Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin speaks to Jack Tame about a pair of films, one in the cinemas in The Alpinist, and one available on streaming services in The Donut King. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the prospect of international travel remaining a hopeful but still distant aspiration, and much of the country straight-jacketed by Covid-19 alert travel restrictions, satisfying your wanderlust can feel rather problematic at present. But whether you’re itching for some great escapism in prose, or staking out some travel-related Christmas gift ideas, here’s a round-up of some excellent new re...

Slugs and snails are a real pest in the garden at this time of the year - moisture and new plant growth encourages them, while egg shell barriers don’t work at all.  Control measures that work:  Weed control will expose them to predators such as thrushes. Give your local song thrush an ‘anvil’ to smack the shells of snails on - a large flat (decorative!) rock is perfect.  Using bait pellets in a p...

New Zealand author Sonya Wilson has released a teenage fiction book called Spark Hunter - an epic Kiwi adventure-fantasy and story of survival in Fiordland, one of the world’s last great wildernesses. Sonya has been speaking to Jack Tame about her first novel. (Photo / Supplied) LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne updates Jack Tame on a story he told him last year about a man with mental health issues, who had been sent to jail for seven years under the three strikes law for kissing a stranger on Cuba St, Wellington. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nici Wickes joins Jack Tame, bringing to the table her recipe for a delicious chocolate and plum ripple cake. LISTEN ABOVE A little cake for a big celebration. Layer cakes don’t have to be just for large groups of people. This small celebration cake is perfect for 2-4 people but it still screams ‘show stopper’!  Serves 2-4  2/3 cups self-raising flour  2 tablespoon cocoa  ¼ teaspoon baking soda  P...

Yotam Ottolenghi is the trailblazing Israeli-born, British chef whose name has become a cooking style of its own. He spoke to Jack Tame about his new cookbook, Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love and raiding the kitchen cupboards to cook with what's on hand.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I’ll be frank. If you’re due for one of your vaccination shots and you PAY for a coffee today...well, sorry, but you’re an idiot. Because no matter where you are, in what corner of this wonderful country of ours, I can pretty much guarantee you that a vaccination centre near your place is giving away free coffees to everyone who gets the jab today. Call it double shots for double shots! I’ve gone...

Our music reviewer Estelle Clifford has been listening to US rocker Melissa Etheridge's album One Way Out. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Stenhouse joins Jack Tame to talk about the major Facebook outage on Monday that left many unable to access the social media giant, along with Instagram and WhatsApp. Monday's Facebook outage showed just how big Facebook's footprint is  Monday's outage, which disconnected Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApps's servers from the internet, showed just how reliant we are on this private service. Fam...

Relationship expert Steven Dromgool joins Jack Tame, and has some tips on how men can build more love into their relationships. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tara Ward joins Jack Tame to talk about the latest in television and streaming series'. Maid: An American drama about single mother Alex, who turns to housecleaning to make ends meet as she escapes an abusive relationship and overcomes homelessness to create a better life for her daughter, Maddy (Netflix).  Murder at the Cottage: A true crime docuseries that examine the murder of French TV produce...

Our resident doctor Bryan Betty has been talking to Jack Tame about osteoarthritis which affects 10% of the population. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hankering for a blissed-out wilderness escape to blow out the cobwebs in the Mackenzie and savour wide open spaces? The year-round beauty, glorious topography and sweet seclusion of the Mackenzie powers its magnetic appeal. Here’s a recommended line-up of tried and tested signature wilderness stays to stimulate your senses and leave you feeling refreshed and revived. Just four hours’ drive south-w...

Codling moth caterpillars in apples are a real nuisance: the young caterpillars tunnel straight into the developing tiny apple (known in old English language as a “codling”) and consume the growing fruit and seeds that form inside.  It’s not nice to bite into one of those caterpillars!  To keep the caterpillars out of your crop there are a few tricky things you can do. The first thing is to employ...

On August 1 in 1990, British Airways Flight 149 departed Heathrow for Kuala Lumpur but it never made it. The flight stopped in Kuwait to refuel - the very same day Saddam Hussein invaded. The nearly 400 passengers and crew, including two Kiwis, were trapped by Iraqi soldiers and used as human shields. (Photo / Supplied) An explosive new book on Flight 149 called OPERATION TROJAN HORSE has been wri...

Nici Wickes joins Jack Tame to talk about a delicious recipe for a picnic tar, which she describes as a favourite and best served at room temperature, making it perfect for taking on a picnic. A PICNIC TART This tart is a favourite of mine and it’s good served at room temperature so perfect for taking on a picnic.  Serves 6-8  2 sheets short crust pastry  3 eggs, beaten with a fork  200g cream che...

Movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin speaks to Jack Tame about the Show Me Short Film Festival, Netflix's The Guilty starring Jake Gyllenhaal and French film The Rose Maker. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne joins Jack Tame to talk about the latest pictures of Mars, taken by Perseverance. Images captured by the rover have allowed scientists to peer back in time at what Mars was like billions of years ago. Jezero Crater, the rover's exploration site on Mars, was a quiet lake 3.7 billion years ago. A small river fed into the lake, sometimes leading to flash flooding that was so energetic, it...

It couldn’t have been simpler. I logged into the new ‘My Covid Record’ website. A big banner up the top warned me the website is still under development and might have a few hiccups, but it was seamless for me. I entered my identification details and soon the confirmation stared me back in the face. Jack Renfrey Tame. As of Thursday October 7th, 2021, officially doubled vaccinated for Covid-19. I...

Released Friday, New Zealand alternative folk artist, Reb Fountain’s 2021 record IRIS is the award-winning artist’s second release with Flying Nun Records.  The perfect extension of her 2020 self-titled record, IRIS elevates Reb Fountain’s music to new heights. Reb effortlessly combines pop elements with her trademark noir folk-punk sound; weaving authentic and anthemic tunes that create an instan...

Three Sisters, Heather Morris  The breath-taking new novel from the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka’s Journey, based on a powerful true story of hope and survival.  ‘I want you to make a promise to me that you will always take care of your sisters. That you will always be there for one another. That you will not allow anyone to take you away from each other, ever. Do you understand?...

Mike Yardley has been taking a road trip to find New Zealand's best pie and pastry stop. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My vege garden awaits the species that germinate from seeds…sowing is what you do right now.  Peppers comprise the capsicum group. They go from the colourful reds, yellows, orange to the  green “Bell” Peppers. My standard colour to a salad.  The hotter members of the family are the chilli peppers.  These plants require quite a good, high temperature to germinate, so there’s little point in sowing...

Finally, some clarity emerging about the changing rules on property investment taxation – given the Government this week released the draft legislation that will bring the rules into force.   The Governmentt originally announced that there would be changes about six months ago, but so much about them was unclear because it hadn’t actually been worked through (until now) – so it left a lot of peopl...