Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Lone Wolf by Greg Hurwitz   Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere, and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful men in the world and e...

Shōgun   Set in Japan in the year 1600, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village ( Disney+ ).     Constellation   When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut makes the heroic journey back to Earth, only to discove...

Dune: Part Two   Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he must prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.   The Great Escaper   In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commem...

"Remote and wind-blasted Farewell Spit is a sweeping 30km-long sliver of sand that arcs east, buffering Golden Bay from the Tasman Sea. If you’ve never done it before, revel in this singular environment, by hopping onboard a Farewell Spit Eco Tour, for a 6 hour journey of discovery." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Load shifting is one of the best things we can do to ensure we are using renewable energy sources instead of non-renewables. But what is load shifting?   Load shifting is simply moving power use to different times of the day. Turning large appliances on at off peak times, setting timers, charging EVs overnight etc.   Kate Hall joined Jack Tame to discuss the benefits of load shifting and its abili...

In NZ, we have a number of wasp species that can cause a few problems:   1) German Wasps (arrived after WW2) Vespula germanica   2) The Common Wasp (arrived in the 1970-s) Vespula vulgaris   Both these two species sting – no sense of humor!   They nest in cavities: hollow trees, wall cavities and hollow trunks of trees, in your ceiling or roof space, etc.   These wasps are often found eating honey...

What is a ‘middle ear’ infection?   - One of the most common infections that occur in children.   - By school age most children would have had an infection, and it becomes less common as they get older.   - An infection of the middle ear: air filled space behind the ear drum, which contains the vibrating bones of the ear we hear with.       What do we need to look out for?   - Often starts with a...

Facebook & News are breaking up   The "news tab" is no more and Meta is basically trying to get out of the news business altogether.   Meta says it will “deprecate” Facebook News in the US and Australia in April and has removed the News tab in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Meta says it will not do any new commercial deals for news and “will not offer new Facebook products specifical...

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has had an eventful life.   One of New Zealand’s most prolific performers, the opera singer has performed in countries all over the world in several different languages, receiving a slew of honours over the years.   She retired in September 2017, her last performance taking place in October of 2016.   Since then, Te Kanawa committed herself to nurturing young artists, sitting a...

New Zealand is losing one of its two TV news organisations as Warner Bros. Discovery pulls the plug on Newshub. Kevin Milne has found the Government's response to be quite lacklustre, given the importance of the third estate to democracy. "NZ is now on it's own and I think that's, in a way, a bit tragic." LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We made it.   Hurrah. My wife and I celebrated the one-month anniversary of our wedding this week. A meagre milestone relative to many other relationships but a month married is a month married and so far at least, it’s been great.   It also means I’ve crossed the one-month threshold for life with a wedding ring.   I must admit I was a bit torn at first about whether or not a ring was for me. Like...

Boiling Point A new four part British drama that picks up six months after the 2021 movie of the same name, and follows the staff working in a high pressure restaurant ( TVNZ+ ).   Feud  Capote and the Swans: Tom Hollander, Naomi Watts and Chloe Sevigny star in this American drama about writer Truman Capote’s friendships with a group of high society New York women ( Neon ).   The Choir  An uplifti...

A highly controversial fruit, feijoas have long held a special place in New Zealand culture.   They’ve become a feature of kiwi iconography, their popularity seeing the flavour crop up in the least expected places.   Kiwi author Kate Evans thinks of herself as the nerdiest of feijoa nerds, travelling the world and researching the fruit.   She’s recently published a book on the subject, ‘Feijoa: A...

The fifth studio album from American rock band MGMT, 'Loss of Life' is the band's label debut on Mom + Pop, coming six years after the release of 'Little Dark Age'. The ten track album shifts between genres, Britpop, acoustic folk, power ballads with an 80's flair. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One Day by David Nicholls   15th July 1988: Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.   So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that? And every year that follows?     Moscow X by David McCloskey  A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin - its execution is foiled by a Russian woman wi...

If you're done seeing the sights of Gisborne and are after something a little more outdoorsy, Tairāwhiti is packed with adventures. Mike Yardley joined Jack Tame to run through some of his favourites, including tandem cycling, Tipuna Tours up in Tolaga Bay, and feeding the stingrays down the line at Tatapouri. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Australia workers have been given the right to ignore after-hours calls from work, unless it’s in their contract/role requires it or an emergency, following on from some European countries (e.g., France) who have done this.   How likely are we to follow suit in NZ? It's unlikely that it will become law – since 2015 Health and Safety at work act neither Labour nor National govts appear to have b...

You may have caught me talking about Psyllids, from time to time. Especially the Tomato-Potato Psyllid.   This is an insect that appeared in New Zealand around 2006 and it makes a mess of the two main hosts: Tomatoes and Potatoes.   The Tomato-Potato Psyllid. Photo / Supplied   As a fanatic tomato grower, I always keep a serious eye out this thing and practice a lot of weed control (Solanum weeds...

Taylors Estate Limestone Coast, Clare Valley Shiraz $20     Why I chose it  - Hearty red for the months ahead. - Taylor’s produces some of the best value reds in Australia. - Australian wine sales to China, once their biggest wine market, have ground to a halt, resulting in many bargains if you are prepared to shop around.     What does it taste like?  - Dense, inky red with choc/mocha, cassis, an...

We talk a lot about AI and how it might change things, but it's starting to have real world consequences   Tyler Perry, who founded the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Network and is a prolific content creator, has said he's stopping plans to open more sound stages. He was due to add 12 sound stages to his Atlanta complex, but advances by OpenAI's video generator Sora has given him pause.    ...

The Zone of Interest   Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes 2023, this historical war drama from filmmaker Jonathan Glazer ( Under the Skin ) centres on the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, who strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.     The Eternal Memory   Chilean couple Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years, bu...

Have you got a glut of plums like me? This little condiment - plum paste - is easy to make and it goes so well with all manner of cheeses and meats.     Ingredients:   1.5kg whole fresh plums, washed (count them into the pot, I used 32 plums – see note)   1 ¼ cups water   ½ cup sweet white wine or apple cider vinegar   ¼- ½ tsp ground cloves, depending on your taste   Sugar, white or raw – likely...

It’s often believed that the music you listen to when you’re seventeen or eighteen is what sticks with you throughout your entire life.   Kevin Milne recently stumbled across concert programmes from when he was living in London in the 70’s; how much of that has stuck around?   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I never thought the previous government’s fees-free education policy made sense.   I’m on the record from the get-go. I didn’t think it was a well-designed or considered policy. At an annual cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, the policy was expensive. I felt there were other priorities. The more cynically minded might even suggest that fast-tracking a fees-free education policy was a decisio...

Tomorrow marks the 46 th year of Round the Bays Wellington, an iconic community event bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate physical activity.   Over 10,000 people are expected to take part in one of three distances, Sir Ashley Bloomfield among them.   He’s taking part as a Pause Breathe Smile ambassador, which is a free mental health program for primary and intermediat...