Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

I never expected that my degree in Forestry from Wageningen University would come in handy at this late stage of my life.   Thank you, Jack!   Pruning plants in the garden is something that most gardeners can learn reasonably quickly. Yes, there will be some mistakes along the way, but hey! That’s how you gain experience.   Hedges are the next stage up in competence – they are often large plants (...

Boh Runga burst onto the scene in 1999, the frontwoman of award-winning pop-rock Kiwi band Stellar.   She’s gone on to become something of a multi-hyphenate, with fingers in various pies.   The singer, songwriter, and musician has become a household name, expanding her enterprises to include designing, jewellery making, and even writing a book.   Runga is taking part in the world-first Pride Synth...

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga   Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel, presided over by the Immortan Joe. As the two tyrants fight for dominance, Furiosa soon finds herself in a nonstop battle to make her way home.     The Three Musketeers: D'Artaga...

The French Post Office La Poste has released a brand new type of stamp.   Their scratch and sniff baguette stamp celebrates the baking of six billion baguettes a year in France.   Kevin Milne saw this and wondered if the New Zealand Post Office could do such a thing, and if so, what scent?   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

$2.60.   Oof. I’m gonna’ hazard a guess that as a Crusaders fan, we haven’t faced such long odds against the Blues anytime this century. But honestly, given the Super Rugby season we’ve had so far, I felt a strange sense of surprise in checking the TAB website, when the number for tonight’s clash didn’t start with a four or a five.   Momentum is one of those funny things in sport. When everything’...

There is never a time when a slice of butterscotch pie is not a good idea. This is simple and divine, and you will not regret making your own pastry for this pie – it’s super easy and failsafe.   Serves 4-6     Ingredients   CRUST   100g (about 1/2 cup) plain flour   1 tsp sugar   Pinch salt   75g cold butter, cut into chunks   40mls very cold water   FILLING   75g cold unsalted butter   225g brow...

Billie Eilish has released her third album.   ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ is an album intended to do as the title states, hitting listeners hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, Eilish states on her website.   You never quite know what the next track is going to be, Estelle Clifford told Jack Tame.   It’s an album you can’t listen to all at once, but there’s also not really any skip tracks, she s...

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley   In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.     She is tasked with working as a...

The beautifully historic city of Thessaloniki sits on the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea. It's a port city, and the transport hub of Greece. Mike Yardley visited Greece's second city, joining Jack Tame to run him through the beauty and the historic landmarks all around. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridgerton   A new season of the popular Shonda Rhimes costume drama set during the Regency era in England and following eight siblings of the rich and powerful Bridgerton family as they try to find love ( Netflix ).     Big Mood   Best friends Maggie and Eddie have lived in each other's pockets for 10 years, through thick, thin; but with the rest of their lives looming, and Maggie's bipolar disor...

Arthur the King   Desperate for one last chance to win, Michael Light convinces a sponsor to back him and a team of athletes for the Adventure Racing World Championship in the Dominican Republic. As the team gets pushed to the outer limits of endurance, a dog named Arthur comes along for the ride, redefining what victory, loyalty and friendship truly means.     Dream Scenario   A family man finds...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 18 May 2024, award-winning Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson has crossed the ditch to bring their charm and wittiness to the NZ International Comedy Festival.   This week, Jack experienced tragedy with a shocking tree pruning.    Tara Ward spills on Bridgerton's latest serving of high society seduction and scandal in Screentime...

Workplace bullying has come with a high price tag.   It’s estimated that it costs New Zealand around $1.5 billion a year, 50% of the costs arising from the impact on female workers.   Dougal Sutherland told Jack Tame that the report should really slap organisations and businesses around the head, as it demonstrates the sheer extent of the problem.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

An ARIA award winning comedian and judge on Ru Paul’s Drag Race Down Under, Rhys Nicholson is quite the entertainer.   They’ve brought their wittiness, charm, and laughs across the ditch this week as part of the NZ International Comedy Festival.   Last night saw them delight Auckland crowds, and this morning Nicholson joined Jack Tame to discuss their career, Drag Race, and the Comedy Festival.  ...

Ever since moving to Christchurch I have been trapping pests: stoats and possums, rats and mice. Think Predator-Free New Zealand!   Mice are quite common here on the Port Hills; rather rural with heaps of herbage, seeds, and grasses, plus good seed crops in the gardens.   Mice are an important food source for rats and stoats. They also eat heaps of Native New Zealand Invertebrates (caterpillars, b...

Wine: Neudorf 2023 Tiritiri Chardonnay, Nelson $29   Why I chose it:   - Terrific Chardonnay, like a good French Chablis   - Neudorf is one of the country’s top chardonnay producers   - NZ is a top Chardonnay producer   - 2014 Neudorf Moutere Chardonnay – 100 pts   What does it taste like?   Taut, vibrant chardonnay with pronounced oyster shell/saline, hazelnut and subtle nutty oak flavours. Impre...

Everything you know about Google Search is about to change   Google’s famous ten blue links will be replaced in the USA thanks to AI. Forget typing in keywords, Google now wants you to ask it questions and it will give you answers. No more links, but paragraphs of answers. "AI overviews" will appear when the technology determines it's the fastest way to answer a user.   This is rather terrifying f...

NZ First has introduced a new bill that would fine those who do not use the public bathroom of their designated sex.   Winston Peters announced the bill to ensure all non-domestic public locations have “clearly signed unisex and single-sex bathrooms.   Kevin Milne thinks the only positive of the bill is that it won't become law, but has some alternatives he thinks could be adopted instead.   LISTE...

NZ oranges are some of the best in the world, I think! Gisborne and Kerikeri produce the finest citrus and this cake is one to really highlight them. It's a simple cake but is so versatile. It makes a decent tea cake or serve it warm with custard and cream for a dessert.   Serves 6-8     Ingredients   1 large orange, chopped roughly, skin and all   1 ½ cups sugar   200g butter   3 eggs   1 ½ cups...

It was my fault.    One of those things that came about because of whole lot of factors, but which can ultimately be boiled down to doing too much at once. Work, family, life. I was too stretched. Too stressed. And something gave.    But why did it have to be the trees?   This will sound really crazy, but I only realised afterwards that maybe the single-biggest reason I bought my home, was the tre...

Yesterday saw the release of Jordan Rakei’s fifth studio album The Loop, an album he’s wanted to make since he was 19.   He took his 35 acoustic demos and refined them down to 13 tracks, recorded over two “action-packed” weeks with an orchestra, choir, and band.   Rakei says it’s his most ambitious project to date, inspired by becoming a father.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

Five Bad Deeds by Caz Frear   Teacher, mother, wife, and all-around good citizen Ellen is juggling nonstop commitments, from raising a teen and two toddlers to job-hunting to finally renovating her dream home, the Meadowhouse. Amidst the chaos, an ominous note arrives in the mail, People have to learn there are consequences, Ellen. And I’m going to teach you that lesson. Right under your nose. Why...

Staying sustainable when out and about can be something of a challenge, but the key lies in what you bring with you on the go.   Kate ‘Ethically Kate’ Hall has mastered the art of reducing waste while on the go, and joined Jack Tame to run through her essentials.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mortgage rules are changing, but what does this mean? Will it be easier to get a mortgage? Harder?   Andrew Nicol of Opes Property joined Jack Tame to discuss the changes that come with the updates to the Credits Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA).   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Allium Rust on garlic has become quite an issue of the past 10 years, not just in Canterbury, where I live, but in many places of New Zealand. Many people complain that this fungal disease strikes in late winter/early spring and the only thing that stops it from hammering the garlic plants is by regular spraying with Copper or copper/sulphur fungicides (Organics!). And regular might be as frequent...