Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Bitter Sweet Love is the fifth studio album from British singer-songwriter James Arthur, the thirteen track album releasing late last month. After a week long race for the top spot, Bitter Sweet Love surpassed the Reytons to take the number one spot on the UK Charts. The album is full of the contradictions surrounding love, Arthur having written the album during some post-tour blues, unsure if he...

The Heiress - Rachel Hawkins   With unexpected twists and heart-throbbing pacing, it draws you into a captivating mystery set within the claustrophobic Ashby House. The secrets hidden behind its closed doors, along with its notorious and heartless inhabitants, add to the intrigue.     The Boys in the Boat - Daniel James Brown   Told against the backdrop of the Great Depression, The Boys in the Boa...

Mr & Mrs Smith   A reboot of the 2005 Hollywood blockbuster sees Donald Glover and Maya Erskine play two spies who are assigned as husband and wife for a secret mission, and end up falling for each other.     Griselda   Sofia Vergara plays a real-life Columbian drug-lord who went on to create one of the most profitable drug cartels in history.     The Greatest Night in Pop     On a January nig...

The Holdovers A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War. To Catch a Killer  A troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investig...

"Fanning out from Ashburton and bounded by the Rakaia and Rangitata rivers, Mid-Canterbury is a land of dramatic contrasts. Pancake-flat coastal plains give way to abruptly rising hill country, while large sweeping braided rivers, crystal clear alpine lakes and the serrated glory of the Southern Alps all add to the scenic medley." "It is an understated region ripe for discovery and exploration, pa...

New recycling rules have come into place as district and city councils across the country standardise what can and cannot be recycled.   Kate ‘Ethically Kate’ Hall joined Jack Tame to run through these regulations and give an insight into whether recycling is as helpful as we think it is.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had a great “break” around Christmas? No doubt a fabulous, lazy time with whanau and grand kids.   The problem is: often some pests and diseases sneak into the system without you knowing!   Codling moths in your apples   After flowering, when the apples set fruit (the tiniest fruits that grow into apples!), this is the time when codling moth adults lay their eggs. During the X-mas growth the cater...

BOB'S BEST BUYS Wine: Askerne 2022 Viognier, Hawke’s Bay $26.90   Why I chose it:   - One of the best examples of NZ Viognier I’ve tasted.   - Often blended with Syrah to give greater complexity and a silkier texture.   - Delicious wine from a challenging vintage.   What does it taste like?   - “Ripe, almost luscious wine with tree fruit/apricot/nectarine, vanilla and musk-like flavours underpinne...

Top artists have vanished from TikTok   Superstars Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, and Olivia Rodrigo's music has been removed from TikTok because their record label and TikTok can't agree on what to pay. Universal Music Group says TikTok is paying a fraction of the price of other social media sites. It's tricky though, because TikTok has been the source of many #1 hits recently as clips go viral, and t...

Comedian Russell Howard is returning to New Zealand for his sell-out tour- a very different version of New Zealand when compared to his previous visit, where he was granted exemption to pass through the borders during the Covid-19 pandemic.  “Last time we came, the army were there. They greeted us by saying- you know you’ll be staying at a hotel for two weeks. We’ll ask about your mental health, y...

End of season strawberries are so jammy and sweet, they’re perfect for baking with.    Makes one 20cm cake.      Ingredients:   55g butter, softened    2/3 cup caster sugar + 1 tbsp    2 tsps pure vanilla extract    1 large egg    1 cup plain flour    ½ tsp baking powder    ½ tsp baking soda    3 tbsps poppy seeds    1/2 tsp lemon zest    1/2 cup plain Greek yoghurt or sour cream    140g fresh str...

The Government is being warned of the country’s vulnerability to more frequent severe weather, and the possibility of catastrophic earthquakes that could cripple the country.   These earthquakes could occur in the near future, or even within the next few days.   The news is hardly reassuring, and Kevin Milne is wondering just how he’s supposed to react.   Should he try refund his concert tickets?...

The big news from my summer this year, is that I got married last weekend.   Well, technically actually that’s not correct. My wife, Mava, and I were legally married back in May. But last weekend we had a little wedding. The white dress, the tux, the families in from different parts of the country and the World, the hair, the pocket squares, the petit fours, the rings, the champagne, the stress. ...

Tara Canton is the definition of talented.    Starting out in theatre, she was a triple threat taking up roles in the Sound of Music and Annie.    But before she even graduated at Wellington’s Toi Whakaari, she landed the role in TVNZ’S 'After the Party', working alongside well-respected Kiwi actress, Robyn Malcom.   "I've always been interested in performing in arts,” Canton told Newstalk ZB’s Wi...

Their fourteenth studio album, Green day is back with 'Saviors'.  A fifteen track punk-rock album that slots seamlessly into their discography and is, in their own words, an insight into the band's collective consciousness.  "Saviors is an invitation into Green Day’s brain, their collective spirit as a band, and an understanding of friendship, culture and legacy of the last 30 plus years." LISTEN...

The Search Party by Hannah Richell    A spellbinding locked-room mystery about a glamping trip gone horribly wrong when a powerful storm leaves the participants stranded and forced to confront long-held secrets and a shocking disappearance.   Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race with their twelve-year-old son to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall. Eager for a dry run a...

"Deep in the golden heart of the Ashburton District, the mountains rise up to meet you. Two hours drive from Christchurch, I turned off the inland scenic highway at Mount Somers, bound for Lake Heron Station. The sealed road ends by the historic Hakatere buildings, but the sense of heritage in these parts is rich. Turning off at Hakatere onto the graded gravel road to the lake, I’m rolling through...

Psychologist Dr Dougal Sutherland joined Wilhelmina Shrimpton for a chat about beginning the year with oomph.   Top tips include:   -Daily scheduled activity   -Mapping your activities to match your personal energy flow   -Learning how to mentally switch off from work     LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a great summer with scorching temps on the Port Hills, the plants started to suffer a wee bit – away from home for a week or more makes most gardeners a bit anxious. Plants dried out very quickly.   How to Water?   Never been a fan of sprinklers. I try to keep my leaves dry as much as possible; wet leaves often give fungal spores the opportunity to settle on the plant, causing leaf-spots, ro...

Apple is being forced to allow apps from outside it's App Store   The EU's Digital Markets Act is coming into effect in March and it will see monumental changes to Apple's iPhone business. For the first time apps from outside of its App Store will be allowed to be installed on the phone, either directly, or via a third-party-created app store of their own. It's huge because Apple charges up to 30%...

Masters of the Air   A new military drama from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, based on a true story from in World War II about ten American airmen who risked their lives against unrelenting German fighters (AppleTV+).     Black Coast Vanishings   A new New Zealand true-crime documentary series about the mysterious disappearances of six people from the small coastal community of Piha (Three and Th...

Priscilla When teenager Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who's already a meteoric rock 'n' roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, and a gentle best friend.     Lift   A master thief is wooed by his ex-girlfriend and the FBI to pull off an impossible heist with his international crew on a 777 passeng...

It’s a very special anniversary for one of childhood’s most beloved figures: Winnie the Pooh.   This month marks one hundred years since AA Milne introduced the beloved character to the world in a poem called ‘Teddy Bear.’   Kevin Milne joined Wilhelmina Shrimpton to celebrate the occasion.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At this time of year the plum trees are dripping with fruit! It’s time to make the annual supply of plum sauce and plum chutneys but it’s also time to bake this beautiful cake!   Ingredients   3/4 cup sugar   180g butter, softened   1 tbsp vanilla extract   2 medium eggs   ½ cup plain flour   ½ cup ground almonds   1 tsp baking powder   6 plums, halved and de-stoned   Method   1. Heat oven 180 C....

I want to talk about timing, because it really is everything.    It can be the difference between whether you say or do something, and it can be the difference between whether you don’t.    It can shape opinion, and it can morph public perception.   The timing of an announcement or an incident can also dictate how it’s received.    I think we’ve well and truly seen the importance of timing when it...