This week on the Sunday Panel, Resident Economist from Opes Partners, Ed McKnight, and TV producer, journalist and commentator, Irene Gardiner, joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

Budget 2026 was revealed last week, and it forecasts a return to surplus in the 2028/29 year. Some experts have raised questions over how likely this actually is - what do we think? 

Finance Minister Nicola Willis also indicated discussions about the future of NZ Super need to take place. Do we agree with this?  

Rum and raisin ice cream is back on the shelves - will we buy it?

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This week on the Sunday Panel, Resident Economist from Opes Partners, Ed McKnight, and&nbsp;TV producer, journalist and commentator, Irene Gardiner, joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Budget 2026 was revealed last week, and it forecasts a return to surplus in the 2028/29 year. Some experts have raised questions over how likely this actually is - what do we think?&nbsp;
Finance Minister Nicola Willis also indicated discussions about the future of NZ Super need to take place. Do we agree with this?&nbsp;&nbsp;
Rum and raisin ice cream is back on the shelves - will we buy it?
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News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your Sunday morning listening covered with The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin on Newstalk ZB.

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

The Sunday Panel: When will we return to surplus?

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The working relationship between artist Lucian Freud and British super model Kate Moss is an unlikely pairing, but director James Lucas wanted to bring it to life on film.

In 2002, Freud painted Naked Portrait of Moss while she was pregnant with her daughter, which was the beginning of an unusual friendship between the pair.

James Lucas managed to get Kate Moss herself on board as an executive producer when it came time to create Moss & Freud.

"The incongruity of their relationship definitely piqued my interest very early on, I actually remember the painting being done at the time, I was there in London and it really did intrigue me." 

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The working relationship between artist Lucian Freud and British super model Kate Moss is an unlikely pairing, but director James Lucas wanted to bring it to life on film.
In 2002, Freud painted Naked Portrait of Moss while she was pregnant with her daughter, which was the beginning of an unusual friendship between the pair.
James Lucas managed to get Kate Moss herself on board as an executive producer when it came time to create Moss &amp; Freud.
"The incongruity of their relationship definitely piqued my interest very early on, I actually remember the painting being done at the time, I was there in London and it really did intrigue me."&nbsp;
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James Lucas: screenwriter and director on his latest project with Kate Moss

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Kiwi singer-songwriter Georgia Lines has returned for her yearly interview on the Sunday Session, and she's got some big news.

She's relocated to Nashville, but she's been working hard on her creative projects.

Her new album, Live At The Civic, is out on June 5th, and she says it captures a unique performance and experience. 

"It was one of those things that was like - let's just record it and let's capture it anyway, and then we can make a decision later on. And I'm so grateful that we did...it just makes me so emotional - look what I got to do."  

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Kiwi singer-songwriter Georgia Lines has returned for her yearly interview on the Sunday Session, and she's got some big news.
She's relocated to Nashville, but she's been working hard on her creative projects.
Her new album, Live At The Civic, is out on June 5th, and she says it captures a unique performance and experience.&nbsp;
"It was one of those things that was like - let's just record it and let's capture it anyway, and then we can make a decision later on. And I'm so grateful that we did...it just makes me so emotional - look what I got to do."&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Georgia Lines: Kiwi musician on her creative work in Nashville and upcoming projects

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Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray. Leila Reynolds is a relatively new barrister, married to Julian who’s a Kings Counsel. They both work in the same legal chambers and one day she’s assigned a case, defending a man who is accused of murdering a local well-respected judge. Things get complicated though when her husband Julian is assigned as the Crown Prosecutor in the case and they’re up against each other in court. I read a lot of legal thrillers but this is a terrific example of the genre with twists and turns that keep coming right til the end. It’s very good and very entertaining. 

John of John by Douglas Stuart. Douglas Stuart’s first book Shuggie Bain won the Booker Prize in 2022. This new book is about a father and son who live in denial in a small, remote community where they keep secrets from each other and where their lives are lived according to what God and the neighbours might think. There’s so much to love in it - the language is extraordinary, the writing exceptional, and it moves between old traditions and the modern world, and between generations, seamlessly. I can’t recommend it highly enough. 

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Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray. Leila Reynolds is a relatively new barrister, married to Julian who’s a Kings Counsel. They both work in the same legal chambers and one day she’s assigned a case, defending a man who is accused of murdering a local well-respected judge. Things get complicated though when her husband Julian is assigned as the Crown Prosecutor in the case and they’re up against each other in court. I read a lot of legal thrillers but this is a terrific example of the genre with twists and turns that keep coming right til the end. It’s very good and very entertaining.&nbsp;
John of John by Douglas Stuart. Douglas Stuart’s first book Shuggie Bain won the Booker Prize in 2022. This new book is about a father and son who live in denial in a small, remote community where they keep secrets from each other and where their lives are lived according to what God and the neighbours might think. There’s so much to love in it - the language is extraordinary, the writing exceptional, and it moves between old traditions and the modern world, and between generations, seamlessly. I can’t recommend it highly enough.&nbsp;
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Whitcoulls Recommends: Dissection of a Murder and John of John

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