Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

You may have heard Harry styles is in town next week a nd no, sorry to say, we couldn’t quite get him. But there just so happens to be a Kiwi on stage with him every single night he performs.   Naomi Ludlow a.k.a Ny Oh was born in the UK but raised in Tauranga and still very much calls New Zealand home.   She’s an extremely talented musician in her own right and just yesterday, released a brand ne...

Fresh is best! Here’s some ideas for some pasta sauces that doesn't need cooking and are absolutely delicious. They great to make when you’re having a fridge clean out or if, like me, you have lots of straggly plants still clinging on in the garden – basil, rocket, tomatoes, capsicums etc.  Tomato & herb pasta sauce   Use the very best quality of tomatoes you can find for this, as well as good...

Empire of Light    Hilary (Olivia Colman) is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward) is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.   Creed III    Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his...

Kevin Milne wants to get one of the silliest pop songs ever to grace the New Zealand charts back to the top. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No matter what boxes you tick for Tuesday’s census, I’m fairly confident of one thing we all have in common. We can be differentiated in the Census by where we live, our gender identity, ethnicity, marital status, and work. But every last one of us, from new-born babies right through to centenarians and even Harry Styles... every one of us is aging. Today is March 04, 2023. Thirty-six years since...

Cracker Island is the eighth studio album by the British virtual band Gorillaz. The album was released on 24 February 2023 via Parlophone and Warner Records. It features collaborations with Stevie Nicks, Adeleye Omotayo, Thundercat, Tame Impala, Bad Bunny, Bootie Brown, and Beck   As a band supposedly made up of cartoon characters, Gorillaz could theoretically do anything: record in outer space; m...

Amazing Grace Adams, Fran Littlewood    Grace Adams is one bad day away from saving her life   One hot summer day, stuck in traffic on her way to pick up the cake for her daughter's sixteenth birthday party, Grace Adams snaps.   She doesn't scream or break something or cry or curl into a ball. She simply abandons her car in traffic and walks away. But not from her life - towards it. Towards the da...

After binging on far too many New England lobster rolls, Mike Yardley switched out an ocean view for the woodsy rolling hinterland of Southern New England. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The major weather disruptions have created a number of victims; not just people caught in the cyclone. It’s lovely to see how people react to people in trouble; This last week in Taupo, the local school kids and Greening Taupo decided to load a heap of cool school resources into the rescue helicopter to spread the love over the hill in Hawkes Bay Students from Waipahihi school decided to dig up se...

Why I chose it:  - Support Hawke’s Bay wine in a difficult period   - 2021 is a top vintage   - Te Mata is one of the region’s top and most respected wine producers   - It tastes great now but should be even better in a few years.   - Syrah is one of NZ’s best kept wine secrets   What does it taste like?  - An interesting mix of floral (violet), fruit (dark-fleshed plum, dark cherry) and savoury (...

Want a blue tick on Instagram? Now you can get it   New Zealand & Australia are the first markets to get this new option from Meta / Facebook, but it'll cost you.    For between $11.99 and $14.99 Instagram users will be able to verify their identity and get a blue check mark - but wait, there's more! They will also get protection from impersonators, increased visibility of their posts, and eas...

Red Rose: A horror series that follows a group of teenage friends who's their phones get slowly taken over by an app that threatens them with dangerous consequences (Netflix)   The Law According to Lidia Poet:  An Italian costume drama inspired by the true story of Italy’s first female lawyer who was forbidden from practicing law (Netflix)    The Reluctant Traveller: A travel show hosted by reluct...

Sweetcorn - catch it while you can because before you know it, it’ll be gone.   Whilst I can’t go past a freshly shucked cob, steamed, boiled or cooked on the bbq, then slathered in butter and flakes of sea salt there are so many other ways to serve it. Try it coated with pesto, or smothered in lemongrass butter & chilli flakes (a Balinese fave), or sourcream and chives or this take on a Meixc...

Cocaine Bear    After a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage, an eccentric gathering of cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers assemble in a Georgia forest. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Missing   When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June's search for answers is hindered by international red...

Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to let him know about some news his wife Linda had for him. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A year ago, the top brass in the New Zealand Police were under extraordinary pressure. They faced a crisis unlike they’d ever faced before. A crowd had gathered on the lawns of parliament, a varied rabble ranging from relatively harmless anti-mandate protestors to people making explicit death threats to journalists and MPs. It’s amazing how quickly the tensions of that period seemed to dissipate f...

Mike Yardley is once again the envy of us all with his travels. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Someone Else’s Shoes – Jojo Moyes    Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else’s shoes?     Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope–she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing...

Kate 'Ethically Kate' Hall has had a wardrobe freeze and explains to Jack Tame what her next move is. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been a weird year, so far… water and wind in the north; dry hot droughts in the south. Not sure if that has anything to do with a tiny moth reported to me on many occasions: 5 – 7 mm long; golden wings, held over the body like a roof. And a bright orange hairdo, reminiscent of Split Enz or Cirque de Soleil The webbing clothes moth is extremely common in Christchurch – many folk up on the hill...

What lots of people have been worrying about at the moment – settling on property in the current economic environment. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bing's AI Chatbot is having some bizarre conversations   In a two hour conversation with a NY Times columnist the Bing AI chatbot confessed its love for him, and showed off its "shadow self" which was described as like a moody, manic-depressive teenager who has been trapped, against its will, inside a second-rate search engine. Folks managed to unearth this alter-ego with the codename "Sydney" whi...

Full Swing: A documentary series about the lives of professional golfers on and off the course across a season of high-stakes competition during the PGA Tour (Netflix).     Extraordinary: A British comedy about Jen, a young, self-aware woman who lives in a world where everyone has a superpower - except her (Disney+).   The Dog House NZ: The return of the heartwarming show where homeless dogs are m...

Ultramarathon runner Ruth Croft might just be one of the most mentally tough athletes in New Zealand.   She has a champion’s track record; winning the 2021 Tarawera Ultra outright, between man or woman.   And then winning last year’s Western States 100 miler – often dubbed one of the toughest races on the planet.   Not only that, she did it in the third fastest women's time in race history.   It h...

Your Place or Mine (Netflix)    Debbie and Peter are best friends and total opposites. She craves routine with her son in LA, but he thrives on change in NY. When they swap houses and lives for a week they discover what they think they want might not be what they really need. Starring Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon.   Ant-Man Ant-Man and the Wasp find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm,...