Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Wine: Tiki Single Vineyard Pinot Gris 2024, North Canterbury, $23.00   In recognition of Matariki and to highlight we have a growing number of Māori wine producers in NZ (Tiki, Tarras, Steve Bird, te PA, Tohu).   A crisp, dry style Pinot Gris with aromas and flavours of green pear and apple, some citrus highlights and a touch of quince. Just dry on the palate with an immediate bite of ac...

This is the time of the year when my training sessions begin in all speed: teaching silvereyes and some other birds to come and visit our garden. After all, today’s the start of winter!  It’s not just about giving these lovely birds some well-deserved food for winter (although that helps!), it’s a simple way to get them to know where we live!   By regularly feeding these insectivores, th...

Rosa Flanagan of the Two Raw Sisters is serving up a delicious salad – perfect to take along to a long weekend gathering.  Serves: 6    Time: 40 minutes      Ingredients:  1 cauliflower, cut into florets    2 tbsp cooking oil    1 tbsp pomegranate molasses    1/2 tsp sea salt    1/2 cup quinoa    1 cup water &nbsp...

Better account security is coming to Facebook   They will be adding passkey support. Why are Passkeys better? Because they prevent you from being tricked into giving your credentials to a fake site. They also can't be stolen, guessed, or leaked.    A password doesn't care who it sends it to, you just hand it over and if it matches it lets you in, but you could be handing it over to...

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy  Featuring exclusive interviews with survivors, paramedics and festival staff, this documentary examines the 2021 Astroworld tragedy and its aftermath (Netflix).     American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden   An exploration of how the world came together to hunt down al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the events of September 11, 2001 in New Y...

Echo Valley   Kate's secluded life is interrupted by her troubled daughter when she shows up frightened and covered in someone's blood. As Kate unravels the truth, she learns how far she'll go for her child.    Merchant Ivory   Archival footage and interviews provide insight into the partnership, both professional and personal, between director James Ivory and producer Ismail M...

Everyone says the best time to travel with a baby is before it can walk. Makes sense, when you think about it. Most toddlers, once they’ve learnt to trot around the place, live for nothing more. All they want to do is walk. In fact, if you think about it, you really don’t want to get close to even blurring the line between rolling and crawling and waddling away. The moment your child is old enough...

Queen of the stage, Alison Quigan is a mainstay in New Zealand’s performing arts scene.   You may know her best as Yvonne Jeffries, Shortland Street’s maternally-minded receptionist, or from one of her many theatre productions, as Quigan has spent her career creating stories that portray the real lives of Kiwis on stage.   She’s back to her theatrical ways, directing a brand-new producti...

Taskmaster NZ, The Traitors NZ, The Chase NZ – Kevin Milne is wondering if New Zealand has run out of ideas of our own.  Being inspired by the success of overseas productions is fine, he says, but we shouldn’t just be copying them outright.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Their 27th album and their most theatrical yet, Phantom Island is the latest release from Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.  It’s a partner to their prior album, Flight b741, and was recorded during the same sessions, continuing on with the same themes, but with a more orchestral sound.   Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to share her thoughts on the...

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid   In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond; mission specialists John Griffin and Lydia Danes; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer....

"Do the Galapagos sea lions know how good they have got it? Sprawled across the pristine beaches, they wallow, snooze, and frolic across the powder-white stretches of sand, blissfully unconcerned by curious passers-by entering their slice of paradise on a goggle-eyed shore excursion. In fact, some of the sea lions waddled up to greet us into their realm of unrivalled wonder. The Galapagos grips yo...

Nearly a million people in New Zealand are currently receiving Superannuation, getting payments of between nearly $600 and just over $1000 every fortnight.   But in this cost of living crisis, how easy is it to survive on the pension?  Ed McKnight tried living on it for a week and came to a couple of conclusions around what it would be like to retire.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystu...

Oral hygiene is incredibly important for maintaining your health, but when you’re brushing twice a day, you can burn through brushes pretty quickly.  With dentists recommending toothbrushes be replaced every three months, New Zealanders send an estimated 20 million toothbrushes to landfill every year.   Is there a better option? Kate Hall offers a few tips that could help bring down the...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 14 June 2025, legend of the screen and stage Alison Quigan joins Jack to discuss directing a brand-new theatre production from Roger Hall.  Jack considers what real life skills we need in the world of AI.   Kevin has a few thoughts on what skills we should be nurturing and hopes they might translate to more original id...

Damage in the garden can strike at any time.   Serious leaf damage (chewing and molesting of foliage all the way down the branches of a tree or shrub) is not something that small birds tend to do.    At ground level you can rightly guess that sparrows and quail are the possible delinquents, but when it really looks like full-on destruction you will need to do a bit of research: &nbs...

Disney and Universal are suing AI image and video generator Midjourney   With just a couple of sentences you can create your own scene starring Homer Simpson, a Minion, or a Star Wars character. That's cool, but a problem for the studios who own the IP for that content.   The studios call Midjourney a “virtual vending machine” and “bottomless pit of plagiarism” in their suit.  &nbsp...

David Attenborough: Ocean  David Attenborough explores the planet's undersea habitats, revealing the greatest age of ocean discovery and emphasising the ocean's vital importance while exposing its problems and highlighting opportunities for marine life recovery (Disney+).    Titan: The OceanGate Disaster   OceanGate's Titan tourist submersible imploded in 2023 on a deep-sea div...

Materialists   A young New York City matchmaker's lucrative business gets complicated as she finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.    Dangerous Animals  A shark-obsessed serial killer holds Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, captive on his boat. Racing against time, she must figure out a way to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sha...

Nici Wickes has been out at Fieldays for the last few days, checking out a few products and cooking up a storm. She joined Jack to round up some of her foodie highlights, as well as share her ‘super simple’ Korean-style rump steak recipe that’s been popular among the other visitors.  Korean Beef and Spring Onions    If I have to pick a steak to cook, I’ll go with rump every time as...

I still remember the exact seat where I was sitting.    It was 20 years ago, and I was primed for one of the key exams in my tertiary education. I’d passed Teeline shorthand at 40 words a minute. 50 words, 60 words, 70 words. To progress on my journalism course and ultimately earn a degree I had one final challenge: I had to pass a Teeline shorthand exam at 80 words a minute.   We l...

Nadia Lim is a chef with a finger in every pie.  She’s a MasterChef New Zealand champion, cookbook author, TV personality, dietitian, entrepreneur, and an inspiration for many in the kitchen.  Her recipes and passion have shaped the way many approach food, the release of her cookbook Easy Weeknight Meals inspiring plenty of people to take up utensils.  To mark the 10th anniversary o...

A significant milestone happened in Kevin Milnes life recently – or shall we say a Milnestone.  Wednesday marked 50 years since he and his wife Linda went on their first date, and he joined Jack Tame for a chat about marriage, relationships, and anniversaries.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Britpop legends Pulp are back after 24 years.  They released their 8th album, More, which was recorded over the span of three weeks, starting in November of 2024.  In the Bandcamp description for the album, Jarvis Cocker writes:   “We hope you enjoy the music. It was written & performed by four human beings from the North of England, aided & abetted by five other human being...

The Surf House by Lucy Clarke   Wish you were here? Think again... High on the wave-pounded cliffs, far from the bustling souks of Marrakesh, sits The Surf House. A hidden gem on Morocco's shores, the house is a sanctuary for the surfers, travellers and dreamers who wash in. But the idyll is built on something rotten. And when Bea arrives, relieved to find refuge after a dangerous encounter i...