Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Music reviewer Francesca Rudkin has been watching singer Sia's new movie Music, Danish drama-comedy Another Round, and World War 2 drama Summerland. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our traveller Mike Yardley has been checking out Glacier Country: South Westland. LISTEN TO HIS TIPS ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watering Techniques  After a week with Temps of 37.7 degrees in the afternoon, it got quite hot for us on the Port Hills. Of course other parts on NZ had similar Australasian drifts of wonderful hot air and soil and plants dried out very quickly.  How to Water?  I’ve never been a fan of sprinklers. I try to keep my leaves dry as much as possible; wet leaves often give fungal spores opportunity to...

Trading up  There's been lots of focus on first home buyers, for obvious reasons. But for most people, your first home is not your dream home. With lots of anecdotes about the $3m house being the new $2m house, moving into the next house bracket might mean taking on an extra $500k or even $1m+ in debt. So what do you need to do if you're thinking about taking on a significant chunk more debt? Hann...

It's the internet vs Wall Street  You've probably heard of this story. Millions of amateur traders, wanting to teach Wall Street a lesson, have poured money into certain companies to push their stock prices up. That affects traders looking to 'short' the companies. That's when they bet on a stock going down.  One of the app based trading platforms has got caught up in the fight. RobinHood sells da...

Green sun safety   With the high temperatures of the past week, we've all been flocking to the beach. But what are the most environmentally-friendly ways to keep sun safe at the beach? First off, stay out of the sun between 10am-4pm, September to April. The beach is wonderful early in the morning or late afternoon.  If you’re at the beach outside of these times, sun shades you put up are a good id...

Screentime Queen Tara Ward has some picks for this weekend. It’s a Sin: Five 18-year-olds move to London in 1981, where they all meet and form a gang and move into a flat together. They begin exploring their identities and become who they truly are, but a distant disease threatens their future (TVNZ OnDemand).  Critical:  Inside a major trauma centre, top surgeons work to save the critically injur...

2020 took Aussie-born actor Simon Baker from a life in Hollywood, where he’s best known for his starring role in TV series The Mentalist, to laying low with his family at his second home on Sydney’s Bronte Beach.  The move also meant he took a break from the US, coming home to star in Higher Ground which a movie that’s being described as an Aussie version of a Western.   He plays Travis, a former...

Portuguese Piri Piri Chicken   Few countries do BBQ better than the Portuguese with their frango piri piri, chicken cooked over the coals with a spicy lemony sauce to go with it is just the best!   Seves 4-6   1.5 kg whole butterflied chicken  1 bunch thyme  2 lemons, halved  4 potatoes, boiled and cut into wedges  Piri piri marinade   100g melted butter   3 red chillies, seeds discard and roughly...

With some schools back next week, Kevin Milne's been thinking about sending his kids to school for the first time. Forget the kids, they'll be fine, he's got some tips for parents. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A few years ago, I asked my Grandad about his impressions from when he first set foot in New Zealand. It was the mid-1960s. He’d sailed from the U.K with his wife and two boys on an Italian liner, when they drew up and docked in Auckland. Together, the Tame family went for a look up Queen Street.  ‘It was horrible!’ said my Grandad. ‘Just awful. We couldn’t wait to get out of the place.’ His midla...

Music reviewer Estelle Clifford has been listening to the new album from L.A.B. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine Raynes joins Jack Tame to share her book picks of the week. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Relationships expert Steven Dromgool joins Jack Tame to share his advice on managing a money hangover. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gardening expert Ruud Kleinpaste joins Jack Tame to talk about Monarch Butterflies. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rubbing shoulders with the bountiful fruit-bowl of Cromwell, sliced only by the Kawarau River and its confluence with the Clutha, Bannockburn beckons as a banger of a destination in its own right.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Stenhouse joins Jack Tame on Newstalk ZB to talk about the big tech stories making the news this week. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can't decide what TV shows you should be watching? TV critic Tara Ward joins Jack Tame to gives us her top picks for your viewing pleasure!  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unity. Joe Biden, in his first official speech as the 46th President of the United States, says the thing he wants to do, perhaps more than anything else, is restore a sense of unity in the United States. But in watching everything over the last few months, from Trump’s denial of the election results to the riot at the capitol building, and in reflecting on Trump’s full term in office, I think the...

In her book Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong, Elizabeth Day brings together all the lessons she has learned, from conversations with the guests on her award-winning How to Fail podcast, from stories shared with her by readers and listeners, and from her own life, and distils them into seven principles of failure. She joined Jack Tame on the show this morning. LISTEN ABOVE See omnyst...

Former broadcaster Kevin Milne joins Jack Tame to talk about a special 50 year reunion he attended during the holidays. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Film reviewer and Newstalk ZB host Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to share her movie pick of the week, Penguin Bloom and Sylvie's Love. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nici Wickes joins Jack Tame to share her caramelised nectarines with homemade yoghurt curd recipe. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music reviewer Estelle Clifford has been listening to Delta Goodrem's surprise Christmas album. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine Raynes has some picks for sumer reading:Fiction  The Evening and the Morning - Ken Follett  A Tine for Mercy - John Grisham   The searcher- Tana French  This Tender Land - William Kent Kreuger  Non- Fiction  Bella - Annabel Langbien  No Time Like the Future - Michael J Fox  Troy - Stephen Fry  A Promised Land - Barack Obama  Searching for Charlie - Tom Scott  LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See om...