Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Kevin Milne has opinions on culture.   The Hoity-toity Hall of Fame is what Kevin calls the things people are expected to like but simply couldn’t care less about, such as the art of “influential” Kiwi artist Francis Hodgkins.   He’s also wondering if he’s the only one feeling awkward because he's never read a Katherine Mansfield book.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

The Marvels     Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. However, unintended consequences see her shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with two other superheroes to form the Marvels. ...

Robbie Williams A four-part documentary series featuring 30 years of never-before-seen archive footage about the British singer’s controversial rise to fame (Netflix).   The Buccaneers This new historical drama set in the 1870s follows a group of wealthy American women as they travel to London for the debutante season (Apple TV+).   007: Road to a Million Succession’s Brian Cox stars as The Contro...

The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon   Maine, 1789: The Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice. Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As the local midwife and healer, Martha is good at keeping secrets. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, every murder and debacle that unfolds in the town of Hallowell. In that diary she also documented the de...

"Over 150 years old, it was an act of incredibly bold foresight to preserve Yellowstone all those years ago, when Americans were so busy “conquering” the West. A fusion of land and water, forest and field, wildlife and geothermal wizardry, it’s a large unspoiled canvas of the American West. Anchored by a huge supervolcano, that last erupted 600,000 years ago, there is no place quite like Yellowsto...

Summer's almost upon us which means it's time to break out the sunblock. There are a lot of options out there, but what one is best for you and the environment? Kate 'Ethically Kate' Hall joined Jack Tame to give a few suggestions and tips on how to pick the best choice. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s breeding time for birds!   As a bird nut (and a registered bird bander) I have a nest box for little owls. Further down in the Quarry, my Bird mate Peter and I are looking after other owl boxes and monitoring their success. So far one female on four white eggs.   Photo / Supplied These introduced little owls came from Europe and are well established in the South Island, especially around Chri...

What issues can arise on a long haul flight?   The main complaints tend to be irritating more than anything   Becoming dehydrated – can lead to headaches, dry mouth, dry nose   Not being able to sleep, ankle swelling   Cramped conditions, especially in economy class seats!   More serious: deep vein thrombosis – leg clots due to not moving around.       How do we improve comfort?   Really important...

Could your mobile phone be a thing of the past? A new company has launched a product to let you go hands-free.   It's the Humane AI Pin, a voice and gesture activated wearable that can do many of the things your phone can do: send messages, read emails, make calls, get directions, play music, take photos and video, translate to other languages, and more.   It's not always on, it's not listening fo...

To celebrate the abundance of asparagus available right now, make this simple tasty tart.   Serve 4-6     Ingredients:   2 bunches (or about 20) medium thickness asparagus spears   1 sheet puff pastry   1 egg, beaten with a fork   150g sour cream or crème fraiche   100g blue cheese, crumbled   2 tablespoons caramelised onion chutney (store-bought is fine)   ½ teaspoon sea salt + decent grind black...

Taylor Swift has re-recorded her 2014 album "1989". The superstar has been re-recording her back catalogue so she can own the rights to her own music rather than her record label. Swift owning her own version would allow her to control what happens to her music and how it is streamed and bought. Music reviewer Estelle Clifford talked to Jack Tame about the album and the story behind the new album....

The Secret – Lee Child and Andrew Child   Jack Reacher has returned in yet another novel from Lee and Andrew Child.  ‘The Secret’ is the 28th  book in the series and was released only a few months before the second season of the TV show is set to be released in December.   The Woman in Me - Britney Spears  Britney Spears’ hotly anticipated memoir The Woman In Me has finally hit shelves after alrea...

Flanked by jagged mountain spires scratching at the sky and slashed by the crystal waters of the mighty Snake River, the valley of Jackson Hole sets the stage for some wild Wyoming adventures, where the spirit of the West sings out loud. Early fur trappers used the term “hole” to describe a valley entirely encased by mountains, which perfectly sums up Jackson Hole’s terrain. Thickly forested mount...

What is ADHD?  Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder   Symptoms include difficulty focusing attention -often cant’s keep focused on something but sometimes get “hyperfocused” on something and can’t move off it when need to; acting suddenly without thinking (impulsivity); being really disorganised; fidgety, restless, can’t sit still for long; changing jobs a lot, messy and disorganised, misses d...

Wine: Nautilus 2023 Albarino, Marlborough $30   Why I chose it:   - Exciting new (to New Zealand) grape variety with a great future in this part of the world   - Nautilus makes my favourite Albarino   - Great summer wine – crisp, refreshing with mouth-watering acidity   What does it taste like?   - A delicious albarino with classic citrus/mandarin/orange flavours. A kiss of sweetness is perfectly...

Spring : everything wakes up. All sorts of creepy crawlies are gunning for your crops and sometimes we need to be ahead of the game.   Apples have stopped flowering and the smallest beginnings of the fruit are on your trees.   Those tiny fruitlets are known in English as “Codlings”   Hence the name for the moth who’s caterpillars love to invade these codlings: Codling moth   Parents (moths) are no...

YouTube is cracking own on ad-blockers If you have an ad-blocker you'll likely get a warning that using it violates their terms of service. It's been a slow road here - they previously had allowed you to watch one video before blocking you, but no more. The big streamers are doing the same, but with account sharing - everyone is focused on profitability at the moment and are tightening up where th...

All the Light We Cannot See: Adapted from the novel by Anthony Doerr, this tells the story of a blind French teenager who crosses paths with a German soldier as they both try and survive the devastation of World War 2. (Netflix)       The Gilded Age: The return of Julian Fellowes’ sumptuous costume drama about a young woman who moves to New York to live with her aunts, and is exposed to an excitin...

The term ‘MasterChef’ Is not a term to be taken lightly.   Yes, it comes with all the TV star glory but it’s also about incredible talent and skill.    Starting out as a young boy running an Auckland takeaway shop and local dairy, Sam Low has gone from strength to strength making a name for himself in the food industry as an award-winning barista and latte art champion.    He took the crown in las...

NZ Ice Cream & Gelato Week returns in November 2023. Over a week NZ ice cream, gelato and sorbet makers will celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the country’s growing industry and encourage Kiwis to buy and enjoy locally made.   The week kicks off with Ice Cream & Gelato Sundae on Sunday 5 November 2023 – with specials in scoop shops across the country.   NZ Ice Cream & Gelato Week...

Francesca Rudkin reviews Kiwi comedian Tom Sainsbury's new horror film Loop Track and Till, about the search for justice following the lynching of African American teenager Emmett Till in 1955.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand's top swimmer, Lewis Clareburt, is having to move to Auckland and find a new coach because he can't get consistent training time at Wellington city council's top pool.   Why?   Because their community pools are "heavily used" by swimmers and other water sports.   Kevin Milne talked to Jack Tame about it.     LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The results are in. Not the final, final results. The super-dooper recounted and not-subject-to-further-legal-challenge results. But as final as results are going to be for a bit longer. And on the numbers released by the Electoral Commission yesterday, I think we can reasonably dub the 2023 General Election the ABL-Vote.   ABL. Anyone. But. Labour.   The left has gone more left. The right has gon...

They’ve been described as the Beetles for kids.   And now after more than a decade of spreading joy to generations of children, the Wiggles – Anthony, Murray, Greg, and Jeff have reunited on screen to tell how the magic happened.   It wasn’t all upbeat and colourful skivvies, as the film sheds light on some of the struggles they faced as individuals.    Yellow Wiggle Greg Page and Purple Wiggle Je...

This week the Wellington City Council committed to complete earthquake strengthening and renovations of Wellington Town Hall, approving an eyewatering $328 million budget.   The reason they’ve committed to this figure is because if they closed the site and demolished the building, it would allegedly cost about the same amount.   Kevin Milne is struggling to wrap his head around this fact.   LISTEN...