The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

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.

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July 19, 2025 7 mins

The All Blacks will be feeling satisfied following a scrappy 29-19 win over France to close out a three-test whitewash.

The hosts kept the French scoreless in the final 40 minutes of the series in Hamilton as they scored the last 19 points of the contest.

Newstalk ZB rugby commentator Elliott Smith says the All Blacks will come out of this series with a lot to learn and improve on ahead of future matches.

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Chris Luxon says New Zealand needs to change its thinking on flooding risks.

Latest official data projects up to 14 and a half thousand homes will face damage from extreme events in the next 35 years.

NZ Herald political reporter Adam Pearse says it's likely the Prime Minister is looking at eventually setting up additional resources for people in flood-impacted regions.

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The Government's considering a major decision over the future of NCEA following a damning report on the qualification.

One of the problems highlighted is that courses can be structured around those perceived to be easier to gain credits.

Another is around the lack of external exams.

Education Minister Erica Stanford says the current education system has been 'massaged' to meet levels of declining student achievement - and that need...

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SEYMOUR VS UN – David Seymour is in a War of words with the UN – talk me through this Thomas. Who has overstepped the line in this case?  

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Antonia Prebble has basically grown up on our TV screens, and she's looking back on a major milestone this week.

This Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Outrageous Fortune, and Prebble's been reflecting on all the memories that came out of that shows.

She says she felt like she grew up within her role on Outrageous Fortune - and the experience 'changed her life."

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It's safe to say that Kiwi comedian Guy Montgomery's been having a successful time across the Tasman.

He found fame in New Zealand through hit shows like Have You Been Paying Attention and Thank God You're Here - but across the ditch, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee has been picked up for another season and he's been nominated for a Logie at the Australian Television awards.

Montgomery says it's all 'unbelievable'. 

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