"We can break through a whole lot of stuff that government departments can’t."

Each week the Listener brings you quotes that best highlight the past week.

Gang house reception may have been gracious, but health bureaucracy could be more brutal.

NZ in desperate need of an agency that can provide specialised therapy for cult survivors.

"The longer we leave it, the longer our people suffer in disgraceful conditions."

For couple, built on ancestral land offers relief from stress of their previous housing. ⁠

The Football Ferns could achieve great things in the next few weeks.

Why Jane Ussher’s melancholic portrayal of Tuwhare was at odds with his personality.

In world rankings, the contest kicking off on July 20 is billed as our biggest.

Whatever hardships burden families, the kids will have healthy meals and chance to learn.

Oz's deal for Kiwis won’t spark a rush, but we need to make our backyard more attractive.

It’s ironic that the man who helped publicise Matariki has no time to celebrate it.

Three public holidays claim to define our identity as New Zealanders.

Ussher remembers her shoot with fashionable Bic Runga on the rural roads of West Auckland.

It can start with a small wound, and if untreated can end up as acute rheumatic fever.

It is a disease of poverty and bad housing - leaving thousands hospitalised.

Here's who or what made our list this week.

Online DNA testing may reveal more than we bargained for and be used against us.

A major series takes us into the magazine's next chapter.

"They saved my life". Fears lifesaving advances at risk as Te Whatu Ora absorbs network.

Intriguing, influential and some not admirable - here is our list.

Lack of accountability from ministers and public servants will cost future generations.

Top-level review addresses concerns about the politicisation of national security.

NZ researchers have set up an LSD microdosing trial to see the potential benefits.

Scientists begin to decipher the “crosstalk between slow-slip events and earthquakes."

"Do we know how lucky we are?," Hewitson asks after seeing US$27k hospital bill.

"Out of date" Misuse of Drugs Act is causing major delays for psychedelic drug trials.

After Luxon's comment on South Auckland "stung" many, leaders are out to prove him wrong.

Environmentalist explains how she helps prisoners and others with outdoor programmes.

"Someone would have to do something special to match the excitement Amis generated."