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THE SUNDAY SESSION
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Sunday Panel: Is Extinction Rebellion the way to promote climate change?
Climate change protests have crippled parts of London this week, and the movement is heading to New Zealand. London police say more than 710 people have been arrested...
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Megan Singleton: Why you should head to Germany next Easter
Want to be part of a once-in-a-decade event? Then you might want to start planning for your trip to Oberammergau in Germany next year. The small village of around...
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Annabelle White: Yorkshire Pudding
Looking for that something extra to add to your Easter meals? Annabelle White has picked a classic treat out from the Edmonds cookbook - Yorkshire Pudding! Listen...
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Joan's Picks: The Pianist of Yarmouk and Loving Sylvie
The Pianist of Yarmouk by Aeham Ahmad About a Syrian guy who became famous for playing his piano in the streets of Syria during the war to try and raise peoples’...
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Haydn Jones reflects on 10 years of Good Sorts
For 10 years, one journalist has been giving New Zealanders a break from the more challenging and troubling news in the world. Every Sunday at the end of 1 News,...
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Sniffing chocolate can help you quit smoking
Not only is it delicious, but chocolate could also hold a secret to helping smokers quit the habit. University of Pittsburgh researchers have been looking for new...
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Emily Writes on how her family's story became a hit play
Anyone who’s sat in the dark with a small child willing them to go to sleep – and that’s most likely everyone who’s had small children – will relate to the writing...
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Steve Newall: Will Avengers: Endgame live up to the hype?
It's certainly the biggest movie event of the year if not of all time. After 10 years and 21 movies, Marvel's Cinematic Universe experiment reaches sort form of...
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Turia Pitt talks her new book and life lessons for teens
If there is someone who knows a little something about resilience, it’s Turia Pitt. In September 2011 while running an ultramarathon, Turia was caught in a bush...
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Francesca Rudkin: 'Snowflake' Gen Z deserves more respect
Apparently if you have a child born into Generation Z – that is a kid born between 1995 and 2010 - you should be worried about the kind of young man or woman they’ll...
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NZ visit, baby watch: Busy week for Royal family
It's a busy Easter for the royals. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on baby watch, today's is the Queen's birthday - and Tuesday's is Prince Louis' first birthday. Daily...
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Sunday Panel: Should mental health services work together?
Is a fragmented mental health service affecting those in need of help? This week, a woman attempting to use Lifeline was unable to get through to the service, receiving...
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Megan Singleton: Visiting the Civil Rights Museum
The Lorraine Motel in Memphis is one of the most notorious in the US. On April 4 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was fatally shot there by James Early Ray. For over...
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Joan's Picks: Necessary Secrets and Beautiful Bad
Necessary Secrets – New Zealand fiction from Greg McGee. On his 70th birthday Dennis Sparks contemplates his own mortality – and then his three adult children narrate...
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Andrew Sean Greer discusses his Pulitzer-winning book Less
Novelist Andrew Sean Greer has hit the big time. His book, Less, a comedy the story of failed novelist Arthur Less and his overseas adventures won the 2018 Pulitzer...
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Kaytee Boyd: Autism Awareness Month
Kaytee Boyd from The Boyd Clinic talks about Autism Awareness Month, what autism is and what we can do to help those effected by it.
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AI can now predict when you will die
If someone could tell you when you are going to die, would you want to know? What if that someone was actually a computer programme? UK scientists have trained...
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How to prepare yourself for Game of Thrones' final season
If you have never watched Game of Thrones, now may be too late to jump on board. The highly popular fantasy series returns for its final season tomorrow, meaning...
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Mike van de Elzen: Persimmon tart
Persimmon tarte tatin (serves 6) 3 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp water 50g butter 3 persimmons, cut each into 8 wedges 2 sheets puff pastry raspberry sorbet to serve Preheat...
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Downton's Elizabeth McGovern talks The Chaperone
Elizabeth McGovern is a familiar name to any Downton Abbey fan. For six seasons she starred as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, a role she reprises in the upcoming...
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Mental health expert wants Lifeline to receive Govt funding
The increasing demand on our mental health services has again been brought to the fore. This week, it was reported a distraught women gave up on Lifeline after...
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Should Anzac Day events be cut in favour of public safety?
Should Anzac Day services be scaled back this year in light of the Christchurch terror attacks? Auckland police have recommended fewer Anzac Day events be held...
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Megan Singleton: Tips for women travelling alone
There are some small things anyone can do to ensure they get home safely if travelling alone Travel blogger Megan Singleton has shared her tips after the story...
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Joan's Picks: Cemetery Road and Identity Crisis
Cemetery Road by Greg Iles: Wonderful southern American writer who does Mississippi angst better than anyone I know. Over the last few years he’s done an amazing...
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Kaytee Boyd: Daylight savings and the importance of sleep
Kaytee Boyd from the Boyd Clinic joins Francesca Rudkin to talk about the effects of going out of daylight savings time last night and how important sleep is to...
