Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Once you pull the plug and the water disappears you are using your grey water system. This goes into the council system, and often to a treatment plant to take out chemical cleaners and other contaminants. It’s then discharged into the rivers or sea. For example, the chemicals that are put into products just to make them foam more are a pollution that has to be taken out.  All of this process cost...

The COVID vaccine isn’t the only one we need to be thinking about right now! The government made the meningitis vaccine free to 13 to 25 year olds going into shared accommodation such as university hostels, boarding schools end of 2019. There is a low awareness of the availability. Bryan Betty is a GP and medical director for the College of GPs. He joined Jack Tame to explain everything you need t...

A simple experiment with Caterpillars Last year I made mention of the abundance of Gum Emperor Moth caterpillars in the collective Eucalyptus trees around New Zealand; Well to be a bit more precise: from Canterbury north! These absolutely fascinatingly pretty larvae are huge, colourful and prickly and strong in their legs, and belong to the Silk moth Family. They feed on Gums, Liquidambar and (Sou...

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Behind Her Eyes: A dark thriller about a single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife (Netflix).Informer 3838: A spinoff of the popular Underbelly series, this Australian drama tells the story of Nicola Gobbo, a lawyer who turned Informer and played both sides in the Melbourne Gangland War (TV...

Auckland author Ben Sanders is living a double life. He spends half his week working as an engineer, the other half writing crime novels. And while his real life is based on the North Shore, his books are set in the US, which has allowed him a large audience and is attracting the attention of Hollywood. He’s got a new book out called The Devils You Know, and he joins Jack Tame on the show this mor...

NECTARINE & BLUEBERRY PIE  The combination of stonefruit and berries in a sweet pie is my idea of heaven. Before we know it berries and summerfruit will be done for the season so enjoy it while you can.  Serves 6-8 2-3 sheets sweet short pastry 1 punnet blueberries 4 nectarines, de-stoned and roughly chopped 2 tbsp plain flour 2 tbsps caster sugar 2 tbsp lemon juice 50g butter, melted  1 egg, ligh...

The Food ClubTHE FOOD CLUB is the story of three longtime girlfriends from elementary school, very different women, with one thing in common - they are in the fall of their lives. I Care A lot A shady legal guardian lands in hot water when she tries to bilk a woman who has ties to a powerful gangster. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne joins Jack Tame to talk about NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The public health experts knew it was coming. Senior ministers knew it was coming. Were they as prepared as they might have been? No. But then, who in New Zealand was back at the end of February 2020? And then it came through. A woman fresh back from Iran. Quite possibly not our first case, but our first confirmed case of Covid-19. That was a year ago. In that time, we have objectively enjoyed a m...

In some countries, 40 year mortgages are becoming more common. Is it something that might catch on here? Enable Me's Hannah McQueen has been giving her take on increasing mortgage terms. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February Jobs in the Garden  Raspberries: If you have spring-fruiting raspberries – they need pruning now. All fruit is picked and now’s the time to crawl on hands and knees and prune off all the old “canes”. It’s easy to see which are old, brown canes with yellow old leaves and which ones are the new, fresh ones that will fruit for you next year. Raspberries also have this habit of producing heap...

Relationship expert Steven Dromgool has some tips for funding fun with your partner. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel writer Mike Yardley has been travelling the Haast Pass Highway. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Book reviewer Catherine Raynes has been reading Shiver by Allie Reynolds and The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music reviewer Estelle Clifford has been listening to the new album by Aussie alt-rock group The Rubens. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Usually, the Director of the FBI isn’t a household name, especially in New Zealand. That is, until James Comey came along, and was inserted into the middle of Donald Trump’s political pantomime.  In his role as the head of the FBI, Comey oversaw investigations into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, and into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.   He was then sacked.   James Co...

Trial in the Outback: in this documentary mini-series narrated by Sam Neill, Linda Chamberlain tells her own story about the death of her daughter and the trials and imprisonment that followed (starts TVNZ 1, Sunday, 8.30pm)  CB Strike: a new season of the British drama about war veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike, who solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted assistant Robi...

Kevin Milne's been on his first ever international tourist-free trip in the South Island, and thinks all Kiwis should be following suit. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sushi sandwiches  These little sushi sandwiches are easier to make than regular sushi and they’re popular with adults and kids alike.    Makes 8-10   1 cup sushi (short grain) rice or use short grain brown rice   1 tsp salt   105g tin salmon   2 tablespoons mayonnaise  Salt & pepper  ½ avocado   ½ red capsicum   1 packet seaweed snacks (small sheets of seaweed)  2 tablespoons sesame seeds  4 table...

Movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin has been watching The Little Things, Boss Level, and News of the World. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every Saturday morning I start the show with a little editorial. I give you an opinion on something. I ask for your feedback. And after I finish the piece, the written version lives on the Newstalk ZB website. You know the one! And from there, our digital teams will share a link on social media.   But if you just happen to be tuning in from Australia this morning - as I know many listeners do - an...

This time of year, we think about lack of water and extra water bills. Would having your own rainwater tank be wise or affordable?  Doing the numbers  An average kiwi homes use 150,000 litres a year. There is usually a fixed charge for being in the system then a usage charge for the number of litres you use.  In Auckland that’s $190 fixed and about $500 usage.   If you got a 5000L tank, this would...

Environmental Education in 2021  So what is this “environmental education” all about? Most people think of Enviroschools and waste minimization plus vegetable gardening at school. Quite a number of schools have compost bins, worm farms and chickens running around. For more than a dozen years, Project Crimson and Mazda Foundation have planted outdoor classrooms in school grounds – forest type veget...

Movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin has been watching period romance Ammonite and Korean-American movie Minari. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.