The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin
News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your Sunday morning listening covered with The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin on Newstalk ZB.
Episodes
The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston. Set amidst the foot and mouth scare in Cumbria in 2001, this is the story of two men, William and Steve, who have neighbouring sheep farms and are forced to destroy all their stock. They attempt to hide the remnants of one of their flocks from the authorities, and then when William falls in with a criminal shyster, Steve is roped into their plans to travel south t...
If you're about to embark on a first cruise or you're carrying out a post-Covid bucket list adventure, there's plenty you should be aware of before you set sail.
BloggerAtLarge's Megan Singleton recommends returning to the ship on time during planned excursions, and taking advantage of the dining room- among more travel tips.
Read more of Megan's advice for what not to do on cruises here.
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This week on the Sunday Panel, Coast's Lorna Riley and senior PR consultant at One Plus One Communications, Damien Venuto, joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!
There's growing concern locally produced Kiwi content could be facing more diff...
Dietary fibre supplements are enjoying a resurgence in the world of wellness.
Research shows fibre has plenty of benefits- it helps with regulating bowel movements and gut health, weight management and blood sugar regulation.
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Beer battered fish with creamy tartare sauce
Cook time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serves: 6
4 sides white fish like, gurnard, snapper, or similar
2 bottles beer
1 cup flour
salt
oil for frying
Creamy Tartare
2 egg yolks
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
300ml grapeseed oil
3 Tbsp crème fraiche
2 Tbsp chopped capers
2 Tbsp chopped gherkins
2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
juice and ...
If you are feeling angry, you might be tempted to vent, but science has a much better, evidence based solution for you.
Research published this week in the journal Scientific Reports involved scientists asking 100 volunteers to write an opinion piece about important social issues such as whether smoking in public should be banned. They were told that their writing would be evaluated and feedback would be provided to them.
The vol...
Three's new local psychological thriller series is set to follow two best friends- and a surrogacy pact that falls through.
Set in a post-quake Kaikōura, the series explores the town's recovery following the disaster, as the friendship between the leads turns toxic.
Series creator Sarah-Kate Lynch and lead actress Morgana O’Reilly say the earthquake provided a solid backdrop for the series, as it impacted people differently.
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Some of cinema's biggest names are expected to go head to head at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
Paul Schrader, David Cronenberg and Francis Ford Coppola have films ready to go for the May event, with the latter's $120 million Megalopolis attracting plenty of pre-festival buzz.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall explains what film fans can look forward to ahead of the festival.
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Foreign Minister Winston Peters has been busy over the last few days.
Peters even got to catch the eclipse in New York, on the last leg of his diplomatic journey through the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
ZB political editor Jason Walls says Peters has also pushed New Zealand a step closer to joining up with the AUKUS agreement.
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Dame Susan Devoy seems to have done it all.
She's been a four-time world squash number-one champion, former Race Relations Commissioner, chairwoman of The Halberg Trust- and even a contestant on Celebrity Treasure Island.
She says her original vision for the book was a 'tell-all, name-and-shame' look-back at everyone who'd gotten under her skin- and it turned out quite different.
"It's easy to write about your failings and the t...
In 1954, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme were convicted of one of the most infamous and high-profile murders in the history of New Zealand.
The brutal beating of Honora Rieper made headlines all over the world, and got more exposure in the 1990s following the release of Sir Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures.
Seventy years on, the brother of one of the teen murderesses, Jonathan Hulme, appeared on ...
There's growing concern that the cuts across TVNZ and Newshub won't be the last for locally produced content.
As the nation's biggest broadcasting companies struggle with falling advertising revenue, the fate of Kiwi favourites such as Shortland Street remains uncertain.
NZ Screen Producers’ Guild President Irene Gardiner says local content plays an important role in keeping audiences together.
"It's our identity, it's our humou...
Forensic teams in Sydney have begun a scene examination into yesterday's fatal stabbing at a shopping mall.
Six people - five women and one man - were killed and eight injured by a knife-wielding assailant, who was shot dead by a police officer on site.
Australian correspondent Sam Emery says several other people have been hospitalised following the attack.
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So World Athletics made an announcement this week that will no doubt send ripples throughout other global sporting organisations - and give ammunition to those who claim the Olympics aren’t worth the bother anymore - by announcing they would pay track and field gold medallists at the Paris Olympics $50,000 (USD).
Understandably, the first question asked was if this move violated the Olympic spirit? This is, after all, the first ti...
Day One by Abigail Dean. Set in the Lake District of England, this is about a school shooting and its aftermath. A local school is putting on an annual performance by the older kids, designed to make the four year olds who will start school in the autumn feel comfortable and keen to begin their education – but it all goes horribly wrong, and the way it plays out afterwards is a real sign of the times. A young man...
The Port of Oakland authority have launched a plan to change their "Metropolitan Oakland International Airport" to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport".
Despite speculation, this change isn't to end decades of mix-ups with Auckland Airport, as the locations were once famously mixed up by an unfortunate traveller in 1985.
BloggerAtLarge.com writer Megan Singleton says this name change is actually for marketing reasons...
This week on the Sunday Panel, ZB Wellington Mornings host Nick Mills and partner at Freebairn and Hehir, Liam Hehir, joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!
An opinion piece from Jason Walls claimed the Prime Minister, his Ministers and every other MP in parliament is underpaid. Do we agree with this claim? Do politicians deserve more money?...
Research shows gut health is critical to one's overall health- so how can we spot the warning signs of an unhealthy gut?
Bloating, constipation, or painful digestion are the obvious symptoms, but an unhealthy gut can lead to obesity, mental health challenges, food sensitivities, skin problems and energy loss, among other conditions.
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara ou...
Australian author Liam Pieper's has his work all over bookstores across the Tasman- but they've typically never featured his name.
Pieper's been behind several bestselling celebrity memoirs, but as a ghost-writer his name doesn’t appear on the cover and he gets absolutely no public credit for the book’s success.
His new no...
Rosti with poached eggs and creamed spinach
Cook time: 30 minutes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6
5 large potatoes
100gm butter, melted
3 Tbsp sunflower oil
Good amount of salt freshly ground black pepper
300gm black pudding, grilled or fried (optional)
6 eggs, poached
Cre...
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