Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
3,666 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB.
News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?
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Kevin Milne: An insurance company doing the right thing?!
July 02, 2021 21:46 - 4 minutes - 4.42 MBKevin Milne's been looking at a case where he thinks an insurance company has been very generous with a home owner. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack Tame: Where does Aussie's Covid strategy leave us?
July 02, 2021 21:22 - 4 minutes - 3.8 MBWhat comes next? Isn’t that the gazillion-dollar question for Covid-19?! But now that we’re officially in the second half of 2021, the year in which all adult New Zealanders should be vaccinated for the virus, it is an increasingly appropriate and pressing question.What happens in a few short months when we’re vaccinated? What do we do at the borders? What do we do for vaccinated people arriving in the country? What do we do when there’s an outbreak in the community?Scott Morrison caught a f...
Estelle Clifford: Introducing Kiwi soul singer Louis Baker
June 26, 2021 00:08 - 6 minutes - 6.03 MBKiwi singer-songwriter Louis Baker has racked up 25 million streams for his brand of soul, and his second record “Love Levitates” was out this week. Our music reviewer Estelle Clifford’s been taking a listen.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Catherine Raynes: While Justice Sleeps, When They Find Her
June 26, 2021 00:01 - 5 minutes - 5.05 MBCatherine Raynes has been reading US politician Stacey Abrams' new politican thriller “While Justice Sleeps”, and thrilled When They Find Her by debut novelist Lia Middleton.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mike Yardley: What's up in Brisbane
June 25, 2021 23:30 - 7 minutes - 6.45 MBTravel editor Mike Yardley has made it out of the country! He's been giving Francesca Rudkin some tips on what's happening in Brisbane.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Malcolm Rands: Making soap at home
June 25, 2021 23:26 - 7 minutes - 7.19 MBUntil around 1916, making soap at home was commonplace. Using wood or plant ashes and leftover animal fats, families produced their own soap for cleaning their clothes and themselves.During World War I, when animal fats were in limited supply, German scientists developed synthetic detergents — and commercial soap was born. Homemade soap became less of a necessity, and gradually the practice dwindled. In recent years, back-to-the-landers and simple-living adherents have revived the homemade s...
Ruud Kleinpaste: School holiday entertainment with birds
June 25, 2021 23:12 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MBBird Feeding stations and Bird Counting We’ve often talked about the food of birds, especially in winter. Many folks have got bird feeders that will attract a range of native and introduced birds: Seeds (on seed dispensers or stuck to solid blocks of dripping) are preferred by sparrows and finches (chaffinch, green finch) Nectar feeders in the form of SUGAR Water attract tui, bellbird, silvereye (and kaka if you’re so lucky to have them around – Yes Wellingtonians, you’re lucky. Fruit fee...
Tara Ward: The Commons, This is Pop and Talkback
June 25, 2021 23:09 - 6 minutes - 5.67 MBThe Commons: A futuristic Australian drama starring Joanne Froggett (Downton Abbey). In a future beset by environmental crises and dwindling supplies, one woman grapples with the decision to begin a family (TVNZ OnDemand). This is Pop: A new documentary series that takes a deep dive into the nostalgic world of pop music, sharing the untold stories and big moments that shaped our pop culture (Netflix) Talkback: A brand-new local comedy-satire to TVNZ. Talkback is shot in a fly-on-the-wall mo...
Dolly Doctor and Yumi Styles: Tackling consent with your kids
June 25, 2021 23:02 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBAnyone with kids, of almost any age, is likely to be talking the thorny issue of how to teach consent. In fact in the age of #metoo, it's something we’re all talking about more. Enter Doctor Melissa Kang and broadcaster Yumi Stynes, who’ve just written a book called ‘About Consent’. Melissa and Yumi didn’t know when they started writing it 2 years ago that the topic would be so big by now. As one twitter user put it ‘It’s out! Get this book into the paws of kids, teens and federal parliam...
Paul Stenhouse: Microsoft announces Windows 11
June 25, 2021 22:56 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MBMicrosoft announces Windows 11 The biggest change - the start menu and task bar has been redesigned and centered making it look a lot more like macOS. Microsoft has really leaned into the one operating system for both laptops and tablets and the centered start menu makes it easier to adapt to various screen sizes. It also brings search front and center with results available from your device, your OneDrive and the web. Windows Widgets are just a swipe away with real time information and quic...
Nici Wickes: Fresh flounder with caper & horopito butter
June 25, 2021 22:06 - 6 minutes - 6.26 MBFresh flounder with caper & horopito butter Horopito is a native shrub, which is also known as the pepper tree and it lends a lovely spicy flavour to flounder in this dish. Serves 6-8 3 fresh flounder 4 tablespoons butter, softened 3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley 2 tablespoons, capers ½ teaspoon horopito 1 teaspoon sea salt 1-2 lemons, sliced thinly Heat the oven grill to high. Lay flounder onto a large shallow baking tray. Make a few cuts in the grey side of each of t...
Kevin Milne: Hope for Sir Bob Parker
June 25, 2021 22:02 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBThis weekend, TVNZ is running at story about former Christchurch mayor Sir Bob Parker and his recovery post-stroke. Kevin Milne wants to take the opportunity to share the love for his mate. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chris Schulz: In the Heights and Murder by the Coast
June 25, 2021 21:54 - 6 minutes - 6.03 MBWith Francesca filling in for Jack this weekend, we've brought in Chris Schulz to do this week's movie reviews. He's been watching Lin-Mnuel Miranda's new movie, In the Heights, based on the stage musical of the same name - and Spanish true-crime doco Murder by the Coast. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Francesca Rudkin: The Olympics are a Covid opportunity
June 25, 2021 21:41 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBThis week Black Ferns Sevens Captain Sarah Hirini and two-time Olympic champion rower Hamish Bond were named New Zealand’s flag bearers for the Tokyo Olympics.Two thoughts spring to mind. Firstly, congratulations. How cool that a change in Games rules means that for the first time we’ll have a male and female athlete jointly carrying the New Zealand flag at an Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. It’s not the first time two athletes have shared flag carrying duties. In 2016, Peter Burling and Blai...
Hannah McQueen: Debt-to-income ratios
June 22, 2021 03:41 - 6 minutes - 5.85 MBThe government's agreed to add debt-to-income lending restrictions to the Reserve Bank's bag of tricks. They haven't been introduced, but the prospect is making property investors AND first-home buyers nervous. Enable.Me's Hannah McQueen has been speaking to Jack Tame about the impact they may have. LISTEN ABOVE government have been discussing debt-to-income ratios. The RBNZ now has a mandate to impose limits on how much people can borrow as a multiple of their income –will they go ahead wit...
Estelle Clifford: Is Maroon 5's new album as bad as they say?
June 19, 2021 00:02 - 6 minutes - 6.24 MBMaroon 5 has a new album, Jordi, and it’s brought out some brutal reviews.Pitchfork says “The most you can hope for from Maroon 5 is oblivion. The band hummed and strummed their way into perpetual background music, cooing sanded-down soft rock in every Starbucks. It was anaesthesia. Levine became a bland, steady presence in pop culture, preaching banalities and judging TV singing competitions.” Even worse from Paste Magazine “The new Maroon 5 album Jordi makes me fear for the future of civi...
Catherine Raynes: Three Weddings and Proposal and Husbands of Evelyn
June 18, 2021 23:51 - 3 minutes - 3.16 MBCatherine Field has been reading Three Weddings and a Proposal by Shelia O'Flanagan, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steven Dromgool: Helping a partner with anxiety
June 18, 2021 23:19 - 7 minutes - 7.32 MBRelationship expert Steven Dromgool's been giving Jack Tame some tips for helping a partner with anxiety. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ruud Kleinpaste: Fruit tree maintenance
June 18, 2021 23:02 - 3 minutes - 3.31 MBFruit tree maintenance Here are a few quick-fire ideas to get the best out of your fruit trees in the future… and it all starts by planting (and some pruning) in the winter! 1) Do your home work – select tree varieties you actually like to eat! (or like the look of – blossom?) 2) Buy good stock from good nurseries and check if they need specific pollinators (ie Plums!!) 3) Dig your holes in the garden and prepare the soil with organic material (compost). If your soil is sometimes too wet,...
Paul Stenhouse: The Tamagotchi is making a return
June 18, 2021 22:49 - 1 minute - 1.81 MBLawmakers want to take away the surprises from subscriptions Everything is a subscription these days and companies have made it very easy (and appealing!) to sign up for a trial, only to then sign you up at full price without a reminder. A group of bi-oartisian US lawmakers want to change that. The Unsubscribe Act does it in a couple of ways: + it would require sellers to allow customers to cancel a subscription in the same way they signed up.. no more phoning a busy call center to cancel if...
Steve Biddulph: The importance of trusting your gut
June 18, 2021 22:45 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBA whole generation of parents have turned to Steve Biddulph for parenting advice. The author of classic books Raising Boys and Raising girls as well as around a dozen other parenting titles. He’s described as one of the world’s best-known parent educators. After a career of helping us raise kids, Steve’s turned his hand to helping the rest of us, with a new book “Fully Human”. It's billed as ‘a new way of using your mind’. Steve has been talking to Jack Tame.LISTEN ABOVE See omny...
Nici Wickes: Pear, blue cheese & walnut tart
June 18, 2021 22:33 - 6 minutes - 5.67 MBPear, blue cheese & walnut tart Pears pair with tangy blue cheese and honeyed walnuts in this gorgeous tart. Makes 26cm tart Pastry 200g wholemeal flour 100g chilled butter ½ teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons ice cold water 2-3 pears 2 tablespoons butter ½ cup brown sugar 3 heaped tablespoons cream cheese 75g crumbled blue cheese (I used Kapiti creamy blue) 3 tbsp walnuts, roughly chopped Make the pastry by combining flour, chilled butter and salt in a food processor until ...
Kevin Milne: What will become of renters?
June 18, 2021 22:20 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBNew figures around rental costs released were released this week - and its bad news for renters. Kevin Milne's been talking to Jack Tame about where they leave those who can't afford a house.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack Tame: Winston's right, the vax rollout's too slow
June 18, 2021 22:15 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBWinston Peters has ended his long-running media hiatus by appearing on Australian morning TV and giving the vaccine rollout in New Zealand a bit of a kicking. It’s been too slow, he says.Easy to criticise when you’re out of government of course, but is that fair? I think it’s worth considering a really basic question: What was the primary aim for New Zealand’s vaccine rollout?Was the aim to safely vaccinate New Zealanders as quickly as possible? As a developed country heavily reliant on open ...
Mike Yardley: 3 Great Wellington Neighbourhoods
June 12, 2021 00:14 - 7 minutes - 6.89 MBTravel writer Mike Yardley has been checking out three great Wellington neighbourhoods; Thorndon, Newtown and Lyall Bay. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Estelle Clifford: The return of The Veronicas
June 12, 2021 00:02 - 7 minutes - 6.44 MBMusic reviewer Estelle Clifford has been listen to new music from twin-sister pop group The Veronincas. Their new album is Godzilla, and it's their first since 2014 and follows a whole lot of personal drama. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Catherine Raynes: Still and Fall
June 11, 2021 23:58 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MBCatherie Raynes has been reading Australian thriller Still by Matt Nable; and a true-life account of the rise and fall of media mogul Robert Maxwell, Fall by John Preston. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Malcolm Rands: Busting supermarket myths
June 11, 2021 23:26 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MBBusting supermarket myths Most of us believe certain things about the cleaning products we buy, but they’ve actually been planted in our heads by years of advertising. So let’s bust some of those myths. Myth 1: The best shampoos, toothpastes and dish liquids foam well. In many cases scientists figure out how to do something, then make a feature out of it. Lots of research has gone into foam, and making it last as long as possible. It doesn’t make things any cleaner, we have just been t...
Bob Campbell: A rich, dry chardonnay
June 11, 2021 23:05 - 3 minutes - 3.6 MBBob Campbell's wine pick for this week is the Church Road 2020 Chardonnay, Hawke’s Bay $14.99 (on special).LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paul Stenhouse: Apple announces their latest tricks
June 11, 2021 22:58 - 5 minutes - 5.34 MBApple's new features for 2021 have been announced at their developer conference.Apple is coming after Zoom Lots of big changes to the Facetime app, including the ability to schedule FaceTime for meetings. You can share the link with folks using Windows PCs and Android devices too and they can join through their browser - which is a big deal for Apple. They're leaning into make FaceTime more friendly and more personal than Zoom with the ability to watch videos and listen to music with your fr...
Tara Ward: Screentime; Time, Domina and The Brokenwood Mysteries
June 11, 2021 22:54 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MBTime: Sean Bean and Stephen Graham star in this gritty British drama by Jimmy McGovern about a husband, teacher and father who is sentenced to four years in prison after accidentally killing a man. Consumed by guilt, Mark openly accepts his sentence but is quickly confronted with the harsh realities of life inside (Prime, Saturdays at 9.30pm). Domina: a new historical drama. In the wake of Julius Caesar's assassination, Livia Drusilla - the golden girl of the prominent Claudii family - is fo...
Kate Herron: Directing the new Marvel smash
June 11, 2021 22:48 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThe latest Marvel installment isn't a mega-budget movie - this time it's a miniseries. If Marvel is your thing, this is charismatic villain Loki played by Tom Hiddleston, getting his very own series, and it's streaming on Disney Plus. The series is being directed by Kate Herron, who’s been one of Forbes’ 30 under 30, and described as a huge comedy voice in the years to come". She describes herself as ‘Your friendly neighbourhood dork’. She’s a relative newcomer to the diecting scene, bre...
Kevin Milne: A sausage sizzle on an aeroplane?
June 11, 2021 21:53 - 6 minutes - 5.92 MBKevin Milne's been pondering what the best fit for Air New Zealand's in-flight snacks might be.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack Tame: They Are Us sounds awful
June 11, 2021 21:42 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBI’m not a fortune teller. I don’t have a five-year plan. I can’t tell you what I’ll eat for dinner tonight, let alone anything I’ll be doing in two years’ time. But I can tell you right now with a very strong degree of confidence I will not be paying $21 to go to They Are Us, the film that apparently focuses on Jacinda Ardern’s response to the Christchurch massacre. I have nothing personal against the filmmaker. Andrew Niccol has actually written or directed two of my all-time favourite...
Estelle Clifford: Dreamers are Waiting from Crowded House
June 05, 2021 01:02 - 8 minutes - 7.61 MBThis is new music from Crowded House, from their seventh studio album Dreamers are Waiting. It sees them reuniting with producer Mitchell Froom for the first time since 1991. Estelle Clifford has been taking a listen and have Jack Tame her thoughts on the album. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katherine Raynes: Before You Knew My Name and The Missing Sister
June 05, 2021 00:26 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBBefore You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz This is not just another novel about a dead girl. When she arrived in New York on her 18th birthday carrying nothing but $600 cash and a stolen camera, Alice Lee was looking for a fresh start. Now, just one month later, she is the city's latest Jane Doe, an unidentified murder victim. Ruby Jones is also trying to start over; she travelled halfway around the world only to find herself lonelier than ever. Until she finds Alice's body by the Hudson...
Steven Dromgool: 5 dating traps for women
June 05, 2021 00:17 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBSteven Dromgool offers some advice for women on what to look out for when dating men. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ruud Kleinpaste: How to deal with Grass Grubs
June 05, 2021 00:07 - 4 minutes - 3.76 MBGrass grub have always been a “problem” in NZ gardens and lawns. They are c-shaped grubs that live underground, feeding on roots of grasses and other plants/shrubs. There are a number of species in the Beetle Family Scarabeidae (scarab beetles), but the native grass grub, Costelytra zealandica has always been in NZ. It’s traditional habitat and host plants were native grasses, such as tussocks, and they occur at quite high altitudes. There is no doubt that these beetles considered the new, h...
Dr Bryan Betty: New bowel screening initiative to be rolled out by end of year
June 05, 2021 00:01 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MBThe programme will be rolling out across the country by the end of the year. The idea is to to detect the early signs of changes in the bowel which could indicate bowel cancer. Bryan Betty is a GP and medical director for the College of GPs, he’s also on the Covid-19 advisory committee and he talked Jack Tame through the ins and outs of the initiative. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paul Stenhouse: Twitter launches subscription service
June 04, 2021 23:53 - 4 minutes - 3.93 MBTwitter's subscription service has launched The $3 a month service is starting in Australia and Canada. It comes with an "undo Tweet" feature (which really just delays the posting of your Tweet for 30 seconds), a more robust bookmarking feature for saving tweets and a "reader mode" to make threads of Tweets easier to read. These features feel more like evolutions of the core product, rather than being unique enough to build a subscription business around. Apple's updating the AirTags to a...
Tara Ward: Too Close, Bump and Why Women Kill
June 04, 2021 23:31 - 4 minutes - 4.33 MBToo Close: Emily Watson stars as a forensic psychiatrist who has to assess a woman accused of a heinous crime, who claims she can't remember a thing (UKTV, Mondays). Bump: From the team behind Love My Way comes Bump. The series centres around Oly, an ambitious and high-achieving teenager who has a surprise baby; and the complications that ensue for two families (Monday on Vibe/Sky Go, Neon 13 June) Why Women Kill: A second season of the darkly humorous American series that details the lives...
Emma Outteridge: From the America's Cup to Uganda
June 04, 2021 23:27 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBKiwi Emma Outteridge was born into a life a million miles away from Uganda. Growing up in an America’s Cup family, she spent her 20s running Louis Vuitton’s international sailing hospitality programme, totally comfortable in a world of celebrity athletes and billionaire sponsors. But a six month trip to Uganda to work at a school has led to a life switching between the glossy world of international sailing, both working there and supporting her sailor-spouse Nathan Outteridge, and time spe...
Nici Wickes: Mandarin & sultana cheesecake
June 04, 2021 22:48 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MBThis dessert celebrates mandarins and will make you feel better about the weather getting cool! Instead of the usual biscuit base I use a circle of crisply-baked sweet short pastry – try it, you’ll like it! 1 sheet sweet short pastry 2 tsp caster sugar 500g cream cheese ¾ cup caster sugar 2 tbsps brown sugar 1 heaped tbsp plain flour (gluten free is fine) 3 large eggs ¼ cup cream 2 tbsps brandy Zest from 4 mandarins + juice from 2 ½ cup sultanas Topping 1-2 mand...
Francesca Rudkin: Dream Horse and Lapsis
June 04, 2021 22:43 - 6 minutes - 6.34 MBDream Horse The true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely racehorse bred by small-town bartender Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites. Their investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks and becomes a beacon of hope for their struggling community. (Toni Collette and Damian Lewis) Lapsis In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli takes a job in the...
Andrew Saville: Devon Conway and Naomi Osaka
June 04, 2021 22:38 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MBBlack Caps debutant Devon Conway has continued to wow British media after breaking a slew of records on his way to a maiden double hundred at Lord's against England. Conway was the final wicket to fall in New Zealand's 378-run first innings, with dismissal by run out the only way England managed to find to end his score at a well-rounded 200. On Thursday, after posting a century on day one of the opening test of this two-match series, Conway's performance was lauded by local media with adject...
Kevin Milne: Searching for Life Hacks online
June 04, 2021 22:32 - 6 minutes - 5.74 MBThis week, Jack and Kevin talk about "life-hacks"...those little gems of advice you find online that make life so much easier. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack Tame: Ask For Their Stories While You Can...
June 04, 2021 22:12 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MB‘Paddy is a black sheep dog, but is no good for sheep. Daddy says we have spoilt him. We have a big bell near the kitchen; Paddy will jump up at it and ring it with his nose. The cook gets cross with him because the men often come for their meals before they are ready. We taught him to do it.’ My Dog Paddy was published in the Australian Correspondence School Magazine in 1935. It was written by an eight-year-old girl, living on a remote sheep station in the South Australia outback. The Magaz...
Estelle Clifford: Sour by Olivia Rodrigo
May 29, 2021 00:39 - 8 minutes - 8.08 MBThis week’s album is at the centre of yet another millenial vs Gen Z debate. It’s “Sour” by Eighteen-year-old Disney Channel alum Olivia Rodrigo. Estelle Clifford has been taking a listen. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Catherine Raynes: A Quiet Man and The Pact
May 29, 2021 00:32 - 3 minutes - 2.94 MBA Quiet Man - Tom Wood One day a man arrives in town. Unassuming. Quiet. The assassin known as Victor is hiding out in a small motel in Canada after a job across the border. A few days laying low and he'll be gone and leave no trace behind. He doesn't count on getting to know a mother and her boy who reminds him of his own troubled childhood. When both vanish, only Victor seems to notice. Once he starts looking for them, he finds himself at odds with the criminals who own the town. They wa...
Malcom Rands: How to eat like your grandparents
May 29, 2021 00:02 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBModern factory farming and processed food have bought the cost of some food right down. But the price we pay with our health, and loss of good soils, is far too much. It’s a bad deal and there are alternatives. Malcom Rands told Jack Tame how we can make small adjustments to improve our diet and wellbeing. We know they’re full of ‘bad’ stuff – but why else should we avoid processed foods? Processed foods are “hyper rewarding,” leading to overconsumption Many people become addicted to junk ...