life Below Zero: The Thaw (M)
9.30 Where the Wild Men Are (PG) 10.20 Trust Me,
I’m a Doctor (PG) 11.20 24 Hours in A&E (M) 12.10
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex (M) 1.15 Dynasties (PG)
2.20 Steve Backshall vs the Vertical Mile (PG) 3.10
Eden: Untamed Planet (PG) 4.05 Trust Me, I’m a
Doctor (PG) 5.10 Life Below Zero: The Thaw (M)
6.00 Where the Wild Men Are (PG) 6.55 The Dog
Rescuers with Alan Davies (PG) 7.40 24 Hours in
A&E (M) 8.30 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies
(PG) 9.20 Earth (PG) 10.25 Dynasties (PG) 11.20
Dynasties: The Making of (PG) 11.30 Eden: Untamed
Planet (PG) 12.25am Programmes continue
BBC UKTV: The Jonathan Ross Show, 9.45pm
SKY SPORT
Sky Sport 1 SKY 051
6.00 Pacific Games 2023, day 10, highlights
from Honiara, Solomon Islands 7.00 Twilight
Bowls League, week 5 8.00 La Liga, Matchday 14
highlights 9.00 A-League Women, round 6 10.00
UEFA European Qualifiers, group stage review
10.30 ICC Cricket World Cup, final, highlights from
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad 11.30 Twilight
Bowls League, week 5, night 2 2.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Northampton Saints v Harlequins
4.00 Twilight Bowls League, week 5, night 2 6.30
UFC on Sky 7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild 7.30 NBL,
NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers, from Christchurch
Arena, live 9.30 DP World Tour, Joburg Open, 10.00
Next Generation ATP Finals, day 2, match of the
day 11.00 UFC on Sky 11.30 The Crowd Goes Wild
12.00am NBL, NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers, replay
2.00 Twilight Bowls League, week 5 3.00 A-League
Women, round 6 4.00 A-League Men, round 5 5.00
Dutch Football League, round 13
Sky Sport 2 SKY 052
6.00 Next Generation ATP Finals, day 2, evening
session, from Jeddah, UAE, live 10.00 Twilight
Bowls League, week 5 11.00 G4D Tour, highlights
Noon Pacific Games 2023, day 10, highlights 1.00
A-League Men, round 5 2.00 A-League Women,
round 6 3.00 NBL Slam 3.30 Next Generation ATP
Finals, day 2, match of the day 4.30 NBL Overtime
5.30 NBL, NZ Breakers v Illawarra Hawks, replay
7.30 A-League Men, round 5 8.30 UFC on Sky
9.00 The Crowd Goes Wild 9.30 The Back Page
10.30 Sky Speed 11.00 Next Generation ATP Finals,
day 1, match of the day 12.00am Next Generation
ATP Finals, day 2, match of the day 1.00 Next
Generation ATP Finals, day 3, afternoon session,
from Jeddah, UAE, live 5.00 The Crowd Goes Wild
5.30 NBL Slam
Sky Sport 3 SKY 053
6.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, South Africa v
Bangladesh 7.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia
v Netherlands 8.00 Women’s BBL 8.15 Australia
Women v West Indies Women, 1st ODI 8.35
Australia Women v West Indies Women, 2nd ODI
8.50 Australia Women v West Indies Women,
3rd ODI 9.10 ICC Cricket World Cup, England v
Sri Lanka 9.30 Women’s BBL 12.45 South Africa
Women v White Ferns, 4th T20, replay from
Willowmoore Park, Benoni 4.00 ICC Cricket World
Cup, Pakistan v South Africa 4.55 ICC Cricket World
Cup, Black Caps v Australia 5.50 Women’s BBL
9.05 Women’s BBL 12.35am NBL, NZ Breakers v
Adelaide 36ers, replay 2.35 Women’s BBL 3.00
1980/81 World Series Cup, Australia v NZ 4.00
1980/81 World Series Cup, Australia v India 5.00
1980/81 World Series Cup, Australia v NZ
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TVNZ 1 FREEVIEW 1 SKY 001
6.00 Breakfast (C) Jenny-May
Clarkson, Chris Chang, Anna
Burns-Francis and Matty
McLean present news, sport,
information and weather.
9.00 Lingo (G, R, C) Adil Ray
hosts a UK quiz show.
10.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C)
11.00 The Chase (G, R, C)
Noon 1News Midday (C)
12.30 Emmerdale (PG, C, AD)
1.00 Country Calendar (G, R,
C, AD) A Banks Peninsula
woman has never been
busier since taking over the
family flower farm, growing
proteas for her own shop
and for local markets.
1.30 Coronation Street (PG, R,
C, AD)
2.00 Millionaire Hot Seat (G, C)
Hosted by Eddie McGuire.
3.00 Tipping Point (G, R, C) Ben
Shephard hosts a UK quiz
show.
4.00 Te Karere A Māori
perspective on the day’s
news and current affairs.
4.30 The Office US (PG, R, C)
A fire in the kitchen forces
the Dunder Mifflin paper
company into the parking
lot, where Jim suggests a
game of Desert Island. s2ep4
5.00 The Chase (G, R, C) Bradley
Walsh hosts a UK quiz show.
6.00 1News at Six (C)
7.00 Seven Sharp (C) Hilary
Barry and Jeremy Wells
present current affairs and
entertainment.
7.30 The Repair Shop (G, C,
AD) UK series in which
expert craftspeople restore
treasured items.
8.30 Good with Wood (G, C, AD)
Mel Giedroyc hosts a UK
woodworking competition.
Tonight, the five remaining
woodworkers build a four-
poster bed and carve an
Indian block print. s3ep6
9.30 Location Location Location
(G, R, C) Phil Spencer and
Kirstie Allsopp present a UK
realty series. Tonight, Phil
catches up with Chloe, who
wanted to fly the nest to be
near to buzzy Caversham,
and Ella and Grant,
who needed something
spectacular to tempt Grant
out of his mum’s house.
10.30 1News Tonight (C)
11.00 Shortland Street (PG, R, C,
AD) Monique farewells a
friend.
11.35 My Life Is Murder (M, R,
C, AD) Alexa must sort
fact from fiction when a
compulsive liar confesses
to a murder at a high-end
jeweller. s2ep8
12.25am Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
(PG, R, C, AD)
1.15 Te Karere (R)
1.40 Infomercials
5.35 – 6.00 Te Karere (R)
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6.00 Les Mills Born to Move (G,
R, C)
6.25 Kiri and Lou (G, R, C, AD)
6.35 Toi Time (G, R, C, AD)
7.00 Brain Busters (G, R, C)
7.30 Trollstopia (G, R, C)
7.50 n Agent Binky: Pets of the
Universe (G, C)
8.15 Daniel Tiger’s
Neighbourhood (G, R)
8.40 Paw Patrol (G, R, C)
9.00 Infomercials
9.30 Les Mills Adult Classes (G,
R, C)
10.00 Home and Away (PG, R, C)
10.30 Shortland Street (PG, R, HD,
C, AD)
11.00 Country House Hunters:
Canada (PG, C)
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me
(PG, C)
12.30 n Lingo (G, R, C)
1.30 Sarah Beeny’s New Life in
the Country (G, R, C, AD)
2.30 The Drew Barrymore Show
(PG, C)
3.25 Bluey (G, R, C)
3.35 Teen Titans Go! (G, R, C)
3.45 Miraculous: Tales of
Ladybug & Cat Noir (G, C)
4.10 The Feed (C)
4.35 Home Sweet Rome (G, C,
AD)
5.00 The Goldbergs (PG, R, C)
s3ep22
5.30 Neighbours (G, C) David
gets an intriguing new job
offer.
6.00 Friends (G, R, C) When a fire
damages their apartment,
Rachel and Phoebe must
choose between living
temporarily with Joey or
Monica. s6ep18
6.30 Home and Away (PG, C)
7.00 Shortland Street (PG, HD,
C, AD) Monique farewells a
friend.
7.30 The Voice Australia (G, C)
It’s the first night of callbacks
where performances will
determine who goes through
to the battles, who goes
home, and who gets a
second chance.
9.00 RUSH (M, C, AD) David
Genat hosts an Australian
series in which teams are
sent to iconic festivals and
locations. Tonight, teams
are dropped into the snowy
French Alps in the middle of
the chaotic Tomorrowland
music festival. s1ep7
10.35 Dinner Date (PG, C) s11ep14
11.30 Taskmaster (PG, R, C, AD)
s13ep5
12.30am Queer as Folk (16, C, AD)
s1ep7
1.25 Sorry for Your Loss (M, C,
AD) s2ep1
2.30 Emmerdale (PG, R, C, AD)
2.55 Infomercials
3.50 n Young Sheldon (G, R)
s5ep1
4.35 Britain’s Got Talent (G, R, C)
s15ep3
5.40 – 6.00 2 Tunes
C Captions AD Audio Description
FRIDAY DECEMBER 1
THREE FREEVIEW 3 SKY 003
6.00 AM With Ryan Bridge,
Melissa Chan-Green and
William Waiirua.
9.00 Infomercials
10.30 Gold Rush (PG, R, C)
11.30 Tiny House Hunters (G, C)
Noon Say Yes to the Dress UK
(PG, C)
12.25 Sister Wives (M, C)
1.25 Return to Amish (M, R, C)
2.15 Pit Bulls & Parolees (PG, C)
3.05 Guy’s Grocery Games (G, C)
4.00 Flip or Flop (G, C)
4.30 Room Crashers (G, R, C) Comedy: OBLITERATED
5.00 Gold Rush (PG, R, C)
Disaster strikes when Rick Fun Friday-night nonsense
fires up his washplant for the from the creators of Cobra
first time, and Parker tries a
risky plan.
Kai, who describe this eight-
6.00 Newshub Live (C) part series as “if 24 and The
7.00 The Project (C) With Kanoa Hangover hooked up and had
Lloyd, Jesse Mulligan and a baby”. The story involves a
Jeremy Corbett.
8.00 Nadia’s Farm (PG, R, C, AD) special ops team who disable a
Series following Nadia Lim nuclear bomb that would have
and her family on their farm. destroyed Las Vegas and then
Tonight, lambing season is go on a bender, because “if the
on the horizon at Royalburn
Station, and Nadia cooks up world knew what we did here
a feast for a family picnic. today, they’d want us to party
9.00 n Batman (1989, PG, C, AD) like the rock stars we are!”
Masked vigilante Batman
fights crime in Gotham City
according to team leader Chad
and comes up against the (Nick Zano). Unfortunately,
Joker, who has taken over a the bomb was a fake and they
criminal organisation. Michael are thrust back into the fray
Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim
Basinger, Billy Dee Williams. still drunk and high from the
11.25 Newshub Late night before. Eight episodes
11.55 Prodigal Son (M, C, AD) seems like a stretch, and the
Despite Gil’s concerns, film is decidely bad messaging,
Malcolm throws himself into
a new case. but there will be lots of action
12.55am – 6.00 Infomercials and heaps of explosions.
NETFLIX
SKY OPEN FREEVIEW 15 SKY 004
6.00 Infomercials
8.00 Kids’ Programmes (C)
9.00 The Crowd Goes Wild
(PG, R)
9.30 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon All American: Homecoming
(M, C)
1.00 The Heights (M, C)
2.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
3.00 Wheel of Fortune (G, R)
3.30 Jeopardy (G)
4.00 American Pickers (PG, R)
5.00 Pawn Stars (PG, R)
5.30 News First at 5.30 Comedy:
6.00 Outback Truckers (PG, R, C) BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
7.00 n The Amazing Mr. Blunden
(2021, PG, C) Two teenagers
TVNZ+ adds the eight-season
become caretakers of a Golden Globe-winning comedy
haunted house. Tsion Habte, to its stable just in time for a
Simon Callow, Tamsin Greig, holiday binge-watch. Nice. Also
Mark Gatiss.
8.55 n I Want My MTV (2019, M,
coming on stream for the hols
R, C) Documentary about are kid-distracting films Hunt for
music channel MTV, featuring the Wilderpeople, Coraline, Chitty
interviews, archival footage Chitty Bang Bang, The Addams
and outtakes.
Family, The Princess Bride
10.45 RAW (PG)
11.50 Love Island UK (16, C) and The Neverending Story.
1.00am – 6.00 Infomercials TVNZ+
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WHAKAATA
MĀORI FREEVIEW 5 SKY 019
6.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
8.00 Wiki Hā (G, R)
8.30 Oranga Ngākau (G, R)
9.30 Whānau Bake-off (G, R)
10.00 Lucky Dip (G, R)
10.30 Rage Against the Rangatahi
(PG, R)
11.00 Anyone’s Game (M, R)
11.30 Rūrangi (M, R)
Noon Te Ao Tapatahi
12.30 Hui Hoppers (PG, R)
12.40 Not Even (M, R)
1.00 Aroha Bridge (PG, R)
1.30 He Aha to Say? (G, R)
2.00 Tōku Reo (G, R)
2.30 Ōpaki (G, R)
3.00 Ako (G, R)
3.30 Kids’ Programmes (G, R)
5.30 Brain Busters (G, R)
6.00 Haka Ngahau ā Rohe:
Tamararo (G, R)
6.30 Te Ao Mārama
7.00 Sidewalk Karaoke (G, R)
7.30 Waiata Nation (G, R)
Musicans create a reo waiata.
8.00 Chatham Islanders (G, R)
The Moriori people rebuild
their culture.
8.30 Intrepid Journeys (PG, R)
Mary Lambie visits Iran.
9.30 Moko (G, R) Moko artists
attend Tatau i Mo’orea.
10.00 Uka (G, R) Purekireki Marae
v Te Kohanga o Tokomaru,
and Rānui Primary v Te
Tapuaekura.
10.30 Whiua te Pātai (PG, R)
11.00 – 11.30 Te Ao Mārama (R)
TVNZ DUKE FREEVIEW 6 SKY 023
6.00 On Duke Today
11.35 Til Death (PG, R, C) s4ep8
Noon Heavy Rescue 401 (G, R)
1.45 Abandoned Engineering (G,
R, C)
2.40 Xploration: Awesome Planet
(G, R)
3.05 Ultimate Rides (G, R)
s2ep20
3.30 Hunting Aotearoa (PG, R)
4.00 The Chase Australia (G, C)
4.50 ABC World News (PG)
5.15 Taste of Australia with
Hayden Quinn (G, R) s2ep1
5.40 Superstore (PG, R, C, AD)
s4ep18
6.05 Community (PG, R, C)
6.30 Two and a Half Men (PG, R,
C) s1ep19
7.30 2 Broke Girls (PG, R, C)
s1ep19
8.30 Taskmaster (PG, R, C, AD)
9.30 ■ Mark Hunt: The Fight for
His Life (2021, 16, C, AD) NZ
documentary about MMA
fighter Mark Hunt, from his
abusive childhood to his
lowly start in the ring and
triumph in the UFC.
11.30 Outrageous Fortune (16, C,
AD) s3ep4
1.30am – 1.55 ABC World News
(PG, R)
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Film: RODEO
French director Lola Quivoron’s film about
a girl who penetrates the macho world of
urban motorbike riders is “fearless and
in-your-face”, said the Guardian. Quivoron
recruited non-actors, including lead Julie
Ledru, from the subculture, although it’s
too gritty to be a French Fast & Furious on
bikes. RIALTO, 8.30pm
BRAVO FREEVIEW 4 SKY 012
6.00 Infomercials
10.00 Shark Tank (PG, R)
11.00 Snapped (M, R)
Noon The Real Housewives of
Beverly Hills (M)
1.00 Below Deck Sailing Yacht
(M, R)
2.00 Vanderpump Rules (M)
3.00 Judge Jerry (G, R)
3.30 Hollywood Medium (PG, R)
4.30 Shark Tank (PG, R)
5.30 Rich Kids Go Skint (PG, R)
6.30 Hoarders (PG, R) Chris’ ADD
makes it difficult for her to
focus on a clean up.
7.30 ■ The Lost World: Jurassic
Park (1997, PG, C) Four
years after the disaster at
Jurassic Park, two groups
come into conflict over the
fate of the dinosaurs. Jeff
Goldblum, Julianne Moore,
Pete Postlethwaite.
10.00 Exhumed: Killer Revealed
(M, R)
10.55 Snapped (M, R)
11.50 An Unexpected Killer (16, R)
12.40am – 6.00 Infomercials
SKY PREMIERE SKY 030
6.35 Three Thousand Years of
Longing (2022, M) Tilda
Swinton, Idris Elba
8.20 Emily the Criminal (2022, 16)
Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi
9.57 Morbius (2022, M) Jared
Leto, Matt Smith
11.44 Redeeming Love (2022, M)
Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis
1.58 Gray Matter (2023, M) Mia
Isaac, Jessica Frances Dukes
3.25 Umma (2022, M) Sandra Oh
4.50 Firebird (2022, M) Tom Prior,
Oleg Zagorodnii
6.38 Magic Mike’s Last Dance
(2023, M) Mike heads to
London with a socialite
who has made him an offer
he can’t refuse. Channing
Tatum, Salma Hayek
8.30 The Duke (2020, M) Based
on the story of a pensioner
who stole and tried to
ransom Goya’s portrait of
the Duke of Wellington. Jim
Broadbent, Helen Mirren
10.10 Dame Valerie Adams: More
Than Gold (2022, M) NZ
documentary.
11.41 Men (2022, 16) Jessie
Buckley, Rory Kinnear
1.22am Babylon (2022, 18) 4.25 The
Forgiven (2022, 16)
EDEN FREEVIEW 8 SKY 013
6.00 Infomercials
6.30 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R)
7.25 The Pioneer Woman (G, R)
7.55 Beat Bobby Flay (G, R)
8.20 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R)
9.15 American Pickers (PG, R)
10.10 Storage Wars (PG, R)
10.35 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
11.00 Border Security (PG, R)
11.30 Pottery Throw Down (PG, R)
12.35 Alone at Home (PG, R)
1.30 Islands of America (PG, R)
2.25 Salvage Dawgs (G, R)
2.55 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
3.25 Restaurant: Imposs (G, R)
4.20 The Pioneer Woman (G)
4.45 Beat Bobby Flay (G)
5.15 Hotel Mysteries (PG, R)
6.10 American Pickers (PG, R)
7.00 Storage Wars (PG)
7.30 Bondi Rescue (PG, R)
8.00 Border Security (PG, R)
8.30 Celebrity Gogglebox (16)
9.30 Around the World by Train
(PG)
10.30 Inside the Ritz (G, R)
11.30 Salvage Dawgs (G, R)
12.00am – 6.00 Infomercials
MOVIES CLASSICS SKY 034
6.00 Bugsy (1991, M) Warren
Beatty, Annette Bening
8.15 Young Guns II (1990, PG)
Emilio Estevez, Kiefer
Sutherland
10.00 Force 10 from Navarone
(1978, M) Robert Shaw,
Harrison Ford
11.55 Kramer vs. Kramer (1979,
PG) Meryl Streep, Dustin
Hoffman
1.40 The Guns of Navarone (1961,
PG) Gregory Peck, David
Niven
4.10 Get Carter (1971, M) Michael
Caine, Ian Hendry
6.00 Robin Hood: Prince of
Thieves (1991, PG) Robin of
Locksley returns to England
from the Crusades and leads
a revolt against the Sheriff of
Nottingham. Kevin Costner,
Morgan Freeman
8.30 Silverado (1985, PG) A group
of misfit cowboys seek their
fortunes in Silverado. Kevin
Costner, Kevin Kline
10.40 The Last Outlaw (1993, 16)
Mickey Rourke
12.15am The Taming of the Shrew
(1967, M) 2.15 A Streetcar Named
Desire (1951, M) 4.20 Hurricane
(1979, M)
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RUSH FREEVIEW 14 SKY 024
6.00 Diesel Brothers (PG, R)
6.50 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
End (PG, R)
7.40 American Chopper (PG, R)
8.30 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
9.20 Kindig Customs (PG, R)
10.10 Street Outlaws (PG, R)
11.00 Insane Pools (PG, R)
11.50 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
12.40 Iron Resurrection (PG, R)
1.35 Speed is the New Black
(PG, R)
2.25 Junkyard Empire (PG, R)
3.15 American Chopper (PG, R)
4.10 Diesel Brothers (PG, R)
5.00 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
End (PG, R)
5.45 American Chopper (PG)
6.40 Alaskan Bush People (PG, R)
7.30 Legends of the Lost with
Megan Fox (PG)
8.30 Expedition Unknown (PG)
9.25 Rob Riggle: Global
Investigator (M, R)
10.25 Insane Pools: Off the Deep
End (PG, R)
11.20 American Chopper (PG, R)
12.15am Programmes continue
RIALTO SKY 039
6.50 Three Minutes: A
Lengthening (2021, M)
Dutch documentary.
8.05 Both Sides of the Blade
(2022, 16) Juliette Binoche,
Vincent Lindon
10.00 Ramblin’ Racer (2021, M)
Australian documentary.
11.25 Lunana: A Yak in the
Classroom (2019, PG)
Sherab Dorji
1.15 The County (2019, M) Arndis
Hronn Egilsdottir
2.50 The Truffle Hunters (2020,
M) Italian documentary.
4.15 Never Gonna Snow Again
(2020, M) Alec Utgoff
6.10 Justine (2020, 16) Tallulah
Haddon, Sophie Reid
7.30 Prisoner C33 (2022, M) Toby
Stephens
8.30 Rodeo (2022, M) A young
woman tries to enter the
world of illegal motocross
racing. Julie Ledru
10.15 American Cherry (2021, 16)
Hart Denton
11.50 Weird: The Al Yankovic
Story (2022, M) Daniel
Radcliffe
1.35am Fashion House (M) s1ep1
2.55 Never Gonna Snow Again
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SKY CHANNELS
Vibe SKY 006
6.00 Deceit (18) s1ep1 6.50 ER (M) s8ep8 7.35
Downton Abbey (M) s6ep2 8.25 Blindspot (16)
s3ep14 9.10 Medium (M) s6ep7 9.50 Nikita (M)
s3ep13 10.35 Five Bedrooms (M) s3ep6 11.20 All
Creatures Great and Small (PG) s4ep2 12.10 Vera
(PG) s1ep4 1.55 ER (M) s8ep8 2.45 Downton
Abbey (M) s6ep2 3.45 Blindspot (16) s3ep14
4.35 Nikita (M) s3ep13 5.25 Deceit (18) s1ep1 6.25
Medium (M) s6ep7 7.20 Landscapers (16) s1ep1
8.30 The Supervet (PG) 9.30 Shetland (M) Perez
must piece together the previous night’s events
before a vengeful Creggan finds his target. s5ep4
10.45 Blindspot (16) s3ep14 11.40 Judge Judy (PG)
12.05am Programmes continue
BBC UKTV SKY 007
6.00 Hypothetical (M) s2ep6 6.45 QI (M) 7.15
EastEnders (PG) 7.45 The Bill (M) 8.35 A Touch of
Frost (M) s3ep3 10.25 Father Brown (PG) s6ep5
11.15 Doc Martin (PG) s9ep3 12.05 Midsomer
Murders (M) s13ep8 1.40 The Bill (M) 2.30 New
Tricks (M) s9ep2 3.30 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown (16) 4.25 The Graham Norton Show
(M) s29ep17 5.20 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG)
6.25 QI (M) 7.00 Keeping Up Appearances (PG)
s1ep1 7.35 All Round to Mrs Brown’s (M) s3ep5 8.30
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M) 9.25 8 Out
of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M) 10.15 QI (M) 11.25
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Bonanza (M) 9.05 Dr Kildare (PG) 9.35 Lucan (PG)
11.35 The Wild Wild West (PG) 12.30 Cheyenne
(PG) 1.25 Lawman (PG) 1.50 The Lone Ranger
(M) 2.15 The High Chaparral (PG) 3.05 Bonanza
(M) 3.55 Dr Kildare (PG) 4.30 Matlock (M) 5.35
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(M) 11.30 The Love Boat (PG) 12.30am Programmes
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Shining Vale (M) s2ep6 9.00 Californication (16)
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10.30 The Nevers (16) s1ep4 11.25 Rap Sh!t (16)
s2ep3 Noon Dave (16) s3ep7 12.30 The L Word:
Generation Q (18) s3ep2 1.30 Succession (16) s4ep5
2.30 Shining Vale (M) s2ep6 3.00 Intergalactic
(M) s1ep1 4.00 Californication (16) s2ep7&8 5.00
Random Acts of Flyness (16) s3ep2 5.30 The Nevers
(16) s1ep4 6.30 Ray Donovan (18) s6ep5 7.30 Ray
Donovan (18) s6ep6 8.30 Mayans M.C. (16) The
club navigates a tenuous new world order. s4ep2
9.30 Fellow Travelers (16) As the government’s
purge continues, Hawk faces a polygraph test about
his sex life. s1ep4 10.30 Made for Love (16) s2ep6
11.00 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (M) 11.40
Industry (16) s2ep4 12.40am Programmes continue
Living SKY 017
6.00 Salvage Hunters (PG) 6.50 Giada on the
Beach (PG) 7.15 Girl Meets Farm (PG) 7.45 House
Hunters (PG) 8.35 Chopped (PG) 9.30 Holiday
Baking Championship (PG) 10.25 A Place in the
Sun (PG) 11.20 Selling Houses Australia (PG) 12.20
Restaurant: Impossible (PG) 1.20 Salvage Hunters
(PG) 2.20 House Hunters (PG) 3.20 Holly-Dazzle
Special (PG) 4.20 Chopped (PG) 5.20 Love It or
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Hunters (PG) 12.40am Programmes continue
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6.00 Murder Comes to Town (M) 6.45 People
Magazine Investigates (M) 7.35 Love, Honour, Betray
(M) 8.25 People Magazine Investigates (M) 9.10
Nightmare Next Door (M) 10.00 Grave Secrets (M)
10.50 Murder Comes to Town (M) 11.35 American
Monster (M) 12.25 Betrayed (M) 1.15 Scorned:
Love Kills (M) 2.00 American Detective with Lt.
Joe Kenda (M) 2.50 Seduced to Slay (M) 3.35
Undercover Underage (M) 4.25 Body Cam (M) 5.15
Evil Lives Here (M) 6.05 Evil Kin (M) 6.50 Deadly
Affairs (M) 7.40 People Magazine Investigates
(M) 8.30 American Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda
(M) 9.30 Reasonable Doubt (M) 10.20 American
Monster (M) 11.10 Nightmare Next Door (M)
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Sky Arts SKY 020
6.30 Stars of the Silver Screen 8.00 Other Voices
10.00 The Big Book Club 11.00 Becoming Marilyn
Noon The Wonders of Europe 1.00 Masterpieces
Unveiled 1.30 The Big Book Club 2.30 Stars of
the Silver Screen 4.00 Sounds and Stone 4.45
Landscape Artist of the Year 5.30 Video Killed the
Radio Star: Snow Patrol 6.00 1968: Photographic
Acts (PG) 7.15 The Prince’s Master Crafters: The
Next Generation 8.00 The Hollow Crown (M)
Warwick is outraged to learn King Edward is
betrothed to Elizabeth Woodville. 8.55 ■ Napoleon:
In the Name of Art (2021, G) 10.30 Landscape
Artist of the Year 11.15 The Big Book Club 12.00am
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6.00 How It’s Made (PG) 6.25 Maine Cabin Masters
(PG) 7.20 Alaskan Bush People (M) 8.15 Abalone
Wars (M) 9.15 Dirty Jobs (M) 10.10 Outback Opal
Hunters (PG) 11.05 Hoffman Family Gold Special
(M) Noon Expedition Unknown (PG) 12.55 Naked
and Afraid XL (M) 2.50 Aussie Gold Hunters (PG)
3.45 Deadliest Catch (M) 4.40 Naked and Afraid
(M) 5.35 Demolition Down Under (PG) 6.35
Hoffman Family Gold Special (M) 7.30 Outback
Opal Hunters (PG) 8.30 Tracked (M) 9.30 Survive
the Raft (M) 10.25 What on Earth? (PG) 11.20
Naked and Afraid XL (M) 1.00am Programmes
continue
History SKY 073
6.30 CIA vs. Bin Laden: First In (M) 8.25 Time
Team 9.30 Inside the Tower of London (PG)
10.30 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 11.30 Castle
Secrets (PG) 12.30 Ancient Aliens (PG) 1.25 The
Rise of the Nazi Party (M) 2.25 Scorched Earth
(PG) 3.30 Tales of the Gun (PG) 4.30 I Was There
(PG) 5.00 Unsolved Mysteries of WWII (PG) 5.35
Inside the Tower of London (PG) 6.30 Abandoned
Engineering (PG) 7.30 Cities of the Underworld
(PG) 8.20 Forbidden History (PG) 9.20 Kennedy
(PG) 10.20 Killing Hitler: The Valkyrie Plot (PG) 11.35
Dogfights (PG) 12.30am Programmes continue
BBC Earth SKY 074
6.00 Steve Backshall’s Extreme Mountain Challenge
(PG) 7.00 Brian Cox: Forces of Nature (PG) 8.00
The Dog Rescuers (PG) 8.40 Life Below Zero:
The Thaw (M) 9.30 Where the Wild Men Are (PG)
10.20 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor (PG) 11.20 24 Hours
in A&E (M) 12.10 Louis Theroux: The Most Hated
Family in America (M) 1.10 Dynasties (PG) 2.05
Steve Backshall’s Extreme Mountain Challenge (PG)
3.05 Eden: Untamed Planet (PG) 3.55 Trust Me,
I’m a Doctor (PG) 5.00 Life Below Zero: The Thaw
(M) 5.50 Where the Wild Men Are (PG) 6.45 The
Dog Rescuers (PG) 7.35 24 Hours in A&E (M) 8.30
Evolve (PG) 9.30 Diagnosis Detectives (PG) 10.35
Dynasties (PG) 11.40 Eden: Untamed Planet (PG)
12.35am Programmes continue
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Vibe: Landscapers, 7.20pm
SKY SPORT
Sky Sport 1 SKY 051
6.00 Women’s BBL 6.15 NBL, NZ Breakers v
Adelaide 36ers 6.30 Pacific Games 2023, day 11
7.30 UFC on Sky 8.00 The Crowd Goes Wild 8.30
NBL, NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers 8.45 Women’s
BBL 9.00 Gallagher Premiership, round 7 10.00
NBL, NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers Noon Pacific
Games 2023, day 11 1.00 The Crowd Goes Wild
1.30 Australian Open, round 1 2.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Gloucester v Leicester 4.00 Gallagher
Premiership, Newcastle v Exeter 6.00 G4D Tour,
highlights 7.00 Australian Open, round 1 7.30 The
Greatest Rivalry 9.00 A-League Men, Brisbane Roar
v Western Sydney Wanderers, live 12.00am La Liga,
Matchday 14 1.00 Dutch Football League, round 13
2.00 Next Generation ATP Finals, day 3, match of
the day 3.00 Gallagher Premiership, round 7 4.00
NBL, NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers 4.15 The Crowd
Goes Wild 4.45 UFC on Sky 5.15 Yachting, Transat
Jacques Vabre 5.45 NBL, NZ Breakers v Adelaide
36ers
Sky Sport 2 SKY 052
6.00 Next Generation ATP Finals, day 3, evening
session, from Jeddah, UAE, live 10.00 NBL, NZ
Breakers v Adelaide 36ers 10.15 The Crowd Goes
Wild 10.45 Pacific Games 2023, day 11 11.45 Twilight
Bowls League, week 5 12.45 UFC on Sky 1.15 NBL,
NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers 1.30 Gallagher
Premiership, round 7 2.20 La Liga, Matchday 14
3.20 A-League Men, round 5 4.20 Next Generation
ATP Finals, day 3, match of the day 5.20 NBL,
NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers 5.35 Gallagher
Premiership, round 7 6.30 UFC on Sky 7.00 The
Back Page 8.00 The Crowd Goes Wild 8.30 NBL,
NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers 8.45 Twilight Bowls
League, week 5, nights 1 & 2 1.45am NBL, NZ
Breakers v Adelaide 36ers 2.00 Next Generation
ATP Finals, days 1, 2 & 3, match of the day 5.00
Next Generation ATP Finals, day 4, semi-final 1, from
Jeddah, UAE, live
Sky Sport 3 SKY 053
6.00 ICC Cricket World Cup, Netherlands v
Bangladesh 6.55 ICC Cricket World Cup, India v
England 7.45 Women’s BBL 8.15 ICC Cricket World
Cup, Afghanistan v Sri Lanka 9.15 Women’s BBL
12.30 South Africa Women v White Ferns, 5th
T20 3.55 ICC Cricket World Cup, Afghanistan v
Sri Lanka 4.15 Women’s BBL 7.30 Women’s BBL
10.45 1980/81 World Series Cup, Australia v India
11.40 1980/81 World Series Cup, NZ v India 12.35am
1980/81 World Series Cup, India v NZ 2.35 ICC
Cricket World Cup, Pakistan v Bangladesh 3.35
ICC Cricket World Cup, Black Caps v South Africa
4.35 ICC Cricket World Cup, India v Sri Lanka 5.35
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SATURDAY
News and Weather 6.00, 8.00, 9.00, noon
6.00 Mornings with Carey McDonald 10.00 RNZ
Concert Days 3.00 RNZ Concert Afternoons
5.00 Inside Out with Nick Tipping 7.00 The
WFMT Opera Series: Beethoven’s Fidelio – Anja
Kampe (Leonore/Fidelio), Brandon Jovanovich
(Florestan), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Pizarro),
Christof Fischesser (Rocco), Slávka Zámečníková
(Marzelline), Vienna State Opera Orchestra and
Chorus/Axel Kober (recorded in Vienna State
Opera House) 10.30 Evenings 12.00am Music
Through the Night
SUNDAY
News and Weather 6.00, 8.00, 9.00, noon
6.00 Mornings with Carey McDonald 7.30
Hymns on Sunday with Robyn Jaquiery 8.00
Mornings with Carey McDonald 10.00 RNZ
Concert Days 3.00 The Musical Omnivore with
David Morriss 5.30 New Horizons with William
Dart 6.00 Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie
7.00 Made in New Zealand 9.00 Sound Lounge
12.00am Music Through the Night
MONDAY
News and Weather 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, noon,
5.00pm
6.00 Mornings with Andrew Clark 10.00 Days
with Nick Tipping 3.00 Three to Seven with
Bryan Crump 7.00 Evenings with David Morriss
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SATURDAY
6.08 Storytime 7.08 Country Life 8.10 Saturday
Morning with Kim Hill 12.10 Māpuna with Julian
Wilcox Conversations with Māori throughout
Aotearoa, from sports legends to business
leaders, artists and community advocates 1.06
Music 101 with Charlotte Ryan 5.00 The World
at Five 5.10 Focus on Politics 5.30 Tagata o te
Moana Pacific news, issues, information and
music 6.06 Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers
presents Americana, alt country, folk, soul and
blues 7.06 Saturday Night with Phil O’Brien
Requests, nostalgia and musical memories
12.04am All Night Programme
SUNDAY
6.08 Storytime 7.10 Deer Wars Series about
the deer hunting industry in Aotearoa (6 of 9)
8.06 Sunday Morning with Jim Mora Including
9.06 Mediawatch 12.12 Culture 101 Perlina Lau
and Mark Amery host a weekly arts show,
including 1.30 At the Movies 3.05 Drama 4.06
Kiwi Classics 5.00 The World at Five 5.10 Heart
and Soul (BBC) 5.35 Ngā Kaupapa Māori 6.06
Māpuna with Julian Wilcox Conversations with
Māori throughout Aotearoa 6.50 Voices 7.04
Conviction Series about the Civic Creche case
8.06 The Sunday Night Retro Show with Phil
O’Brien 10.00 News at Ten 10.15 Mediawatch
11.04 Inside Out Nick Tipping presents
recordings from the world of jazz 12.04am All
Night Programme
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Allana Goldsmith, Music Alive with Clarissa
Dunn, Tuesday, 8pm.
8.00 Music Alive with Clarissa Dunn NZSO:
70th Birthday Concert – Woods: God defend
New Zealand; Dvorak: Carnival Overture Op
92; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C (2nd
Mvt); Elgar: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1; Farr: From
the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs: Part 1,
The Invocation of the Sea; Stravinsky: Berceuse
and Finale, from The Firebird Suite (1919), New
Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (recorded in
Michael Fowler Centre) 10.00 Evenings with
David Morriss 12.00am Music Through the Night
MONDAY
5.00 First Up with Nathan Rarere 6.00 Morning
Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
News and interviews, with bulletins on the hour
and half-hour 9.06 Nine to Noon with Kathryn
Ryan Noon Midday Report with Charlotte Cook
1.06 Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan 3.45 The
Panel with Wallace Chapman 5.00 Checkpoint
with Lisa Owen 6.30 Trending Now 7.06 Nights
7.06 Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big Series about one of
Aotearoa’s most controversial investigations and
murder trials 10.00 News at Ten 11.04 Nashville
Babylon Mark Rogers presents Americana, alt
country, folk, soul and blues 12.04am All Night
Programme
TUESDAY
5.00 First Up with Nathan Rarere 6.00 Morning
Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
News and interviews, with bulletins on the hour
and half-hour 9.06 Nine to Noon with Kathryn
Ryan Noon Midday Report with Charlotte Cook
1.06 Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan 3.45 The
Panel with Wallace Chapman 5.00 Checkpointt
with Lisa Owen 6.30 Trending Now 7.06 Nights ts
10.00 News at Ten 11.04 Worlds of Music with
Trevor Reekie 12.04am All Night Programme
WEDNESDAY
5.00 First Up with Nathan Rarere 6.00 Morningng
Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
News and interviews, with bulletins on the hour
ur
and half-hour 9.06 Nine to Noon with Kathryn n
Ryan Noon Midday Report with Charlotte Cook ok
1.06 Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan 3.45 The
Panel with Wallace Chapman 5.00 Checkpointt
with Lisa Owen 6.30 Trending Now 7.06 Nights ts
10.00 News at Ten 11.04 Music 101 Pocket
Edition 12.04am All Night Programme
TUESDAY
News and Weather 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, noon,
5.00pm
6.00 Mornings with Andrew Clark 10.00 Days
with Nick Tipping 3.00 Three to Seven with
Bryan Crump 7.00 Evenings with David Morriss
8.00 Music Alive with Clarissa Dunn Auckland
Arts Festival: He Kete Waiata – Whirimako
Black (vocals), Allana Goldsmith (vocals), Leon
Wharekura (vocals), Dixon Nacey (guitar), Roger
Manins (saxophone), Mike Booth (trumpet),
Ben Turua (bass), Justin Kereama (taonga
pūoro), Mickey Ututaonga (drums) (recorded in
Auckland Town Hall) 10.00 Evenings with David
Morriss 12.00am Music Through the Night
WEDNESDAY
News and Weather 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, noon,
5.00pm
6.00 Mornings with Andrew Clark 10.00 Days
with Nick Tipping 3.00 Three to Seven with
Bryan Crump 7.00 Evenings with David Morriss
8.00 Music Alive with Clarissa Dunn Carnegie
Hall Live 2023: Sphinx Virtuosi – Foley: Shelter
island; Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No
9; Coleman: Tracing Visions; Simon: Between
Worlds; Montgomery: Divided; Foley: An Ode to
Our Times; Beethoven arr Rengel: Finale, from
Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op 47, Kreutzer, Sphinx
Virtuosi (recorded in Carnegie Hall, New York)
10.00 Evenings with David Morriss 12.00am
Music Through the Night
THURSDAY
News and Weather 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, noon,
5.00pm
6.00 Mornings with Andrew Clark 10.00 Days
with Nick Tipping 3.00 Three to Seven with
THURSDAY
5.00 First Up with Nathan Rarere 6.00 Morning
Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
News and interviews, with bulletins on the hour
and half-hour 9.06 Nine to Noon with Kathryn
Ryan Noon Midday Report with Charlotte Cook
1.06 Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan 3.45 The
Panel with Wallace Chapman 5.00 Checkpoint
with Lisa Owen 6.30 Trending Now 7.06 Nights
10.00 News at Ten 11.04 The Mixtape 12.04am
All Night Programme
FRIDAY
5.00 First Up with Nathan Rarere 6.00 Morning
Report with Ingrid Hipkiss and Corin Dann
News and interviews, with bulletins on the hour
and half-hour 9.06 Nine to Noon with Kathryn
Ryan Noon Midday Report with Charlotte Cook
1.06 Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan 3.45 The
Panel with Wallace Chapman 5.00 Checkpoint
with Lisa Owen 6.30 Trending Now 7.06
Nights 11.04 Kiwi Classics 12.04am All Night
Programme
The last Saturday
Morning with
Kim Hill, RNZ
National,
8.10am.
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Morriss 8.00 Music Alive with Clarissa Dunn
APO Premier 4: Santé! – Saint-Saens: Le Rouet by RICHARD BETTS
d’Omphale Op 31; Debussy: Danse Sacrée &
Danse Profane; Tailleferre: Harp Concertino;
Tailleferre: Etude No 13, from ‘Le petit livre

Keeping
de harpe de Mme Tardieu’; Milhaud: Le Boeuf
sur le toit; Satie arr Claude Debussy: Two
Gymnopédies; Ravel: La Valse, Ingrid Bauer
(harp), Auckland Phil/Gilbert Varga (recorded
in Auckland Town Hall) 10.00 Evenings with

the faith
David Morriss 12.00am Music Through the
Night

FRIDAY
News and Weather 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00,
noon, 5.00pm
6.00 Mornings with Carey McDonald 10.00
Expect the customary
Days with Nick Tipping 3.00 Three to Seven
with Bryan Crump A mix of the fresh and the
variety at Viva Voce’s
familiar 7.00 Evenings with David Morriss 8.00
Music Alive with Clarissa Dunn Whakatipu year-end concert.
Festival: Young Artists – Hindemith: Sonata
for Viola Op 11 No 5; Vieuxtemps: Capriccio
in C minor for solo viola; Artley: An Anzac
Reflection for viola and piano; Enescu:
Concert Piece for viola & piano; Debussy:

Violin Sonata in G minor: Whitehead: Torua;
Zarycki: Mazurka in G Op 26/1; Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein (1);
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 10 in E S244;
Prokofiev: Andante; Feroce, from Visions
fugitives Op 22, Cecile McNeill (viola), KiHei
Lee (violin), Jessica Chi (piano), Stephen De
Pledge (piano), Xuan Liu (piano) (Programme
3 of 5, recorded in Memorial Hall, Queenstown)
10.00 Evenings with David Morriss 12.00am
Music Through the Night
Newstalk ZB newstalkzb.co.nz
SATURDAY
6.00 Jamie Mackay 7.00 D’Arcy Waldegrave 9.00
Jack Tame Noon Weekend Sport with Jason Pine
3.00 The Weekend Collective 6.00 In My Day
12.00am Jim Snedden
SUNDAY
6.00 Peter Wolfkamp 9.00 Francesca Rudkin Noon
Sportstalk 3.00 Tim Roxborogh & Tim Beveridge
6.00 Frank Ritchie & Jax Donaldson 7.30 John
Cowan 8.00 Sunday Night Talk 11.00 The Nutters
Club 1.00am Roman Travers
MONDAY
5.00 Kate Hawkesby 6.00 Mike Hosking 9.00 Kerre
Woodham Noon The Country 1.00 Andrew Dickens
4.00 Heather du Plessis-Allan 7.00 Sportstalk 8.00
Marcus Lush 12.00am Roman Travers
TUESDAY
5.00 Kate Hawkesby 6.00 Mike Hosking 9.00 Kerre
Woodham Noon The Country 1.00 Simon Barnett
& James Daniels 4.00 Heather du Plessis-Allan
7.00 Sportstalk 8.00 Marcus Lush 12.00am Tim
Beveridge
WEDNESDAY
5.00 Kate Hawkesby 6.00 Mike Hosking 9.00 Kerre
Woodham Noon The Country 1.00 Simon Barnett
& James Daniels 4.00 Heather du Plessis-Allan
7.00 Sportstalk 8.00 Marcus Lush 12.00am Tim
Beveridge
THURSDAY
5.00 Kate Hawkesby 6.00 Mike Hosking 9.00 Kerre
Woodham Noon The Country 1.00 Simon Barnett
& James Daniels 4.00 Heather du Plessis-Allan
7.00 Sportstalk 8.00 Marcus Lush 12.00am Roman
J
ohn Rosser is remembering a Tallis
Scholars concert he attended in
the 1980s. It’s the sort of gig you’d
expect to find him at; he’s a choir
man through and through. “My dad
was a church organist,” Rosser says.
“I’ve been singing from birth.”
The UK ensemble is a revered chamber
choir, credited with unearthing numer-
ous forgotten works of the Renaissance.
The group sang the initial part of
the Eton Choirbook, a collection of
late-mediaeval polyphony deemed
so important it was the first music
manuscript to be listed on Unesco’s UK
Memory of the World, which collects
documents of national significance.
“Boy,” says Rosser, “you had to be a
real aficionado not to go to sleep. It was
the same sound over and over for two
hours. I realised then that if I was going
to start a choir, it had to have more
engagement or interest or just variety,
or we were going to lose our audience.”
Rosser has steadfastly held to that
with the choir he eventually did start,
Viva Voce, which gives its year-end
performance at Auckland Town Hall
Concert Chamber on December 3.
In what sounds like an act of revenge
on snowy, log-fire Christmas concerts,
the show is themed “Summer Loving”.
The concert features everything from
a cappella works by Vaughan Williams
and Elgar (“a master of a cappella”) to
the Beatles and La La Land.
Viva Voce founder John Rosser: Committed
to not putting audiences to sleep.
something a bit denser like the
Lauridsen, something they have to listen
for and take in, but they know they’ll
get something to smile at, a piece like
Summer Nights [from Grease]. It’s fair
to say our audience trusts us or they
wouldn’t keep coming back.”
They’ve been coming since 1985,
when Rosser formed Viva Voce. What
are some of the differences he notices
from the early days?
“We were younger then,” he jokes.
While there are a few originals left,
Rosser stresses that the choir is regu-
larly replenished, though not without
some difficulty. “These days, it’s harder
to get the level of commitment needed
to maintain the standard a good semi-
professional chamber choir should be
at. People want to do all sorts of other
activities.”
Rosser has also noticed that local
choirs automatically theme their con-
certs now, something he’s always done
with Viva Voce to keep the audience
engaged, his own response to one-
paced Tallis Scholars concerts.
“We were pioneers of that in New
Zealand – concerts that had more meat
to the theme. No one was doing that in
the mid-80s. More and more choirs are
doing it now.” He adds with a laugh:
“Sincerest form of flattery.” l
MICHAEL STEPHEN

Travers
Do people who want to hear the
FRIDAY
5.00 Kate Hawkesby 6.00 Mike Hosking 9.00 Kerre choral works of Morten Lauridsen also Viva Voce presents Summer Loving,
Woodham Noon The Country 1.00 Simon Barnett & want to hear music from Grease? Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber,
James Daniels 4.00 Heather du Plessis-Allan 7.00
Sportstalk 8.00 Marcus Lush 12.00am Jim Snedden “Our audience know they’ll get December 3.

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NORTH lead, and you eventually arrive in 4S on
♠ AKQ a 4-3 trump fit. Yes, 5D would have been
♥ J64 easier to play, as it happens. How will you
♦ AQ92 play the spade game when West launches
♣ AQ2 the defence with ace and another heart?
WEST EAST You should ruff the second round of hearts
♠ 82 ♠ 10 9 4 3 in your hand, which reduces you to a 3-3
♥ AK9852 ♥ Q 10 3 trump holding. You then cross to dummy
♦ 10 6 ♦ 843 with a trump and ruff dummy’s last heart.
♣J97 ♣K53 When you draw two more rounds of
trumps with dummy’s king-queen, West
SOUTH
will show out on the third round. This
♠ J765
causes no problem, however, because you
♥7
simply play your four winners in diamonds.
♦ KJ75
If East ruffs the fourth round of diamonds
♣ 10 8 6 4
with his last trump, he will have to return
a club into dummy’s ace-queen and two club
Love all, dealer West
tricks will give you the contract. If instead
East refuses to ruff the fourth diamond,
West North East South
discarding a club instead, you will simply
2H Dble Pass 2S cash the ace of clubs for your tenth trick.
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 QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker
Puzzle No 1727
Clues across
1. With four official languages,
which country opts instead
for Latin for its name on
postage stamps and coins? (11)
8. What shallow, handheld
drum is used in Irish music?
(7)
9. Metromania is an abnormal
compulsion to write what? (5)
10. What traditional Moroccan
house is built around an
interior garden? (4)
11. In 1836, which US state
became the first to declare
Christmas a legal holiday? (7)
12. Who is the main antagonist
of Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone
Girl? (3)
13. What is an effigy that is
worshipped? (4)
15. What is a miniature whirl-
pool? (4)
17. What is the abbreviation
for hundredweight? (1,1,1)
19/20. Which First Lady
founded her Foundation for
Family Literacy in 1989? (7,4)
23. Which city is the birthplace
of Downton Abbey creator
Julian Fellowes? (5)
24. What is a meal to which all
guests bring food to share? (7)
25. What is an irresistible urge
to steal things? (11)
Clues down
1. What is a residential district
outside a city centre? (6)
CROSSWORD by David Tossman
Puzzle No 1359
2. Which country has an
estimated 60 million stray
dogs, preying on people,
stock, wildlife? (5)
3. What is the World War II
Mitsubishi A6M fighter
plane known as? (4)
4. What is a strip of hard
ground for aircraft
landing and take-off ? (6)
5. The first two letters of
the Greek alphabet gave
us what word? (8)
6. Which 1988 action film
with Bruce Willis began
a series of five? (3,4)
7. Which car company
phased out its Datsun
brand in 1986? (6)
12. Who was suspected of
organising the 1929 St
Valentine’s Day Massacre?
(2,6)
14. What framework over an
oil well holds the drilling
machinery? (7)
16. Which hand-operated
calculating tool has been
used for millennia? (6)
17. What word can follow Clues across Clues down
red, lying, wool? (6) 5. Scientist produces 1. A regular correspondent
18. Which airfield hosted the revolutionary vapour (7) provides a recipe: apple stew
inaugural New Zealand 7. A name’s changed for a with just a touch of nutmeg
Grand Prix in 1950? (6) navigator (6) (3,3)
21. What is a complete 8. Proust works producing 2. Former British politician,
reversal of direction? (1-4) marginal consciousness (6) terrible liar, dies (8)
22. What has protons, 9. Abroad, playing around 3. Can Māori somehow make
neutrons and electrons? with the French – lovely (8) pasta? Yes (8)
(4) 10. Dentists appear less healthy 4. Take one’s place in a military
going into doctors (8) body or collapse (4,2)
11. Black birds eat nothing 5. Terrace designed for a food
initially then some teeth provider (7)
appear (6) 6. Artists’ events arranged
12. How to keep it cool though for cross-dressers (13)
excitedly greeting friar (13) 7. An unemotional type of
16. Express agreement with a man leaves monastic order
veterinary specialty? (6) (5)
19. Poignant thing about 13. Remit fee losing order
Groucho’s heart (8) for respite (4,4)
21. It should be applied using no 14. Lavish relation entertains
mitten (8) bishop and worker (8)
22. Shy and modest in a way that 15. Cosmopolitan army officer
can make me rude (6) (7)
23. They will ensure post for 17. Times at work making loose-
good person with lots of fitting dresses (6)
power (6) 18. Rows and weeping for those
24. The French units of heredity listening (5)
turn up in West Africa (7) 20. Silver placed in residence
as a demonstration of
Solution No 1358 respect (6)

Solution 1726 Across: 1 Denmark, 4 Japan, 7 Alps, 8 Watchdog,

10 Autographs, 12/13 Yasser Arafat, 15 Gold record, 18 Tailgate,
19 Jedi, 20 El Cid, 21 Recital. Down: 1 Dhaka, 2 Nepotism, 3 Koalas,
4 Jack Horner, 5 Pods, 6 Neglect, 9 Agnes of God, 11 Afrobeat,
12 Yangtze, 14 Editor, 16 Drill, 17 Zinc

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Diversions
Fill the grid so that every column, every row
and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

904 MEDIUM 715 HARD

LAST WEEK’S LAST WEEK’S

SOLUTION SOLUTION

BRIDGE BIDDING QUIZ SOLUTION

878
1. Place a number from 1 to 9
in each empty box.
2. The sum of each vertical or
horizontal block equals the
number at the top or on the
left of that block.
3. Numbers may be used once
in each block.
A 2S rebid would advertise a near-minimum
hand. A 2H rebid would be wide-range,
around 11-18 points and forcing for one
round. It might therefore seem tempting
to rebid the strong spades. Nevertheless,
the best rebid in the long run is to say 2H.
This will show at least 5-4 shape in the majors.
To rebid 2S would suggest a 6-card suit.
Awards: 2H - 10, 2S - 7, 2NT - 4.
CHESS SOLUTION
1 Rc1! g4 2 Rc2! dxc2 3 Bc1! a3 4 Rf4! Kxf4 5 d4
mate.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 10 QUICK QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1 . Swan.
2 . Colombia
3 . Ranging (SOund Navigation
And Ranging).
4. Philippines.
5 . True. It’s likely to be the result of
historical population bottlenecks.
6 . A roof, as in classical buildings. It’s
ultimately from Greek “under” and “air”.
7 . In books. It’s discolouration
of pages in old volumes.
8 . Oganesson, named after Yuri Oganessian.
9 . Romania, with 29% of the basin area.
10. X. Bred by Ed Currie, founder of
PuckerButt Pepper Company in
South Carolina. It’s said to be three
times hotter than a Reaper.

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LOGIC PUZZLE FIX IT QUICK CLUELESS
Four carpenters each buy a box of a different number of a
different fastening device in order to do some home maintenance: CROSSWORD
1 . Regarding the nails and the rivets, one is bought by Basil Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a different
and the other is bought in a box of 200. number from 1 to 26. Use your knowledge of English
2. The box David buys has 100 fewer of his item than Hannah to solve the crossword. Some clue letters are given.
has of hers.
3. The box of screws has 100 more items than the boxed nails.
Using these clues and the grid below, can you work out
the number of each carpentry item and who buys it?

CARPENTER ITEMS
Hannah

Screws
Rivets
David

Maria

Nails
Basil

Bolts

100
NUMBER IN BOX

150

200

250

Bolts

Nails
ITEMS

Rivets

Screws

CARPENTER ITEMS No IN BOX

You may Basil

ABCDEFGHIJKLM
write your
David
answers in
Hannah

N O PQ RSTUVWXYZ
this grid:
Maria

SCATTERWORD PERMUTATE
TEMPERATE
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Your aim is to create

B O X E D
words of four letters Your aim is to change
or more using the given the top word one
letters once, but always letter at a time, each
including the middle letter. time rearranging the
Do not use proper names letters to create a new
or plural/verb forms that word. Perform one
add only “s”. such permutation for
See if you can find the each blank line below
nine-letter word that until you arrive at
uses all the letters. the last word. There
is usually more than
21 GOOD one correct solution.
24 VERY GOOD
27+ EXCELLENT
See how many you
can find in 15 mins. N A I L S
Last week’s solutions. Logic Puzzle: Brock buys a 1500-piece moonscape puzzle, Cate buys a 1000-piece ocean puzzle, Calvin buys
a 2000-piece snowfield puzzle and Debbie buys a 2500-piece jungle puzzle. Scatterword: FACETIOUS, factious, outface, acetous,
costae, fiasco, scotia, softie, foetus, coast, costa, couta, coset, focus, stoic, scout, foist, coat, taco, toea, sofa, afto, iota, oast, auto, cote,
coif, foci, otic, cost, soft, oust. 32 words. Permutate: BLANK, BLACK, CABLE, PLACE, PEACE, PIECE Clueless crossword:

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 Life | Health
Out for
the count
Increased chemical use is thought to
be contributing to an increase in male
infertility as sperm counts fall worldwide.
BY NICKY PELLEGRINO
E
vidence is mounting that male
reproductive health is on the
decline and an international
group of experts has called
for urgent action. Their
report highlights the need for greater
understanding of the causes of male
infertility and how to better diagnose,
treat and prevent it.
Lead author Moira O’Bryan, dean of
science at the University of Melbourne,
says compelling data shows human sperm
counts and quality are dropping.
One recent review found that sperm
counts have fallen by more than
50% in the past 50 years.
MICHAEL KAI; GETTY IMAGES
It’s believed that increased
use of endocrine-disrupting
chemicals is playing a role. These
chemicals, which mimic, block or
otherwise interfere with hormones
82
in our bodies, are found in everything
from pesticides and household chemicals
to cosmetics and have been linked to
a range of health problems.
A number of animal studies have
associated exposure to endocrine-
disrupting chemicals with a decline
in sperm quality and quantity, as well
as increased DNA damage in sperm.
With humans, it is more difficult to
draw a conclusion about how great
a contribution these chemicals are
making
m to male infertility.
“It is complicated as
tthere are other factors,”
says O’Bryan. “We know,
for example, that some
medications dampen
Moira O’Bryan: Men also
have biological clocks.
h scientists makes 10 recommendations.
down fertility. Humans also smoke, drink
alcohol and wait until they’re 45 to try to
have children. There are probably genetic
factors as well.”
The World Health Organisation
estimates that infertility now affects one
in six couples of reproductive age. About
half the time it originates from the male.
Men are diagnosed as infertile based
on their family history, a physical
examination, hormone profiles and
semen analysis. Sperm is checked for
its ability to move efficiently, as well as
its shape and size, and how many there are
in a sample. For many infertile men, even
when a problem is identified, the precise
cause is unknown and few targeted
treatments exist.
In the report, published in Nature
Reviews Urology, the panel of leading
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These include establishing a global
biobank of tissues and clinical data from
fertile and infertile men, their partners
and children with the aim of helping
researchers better understand the genetic
and environmental causes of infertility.
They are also calling for genomic
sequencing and rigorous testing on
the impacts of endocrine-disrupting
compounds on men and boys.
Considerably more is known about
the female reproductive system than the
male, says O’Bryan. “If we can understand
more about why those sperm aren’t moving,
for instance, we might be able to develop
treatments to improve natural fertility.”
There is also a need for the public
and clinicians to have greater awareness
of the importance of male fertility.
Currently, there isn’t enough emphasis
on it in medical training, she says,
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Men diagnosed as infertile
are also more likely to have
diabetes and heart disease,
as well as abuse drugs
and alcohol.
and many doctors aren’t properly
equipped to assess it. “If we can increase
understanding that male infertility is
common and needs to be taken seriously,
then everything would flow from
there – the research funding and
drug development,” she believes.
Traditionally, it has been women who
are encouraged to be aware of declining
fertility and ticking biological clocks.
But there are two players in the game
and men also have biological clocks
– one study from Monash University
showed that, even if a man partners
with a younger woman, the chance
of conceiving halves in men over 50
compared with those under 40.
M
any aspects of a man’s lifestyle
affect sperm, from smoking
and vaping to body weight.
Heat has long been known to cause
problems. The scrotum and testicles
hang outside the body because sperm
need to be a few degrees cooler than
the core body temperature. If a man
wears tight underwear, cycles a lot
wearing Lycra or takes hot spas, it raises
the testicle temperature, potentially
causing a problem. Heatwaves have also
been shown to damage sperm, so there
are concerns that climate change may
negatively affect male fertility.
There is a strong link between a man’s
reproductive health and his overall
health. Men diagnosed as
infertile are also more likely
to have diabetes and heart
disease, as well as to abuse
drugs and alcohol.
“The healthier you
are, the healthier your
sperm are likely to be,”
says O’Bryan. l
Health briefs
Resistance on the rise
Drugs to treat common infections
in children are no longer effective
in large parts of the world because
of high rates of antibiotic resistance.
A University of Sydney-led study found
many antibiotics recommended
by the World Health Organisation
had less than 50% effectiveness in
treating childhood infections such
as pneumonia, sepsis (bloodstream
infections) and meningitis. Researchers
say these findings should be a
wake-up call to the world as they
show antibiotic resistance is rising
more rapidly than was thought and
new solutions are urgently needed.
Opportunities knock
People are more likely to lose weight
successfully if their doctors present
treatments for obesity as good news
and as an “opportunity” rather
than emphasising the negative
consequences of obesity, a study
from the University of Oxford found.
Researchers analysed recordings
of patient encounters at 38 clinics
where patients were offered a 12-week,
no-cost, behavioural weight loss
intervention. Patients who received
counselling with a “good news”
approach had the highest observed
weight loss after 12 months.
PTSD link to Alzheimer’s
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
is associated with poorer heart and
brain health at midlife. Researchers
from the University of Pittsburg say
this association is worse for those
with a high genetic risk of Alzheimer’s.
The researchers looked at 274
women, comparing their level of PTSD
symptoms against indicators of disease
and degeneration in their
brains and carotid arteries.
Those with higher PTSD
symptoms were more
likely to show signs of
ccarotid atherosclerosis,
and 64 of the participants
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also had the APOE ε4
ggene – a major risk factor
ffor Alzheimer’s disease. l
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 Life | Food & Wine

Sunday
bests
UK chef Sophie Godwin
takes berries to a new level
and has a new take with
miso-infused scrambled eggs.

R
andomly, Pops and I ate
a version of this when we
chanced upon the kindest
CAITLIN ISOLA
in the morning. Jammy berries cooked BERRY CRISP
with a little lemon, with a buttery, oaty, Serves 3-4
cinnamon and brown sugar topper. • 400g fresh or frozen berries (raspberries,

Airbnb host on the Scottish I mean, who doesn’t want crumble blackberries and/or blueberries)
border, who made us this for breakfast? • zest and juice of ½ lemon

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• 2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour
• 2 tbsp soft brown sugar
• Greek yoghurt, to serve (use plant-based
yogurt to make it vegan/dairy free)
FOR THE CRUMBLE TOPPING
• 75g plain (all-purpose) flour
• 25g rolled oats
• 2 tbsp soft brown sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon (optional)
• 50g cold salted butter (use plant-based
butter to make it vegan/dairy free)
Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C fanbake
Tip the berries into a large bowl. Add
the lemon zest and juice, along with the
flour and brown sugar, and toss so that
they are evenly coated.
Tip the berries into a small baking dish
– you want them to be in a compact layer.
To make the crumble topping, combine
the flour, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon
(if using) in the same bowl you used for
the berries (no need to wash in between).
Cut the butter into small cubes and add
to the bowl. Rub everything together with
your fingers until you have a crumble-like
consistency.
Scatter the crumble mixture over the
top of the berries. Bake for 25-30 minutes
until the top is golden and crisp and the
berries are jammy and bubbling.
Leave to sit for a few minutes, then tuck
in with a big dollop of yoghurt. This is
effectively crumble for breakfast, a major
life win. Equally as delicious eaten cold the
next day.
MISO BROWN BUTTER
SCRAMBLED EGGS
I’m a bit obsessed with miso. Its super-
savoury funk improves many things;
it can be used to make a sticky glaze for
veges or even swirled into caramel. Here,
I’ve whisked it into eggs before cooking
them in some butter that has been lightly
browned to create one of the most elite
breakfasts around.
Serves 2 (easily doubled or halved)
• 4 medium eggs
• 1-2 tbsp white miso (depending on how
funky you like it)
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• 2 spring onions (scallions)
• handful of coriander
• 50g salted butter, plus extra for spreading
• 2 large slices of bread (sourdough or crusty
white work well)
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• juice of ½ lime (optional)
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Crack the eggs into a bowl or jug. Whisk
with a fork until the whites and yolks are
fully combined, then whisk in the miso
until there are no obvious lumps of miso
left.(The miso will act as your seasoning
instead of salt.)
Toast the sesame seeds in a small, dry
frying pan over a medium heat until
lightly golden. Transfer into a small bowl
and stir through the chilli flakes. Season
and leave to cool.
Finely slice the spring onions (green
and white parts) and roughly chop the
coriander (stalks and all).
Melt the butter in the same small
frying pan over a medium heat (no need
to wash it first). Once the butter has
melted, continue to cook, swirling the
pan occasionally, until it has browned
in colour and begins to smell nutty.
Meanwhile, toast the bread.
Once the butter has browned, reduce
the heat to low and pour in the miso eggs.
Every 20 seconds or so, stir the eggs,
moving your spoon through the entire
pan until you end up with big pieces of
silky scrambled egg. The key is to take the
eggs off the heat while they are still a little
runny so they don’t overcook.
Divide the toast between two plates
and butter each slice, then pile on the
scrambled eggs. Top with the spring
onions, coriander and chilli sesame seeds,
then squeeze over the lime juice.
SALSA MACHA PAN CON TOMATE
When tomatoes are in season, you can’t
beat the simplicity of grated seasoned
tomatoes on garlicky bread – the Spanish
know where it’s at. Here, I’ve dialled it
up, adding some smoky, fruity spice by
spooning over some salsa macha, the
Mexican condiment.
Serves 1 (easily doubled)
• 2 thick slices of bread (I like ciabatta
or sourdough)
• 2 super-ripe juicy tomatoes
• ½ small garlic clove
• 2 tbsp Salsa Macha (see below)
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Toast the bread.
Meanwhile, using the coarse side of
a grater, grate the tomatoes into a wide,
shallow bowl, discarding the skins. Season
with sea salt and black pepper to taste.
Miso brown butter scrambled eggs.
Opposite: Berry crisp
Rub the garlic across both sides of the
toast, then put the toast on a plate. Top
with the seasoned tomatoes, then spoon
over the salsa macha to serve.
SALSA MACHA
Originating from Veracruz, Mexico, this
salsa is a kind of hybrid between a chilli
oil and a paste. I first tried it at Tacos Padre
in London. Using dried chillies gives salsa
macha its complex, smoky, sweet, fruity
heat, and the toasted seeds add body and
more flavour. It’s seriously addictive.
Makes around 600ml
• 6 garlic cloves
• 6-8 dried chillies (I like a mixture of ancho,
arbol and/or habanero, but really, use
whatever you can get)
• 500ml light rapeseed oil or vegetable/
sunflower oil
• 100g mixed seeds
• 1-3 tsp chilli flakes (depending on how
spicy you want it)
• 2 tsp soft brown sugar
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Peel the garlic cloves. Remove the stalks
from the dried chillies, if they have them.
Take out 2 heatproof bowls, and place
a metal sieve over one of them.
Pour the oil into a small frying pan over
a medium heat. Once visibly hot – it will
be shimmering – add the dried chillies.
CAITLIN ISOLA
Lightly fry until they puff up, then use a
slotted spoon or tongs to remove them and
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Salsa macha pan con tomate.
place them in the empty bowl. You may
need to do this in batches.
Add the garlic cloves to the oil and fry,
turning regularly, until evenly golden,
then transfer into the bowl with the
chillies as before. Make sure that your
oil never gets too hot, as you don’t want
to burn any of the ingredients. If it seems
a little hot, just turn off the heat.
Next, add the mixed seeds. Fry, stirring,
until they turn lightly golden (be careful,
as they may pop a bit), then strain the
seeds through the sieve, collecting
the oil in the second bowl underneath.
Tip the seeds into the bowl with the
chillies and garlic.
Leave the oil to cool for 30 minutes.
Once cool, pour the oil into a food
processor or blender, then add the chillies,
garlic and mixed seeds, with the chilli
flakes, sugar and apple cider vinegar.
Season with a good pinch of salt, then blitz
until everything is very finely chopped
and combined, but not completely smooth.
Season the salsa to taste.
Pour into a sterilised glass jar
(see below) and keep for up to 1 month.
Once opened, keep in the fridge. Use
on everything!
Tip
• To sterilise a glass jar, wash well in
soapy water, then place upside down
on a baking tray and put into the oven
at 180°C/160°C fanbake for 15 minutes.
Leave to cool before
using. l
An edited extract from
Sundays: A Cookbook,
by Sophie Godwin
CAITLIN ISOLA
(Murdoch Books,
RRP $45).
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Wine
phoenix
One of the pioneers
of our wine industry
is back in the game.
BY MICHAEL COOPER
‘R
etirement sounds really
boring,” chuckles Sir
George Fistonich (83). “It’s
been a stressful couple of
years since I was kicked
out of Villa Maria,” he admits, “and my
family have also been under extreme
pressure. Now I’ve launched this new
wine company, I feel a whole lot younger.”
After Villa Maria’s parent company,
FFWL, owned by Fistonich, was placed
in receivership in 2021, Villa Maria was
bought by Marlborough-based Indevin,
previously best known for producing
and exporting supermarkets’ “own-
label” wines.
Now, the indefatigable Fistonich is
back with new wine brands, including
Obliix and Čuvar. Obliix was chosen
to mean “doing it differently”. Čuvar
(pronounced Chu-var) is Croatian for
“guardian” – Fistonich is keen to “help
preserve and nurture the essence of
New Zealand fine wine”. The Čuvar
selection has a “gateway” Iris collection,
and its top wines are in the guardian
category.
Other wine brands are in the wings.
And at the old Esk Valley winery and
soaring terraced vineyard just north
of Napier, Fistonich has plans to open a
cellar door and restaurant overlooking
the ocean.
Čuvar Iris Collection Hawke’s Bay
Merlot/Cabernet Franc 2022
Already highly enjoyable, this single-
vineyard red from the Gimblett Gravels
is mouthfilling, with fresh plum and
red berry flavours showing excellent
depth, gently spicy, nutty notes adding
complexity, and ripe, supple tannins.
It’s a top example of the drink-young
style. (13.5% alc/vol) $34
Guardian of wine: George Fistonich.
Obliix Gimblett Gravels Hawke’s Bay
Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot 2022
Offering great drinkability, this
medium-bodied red is fresh and
energetic, with blackcurrant, plum and
spice flavours. It shows considerable
complexity, and has very good depth
and harmony. (12.5% alc/vol) $30-$32
Obliix Cornerstone Vineyard Hawke’s
Bay Rosé 2022
Now at its peak, this characterful rosé is
from cabernet franc, hand-harvested in
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Let there be light
A unique ultraviolet light
treatment can boost crop yields.
BY ANDREA GRAVES
T
here’s rice growing in
Palmerston North. It’s indoors
and being paid for by the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation.
What is unusual about this rice
is that it’s not flooded with water. Such rice
is known as dry-seeded rice, and it uses
far less water than paddy field rice, which
is how almost all rice is grown worldwide.
It also avoids the underwater microbial
action in flooded fields that makes rice
production a surprisingly high methane
emitter, albeit much less so per kilo of
food than many animal products. Rice is
the staple food of about half the world’s
population.
It is being grown by BioLumic, which
has research centres in Palmerston
UVB triggers protective
responses that, he says,
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increase yield by 10%
or more.
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North and the United States and was
this year awarded $3.5 million by the
Gates Foundation. It aims to develop
seed treatments that enhance rice
germination rates, seedling growth, weed
competitiveness and drought tolerance,
which will help enable small-scale growers
in India grow dry-seeded rice.
BioLumic’s method is unique
internationally, according to its founder,
Jason Wargent. It exposes seeds and
sometimes plants to fluxes of ultraviolet
(UV) light – specifically the wavelength
range known as UVB. This triggers
protective responses that, he says, increase
yield by 10% or more, meaning boosts in
plant parts such as leaves, flowers, fruit
or beans, depending on the plant. “That’s
nirvana for agriculture,” says Wargent.
“Usually you’d be pleased with 2% from a
new technology.” With strawberries, the
yield
y increase has hit 45%.
Wargent, a professor of
plant
p photobiology at Massey
University,
U has worked in this
field for 20 years. He says all
Jason Wargent: shining UVB light
on sustainability challenges.
plants have a dedicated photoreceptor to
detect UV light, which is part of sunlight
but too energy-intense to be used for
photosynthesis. His research showed
that the right “recipe” of UVB exposure
prompts plants to acclimatise via a cascade
of genetic changes.
For each seed variety, BioLumic tweaks
the UVB wavelength, irradiance and
duration. It does so by tracking changes
that UVB initiates in key genetic markers
that correspond to yield increases,
and uses a “big data” high-throughput
computer program to calculate the optimal
recipe.
T
he full suite of genetic changes
caused by UVB priming isn’t yet
known, but Wargent knows it works
partly by making photosynthesis more
efficient. Plants often downgrade their rate
of photosynthesis, particularly if there’s
too much light, so there’s room for gains.
Nick Albert, a plant scientist at Plant
and Food Research, says the apparent
effects on photosynthesis are exciting.
“It’s not something a lot of people have
looked at, but it needs exploring more
widely.” BioLumic understandably keeps
its intellectual property private, although
Wargent published some of his research
before founding the company.
Albert agrees that plants detect and
acclimatise to UVB light, and he and his
colleagues have shown that UVB exposure
increases sunscreening compounds and
antioxidants in perennial fruit plants.
Wargent says the UVB technique can
address sustainability challenges. Better
yield means less land is needed, and he
talks of reduced fertiliser and irrigation
needs and boosting the plant’s defences
against pests and disease. The process
uses energy-efficient LED lights and takes
just a few minutes. It needs no regulatory
approval, unlike techniques such as
breeding, treating or genetically altering
seeds.
BioLumic also works on medicinal
cannabis and has improved yields of soy
and corn in US field trials. Midwestern
seed company Gro Alliance is integrating
BioLumic’s UV-light treatment into its seed
processing system.
BioLumic will license its light recipes,
says Wargent, who wants all scales of seed
producers to be able to affordably access
the technology. Commercialisation will
take time, he says, but “we have a clear
road-map.” l
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Let’s get ethical
History is littered with shameful examples
of mistreatment of people. BY MARC WILSON
I
t may be spring but it’s kind of
autumnal in academia. Instead
of falling leaves, assignments have
fallen from our students and need
to be marked. After our academic
autumn comes our summer. And that
means desperately trying to meet the
deadlines for things we said we’d do
but haven’t got to. For me, that includes
writing a chapter about teaching ethics.
If you ask Google Scholar for a precis of
the history of psychological codes of ethics,
you will learn many interesting things.
For example, while many introductory
psychology students think we have ethics
codes only because of people like Stanley
Milgram and his faux-electrical obedience
experiments, or Philip Zimbardo and his
slightly-too-real fake prison study, they
would be wrong.
We have ethics codes because of medical
experimentation. The Nuremberg
Trials after World War II shone a light
on “medical” atrocities such as freezing
Jewish prisoners to death to simulate how
long a Nazi pilot might expect to survive in
inclement conditions.
And not just the Nazis. There was the
Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the
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Herman Shaw, 94, receives a public apology
for being vitimised in the Tuskegee Study.
Negro Male, which ran for 40 years from
1932. In it, African American men were
promised free medical care in return for
participation. The kicker is that they were
not told the true purpose of the study, or
if they had syphilis. About a quarter of the
men died of complications of the disease,
even though treatments were readily
available before the “study” ended.
If you think this is bad, Googling
“controversial medical experiments” will
teach you that incarceration in a US prison
could have exposed you to having testicles
removed without permission, irradiation
or injection with cancer cells, or suffering
scars caused by testing dermatological
treatments.
Even before Tuskegee was brought
to light, much of the world had
already taken steps to protect
human “subjects”. The 1947
Nuremberg Code described
10 principles covering
Cartwright Inquiry head
Dame Silvia Cartwright.
Psychology
Imprisonment in the
US could have exposed you
to having testicles removed
without permission or
injection with cancer cells.
“permissable medical experiments”
that include many we’re familiar with
today – voluntary and informed consent;
the research must have benefits that
outweigh harms and can’t be achieved any
other way; and if you know in advance
that death might occur, that’s a hard no.
Except, the code states, “perhaps, in those
experiments where the experimental
physicians also serve as subjects”.
I
n 1947, the World Medical Association
was established and in 1964 it created
the Declaration of Helsinki, describing
a double handful of principles. Thanks to
outrage at things like the Tuskegee Study,
the 1970s saw a robust discussion about
ethical principles that largely inform what
we have today. They are based around
four primary bioethical principles of
autonomy (of the person to consent to
research or treatment), beneficence and
nonmaleficence (do good, not bad), and
justice (make the world a better place
where your expertise provides for that).
Before we throw the first stone, it’s
worth noting we have our own unfortunate
history of dodgy medical experiments – lest
we forget the National Women’s Hospital
cervical cancer study that began in 1966.
The subsequent Cartwright Inquiry, in
1988, led to the Code of Health and Disability
Services Consumers’ Rights in 1996.
Registered psychologists, and others
who belong to a variety of psychological
organisations, are required to adhere
to the Code of Ethics for Psychologists
working in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The
current version, ratified in 2012, is framed
around respect for dignity of persons
and peoples, responsible caring, integrity
in relationships, and social justice and
responsibility
r to society.
The code is currently being revised
sso we can expect a new version in the
nnear future, and I would anticipate
that
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 March 10, 2020

IT BEGINS
Four years ago, on November
17, 2019, the first patients
with Covid-19 were reported
in Wuhan, in China’s Hubei
province. Temporary facilities
like this one, pictured on
March 10, 2020, were set
up to look after the sick.
The following day, the World
Health Organisation declared
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Wuhan Institute of Virology.
It is unlikely the source will
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 Commentary | The Good Life
Greg Dixon
Love thy neighbour
‘M
y John Deere
is better
than your
John Deere!”
I yelled, then
laughed like an idiot. Bob the
fencer smiled. But behind his
dark glasses, I’m pretty sure he
was wondering what the hell
I was on about: I was sitting
on my little John Deere ride-on
mower. He was in the cab of
his enormous John Deere
tractor. If there was going to be
any sort of, ahem, measuring
contest, it was game, set, match
and enormous trophy to him.
Bob, who lives up the road,
was at Lush Places to fix up the
two fences that were given a
terrible beating when we had a
couple of our sky-high shelter
belts trimmed a couple of
months back.
One fence, the one that runs
next to a Leyland cypress
hedge, lost a few posts, broken
off at ground level, and
required a partial facelift. But
the one that runs 90m below a
belt of alders was completely
munted and would need Bob
to perform the equivalent of
fencing open-heart surgery. It
took him two days to complete,
with two new strainer posts,
and the result looked as neat as
stitches. His wire work, posts
and stays are as fancy as any
art gallery installation. Bob is
an artist as well as a surgeon.
He’s also got the right tools
for the job, like a big, flash
tractor with a deluxe post
rammer on the back, along
with a ute and trailer with
all the gear, including an
GREG DIXONN
air compressor, a fancy nail
A work of art.
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gun and a top-end electric
chainsaw. It made me jealous.
It also left me with a feeling
that’s become quite familiar
since moving to the country:
emasculation.
It has become clear to me
since moving from town
that if you want to be taken
seriously out in the paddocks
you need to have a collection
of seriously big machines
like a big ute, a trailer, a
tractor and, if you want to be
properly set up, a digger. By
comparison, my small SUV and
my ride-on with its little trailer
are Tonka toys, and about as
useful if things go wrong – and
stuff always seems to go wrong
in the country.
Fortunately for Lush Places,
Bob isn’t the only neighbour
who is a proper bloke who can
swing by to help.
The shelter belt trimming
also cut up part of a paddock,
creating deep ruts. No
problem. Another neighbour,
Geoff, popped over with a
small earthmover that he and
his son have been fixing up.
Then there was the time the
Countdown delivery truck got
stuck in mud on our driveway.
No problem. I called another
neighbour, Tony. He was
elsewhere, but he sent over
his son, Jakob, who sorted it
with a grunty old ute and a tow
rope. You might like to know
that Jakob is just 15, but clearly
already more of a bloke than
I am.
N
eighbours in the
country are different
from neighbours in the
city. For a start, in the country
there are fewer of them. But
the major difference between
city and country neighbours
is that in the sticks you will
likely know them, while in the
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Neighbours in the
country are different
from neighbours
in the city. For a
start, there are
fewer of them.
city, there’s a good chance you
won’t.
A Stats NZ survey in 2015
found a massive 44% of us
believed they didn’t have
anyone “supportive” living
next door – though I’d hazard a
bet that number is even bigger
in the big cities.
In Auckland, we had a few
good neighbours over the
years (hello, Rod and Amanda!)
and many terrible ones: the
loud, boring party people, the
“greenies” with a teenager who
left broken glass on our berm,
the criminal ones with dogs
that barked constantly and,
once, a boy racer who rushed
out on to the street firing his
air pistol wildly because he
thought his souped-up Subaru
was being nicked.
Of course, there’s no
guarantee country neighbours
will be saints. I learnt recently
that one couple hereabouts are
so disliked they are known as
“the Wits”, as in “the Halfwits”.
And no, it isn’t us.
Of course, it did make me
wonder if we, too, had been
nicknamed by our neighbours.
If we have, let’s hope it’s not
“the Lushes”. l
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