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The Sunday Session

9AM - 12PMSun

The Sunday Session

THE SUNDAY SESSION WITH FRANCESCA RUDKIN
9am-Noon

Sink into your Sunday with the best session around.

This is the show that delivers a little bit of everything.

News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your Sunday morning listening covered.

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Megan Singleton: WIN a 7-night cruise in Fiji

South Sea Cruises have put together a $12,000 7-night Blue Lagoon cruise prize plus a day at beautiful Malamala Island beach club into a raffle and all proceeds...
Whitcoulls Recommends: Scorpion and The Coffin Confessor

Scorpion by Christian Cantrell a futuristic, very high tech thriller where there are impacts from the future which reverberate in the present, using technical things...
Sunday Panel: Is Our Covid Response Still Up To Scratch?

NZ Herald Senior Writer Simon Wilson and Political Commentator Ben Thomas join Tim Beveridge to talk about whether the trans-tasman bubble needed to be popped and...
The Hairdresser Inspiring Change From The Chair

Matt Brown is an internationally acclaimed barber and hair artist, who has cut the hair of everyone from All Blacks to members of Wu-Tang Clan. But day to day Matt...
Erin O'Hara: Why the Gut Microbiome Is Crucial for Your Health

Co-founder, director, Naturopath and Yoga Teacher at Golden Yogi Erin O’Hara joined Tim Beveridge to talk about what microbiome is, and why not having enough good...
Mike Van de Elzen: Anchoiade Sauce

Serve with crispy breaded pork lion cutlets Anchoiade Sauce 1/4 cup 10 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 3 shallots, sliced 100 ml white wine 70 gm anchovy fillets 100...
New Research Reveals What's At The Core Of Mars

The billionaire space race is on and Elon Musk has Mars in his sights. Tim Beveridge talks to Nanogirl Dr Michelle Dickinson about new research revealing what the...
Girls5Eva and Old Reviewed

Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall reviews: Girls4Eva The new comedy series about a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 1990’s reuniting to give their popstar dreams...
Dean Karnazes: From Fastest Man To Older, Wiser, Slower And Stronger

Ultramarathon runner Dean Karnasis was once described the fittest man on earth. His running highlights include: a marathon at the South Pole, a 216 kilometre race...
Day 2 of Tokyo 2020: The Kiwi Commentator On The Ground

Day 2 of the Tokyo Olympics is underway. Tim Beveridge chats to Olympics commentator Mark Watson about what it’s like to be on the ground in Tokyo, his predictions...
Olympic Surfing Coach Matt Scorringe On Day 1 Of The Surfing

Tim Beveridge talks to Olympic surfing coach Matt Scorringe about the sport making it's Olympic debut and how New Zealand's surfers Billy Stairmand and Ella Williams...
Claire Trevett: Is National Making Up Any Lost Ground?

Tim Beveridge chats to New Zealand Herald Political Editor Claire Trevett about how National is performing: Labour On Holiday With the government on recess is...
Everyone Returning From Australia Should Go Into MIQ Says University Professor

The race is on for New Zealanders to get back from Australia following the Government’s decision to pause the Trans-Tasman bubble for eight weeks. Kiwis over in...
Whitcoulls Recommends: 138 Dates and Suspects

138 Dates by Rebekah Campbell Nonfiction. She’s a New Zealander who became really successful in Australia with a couple of tech startups that she owned and grew...
Megan Singleton: Eating my way through Havelock North

Havelock North is a small country village near Hastings renowned for its art, wineries and it’s cafes and restaurants. Travel blogger and Hawkes Bay native Megan...
Sunday Panel: Andrew Little refuses to work in Middlemore

15-year-old Jade Varney is petitioning for the Government to do something about the failing mental health system. Last year Jade was suffering anorexia she was...
Entrepreneur goes on 138 dates, turns experience into book

Rebekah Campbell is a successful entrepreneur – she’s founded start-ups in both the music and tech industries, she writes a popular blog and is a sought after speaker. But...
Erin O'Hara: Kiwis have been gaining weight faster than normal

Kiwis have been gaining weight at faster rates than normal. According to a new survey by Exercise NZ, Kiwis put on 2.8 million kilograms nationwide – about the same...
Mike van de Elzen: Mike's Leftover Pies

MIKE'S LEFTOVER PIES (serves 4) 1 tbsp cooking oil 1⁄2 onion, sliced 1 clove garlic, crushed 2 portobello mushrooms, sliced 12 cherry tomatoes 250g leftover cooked...
New study shows two thirds of couples start out as friends

With the mass uptake of internet dating through apps like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge you would think that lots of successful relationships were being formed thanks...
Lorde performs on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Lorde performed her latest single Solar Power on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Friday. She performed on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York in...
Essie Davis: I just had to play Bunny King after reading script

Australian actress Essie Davis earned international attention with her unforgettable performance in the 2014 movie The Babadook. Since then Davis has famously appeared...
Textile industry is the third biggest carbon emitter behind agriculture and oil/gas

Alongside oil, gas and agriculture, the textile industry is one of the biggest carbon-emitters. Annually 220,000 tonnes of used clothing and the like enters landfills. New...
15-year-old starts petition to improve mental health services after own experiences

Our mental health services are stretched beyond capacity, and there simply aren’t enough professional services to meet demand. One teenager who has experienced this...
Francesca Rudkin: Monopoly and why I hate it

School holidays often means board games. Especially in winter. I love a game of cards, or backgammon, but when someone in my family suggests a classic board game...