Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Catherine Raynes has been reading Horse by Geraldine Brooks and Le Fric Family, Power and Money by Alex Duff. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel expert Mike Yardley has been eating and drinking his way around Marlborough.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s always difficult knowing the right things to say to someone who is grieving so Steven Dromgool is sharing his advice on how to help a partner that’s dealing with loss.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There has been blood on the floor of markets all round the world this week – with share markets falling into ‘bear market’ territory.  Hannah McQueen talk us through how to navigate your finances when there appears to no be safe haven in sight. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Internet Explorer is no more It's the end of an era! Microsoft has officially ended support for the once-popular internet browser which many people used to explore the internet for the first time. Microsoft Edge is their new browser - actually built on Google's browser technology - and is steadily adding new features. Applications which will only run on IE will be able to run in Edge, using a comp...

This is going to hurt: A British medical comedy-drama based on the best-selling memoir by Dr Adam Kay, about the lives of junior doctors working in an obstetrics and gynaecology ward in the NHS (TVNZ1, from Sunday)  For All Mankind: A new season of the science-fiction space drama that imagines the 1960s space race between the U.S. and the USSR never ended (Apple TV+).  Everything I know about love...

Brit singer-songwriter James Bay shot to fame in 2014 with his songs Let it Go and Hold Back the River. He's now back with a third album and his most personal yet after a wild ride of dealing with the pandemic and becoming a new dad.  The Grammy-nominated and Brit award-winning artist joins Jack Tame on Saturday Morning.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Francesca Rudkin has been watching Nude Tuesday and The Other Fellow doco from the Doc Edge Film Festival.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am not a technophobe. I need no convincing that technology makes many aspects of our lives much easier and though I’ve been known on occasion to come late to technology - for a couple of years I was convinced that cellphones were nothing more than a passing fad - I DO eventually come around. I do. I find technology intuitive. I quickly become one of those people who can’t imagine life without it...

I made this for the first time last Matariki and loved it as a dessert! Fried bread, or parāoa parai is easy to whip up and this recipe produces lovely soft soft pillows of fried bread which, served warm with ice cream and blackberries and drizzled with mānuka honey, make a gorgeous dessert.  Makes 12-16 pieces  2 teaspoon instant yeast  ½ teaspoon sugar  1 – 1 ½ cups warm water  2 1/2 cups high g...

Catherine Raynes has been reading Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang and The Murders at Fleet House by Lucinda Riley. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Honestly! Most people think that winter is a “dead time” in the garden. But if you haven’t had a go at growing peas, you’d never know how easy that is.  First of all, gardeners often grow a “green crop” in winter that gets dug into the soil in spring to add Nitrogen for the next growing season; We often use peas and other legumes for that task and the key is to dig them in before they set seed.  O...

Mike Yardley has been cruising in the Sounds.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greenwashing is when a company purports to be environmentally conscious for marketing purposes but actually isn’t making any notable sustainability efforts.  A USA survey recently found 95 percent of so called green products violated the common principles we are going to talk about.  Hidden Trade-off: a claim that a product is "green" based on an unreasonably narrow set of attributes without atten...

Our wine expert Bob Campbell has been sipping on Paritua 2022 Rosé from Hawke’s Bay. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apple's had their developer conference and are about to launch new devices - what's in store? I really think Apple has crushed it this year! The line between the iPad & MacBook is blurring The new version of iPadOS will allow for overlapping windows in a workspace, much more like what you'd expect on a laptop. You can even plug it into a monitor and extend the display, like a laptop. Stage Manager...

Royal fans out there might recognise her name. Actress Erin Doherty starred as a young Princess Anne in the popular Netflix series The Crown. Doherty was relatively unknown before being cast as Anne but the 29-year-old is now being touted as one to watch.  The Brit has a new psychological series out called Chloe and it's received rave reviews already. She catches up with Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVE Se...

This week is Coeliac Awareness Week - a chance to turn the spotlight on the condition whereby the body’s physiology is unable to tolerate gluten – a protein found in wheat, rye and barley – and as a reaction the immune system attacks your own tissues when you eat gluten.  This from the NHS:  Over time, the immune reaction to eating gluten creates inflammation that damages the small intestine's lin...

Francesca Rudkin has been watching Jurassic World: Dominion and Bhutanese drama film, Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne chats about all the threats to life and limb there seem to be around currently - especially if you live where he does with tornadoes, high seas and lightning storms. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I knew it the moment I saw it. My bike just looked a bit... off. It was sitting heavy in the bike rack at work. Everyone else’s bikes sat bright and perky on puckered, plump, pressurised black rubber. There is just something so distinctly sad about a flat tyre. I started walking home with it. I moped up the hill, leading my bike like a handcuffed prisoner. Cyclists zipped past me in the bike lane,...

I knew it the moment I saw it. My bike just looked a bit... off. It was sitting heavy in the bike rack at work. Everyone else’s bikes sat bright and perky on puckered, plump, pressurised black rubber. There is just something so distinctly sad about a flat tyre. I started walking home with it. I moped up the hill, leading my bike like a handcuffed prisoner. Cyclists zipped past me in the bike lane,...

Estelle Clifford's been listening to Kiwi dub/reggae band Rhombus and their new album, After Party.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine Ryanes has been reading Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor and Sparring Partners by John Grisham. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Yardley is escaping the chilly weather for the sunny state of Queensland in Australia.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.