Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
9am-12pm Sat
SATURDAY MORNING WITH JACK TAME
9am–12pm Saturdays
The only way to start your weekend!
With more than 15 years as a journalist and broadcaster, Jack's become a household name on New Zealand airwaves.
Not only does he host his own radio show, Jack also co-hosts TVNZ's Q+A. His work has taken him around the world.
Jack’s crisp perspective, style, and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio.
News, sport, books, music, gardens and food – what better way to spend your Saturdays?
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Can you picture this? You may have Aphantasia
A couple of months ago we covered Prosopagnosia – the inability to recognise faces. Following on from that, today we’re covering Aphantasia – the inability to see...
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Balancing seasonal spending and the allure of credit cards
With Christmas on its way, the season of spending is fast approaching. The allure of credit cards becomes stronger at this time of year as people try to figure...
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Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast: 08 November 2025
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 8 November 2025, an author who is very familiar with bestseller lists, Michael Connelly joins...
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Ruud Kleinpaste: Feeding your plants this summer
Three reactions to the concept of “feeding your plants”: Plants feed themselves through Photosynthesis (you don’t need to feed your plants!) They’ll pick up...
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Tesla's new pay package could make Musk the first trillionaire
Australia is going to force the streamers to make Australian content It'll focus on those with more than 1 million Australian subscribers, which means Netflix,...
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Review: 'The Hack' will get "under your skin"
The Hack Examining the "News International" phone hacking scandal, through the work of Nick Davies, a journalist who uncovered evidence of phone hacking, as well...
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Review: 'Bugonia' is a polarising film with an "audacious" ending
Bugonia Two conspiracy-obsessed men kidnap the CEO of a major company when they become convinced that she's an alien who wants to destroy Earth. Ballad of a...
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"Brings the sunshine into them": Nici Wickes' roasted vanilla strawberries
I love strawberries but this early in the season they can lack flavour. My advice is to warm them up! Roast or grill or in a pan with some sugar and lemon juice...
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Jack Tame: The best meals aren't always at the finest of fine dining
It arrived in the hands of a waiter, who moved with the lightness and grace of a ballet dancer across the restaurant floor. It had a fleshy colour. A creamy, brown...
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Jack Tame: All it took was an angle grinder, confidence and a high-vis vest
If you’re anything like me, the moment you saw the World’s most famous art gallery had been robbed of the French Crown Jewels... one thing came to mind. It’s silly...
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Mike Yardley: Dabbling in Delhi with Wendy Wu Tours
As the capital of the world’s largest democracy, Delhi embodies the essence of modern India – a vivid paradox of old and new, rich and poor, foreign and familiar....
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Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast: 01 November 2025
Listen to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 1 November. Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday...
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Kate Hall: Reusable nappies are a step toward sustainability
Kate Hall joins Jack Tame to share her experience with using reusable nappies for her newborn. She covers: How to wash them (a very commonly asked question on...
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Ruud Kleinpaste: Colourful native plants to look for
This time of the year a wonderful Pohutukawa “shrub” is flowering its little heads off: Metrosideros carminia known as the crimson rata; a Native in the North Island...
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Dr. Bryan Betty: Hay fever vs the Common Cold
Often people experience sneezing and congestion and are unclear of the difference between a cold and hay fever - very common in spring. What is the difference? This...
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Nvidia reaches record-breaking $5trillion in value
Nvidia becomes the first company to hit $5 trillion in value Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, Nvidia's shares have climbed 12x. Just three months ago it was...
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'Big yes from me': Emma Thompson stars in 'Down Cemetery Road'
Down Cemetery Road - (Apple TV+) Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson star in this British series about a woman who hires an investigator after an explosion and a girl...
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'The Governess' Anne Hegerty heads down under for The Chase New Zealand
You’ll know quiz queen Anne Hegerty best for her on stage persona – the Governess. She dominates tv screens every night on The Chase – with one of the best win...
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Nici Wickes: Tradies’ Blueberry & Lemon Loaf Cake
Tradies’ Blueberry & Lemon Loaf Cake This loaf has such a delicate, buttery crumb and it’s absolutely gorgeous. Ingredients: Makes one loaf 190g sugar 2 tbsps...
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Review: The new 'Pike River' shows a 'story from a perspective that none of us have'
Pike River - (in cinemas) Two ordinary women who together stand up and take on the government, justice system and a company that will stop at nothing to protect...
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Andrew Saville on the start of the Grand Slam Tour
The All Blacks' Grand Slam Tour is due to start this weekend as they face Ireland in Chicago. The last time these two teams met at these grounds, Ireland beat the...
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Kevin Milne: Should the Kapiti region feel miffed?
Kapiti Dairy products no longer having any connection to Kapiti - it's now owned by the French. Should the Kapiti region feel miffed?' Kevin Milne shares his thoughts...
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Jack Tame: The world’s deadliest creatures have reached the last country on Earth
It was such a rookie mistake. I was tramping in the Kahurangi, last summer. The Douglas Range, 1000m above sea level. And after we’d pitched a tent, as the sun...
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John Grisham's first 'who-dunnit' novel is a 'legal thriller'
The Widow by John Grisham The new incredible legal thriller and first ever who-dunnit from John Grisham. She needs a lawyer. He needs a payday. Simon Latch is a...
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Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast: 25 October 2025
Listen to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 25 October. Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday...
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Mike Yardley: Might and magic of Jaipur with Wendy Wu Tours
When it comes to grand gestures, painting your entire city in the one colour is quite something. So much for painting the town red. How about pink? Jaipur beckons...
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How listening to birds can treat depression
Building on Jack’s love of birds and bird-feeding in his garden – new research shows that listening to birdsong may actually benefit your mental health and improve...
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Ruud Kleinpaste: Yellow-legged Hornets
When I arrived in New Zealand as an immigrant (in 1978), the Asian Paperwasp arrived here too. I remember I was impressed by the New Zealand obsessions to keep these...
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'Crunchy texture with plenty of acidity': Sparkling Méthode Traditionnelle by Immigrant's Cineyard
Immigrant's Vineyard Sparkling Méthode Traditionnelle NV, Central Otago RRP from $38.00 Roland and Lucienne moved to New Zealand from the Netherlands 1986, ultimately...
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'A little underwhelmed': ChatGPT launches new browser
ChatGPT has launched a browser It's only for Mac though. I tried it and was a little underwhelmed. The first two things I tried to get it to do it failed at. I...
