Articles by Jack Tame
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Opinion
Jack Tame: The life and energy of the best city in the world
Saturday, 26 October 2024, 9:47amI’m writing this in Central Park. I’m right up in the North East corner, sitting on a bench by the Harlem Meer, 100m or so...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: I never thought I'd support Auckland in anything
Saturday, 19 October 2024, 10:11amI never thought I would support Auckland in anything. I mean —duh— I’m from Christchurch. When I was a kid, it was a given...
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Audio
Jack Tame: I'm backing Aussie's fight with Facebook
Saturday, 20 February 2021, 9:02amEvery Saturday morning I start the show with a little editorial. I give you an opinion on something. I ask for your feedback....
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Jack Tame: 2020 US election is divisive, on the ground it's scarier
Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 11:44amAaron waited three hours to vote. "Three hours?!" I said. "That's ridiculous." Aaron shrugged. Three hours, he noted, is...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Our drug laws have totally failed us
Saturday, 4 May 2019, 10:08amCall me a cynic; I don’t think illegality has stopped many people from using P. If the 65 deaths (at least) caused by synthetic...
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Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Jack Tame: Nothing too strange for New York
Saturday, 16 May 2015, 8:09amJack Tame is broadcasting from New York, a city where anything goes.
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Why Steven Adams' life story is worth reading
Saturday, 28 July 2018, 10:04amSteven Adams has quickly become one of New Zealand's top sporting exports. The basketballer is on a $100 million contract...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: The team that made New York home
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 12:00pmJack Tame opens the show with a musing on joining an indoor football team when he first arrived in New York - "a gang of...
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Video
Jack Tame: Police shootings and the impact of technology
Friday, 15 July 2016, 7:08amIs it a stretch to imagine technology that disables phone cameras being used by Police, asks Jack Tame. He says we're in...
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Video
Jack Tame: Helen Clark is world class
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 7:25amJack Tame says Helen Clark's biggest advantages in the race to be the next UN Secretary General is her directness and air...
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Jack Tame: Grey Power's dope decision
Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 7:39amJack Tame says its obvious that while marijuana has some harmful effects, by and large criminalisation hasn't worked. He...
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Video
Jack Tame: Paving the way to equality
Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 7:26amFor women in politics, we are looking at a unique moment in history, says Jack Tame. We're living in a world in which women...
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Video
Jack Tame: The Housing Game
Monday, 11 July 2016, 7:23amJack Tame says Labour's pitch on housing is a half solution - the houses are desperately needed but are needed now, not in...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Three tragedies of Brexit vote
Saturday, 25 June 2016, 9:37amJack Tame opens the show by telling a story about a visit to Birmingham, the city that his father grew up in, and a major...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Losing Hilary Barry a huge blow
Saturday, 30 April 2016, 9:34amJack Tame opens his show with a discussion about Hilary Barry, who has recently resigned from her roles at Mediaworks. Tame...
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Video
Mike's Minute: Jack Tame on Flag Debate
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 8:04amJack Tame says you can be upset about the money spent on the process of finding a new flag but the reality is, the referendum...
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Mike's Minute: Foreign House Buyers
Monday, 13 July 2015, 8:09amJack Tame says it's ridiculous to think while we're living in the data generation that there's no way of knowing who is buying...
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Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Jack Tame: The Great Ginger Baker
Saturday, 20 June 2015, 9:15amJack Tame opens the show with a yarn about the legendary blues and jazz drummer Ginger Baker, and how despite being 75 and...
