/on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/rss 九一星空无限 Tune into Saturday Mornings with Jack Tame, 9am to midday. Keep up with the latest news and developments from New Zealand and the world on 九一星空无限talk ZB. Sat, 23 Aug 2025 07:14:29 Z en /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/don-mcglashan-nz-music-legend-on-his-first-ever-live-album-take-it-to-the-bridge/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/don-mcglashan-nz-music-legend-on-his-first-ever-live-album-take-it-to-the-bridge/ A true New Zealand music legend, Don McGlashan has written some of our most-loved tunes.  From ‘Anchor Me’ in his time with the Mutton Birds, through to his incredible work as a solo artist and his compositions for film and television.  In 2023 McGlashan went on a very special tour around New Zealand, and off the back he’s released his first solo live album – ‘Take It To The Bridge’.  Although he’s been part of the making of a dozen or more studio albums, McGlashan confessed to Jack Tame that he was never really interested in live albums.  “It sort of surprised me, that in the middle of this tour,”  “I suddenly felt this would be great, this is really special – I should be, we should be recording everything.”  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 23 Aug 2025 02:16:42 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-flavours-of-the-sunshine-coast/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-flavours-of-the-sunshine-coast/ "The Sunshine Coast’s sparkling reputation as a powerhouse of premium local produce continues to raise the bar. Brimming with over 900 food and drink producers, grazing from this constantly replenished larder of goodness helps underpin the region’s bragging rights as holiday heaven. I’m just back from a fresh dip with the Sunshine Coast, after indulgently noshing and sipping my way around her beachfront and hinterland hotspots." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 23 Aug 2025 02:07:40 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-laufey-a-matter-of-time/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-laufey-a-matter-of-time/ The third album from Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey, ‘A Matter of Time’ represents a shift towards vulnerability and emotional expressiveness.  Her two earlier albums were heavily influenced by the ‘Great American Songbook’, filled with her now iconic blend of jazz, classical, and pop influences.  ‘A Matter of Time’ is a look inwards, Laufey’s interest in seeing how she could draw out the “most flawed parts of [herself] and look at them directly in the mirror”.   Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the album.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 23 Aug 2025 02:01:28 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-wolf-hour-and-the-wasp-trap/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-wolf-hour-and-the-wasp-trap/ Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbo    This killer has a story.  When a small-time crook is shot down in the streets of Minneapolis, all signs point to a lone wolf, a sniper who has vanished into thin air.  To tell it, he needs to get caught.  When the shooter strikes again, it’s maverick detective Bob Oz they call in to crack the case. They don’t think this victim will be the last.  And this wolf wants the world to know...  As the body count rises, Oz suspects something even more sinister is at play. And the closer he gets to the truth, the more disturbed he becomes. Because this serial killer reminds him of someone dangerous: himself.  He’s only just getting started.     The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards   Summer 1999. Will joins five other idealistic graduates working for an eccentric psychology professor. They’re going to launch a website to change online dating forever.  No-one expects it to end in tragedy.  Twenty-five years later, Will gets an invitation: a dinner party. A chance to see the old gang again.  But as soon as he arrives, something doesn’t seem right.  There’s an unexpected guest. The hosts are clearly keeping a secret. And on the way in, Will is sure he heard crying.  Everyone has something to hide about what really happened that summer.  But only one of them is willing to kill to find the truth…    LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 23 Aug 2025 01:46:39 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kate-hall-sustainable-food-habits/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kate-hall-sustainable-food-habits/ Growing your own vegetables is one way to stay sustainable in the kitchen, but it’s not the only way to keep your food habits sustainable.   It’s not just about the garden, there are simple kitchen swaps that reduce waste and packaging, and Kate Hall joined Jack Tame to run through a few of them, including:  DIY basics: making your own yoghurt, bread, or soda water (less packaging, fewer additives).   Preserving and fermenting (e.g. sauerkraut, kombucha) is cheap, healthy, and reduces food waste.   Planning meals to avoid throwing out food. Focus on the “use what you have” mindset.   Buying in bulk and refilling pantry staples.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 23 Aug 2025 01:05:53 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/haydn-jones-signs-youre-getting-old/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/haydn-jones-signs-youre-getting-old/ Haydn Jones is a little late to the trend, but this week he started baking sourdough.  Falling in between the craft beer and veggie garden stages, nothing says you’ve hit middle-aged quite like a sourdough starter.  This was exemplified for Haydn by the visit he and his friend made to Briscoes on their hunt for a good baking dish.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:59:40 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-23-august-2025/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-23-august-2025/ On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 23rd  August 2025, music legend Don McGlashan joins Jack to discuss his first ever solo live album, ‘Take It To The Bridge’, recorded during his very special 2023 NZ tour.  Jack reflects on the official confirmation of famine in Gaza. Good things come in twos and Francesca Rudkin contrasts two brand new comedy films – NZ film Workmates and the Liam Neeson action flick The Naked Gun.  Plus, Nici Wickes shares two soup recipes to keep you warm from the inside out.  Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:12:45 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-winter-movements-with-silk/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-winter-movements-with-silk/ Before we lose our Winter Scenes, it might be an idea to get up at sunset and look around your garden (or a nearby forest, if you like). Spiders are in many places, despite the cold, icy conditions. The best time to see their “websites” is on dew-laden mornings – the owners are nearby and await the rising of that wintry sun.  Spider silk glands have liquid proteins called spidroins. They're actually kind of gooey and are pressed out gently to form silk. It’s strong, yet light and flexible – a fabulous building material that serves many purposes. Those webs have sticky and non-sticky strands of silk, so the spider can walk on them without getting stuck themselves.  Websites can be incredibly fascinating in the way the spider builds them – this sheetweb is extremely strong and contains silken supports above and below the sheetweb’s “trampoline”. If a moth or beetle flies over the web and accidentally hits the guy-ropes, the poor insect loses its balance and ends up on the silken trampoline.   In no time the spider works out where the prey ended up and dinner is served!  But winter finds that spectacularly weird phenomenon, known as “gossamers”. Small websites in conspicuous places, often made visible by fog or fine rainfall. The spiders usually hide under their web and grab overwintering insects (often very small critters), which sustains them and allows them to grow. If weather allows, they will “balloon” with a soft wind and disperse to new living quarters.   But if their massive living place suits them for a little bit longer, they just stay in their dwelling.   In spring, huge numbers of small spiderlings will take to the sky in large numbers of flying Arachnids, who don’t even have wings!  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:14 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/cameron-douglas-seifried-zweigelt-2024/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/cameron-douglas-seifried-zweigelt-2024/ Seifried Zweigelt 2024, Nelson. RRP $20.00   A distinctive, ripe, and exuberant red berry fruit bouquet with suggestions of plums, then violets, blackberry, and boysenberry followed by lees and a delicate positive reduction. A nicely dry wine on the palate with flavours of boysenberry and tart plums, violet and spice. Taut and still developing with best drinking from 2026 through 2030+.    The Food:   Zweigelt is a cross from St. Laurent & Blaufränkisch developed in 1923 by Dr Friedrich "Fritz" Zweigelt. It has the softness and elegance from the St Laurant and robustness and backbone of acidity and tannins from the Blaufrankish. This means the wine will work rather well with foods that a little vigour, but not too much.   My suggestion is therefore a venison sausage with an onion jam and side of lyonnaise potatoes. Higher quality venison sausage has both and earthy quality and meaty quality without being gamy, there’s always a little fat layer in the sausage as well. So the Zweigelt uses it’s St Laurant parent as the contrasting fruity side to the earthiness and the Blaufrankish parent as the contrast and deeper fruit flavours to the fatty side. The wine is also softened by the cream used in the potatoes.      The Season: 2024    Nelson had a very good growing season in 2024. There was expectation for an El Niño year —there was 3 La Niñas in a row— however it was a hot, dry summer season. It gave growers a great flowering set and yields were predicted to be high. So overall, a great season – there was however a frost event, but any damage was mitigated by the plants reactive repair mechanism. Truth is there was some variability across the region, yet I do not think wine drinkers will have noticed anything at all.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:50:59 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-googles-product-announcement-developer-jailed-for-kill-switch-sabotage/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-googles-product-announcement-developer-jailed-for-kill-switch-sabotage/ Google's big product announcement was... unique?   It was more like a talk show crossed with the shopping channel. US Late Night host Jimmy Fallon hosted it, and it had celebrity cameos from athletes like Stephen Curry, podcaster Alex Cooper, and the Jonas Brothers even made an appearance. Reddit users dubbed it as “unwatchable". They launched new phones, enhanced their folding phones, but of course AI was everywhere:   Gemini Live will gain a new audio model that will detect your tone — like whether you’re excited or concerned   The Pixel phone camera will have a photo coach built in to help with composition.  They're trying to make these AI suggestions more contextual and push relevant things to you rather than you needing to seek them out, e.g. you're at the airport, here's your boarding pass. Or you're in a car, here's the directions to your next appointment, etc.    A software developer has been sent to prison sabotaging his former employer   This wasn't a hack of systems after he was fired, or a mass deletion of data before he was walked out the door, this was pre-planned. The 55 year old developer had created a "kill switch" designed to be used if he was ever fired, and he designed it in such a way it was smart enough to know when he was fired. The software was tracking to see if his work email account was active, and then when it was deactivated the "kill switch" was automatically triggered, crashing the servers.   The incident locked out thousands of employees from accessing the company’s systems and cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.   He was discovered in part because of his search history, looking up things like “methods to escalate privileges, hide processes, and rapidly delete files”. He's been sentenced to four years behind bars.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:46:29 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/chris-schulz-alien-earth-fit-for-tv-the-reality-of-the-biggest-loser-hurricane-katrina-race-against-time/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/chris-schulz-alien-earth-fit-for-tv-the-reality-of-the-biggest-loser-hurricane-katrina-race-against-time/ Alien: Earth    When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat (Disney+).    Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser   Former contestants and producers reveal the intense, damaging reality behind the success of ‘The Biggest Loser’ (Netflix).    Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time   Hurricane Katrina was an unprecedented tragedy that demonstrated America's lack of concern for Black people. Through images, witness accounts, and interviews, hear the real story (Disney +).    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:38:14 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-the-naked-gun-and-workmates/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-the-naked-gun-and-workmates/ The Naked Gun   Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr becomes a police officer like his legendary father and must save the police department from shutting down by solving a case.     Workmates  An accident threatens to shut down the small, underfunded theatre that Lucy and Tom have built together. Lucy realises she'd do anything to save the theatre and keep her friend, who she might be in love with.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:47:55 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/opinion/jack-tame-another-bleak-milestone-in-the-appalling-war-in-gaza/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/opinion/jack-tame-another-bleak-milestone-in-the-appalling-war-in-gaza/ I like to try and kick things off on Saturday mornings with a bit of cheer, but I tell you what, it’s hard to look beyond yet another bleak milestone in the appalling war in Gaza. Overnight, the UN-backed food security body has confirmed famine in Gaza City. It has officially reached that threshold, the first time famine has ever been declared in the Middle East.  As the UN Secretary General declared, this is a man-made catastrophe. There are many, many third party countries that want to get more aid into Gaza. A shortage of food is not a problem, access is.  Two years ago, immediately after the October 7th attacks, I said a few things on this show. I want to share with you again a few words from that day.  “Israel has the right to exist in peace. Palestine should have the freedom of statehood. Both of those things can be true. The deliberate targeting of Israeli civilians is an appalling, utterly inexcusable act of violence. The systematic flattening of Gaza, no water, no power, no food, is an unacceptably brutal collective punishment for a huge civilian population where almost half of people are children. Both of those things can be true, too.”  As the war has progressed, the scale and nature of Israel’s reprisals has made it obvious to many millions of fair-minded people that a country born from the gravest atrocities last century is now also responsible for them. Figures from a leaked Israeli database this week suggest 83% of those killed in Gaza have been civilians.  Of course, Israel denies genocide and war crimes. But independent verification is nigh impossible, as no journalists are allowed in and many of those on the ground have been killed in Israeli attacks.  One of the many great tragedies for all of this is that it has become increasingly clear that Israel has played into Hamas’ hands. Evil as the strategy might have been, Hamas wanted to spur an extreme and disproportionate response. Motivated by their own agendas and self-preservation, Israel’s leaders fell for it. And now we have kids, mere minutes from the Mediterranean, with ribs sticking out of their skin, dying of malnutrition.  The thing I still don’t understand is how any Israeli leader thinks this will ultimately make their people safer. Maybe in the short-term Israelis can sleep easy at night, but every innocent person killed in Gaza breeds hate in five other survivors. The war in Gaza has condemned generations of Palestinians and Israelis to insecurity.  I’ll finish with a line I wrote and shared with you immediately after the October 7th attack, which sadly feels just as relevant today.  “It’s a cycle. Hate and violence is a cycle. There is no way for any party to kill and fight their way to a lasting peaceful resolution. Hamas’ attack has spurred the Israeli reprisal. The reprisal will spur Palestinians into violence in the future, which in turn will spur an Israeli reprisal. Rinse the blood and repeat. Hate breeds hate breeds hate.”  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:25:18 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-turmeric-and-ginger-chicken-broth-and-greens-garlic-lemon-and-lentil-soup/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-turmeric-and-ginger-chicken-broth-and-greens-garlic-lemon-and-lentil-soup/ In an unprecedented move we're going to zip through not one, but two soup recipes this week! In a world where everything is shrinking, we're giving more, 2 for 1, etc.     Turmeric and Ginger Chicken Broth     I swear this is a steaming pot of goodness, capable of chasing away any winter ails.    Serves 2-4      Ingredients  1 chicken frame, either from your butcher or supermarket, or left over from a roast chicken dinner    1 large onion, diced    ½ leek, white and green bits chopped   2 carrots, diced      Thumb-sized piece of ginger, plus extra strips to garnish    40g fresh turmeric, grated (can use 1 heaped tablespoon dried turmeric or 50mls turmeric juice)    1-2 teaspoons sea salt    ½-1 teaspoon black pepper   Finely diced chives or spring onions to garnish        Method  In a large pot, cover the chicken frame with water and bring to a rapid simmer. Use a slotted spoon to skim off any scum that rises to the surface. Add remaining ingredients and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.   Remove chicken frame and strip the meat off the bones. Add this back into the soup.    Taste for seasoning. Turmeric likes plenty of salt to balance its earthy flavour, so add salt and pepper (see note) as needed.    Serve in large bowls with sticks of ginger and chives or spring onions to garnish.       Nici’s note: The black pepper is important in this recipe as it helps the body absorb the curcumin which is the active anti-inflammatory ingredient in turmeric.          Greens, Garlic, Lemon and Lentil Soup  This deceptively simple soup is deeply nourishing.    Serves 4    Photo / Todd Eyre Ingredients  ¼ cup olive oil    1 large onion    3 cloves garlic, crushed    4-5 big handfuls of chopped chard, spinach and/or silver beet    400g brown lentils, drained and rinsed     750mls–1 L water   1 teaspoon sea salt & ¼ teaspoon pepper    Juice from 1-2 lemons     50g frozen feta cheese       Method  Gently fry onions and garlic in oil in a large pot on low heat.   Increase the temperature to medium and add chopped greens and cook until they wilt and even char in places.   Add the lentils. Pour over water, add salt and pepper and bring to a simmer.   Squeeze in lemon juice and taste for seasoning.   To serve, use a microplane or fine grater to grate frozen feta on top.       Nici’s note: Charring the greens gives this soup a wonderful smoky flavour.  LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:16:12 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/joey-santiago-pixies-guitarist-reflects-on-the-bands-success-their-upcoming-nz-tour/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/joey-santiago-pixies-guitarist-reflects-on-the-bands-success-their-upcoming-nz-tour/ Pixies changed the alternative rock game forever.  The legendary band out of Boston, Massachusetts has been credited by the likes of Kurt Cobain for their off the wall, guitar shredding influence.  And they’re making their way back to our shores soon with a very special set of shows.   Pixies are playing two nights each in Auckland and Wellington – one night showcasing the entirety of Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde, and the other a collection of their greatest hits.  The reason behind the two shows, guitarist Joey Santiago explained to Jack Tame, is twofold.  “First of all, selfishly for me, we get to stay in the same city twice,” he said.  “And I get to look around and relax, you know, so that’s good for us.”  The other reason caters to the fans, who Santiago says will be able to experience two different shows if they choose to go to both.   It’s been over 30 years since the release of both Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde, but in Santiago’s opinion, they got them right the first time.    “Every time we make a record, I’m proud of it,” Santiago explains.  “After a while, when I get home I go, god damn ... did I do everything I can? Did I give it 100%?”  “And I do, but it’s like, y’know, what’s more than 100%?”  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:19:37 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/haydn-jones-volunteer-coach-on-the-positives-of-volunteering-for-community-sport-clubs/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/haydn-jones-volunteer-coach-on-the-positives-of-volunteering-for-community-sport-clubs/ Volunteer numbers at grassroots and community sport clubs around the country are dwindling rapidly, with clubs having fewer than half the volunteers they had five years ago.  It comes as the levels of referee abuse and disorderly behaviour on the sidelines rises, with volunteers facing abuse and vitriol from the public.  However, there are still positives to getting involved – volunteer coach Haydn Jones joining Jack Tame for a chat about the pros of giving your time to a local team.   LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:05:15 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-bret-mckenzie-freak-out-city/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-bret-mckenzie-freak-out-city/ One half of the iconic Kiwi musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, Bret McKenzie is back with another solo album.  ‘Freak Out City’ is a collection of songs he developed while performing live across NZ and the US with his eight-piece band The State Highway Wonders.   The album is eclectic, filled with comedic and theatrical elements, and Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the album.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:00:00 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-self-driving-the-sunshine-coast-hinterland/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-self-driving-the-sunshine-coast-hinterland/ "Beyond the seductive necklace of balmy beaches studding the Sunshine Coast, elevate your playground to the host of treats and treasures tucked away in the hinterland." "My hinterland base was the leafy township of Yandina, staying at the namesake hotel which has been serving up yarns and coldies since 1889. Built by Australian pioneers as a staging depot on the route between Brisbane and the Gympie goldfields, this venerable wooden pile, with wrapround balcony, is one of the Sunshine Coast's oldest watering holes." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 16 Aug 2025 01:17:41 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-an-inside-job-and-what-i-ate-in-one-year/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-an-inside-job-and-what-i-ate-in-one-year/ An Inside Job by Daniel Silva   Gabriel Allon has been awarded a commission to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice. But when he discovers the body of a mysterious woman floating in the waters of the Venetian Lagoon, he finds himself in a desperate race to recover a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.  The painting, a portrait of a beautiful young girl, has been gathering dust in a storeroom at the Vatican Museums for more than a century, misattributed and hidden beneath a worthless picture by an unknown artist. Because no one knows that the Leonardo is there, no one notices when it disappears one night during a suspicious power outage. No one but the ruthless mobsters and moneymen behind the theft—and the mysterious woman whom Gabriel found in a watery grave in Venice. A woman without a name. A woman without a face.     What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci   ‘Sharing food is one of the purest human acts'  Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime.  In What I Ate in One Year Tucci records twelve months of eating, in restaurants, kitchens, film sets, press junkets, at home and abroad, with friends, with family, with strangers, and occasionally just by himself.  Ranging from the mouth-wateringly memorable, to the comfortingly domestic, to the infuriatingly inedible, the meals memorialized in this diary are a prism through which he reflects on the ways his life, and his family, are constantly evolving. Through food he marks – and mourns – the passing of time, the loss of loved ones, and prepares himself for what is to come.    LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 16 Aug 2025 01:09:12 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/dougal-sutherland-the-long-term-effects-of-everyday-stressors/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/dougal-sutherland-the-long-term-effects-of-everyday-stressors/ When it comes to managing stress, we often think about the big things —job loss, death of a loved one— but what about the everyday stressors?  Things like buying a house, getting married, and speaking in public occur much more regularly, and can potentially have a bigger cumulative effect over time.  Dr Dougal Sutherland joined Jack Tame to discuss the long-term impact of everyday stressors and what can be done to mitigate potential harm.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:55:32 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ed-mcknight-the-roger-federer-effect-and-investing-money/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ed-mcknight-the-roger-federer-effect-and-investing-money/ What does a tennis player have to do with investing?  Roger Federer was a Swiss tennis player, ranked world No. 1 in men’s singles for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks.   He won 80% of his matches, but only 54% of points, and Ed McKnight thinks there’s something here that can be applied to investing.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:47:49 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-16-august-2025/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-16-august-2025/ On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 16 August 2025, legendary guitar shredder Joey Santiago of Pixies joins Jack to discuss the unique format of the band's current tour, which is heading to New Zealand soon.  Jack considers the levels of fairness and transparency in the latest Covid Inquiry.  Haydn Jones joins Jack from the pitch to discuss the pros of volunteering for your local sporting clubs.  Nici Wickes shares a delightful recipe for orange-caramel custard filled crepes.  And Ed McKnight's finances have been inspired by a tennis great.  Plus, Jack shares the breaking updates of Putin and Trump's press conference in Alaska, as it happens.  Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:12:40 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-looking-for-unexpected-winter-beauty/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-looking-for-unexpected-winter-beauty/ When rain and cold weather stops for a day, I go out into the garden.  Just looking – Julie often has new inhabitants in the garden and some of those are surprising.   Grevillia is a species that hails from Australia. Some older TV Gardening Show watchers may remember Don Burk doing his hour-long shows every week – he loved Grevillia and so do I. In mid-winter, birds and pollinating winter insects will look for these flowers, filled with nectar.  White Magnolia are coming out right now. No pollinating going on, just plenty of off-white colours that lighten up your boring garden background.   Miscanthus chinensis, still waving in the wind. A froglet sitting quietly.  Gaura Butterfly Rose with an emerging kiwi.   “Just a Daffodil”, according to Julie – bright colours in winter.  These are Hamamelis (also known as Witch Hazels). Many of these wonderful plants have an excellent smell – our yellow variety (H x Arnold Promis) is probably the exception, not much smell at all, but the bright colour stands out in a bare winter’s day.   The red Witch Hazel is known as Hamamelis x intermedia Jelena. The colours sometimes float in a copper direction, with a smell that’s just divine.   “Hamamelis” comes from two Greek words: hama (meaning “simultaneously”) and melon (“fruit”): it refers to that in autumn flowering varieties the flowers as well as the fruits that occur on the plant at the same time.   I love those Hamamelis shrubs – and while researching a bit about our specimens I came across a spectacular hybrid: Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diana’. Bright red flowers in winter but also preceded by bright red leaves before they fall in autumn.   Guess what: I’m searching for that specimen mentioned above!  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:11:03 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-reunion-the-family-next-door-george-clarke-s-homes-in-the-wild/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-reunion-the-family-next-door-george-clarke-s-homes-in-the-wild/ Reunion   Deaf man Daniel Brennan is leaving prison after ten isolating years inside and is now a man on a mission for revenge. Shunned by his parents and community, Brennan has nothing left to lose, until he is reunited with his estranged daughter, Carly (TVNZ+).    The Family Next Door   A stranger arrives in a Victorian coastal town, searching for answers. Her quest to solve a mystery raises suspicions among four neighbouring families (ThreeNow).    George Clarke’s Homes in the Wild  George Clarke travels across the wild coastlines and islands of New Zealand and Australia to explore extraordinary homes hidden in nature. Each episode highlights inventive designs that combine wilderness settings with sustainable, off-grid living (Sky Open).     LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:58:23 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-espn-plans-to-cut-ties-with-pay-tv-operators-us-govt-wants-a-stake-in-intel/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-espn-plans-to-cut-ties-with-pay-tv-operators-us-govt-wants-a-stake-in-intel/ US Sports giant ESPN is signalling its TV days are numbered   The media company has announced it's going direct to fans with exactly the same thing you can get through a Pay TV provider. In the USA, the leagues make deals with networks, who then make deals with Pay TV operators, who sell bundles of networks to consumers. ESPN has just announced it’s cutting out its old friend the Pay TV operator – ouch. Why? About 35 million households have stopped paying for the sports cable channel ESPN over the past 15 years, and they think they can win them back if they don't need to buy all the other cable stuff just to get the thing they want.   In NZ terms —not that this deal is international yet— it would mean instead of only being able to get ESPN through Sky, you would be able to get exactly the same channels directly from ESPN.   A digital environment means that you're not constrained by the number of channels – you could have 50 events taking place at the same time, instead of being forced to make decisions about what to show on your 5 channels. It comes with risks too, sports streaming can be laggy and grainy, sometimes struggling with the fast motion of a game. Linear broadcast has had that solved for decades.     The US Government wants a piece of Intel?   According to Bloomberg, the US Government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel to help the company expand its US manufacturing efforts, including its much-delayed Ohio chip factory. It's the latest instalment in the tech tariff and China-AI arms race story, where chip giants Nvidia and AMD will pay the US Government 15% of Chinese revenue to secure export licenses to China. The US had previously banned the sale of powerful chips used in areas like artificial intelligence (AI) to China under export controls usually related to national security concerns, and had threatened large blanket tariffs on the import of semiconductor chips.      LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:30:48 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-orange-and-caramel-custard-filled-cr%C3%AApes/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-orange-and-caramel-custard-filled-cr%C3%AApes/ A weekend spent in Wellington inspired me to re-create a dish from Ortega Fish Shack’s dessert menu: Crêpes filled with a delicate custard and doused in a caramel orange sauce – I swear they’re the best I’d ever had. This is my attempt at these and they’re very, very good.   Makes 10-12 crêpes.     Ingredients  100g plain flour   a pinch of salt   2 eggs   300ml milk   butter for frying   ½ cup store-bought thick custard   softly whipped cream      Orange caramel sauce   ½ cup caster sugar   3 tablespoons water   zest and juice of 1 orange   a splash of brandy or rum      Method  Sift the flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl. Make a well in the centre then break in the eggs and pour in half the milk. Whisk together, gradually incorporating the flour to make a smooth thick batter then stir in the rest of the milk. Leave to rest for 15 minutes.   Heat a little butter in a medium frying pan. Pour about 2-3 tablespoons of batter into the pan, tilting the pan as you pour, until the batter thinly coats the base. Cook over a moderate heat for 30–60 seconds until golden brown on the underside. Then flip and cook the other side for another 30–60 seconds. Repeat with remaining batter.    When the crêpes are cooled, dab a teaspoon of custard and spread it on one quarter. Fold the crêpe in half then over again to form a triangle.   Make the caramel by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan without stirring until it begins to colour, about 4 minutes. Let it bubble and deepen to a light caramel colour before adding in orange zest and juice and alcohol. Simmer for a few minutes more until it thickens.   To serve: Return folded and filled crêpes to the pan, drizzle in the caramel sauce and gently heat until crepes are warmed through. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream. Pure decadence!     LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:26:01 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-the-friend-and-jane-austen-wrecked-my-life/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-the-friend-and-jane-austen-wrecked-my-life/ The Friend   New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.     Jane Austen Wrecked My Life   Desperately single and plagued by writer's block, Agathe gets invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England. Caught in an unexpected romantic triangle, she must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:19:53 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/opinion/jack-tame-transparency-and-the-flaws-of-the-covid-inquiry/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/opinion/jack-tame-transparency-and-the-flaws-of-the-covid-inquiry/ I think we are all served best by transparency in government.     Leaders should be accountable for their decisions, and they should be willing to take our questions and answer them in a public format.    But it’s pretty clear to me the Covid Inquiry has fallen victim to bad and even cynical design, shaped by politics rather than a sincere desire to get a full accounting of our response.  It’s a shame, because it threatens to undermine some of the inquiry’s more useful conclusions. It is a missed opportunity.    In my view, there’s plenty of blame to share. I think the first phase of the Covid Inquiry, introduced by the last government, missed some critical elements in its terms of reference. Worst of all was the decision not to include vaccine efficacy. For something so fundamental to the response, and so important to some New Zealanders that they were willing to lose relationships, jobs, and livelihoods over it, I think the effectiveness of vaccines and whatever slim risk they carried, should have been included. I think it’s clear that different vaccines had different impacts on different variants. You can see how this might impact our procurement decisions in future.  In principle, I supported expanding the inquiry until I saw the refreshed terms of reference. If it was to be a sincere effort to consider our Covid response, the good calls and the bad, in order to move forward and better prepare for the next pandemic shock, how could you leave out the first year of the response? Sure, much of the second phase of the Inquiry might have focused on vaccines, but it also focused on lockdowns and control measures. If you really cared about our Covid response, you’d start that line of inquiry with, you know, the start of the pandemic. To exclude the period when it wasn’t just Labour in government and to exclude what have proved to be the more popular components of the government’s response was disingenuous and cynical.  The Covid-19 response was vast and complex. It’s almost impossible to unpick every decision because you have to try and separate the information we have now from the information we had at the time. The virus has cast a long shadow in New Zealand. Our response undoubtedly saved a lot of lives, but it wasn’t without costs. The pandemic might have been over ages ago, but the economic and social impacts endure.  One thing I’d add to the Royal Commission’s conclusions is that next time we need to find a better, respectful way to hear and consider dissenting views. Media obviously plays a critical role in this. But although I think we did a reasonable job last time, I reckon next time is going to be much more difficult.  Depending on the circumstances, it may not massively change government policy or the public health response. Given the conspiratorial nature of the fringiest elements, it may be an impossible task. Nevertheless, I think one of the key lessons from the Covid years is that somehow making people feel heard and respected instead of ostracised is a vital part in preventing the worst of the societal division that still afflicts us, years on.  Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:55:14 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/guy-sebastian-australian-musician-on-his-career-creative-process-latest-album-one-hundred-times-around-the-sun/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/guy-sebastian-australian-musician-on-his-career-creative-process-latest-album-one-hundred-times-around-the-sun/ Guy Sebastian is an Australasian icon with a career that’s nothing short of extraordinary.  From winning the first season of Australian Idol back in 2003, to carving out a place on the charts, to mentoring new talent as a coach on The Voice Australia – he's been in the spotlight for over two decades.  And now he’s embarking on a new chapter with the release of his tenth album ‘One Hundred Times Around The Sun’.  The album has taken Sebastian nearly five years to make, a much longer period than the typical six months to two years most artists these days create them in.  He told Jack Tame that in the early stages of his career, he felt pressure to create quickly.  “Don’t take longer than a year,” Sebastian explained. “Or you’ll disappear into obscurity.”  “Then there’s like, the pressure of doing the right thing by the fans, y’know, you don’t wanna make them wait too long.”   It’s a mentality that used to govern much of Sebastian’s process, but one that he’s managed to grow beyond.  “I just got to this point where like, I don’t want to release anything until I’m stoked with it,” he told Tame.  “I wanna love every song. I don’t want a filler on there, I want every song to be great.”  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:51:11 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-iconic-albums-that-are-twenty-years-old/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-iconic-albums-that-are-twenty-years-old/ Today Estelle Clifford is hitting rewind and taking it back to 2005, looking at some of the iconic albums released before music streaming services really took off. Among the albums nearly old enough to drink in the United States are Bloc Party's 'Silent Alarm', Black Eyed Peas'  'Monkey Business', and Paramore's 'All We Know is Falling' - but that's not the end of her list. LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:34:43 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-treasures-and-treats-in-edinburgh-scotland/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-treasures-and-treats-in-edinburgh-scotland/ "Brooding, imposing, ruggedly beautiful and spilling with forth with a storied history, Edinburgh stirs the senses of even the most jaded traveller. I’ve just reacquainted myself with the striking Scottish capital, as part of a riveting romp around the UK on Trafalgar’s Real Britain tour." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:23:27 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-the-unlikely-doctor-and-the-stars-are-a-million-glittering-worlds/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-the-unlikely-doctor-and-the-stars-are-a-million-glittering-worlds/ The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te Moke   Born into love but then thrust into violence, and shaped by struggle, Timoti Te Moke was never destined to be a leader. After an early start as a bright boy in the eastern Bay of Plenty, nurtured by his reo Māori-speaking grandparents, Timoti's life changed sharply when his mother took custody of him when he was six. He survived abuse, state care, gangs and prison, his life marked by trauma and pain. By fourteen, he was behind bars. By twenty, he'd crossed the Tasman, trying to leave his past behind. But it was a moment in a prison cell — a glimpse of blue sky — that sparked a life-altering question: What if this isn't all there is? Through grit and an unyielding drive for justice, Timoti transformed his life. He returned to Aotearoa, became a paramedic and, after facing racism and an unsupported manslaughter charge that nearly derailed his life, became a medical student in his fifties. Timoti is now a fully qualified doctor — proof that brilliance can come from anywhere, and that our society must change to allow it. A powerful, confronting memoir of injustice, identity and the cost of lost potential, The Unlikely Doctor is not just Timoti's story — it is every child's. Because when we remove the barriers for success, we don't just help individuals — we help reshape a nation.    The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Gina Butson   Thea, a young woman crushed by guilt, flees to Central America to escape her life in New Zealand. In Guatemala, she meets the charismatic Chris and his partner, Sarah, and the three of them form a tight bond. While the rest of the world is caught in the grip of the global financial crisis, the three friends find a false reality in the backpacker party town of San Pedro. Surrounded by the dark volcanic beauty of the Guatemalan highlands, Thea starts to come to terms with her past. But everything changes when a tragedy occurs.  Knowing she has to leave Central America, but not ready to return home, Thea settles in Tasmania and into a new relationship. Bonded by grief, she and her partner make a life for themselves in Hobart. But years later, when tragedy strikes again, all Thea's old grief and guilt - together with unanswered questions - come to the surface. Against the backdrop of the pandemic and lockdowns, Thea begins to question the trust she has in her partner. She realises that if she wants to know the truth, she will need to come clean about her past. LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:21:17 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/evie-kemp-livening-up-your-winter-wear/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/evie-kemp-livening-up-your-winter-wear/ Winter can feel drab and we often end up reflecting that feeling in what we wear.   Layers on layers can leave you feeling like there’s not a lot of room to play. So, how can you keep things feeling fun while staying warm... and sustainable?   Creative connoisseur Evie Kemp joined Jack Tame for a chat about livening up your winter wear while still keeping things sustainable.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:15:15 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/dr-bryan-betty-dislocated-shoulders/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/dr-bryan-betty-dislocated-shoulders/ This week Chris Woakes the English cricket batting star dislocated his shoulder in the England-India test, then yesterday came out to bat with a dislocated shoulder at number 11 to try and save the test! Very brave stuff!     What is a shoulder dislocation?   The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body.  It’s a ‘ball and socket’ joint, however sockets aren’t deep enough so the joint is supported by tendons and muscles.  Occasionally the ball can come completely out of the socket – a dislocation.  It can dislocate forward, which is common, or backwards, which is less common.    How do they happen and what are the signs?   Generally an accident that puts severe force on the shoulder can cause dislocation.   For example:   Falling from ladder and holding on it.   Collision in sport or falling onto an outstretched arm.   Car accidents.  Some people have very flexible shoulders and can dislocate with simple things like rolling over in bed, hanging out washing.   Effects: severe pain, unable to move the shoulder, occasional numbness down arm.  You can see the deformity – can see the ball out of the socket, bulging out.       What do we do about it?   See a doctor who will examine the shoulder.   An Xray to make sure it is not broken.   Then pop it back into place with light sedation or anaesthetic.   Then keep the arm in a sling for 1-2 weeks, avoiding lifting or using the shoulder for six weeks. It can take up to 3-4 months to fully heal.   Physio is often important to strengthen the shoulder and get moving.       Are there any complications?   You can fracture the shoulder.   Can tear cartilage (or lining) of the shoulder.   Sometimes the tendons and muscles supporting the shoulder tear – call this a rotator cuff tear.   Nerve damage can occur.   Sometimes requires surgery.   Can become recurrent and requires surgery to stop it popping out: orthopaedic surgeon.    LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:04:24 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-its-time-to-start-gardening-again/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-its-time-to-start-gardening-again/ It’s been a weird winter – cool and often wet. Indeed, I grew a few edibles in my tunnel house after most of the tomatoes had been removed.    With rubbish weather I tend to divert to bird hobbies, rather than vegie-garden maintenance. But in early August things become a bit more positive, and today that was highlighted when I visited my old mate Mike (a Scottish builder with heaps of Scottish humour).  He had already planted small strawberry plants under a cover of dense pea-straw – yes, next summer’s fruit extravaganza: STRAWBERRIES! New Zealand Gardener usually gives you the latest varieties available.  I had totally forgotten that I could have planted them a month or so ago, here on the port hills! Time to become a lot less lazy!  Friable, well-draining soil with heaps of organic material in the top layers. Some granular, general fertiliser (not too much – just a bit) so that the roots will lick their food on the warmer, early-Spring days. The pea-straw (and mulch) protects plants from heavy frosts (and later on as a medium on which the developing fruit will stay in dryer conditions – not on wet soil).  Go to your local garden centre and ask the local experts what kind of strawberry varieties work well in your neighbourhood –  I bet they’ll have Cama Rosa and Camino Real as their “short day” varieties (they can be planted in May-June).  Other varieties, such as Aromas, Seascape, and San Andreas are day-neutral and can be planted in spring.   While the strawberries are slowly getting in their winter development, it may be useful to take a look at your rhubarb. This plant tends to be reasonably tolerant of a bit of frost – if the frosts are heavy and mean, you might find that patience will be a good virtue. I saw it growing in Mongolia in the wild (permafrost), in the deserts (dry as a bone), with big weta-like critters hiding underneath!  It’s a great crop if you’re into crumbles and fruity bits for breakfast (with muesli and yoghurt and soaked sultanas) and stuff like rhubarb pies.  In good hot summers it might take a break in the hottest period of the year. In the North/hot areas, it may pay to allocate a cooler spot and some shade for the warmest period of the day to stop it “bolting” – the flower stalks can be broken off, the edges of the leaves can become beautifully red, but it’s a sign of the breakdown of chlorophyll and hence the beginning of summer die-back.   Rhubarb requires a nice, fertile free-draining soil, so if you’ve got heavy clay soil break it up and add heaps of compost to make it friable.  Alternatively: plant it above the soil level (in a raised bed). I reckon you can even grow it in a big container with good mix, but keep it watered, so it doesn’t dry out too much.  Fertiliser: rhubarb loves compost and manure (yes, some rotted cow poo/sheep/pig or horse –  preferably gone through a composting cycle).  Keep the plant base free of weeds. Pests and diseases are usually of no great concern – slugs and snails are your main problem and they will only go on the leaves. Copper sprays may prevent leaf-spots, but they’re not a big deal usually.  Harvest: cut the stems for consumption and use leaves in compost bins (all good – the oxalic acid is not going to harm anything in that bin!).  Alternatively, the large leaves are great on the ground as “weed mat”.  Look around for various cultivars – if you are lucky you might find some of the old-fashioned bright red varieties that look fantastic: Moulin Rouge, Crimson Crumble, Cherry Red, Ruby Red, Glaskin’s Perpetual…  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:26:39 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-09-august-2025/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-09-august-2025/ On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 9 August 2025, Australian idol legend Guy Sebastian joins Jack in studio for a chat about releasing album number ten, and gives a very special performance of a brand new track.  Jack considers his experiences with the NYC subway compared to Auckland's new CRL.  A hearty recipe for the weekend, Rosa Flanagan of Two Raw Sisters shares a how-to for her Slow Cooked Moroccan Lamb and Pumpkin dish.  Ruud Kleinpaste reckons it's about getting warm enough to get back into the garden.  Plus, Catherine Raynes shares details on a brand new Kiwi tale of resilience, The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te Moke.  Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:12:48 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-chatgpt-5-emirates-bans-use-of-power-banks-on-board/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-chatgpt-5-emirates-bans-use-of-power-banks-on-board/ Chat GPT-5 is here – what does it mean? What does it do?   They claim it's the best yet at creative writing and coding, and apparently just feels more human-like in its responses. It will also make information up 25% less than GPT-4. Importantly, they've trained the model to fail gracefully when posed with tasks that it cannot solve, which is better than it taking shortcuts or lying about finishing it. It is much better with health related questions too, according to its benchmarks.   Users can pick from four preset personalities—Cynic, Robot, Listener, and Nerd.   Something you'll notice if you've never paid for ChatGPT, or used another provider, is a new thing called "reasoning". This is effectively where the AI talks to itself a little, and spends time "thinking" through the question before answering.     ChatGPT is huge   They say they now have 700 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, 5 million paying business users, and 4 million developers utilizing the API. The company is not yet profitable. It plans to raise $40 billion this year and is on a pace to pull in revenue of $20 billion by year’s end.     If you've got an Emirates flight later this year, there's a new rule about power banks  Emirates will ban the use of power banks aboard its flights and only allow passengers to bring one such device onto the plane. The airline says the "significant growth" in customers using power banks has led to a rising number of lithium battery-related incidents during flight across the industry. The airline also wants the power banks stored somewhere they can be quickly removed in case they set fire.    LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:02:05 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-wednesday-outlander-blood-of-my-blood-stolen-heist-of-the-century/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-wednesday-outlander-blood-of-my-blood-stolen-heist-of-the-century/ Wednesday  Tim Burton’s quirky Addams Family drama is back for a second season.   Nevermore is back in session as Wednesday tangles with a new principal, a devious campus stalker and a waning grip on her psychic powers (Netflix).    Outlander: Blood of My Blood   A romantic saga that unfolds across time. From the battlefields of World War I to the rugged Highlands of 18th century Scotland, two fated couples must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, intersecting in surprising and unforeseen ways (Neon).    Stolen: Heist of the Century  In 2003, a gang of thieves rob the impenetrable Diamond Center, Antwerp; who was behind one of the world's biggest heists and how did they pull it off? (Netflix)    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:50:20 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kevin-milne-guest-speaking-at-st-bedes-100th-annual-old-boys-dinner/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kevin-milne-guest-speaking-at-st-bedes-100th-annual-old-boys-dinner/ Kevin Milne is off this afternoon, flying down to Christchurch for a very special event.  He’ll be a guest speaker at his old college’s, St Bede, 100th Annual Old Boy’s Dinner.  This is a special moment for Kevin, as he wouldn’t describe his time at the college as the most successful.  LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:29:24 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/rosa-flanagan-slow-cooked-moroccan-lamb-and-pumpkin/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/rosa-flanagan-slow-cooked-moroccan-lamb-and-pumpkin/ Rosa Flanagan, one half of the Two Raw Sisters, is offering up a delicious recipe for slow cooked Moroccan lamb and pumpkin.  Serves: 6  Time: 2.5 – 3 hours — 150 mins    Ingredients  2 tbsp cooking oil   1 red onion - thinly sliced  1 carrot - diced   4 cloves garlic - crushed and chopped  2 tbsp tomato paste  1 tbsp freshly grated ginger   1 tbsp cumin seeds   1 tbsp smoked paprika  2 tsp ground turmeric  1 stick of cinnamon   ½ - 1 tsp chilli flakes  1 cup dried prunes  400g canned tomatoes  2 cups vegetable stock  4 lamb shanks OR 1x 400g can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained   2 cups chopped pumpkin - deseeded and skin left on  Herby Lemon Millet   1 cup millet  2 cups water   1 cup herbs - chopped  1 lemon - zest and juice  2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil  ½ cup almonds - roasted and chopped    Method  Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat.   In the pot, add the onion and carrot. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add garlic, tomato paste, ginger, cumin seeds, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon stick, chilli flakes and prunes. Cook for another minute or two until fragrant.  To the pot, add the canned tomatoes, vegetable stock, lamb shanks or chickpeas and chopped pumpkin. Bring to a gentle simmer. Cover with a lid. If you are adding lamb shanks, cook on low heat for 2.5 -3 hours, or until the lamb is tender. Or if you are using chickpeas, cook on low for 30-40 minutes.   While the stew is cooking, prepare the millet. Place in a pot with the water. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a simmer for 7 minutes. Remove from heat and let it sit, covered, for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and stir through the herbs, lemon zest and juice, olive oil, and chopped almonds.  Add a generous scoop of herby lemon millet to each bowl and top with the stew.   Any leftovers will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Alternatively you can freeze for up to 3 months.    Simple Swaps / Additions   You can also use a slow cooker for this recipe, follow the same method of frying off the onion, carrot, spices and prunes in a pan, then transfer that to the crockpot along with the rest of the ingredients. Cook on low for 6–8 hours or on high for 2.5-3 hours.   Change the red onion for brown onion or a leek.   Use celery or zucchini instead of a carrot.   Use 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon instead of 1 stick.   Use dried apricots or dates instead of prunes.   Use kumara (sweet potato) or potatoes instead of pumpkin.   Instead of lamb shanks you could use diced lamb or beef.  Change up the millet for any other grain such as couscous, quinoa or brown rice.   Use whatever herbs you love / have such as coriander or parsley.   Use any other nut or seed instead of almonds such as walnuts, pumpkin seeds or cashews.   Low FODMAP - replace the red onion with 3 stalks of celery and leave out the garlic and prunes completely. Check that the vegetable stock you use is low FODMAP, alternatively use 2 cups of water + 1 tbsp miso paste.  LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:12:58 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-weapons-and-mr-burton/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-weapons-and-mr-burton/ Weapons    When all but one child from the same classroom mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.     Mr Burton   The story of the wild school boy Rich Jenkins, son of a boozy miner and an English teacher who recognised his talent, Philip Burton.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:05:25 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/opinion/jack-tame-love-a-bit-of-subterranean-mass-transit/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/opinion/jack-tame-love-a-bit-of-subterranean-mass-transit/ When I first moved to New York, I spent my first year living in a railroad apartment above an Ecuadorian fruit shop on Second Avenue.   It was a character-building experience. I went weeks without heating or hot water in winter, and my windows had almost no effect whatsoever in keeping out the ceaseless sound of trucks thundering past my bedroom enroute to restock the city.    When I arrived they’d just start construction on the Second Ave subway, a few blocks from my home. The project was hitting a few speedbumps. Bedrock turned out to be deeper than anticipated, a worker nearly died after being stuck in waste-deep slop on site, and what was supposed to be a controlled explosion sent rocks flying all over a busy Manhattan intersection.  Curiously, the Second Ave subway route was first proposed in the 1920s, which Wikipedia tells was about the same time that planners first mused over the possibility of the Morningside Deviation, a train tunnel in central Auckland.    Stage One of the Second Avenue subway was a 3.2km tunnel. The Central Rail Link is 3.5km.   Second Ave ended up costing more than $7 Billion. The Central Rail Link blew out however many times but at last check was $5.5 Billion.    The weird thing about a big underground tunnel development is that most of us never fully appreciate the scale of the work. It’s obvious I suppose, but even if you live and work in the city, while you get used to a few cones and traffic delays up above the ground, you have no real perspective about the extraordinary activities happening somewhere beneath your feet.  Auckland Transport has this week released its updated transit map with the CRL stations. Apparently they’ve done 1600 test runs so far. They’ve run trains more than 5000km – Kaitaia to Bluff two-and-a-half times. They’ve been driving trains at 70kmph directly underneath Auckland’s CBD and at no point have I felt so much of a rumble or a shudder. I reckon the vast majority of us up top have been absolutely none-the-wiser. The kid in me who briefly considered becoming an engineer (and even volunteered to spend a school holiday touring the Lyttelton Tunnel) can’t help but think that’s pretty cool.   After riding along on a VIP tour yesterday with all the politicians and movers-and-shakers, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown was in vintage form.    How was it? He was asked.   “It was a ride in a train.” He said.    “We don’t want excitement.”   Well, maybe not. But guilty as charged.    Maybe it’s the engineering. Maybe it’s the people-watching. Maybe it’s the broader sense of momentum and life, but whether it’s a tube, an underground, or a subway, I love a bit of subterranean mass-transit.     You know you’re a nerd when you’re less excited about the opening of New Zealand’s first IKEA than the transport connection you’ll take to get there.   After years of construction, the Second Ave subway opened two weeks before I moved back home. One of the last things I did on my last few days in New York was ride a loop. Not because I had somewhere to be but because I wanted to see what all that fuss and money and effort had created, out of sight, underneath my feet.    I can’t wait to do the same thing here.  Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:45:44 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/opinion/jack-tame-new-zealand-v-aotearoa-what-does-this-bill-achieve/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/opinion/jack-tame-new-zealand-v-aotearoa-what-does-this-bill-achieve/ Are you better off than you were two years ago?    Are you bathing in the soothing waters of the long-promised economic recovery? Is your future more secure? Is your food more affordable? Your insurance? Your rates? Is your road smoother? Are your children better educated? Is your water less polluted?  Or do you think some of our most senior leaders’ time and attention is better used fussing over measures like the order of words on our passports and the transfer of payWave fees from a surcharge to the main bill?   The latest folly, announced by our Foreign Minister on a week in which Gaza was stricken by starvation, and the US thanked us for opening an FBI office here by increasing proposed trade tariffs, seeks to enshrine the name ‘New Zealand’ in law.    Ah yes, what a pressing issue. Tell you what, between that and the passport reordering, those tens or hundreds of thousands of kids who’ve fled to Australia are gonna be clambering over one another to get back home.  Here’s my view on the name of our country: call it what you want. You want to call it Aotearoa? Fine. You want to call it New Zealand? Fine. You want to combine the two? Go for it. You do you.  The thing about language is it’s fluid. It changes over time. There’s a reason we don’t all speak in Shakespearean prose. And it has nothing to do with compulsion.   To those who say an increasing use of Aotearoa is some sort of affront to our collective values, I’d have thought freedom of expression is a value more worthy of protection. And for what it’s worth, if New Zealand First was trying to enshrine the name ‘Aotearoa’ in law, I’d have the same response.  One of the justifications given for this member’s bill is that using Aotearoa threatens NZ Inc., our international brand. Is there any evidence that our exporters are being compelled en-masse to send their products overseas with the name Aotearoa, instead of New Zealand? Who, pray tell, is risking that international brand value by forcing this change on the packaging of our top products? I’d suggest it’s a pretty unsophisticated exporter who would voluntarily confuse their international customers. Or, you know, maybe this just isn’t really a big deal.   I’ve a real distaste for performative politics that either drum up angst about a problem that doesn’t exist or do something symbolic at the expense of real action.   I never cared for the trend of councils and governments declaring Climate Emergencies and patting themselves on the back, while simultaneously doing nothing new in a policy sense.   There is a very simple way to see through this specific bill. Consider the timing. If the name of New Zealand is seriously so threatened, why didn’t New Zealand First introduce this bill 12 months ago? Why not six years ago? Why not negotiate it into the coalition agreement when they formed a government?   My instinct with this kind of move is always the same. Don’t ask ‘What does this achieve?’ or ‘Why is this an issue? Instead, ask ‘what are they try to distract us from?’   The ‘meh’ jobs report? The lame economic growth figures? The gang numbers ticking over 10,000 for the first time ever, this week? Or could it possibly be the fact that a few hours before the New Zealand (name of state) member’s bill was announced, Australia and the UK achieved comparatively lower trade tariffs with the United States, while our government’s top officials were apparently surprised to learn that our tariff had been increased? Actually, maybe we should call ourselves Aotearoa. Who knows? It might have confused Donald Trump just long enough to keep us at 10%.     Sat, 02 Aug 2025 03:00:14 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/cliff-curtis-kiwi-actor-on-his-role-in-chief-of-war-telling-polynesian-stories-to-a-global-audience/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/cliff-curtis-kiwi-actor-on-his-role-in-chief-of-war-telling-polynesian-stories-to-a-global-audience/ A man of many talents, Cliff Curtis is a Hollywood star hailing all the way from Rotorua.   He’s known for his metamorphosis, carving out credits in a mixture of major franchises and more personal productions, and his latest project feels like a blend of both.  Curtis is starring in Jason Momoa’s ‘Chief of War’, which tells a tale of the turn of the 18th century, when the four kingdoms of Hawai’i were at war.  He told Jack Tame he’s very proud and humbled to be a part of this production.  “As a storyteller in the screen industry for the last three decades at least, we’ve managed to tell a variation of stories from our small corner of the world,” Curtis said.  “But you know, this series, when led by the likes of Jason Momoa and his co-creator Thomas Pa‘a Sibbett, they can bring scale to the narrative.”  “It's a big deal for us.”  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 02 Aug 2025 02:12:46 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-folk-bitch-trio-now-would-be-a-good-time/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-folk-bitch-trio-now-would-be-a-good-time/ The debut album from Australian musical group Folk Bitch Trio, ‘Now Would Be a Good Time’ is filled with beautiful harmonies and dark wit.  Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the album and the way the trio puts their own spin on the genre.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 02 Aug 2025 02:03:52 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-summer-island-and-red-star-down/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-summer-island-and-red-star-down/ Summer Island by Kristin Hannah   Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since become a famous radio talkshow host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humour.   When the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Nora's past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic. Nora is injured in an accident and a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. Under false pretences, Ruby returns home to take care of the woman she hasn't spoken to for almost a decade. Nora insists they retreat to Summer Island, to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby grew up, a place filled with childhood memories of love and joy and belonging. There Ruby is also reunited with her first love and his brother. Once, the three of them had been best friends, inseparable. Until the summer that Nora had left and everyone's hearts had been broken...     Red Star Down by DB John   A family man is poisoned at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. A Russian intelligence officer is assassinated in a Washington hotel. And a real-estate mogul and reality-TV star has just become the 45th President of the United States.   A terrible conspiracy is about to unravel and three people find themselves caught in the crosshairs... A CIA agent whose past missions refuse to stay buried. A student in Moscow who dares to challenge the Russian president on live TV. And a North Korea spy embedded in the White House who secretly admires the man he is working to undermine.    LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 02 Aug 2025 01:43:42 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-leading-lights-of-liverpool/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-leading-lights-of-liverpool/ "Tucked between North Wales and the serene good looks of the Lake District, gritty, vital Liverpool provides an indelible and grounded dose of "real" urban England. It proved to be one of my favourite destinations on my whistle-stop romp with Trafalgar’s Real Britain tour. Yes, Beatles fans flock to Liverpool to learn about the Fab Four's early days, but the city’s appeal extends far beyond those towering music legends." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 02 Aug 2025 01:34:55 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kevin-milne-interesting-tidbits-and-travel-plans/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kevin-milne-interesting-tidbits-and-travel-plans/ With winter well and truly set in, some are dreaming of clearer skies across the sea. Kevin Milne has a trip to London coming up, him and his wife deciding to pop over and visit two of their sons on their home turf.  Although this is a trip to see family, there are a few interesting details that Kevin shared with Jack Tame.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 02 Aug 2025 01:32:34 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/dougal-sutherland-blue-zones-and-the-principles-of-living-longer/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/dougal-sutherland-blue-zones-and-the-principles-of-living-longer/ Blue Zones are an area of interest for many, geographical locations in which people live longer than average. Some such areas are in Sardinia, others in Okinawa in Japan, Nicoya in Costa Rica, and Ikaria in Greece – all of which have a significant number of people living into their 90s or hundreds.   But why are these people living so much longer than average? Dr Dougal Sutherland delves into the research and reasons behind the extended lifespans of those in Blue Zones.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 02 Aug 2025 01:17:22 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-common-nutrient-deficiencies-in-the-garden/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-common-nutrient-deficiencies-in-the-garden/ Plants need a couple of really important chemicals to give them a healthy life and growth.   We all know the top three elements: Nitrogen (N), Phosphate (P) and Potash (K), but Magnesium (Mg) should also be in the line-up of important nutrients   A lack of any of the mentioned nutrients will show specific symptoms on the Plants:   A lack of Nitrogen (which supports leaf-growth) makes leaves looks small and weird – often quite yellow, especially the older leaves. Nitrogen is often transported by the plant from old leaves to the younger leaves, to give them some small chance to survive and keep photosynthesis going.   Phosphorus deficiency (important for root growth): Purpling of leaves; you can see that clearly in tomatoes. In severe cases the leaves will start to die around the edges.   A lack of Potash (potassium – stimulates flowers and fruits) often shows up in the form of chlorosis (yellowing of the leaves in the area between the veins). Even the young leaves are struggling and show wrinkling, which often causes them to die. Few Flowers and/or fruit is a dead give-away.   A Magnesium deficiency (stimulates Photosynthesis) is characterised by distinct curling of the leaves as well as that Interveinal chlorosis (yellowing between the veins) mentioned before. Sometimes the leaves get a red tinge or lots of brown dead spots on the leaves… a real mess!   The Micronutrients are needed by plants in much smaller quantities, yet they are absolutely important to keep your plants in good condition   A lack of Micronutrients can create all sorts of troubles: stunted growth, dark green veins in yellowing leaves, die-back of stems and twigs, smaller leaves with die-back, leaf scorching, and discolouration…   It’s not difficult to find the symptoms.   There are many types of fertilisers on the market: the “general fertilisers” often have an NPK code on the package – some are granular, some are in liquid form.   Higher N will stimulate green matter (leaves). Higher Phosphate is great for root crops. Higher K stimulates Flowering and Fruit set.  But the “Trace elements” are the packets that will look after most of the Micronutrients; we often forget those!   Micronutrients also come in different formulae – some gardens (and soil conditions) need more than others.    You can even buy some Nori (のり) at the supermarket: Japanese seaweed! It’s harvested from the ocean, the largest nutrient trap on the Planet! It has lots of trace elements that are useful for your garden, made from rinsed seaweed.    Check that it has less than 4%, so you know it has been rinsed, and the amount of salt has been reduced – too much salt is not good for the plants!  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:22:29 Z