Yvonne Strahovski: Australian actress on what viewers can expect from the final season of The Handmaid's Tale

The final season of The Handmaid's Tale started airing on Neon last week, and actress Yvonne Strahovski is looking back on her creative journey after six seasons.  Strahovski co-stars as Serena Joy Waterford - an architect and prisoner of the show's dystopian regime.  She says it's been an 'extra…

Peter Greste and Richard Roxburgh: jailed journalist and actor join forces for The Correspondent

In December 2013, Australian journalist Peter Greste was arrested in Egypt and charged with aiding a terrorist organisation. What followed was 400 days of incarceration, solitary confinement, interrogations, a politically motivated trial and complete uncertainty in a corrupt legal system. Peter’s…

Whitcoulls Recommends: The Death of Us and A Spy at War

The Death of Us by Abigail Dean. Isabel is a lead protagonist in this story, who throughout much of the book directly addresses the intruder who perpetrated a home invasion on her and her husband Edward when they were 30 years old and happily married, but those days are long gone. More than 20 year…

Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge.com writer with her top things to do in Palm Springs

People will be flocking to Palm Springs over the next couple of weeks for Coachella 2025, but BloggerAtLarge's Megan Singleton promises there's more to see than music festivals. Between the iconic Joshua trees, the resorts, the mountain tours and the dining options, Megan's revealed how you can ma…

The Sunday Panel: What does the Trump tariff turmoil mean for New Zealand?

This week on the Sunday Panel, Newstalk ZB Wellington Mornings host Nick Mills and TV producer and commentator Irene Gardiner joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!   Labour MP Kieran McAnulty has introduced a bill set to change rules around alcohol sales on AN…

Full Show Podcast: 13 April 2025

On the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast for Sunday 13th of April 20205, jailed journalist Peter Greste and Aussie acting veteran Richard Roxburgh joined Francesca to discuss their new movie The Correspondent. Francesca has a new idea for a Netflix project to get people intere…

Erin O'Hara: naturopath and wellness expert unpacks why we wake up in the middle of the night

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and have trouble going back to sleep again? Research shows this may happen for a number of reasons, including lighter sleep cycles, stress, underlying health conditions, or environmental factors.  Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara explains h…

Dr Michelle Dickinson: nanotechnologist on the new research revealing the most bitter tasting substance ever

Bitter flavours act as nature’s warning signs, evolved over hundreds of millions of years to steer us away from potentially toxic compounds. New research published this week in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has just identified the most potent natural bitter compounds known to date…

Mike van de Elzen: Persimmon tart recipe

Persimmon Tart  Cook time: 25 minutes  Prep time: 30 minutes  Serves - 6  4 tbsp sugar   2 tbsp water   50g butter   4 persimmons, cut each into 8 wedges   2 sheets puff pastry   Raspberry sorbet to serve  Preheat oven to 190*C.   Place sugar and water in a small heavy-based saucepan ove…

Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor ahead of Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne airing on Three

One of the country's biggest trials will be looked at from a new angle in a new series airing on Three. The murder trial of Phillip Polkinghorne will be explored over three nights.  The Auckland eye doctor was ultimately found not guilty of murdering his wife Pauline Hanna after an eight week tri…