Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
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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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"They were born standing up": David Gray on the influences of mortality, creating 'Dear Life'
25 years ago, David Gray was renowned for how famous he wasn’t. He had a cult of fans and listeners hooked on his sincerity and plainspokenness – but he hadn’t...
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Grandiose theatricality and vulnerability in Franz Ferdinand's latest album
Released early January 2025, ‘The Human Fear’ is Franz Ferdinand’s sixth studio album, focusing on the concept of “searching for the thrill of being human via fears"...
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Twists, turns, and ramping tension in 'Nemesis' and 'The Crash'
Nemesis by Greg Hurwitz Evan Smoak is a lone wolf operator. It goes with the territory for a former off-the-books government assassin. He certainly can't afford...
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Mike Yardley: Free-roaming Tasman Bay
Over the summer break Mike Yardley took advantage of the gorgeous weather to take a trip to the South Island’s Tasman Bay. He joined Jack Tame for a chat about...
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Save money with these sustainable back-to-school tips
With the school year kicking in soon, the time has come to complete the costly task of back-to-school shopping. Kate ‘Ethically Kate’ Hall has a few tips on picking...
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Ruud Kleinpaste: Learning from our trees
Our holiday on the West Coast of the South Island (Punakaiki) was just what we needed – weather in Christchurch was cold and wet, but on the West Coast sunny and...
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A "mellow freshness" in NZ's only Prosecco
BOB’S BEST BUYS Wine: Balvonie Prosecco, Marlborough $34.59 Why I chose it: It is the only Kiwi Prosecco I know of Prosecco may be the world’s most popular...
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AI can now book your flight for you
OpenAI's latest tool can complete tasks for you. The biggest thing is that the operator can take actions for you using its 'computer vision'. Basically, it takes...
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Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast: 25 January 2025
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 25th January 2025, legendary singer songwriter David Gray tells Jack how mortality and relationships...
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Unusual, surprising, and clever: Get your brain ticking with 'Severance'
Severance Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives; when a mysterious colleague appears...
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Kevin Milne: The most tedious line in public speaking
An MC is responsible for ensuring an evening runs smoothly, keeping everything in line and keeping the guests entertained amid the various speakers and events. However,...
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"About more than just love": The heartbreak and grief of 'We Live in Time'
Back in Action Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is...
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Nici Wickes' Italian plum and ricotta tart
Let's talk about the wickedly good plums that are all about at the moment. People with plum trees will be harvesting them by the bucket load and creating all manner...
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Jack Tame: The solitude of tramping in the bush
As I turned on my phone for the first time in three days, it lit up with text messages from my wife. A photo. A tiny baby. Trussed up in a cotton wrap like a fresh,...
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The F Word: Fighting gender inequality one country song at a time
Classic female country artists like Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and Faith Hill, along with modern-day musicians like Kasey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood,...
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"Clever musical games" in David Gray's 'Dear Life'
David Gray has released his first studio album since 2021. ‘Dear Life’ is his thirteenth album, filled with intricate layers of instrumentation, vocals, and harmonies. In...
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Mysteries and murder: One Dark Night and The Wedding Party
One Dark Night by Hannah Richell He murdered her at the folly on their wedding day, left her body for the crows. They say she haunts the woods now, a girl in a...
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Mike Yardley: Exploring the flavours of Blenheim
"Bracketed by the biscuit-brown Wither Hills and the lofty prongs of the Richmond Ranges, Blenheim’s vast blanket of the Wairau Plain bursts with possibilities....
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Kevin Milne: The newest "pet" in the Milne household
Kevin Milne has a new "pet". It's not an animal per se, but rather an robotic vacuum cleaner and mop. Kevin got his from a Boxing Day sale - reduced from $1,250...
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How to start the new year with some oomph
2024 was a bit of a rough year, with job losses, hard economic times, and low business confidence. The new year offers a chance to reset. Dr Dougal Sutherland offers...
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Bach deliberations: What are the pros and cons of buying a holiday house?
As 2025 settles in and everyone settles back into work, you may be left daydreaming about that bach you rented over the Christmas break. You may be tempted to...
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Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast: 18 January 2025
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 18th of January 2025, New Zealand country music star Tami Neilson and Dr Jada Watson talk about...
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Has the tech sector fallen into stagnation?
Tech ebbs and flows when it comes to advancements – sometimes we’re flooded with them – other times there is very little new stuff hitting the market. As we head...
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Ruud Kleinpaste: The pros and cons of the summer weather
Lots of moaning early January 2025: coolness and wetness in many different places. Wellington and Christchurch were the biggest moaners in New Zealand – the West...
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"Ruthless and unrelenting": American Primeval is 'beautiful but brutal'
The Pitt A realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day...
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"Heartwarming": Get 'swept up' by Flow
Flow Winner of Best Animated Feature at the 2025 Golden Globes, this dialogue-free animal adventure centres on a cat who must work together with other species stuck...
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Nici Wickes: Creative uses for excess courgettes
The first courgettes from the garden are cause for a celebration. Not so the marrows that sneak up on you later in the season when you are heartily sick of grilled...
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Francesca Rudkin: Danielle Collins just met the crowds halfway
Summer means different things to us all, but if you love a game of tennis then summer sure delivers. And sometimes it gives us more than just a hard-fought match...
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Best of 2024: Dame Sophie Pascoe on Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
"Best of both worlds": Dame Sophie Pascoe forgoes competing, presents Paralympics coverage The Paralympics got underway this week in Paris, and for the first time...
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Best of 2024: Alan Bates' fight against the British Post Office
"They've been waiting far too long": Alan Bates digs into the fight against the Post Office In 1999 the British Post Office introduced a faulty piece of accounting...
