Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Sir David Attenborough isn’t the only broadcaster to reach 100 within the last week or so. 

One of New Zealand’s greats, Allan Martin reached his century last week.  

Throughout his life he was the former Director General of TVNZ, producing some of their greatest current affairs shows, as well as a pilot, a farmer, and even a multi-gold medal winner at the World Masters Games in swimming and track and field. 

Kevin M...

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke  

My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive. 
 
Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the Republican equivale...

"No matter the season, the mesmerising lakeside setting of Wānaka is a supreme body of beauty. Clad in floor to ceiling windows, I was staying at Marina Terrace Apartments on Lakeside Road, waking up to the yolky dawn of a new day as the first rays of sunlight torched the sprawling sweep of Lombardy poplars strutting the western shoreline, beneath Roy’s Peak. Gazing across to the gilded glory of the morning light show, it vividly u...

To many people, “being sustainable” seems like an active choice and sacrifice that someone has to make – but there are plenty of things they may already be doing without realising they’re sustainable. 

Kate Hall joined Jack Tame to run through the list. 

1. Cooking at home instead of eating out  
2. Buying seasonal or local produce (international imports often cost more)  
3. Wearing clothes longer / repairing inste...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 9 May 2026, Frank Bunce, All Black legend, Dad of six, and two-time Celebrity Treasure Island competitor, joined to chat about his latest attempt at digging up cash on the Island. 

Jack reminisced on his meeting with Sir David Attenborough, as the renowned broadcaster celebrates his 100th birthday. 

Nadia Lim joined us to share her highly demanded Seafo...

Allium Rust on garlic has become quite an issue in the past 10 years. Not just in Canterbury, where I live, but in many places of New Zealand. 

It’s a fungal disease that never was that problematic in “the old days”. I used to grow heaps of garlic in Auckland and Christchurch, but slowly, stuff started to become troublesome. 

People complain that this fungal disease strikes in late winter/early spring, and the only thing ...

In 2023, New Zealand made a very important switch, moving from traditional cervical screenings to HPV screenings. Since then, cervical screening rates have increased significantly – particularly as a result of self-screening.    

What is HPV screening?  

• 170 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed per year, but there are only 50 deaths per year – it’s preventable  
• HPV screening tests are for ‘Human papillom...

Spotify now has workouts  

Not just playlists for your workouts, but actual workouts. They've partnered with Peloton to make 1400 curated classes available globally. You don't need dedicated Peloton equipment for these workouts – some don't require any equipment at all.  

It's available in most global markets and included with a Premium subscription. It makes the Spotify offering a more direct comparison to the Apple Musi...

Legends  

As drugs flood the streets of '90s Britain, a team of civil servants is thrust undercover to topple the gangs behind it. Inspired by an untold true story (Netflix). 

Big Mistakes  

Blackmailed into working for gangsters, two deeply incapable siblings become the most disorganized duo in organized crime (Netflix)  

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Mortal Kombat II  

Johnny Cage joins other fighters in the ultimate, no-holds-barred battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn, a powerful tyrant who threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders. 

The Sheep Detectives  

George Hardy is a shepherd who loves to read murder mysteries to his sheep, never suspecting that they can understand him. When George is found dead under mysterious circu...

We’re a long way from the sea, but luckily, we know a couple of good fishermen who frequent the waters around Stewart Island. We trade lamb or Swifty beer for fresh fish and the occasional cray, and when we do, this chowder is on the menu.  

It’s one of Carlos’ most requested dishes: rich and creamy, loaded with mussels, prawns, chunks of fresh fish (and cray if we’re lucky enough). Simple, soul-warming, and perfect for colder...

It was one of the most memorable days of my life.   

January, 2010. We’d been out most of the day on assignment, leaving Scott Base early in the morning and flying by helicopter across McMurdo Sound to a research team at the McMurdo Dry Valleys, the largest ice-free area in Antarctica.

Having filmed for a few hours, we took off again and tracked the edge of Ross Island, flying low to watch the frenzy of activity on the ed...

A staple of the folk-rock genre, few people wouldn’t recognise the name or work of Mumford & Sons. 

Following only a year after the release of their fifth studio album, Rushmere, was their sixth album Prizefighter, released in February this year.  

The album was recorded in ten days at producer Aaron Dessner’s studio in New York, and now they’re taking it around the world – bringing it to New Zealand’s shores as well....

"Tucked beneath the rugged Crown Range and richly wreathed in the charm of its gold-rush legacy, my abiding love-affair with Arrowtown is fully renewed with every visit. Long famed for its ravishing fall foliage, autumn’s full flush is still on radiant display. The annual Arrowtown Autumn Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary a fortnight ago – no mean feat when so many events and cherished festivals around the country have strug...

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe  

In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of MI6, Britain’s spy agency, captured video of a young man pacing back and forth on a high balcony of Riverwalk, a luxury tower on the bank of the river Thames. At 2:24 AM he jumped into the river. 

In a quiet London neighborhood several miles away, Rachelle Brettler was worried about her son. Za...

Are we losing our words? 

Some new psychology research suggests that we are gradually speaking fewer words each year. Psychologists looked at data from over 2000 people between 2005-2019 that sampled sounds and speech from people’s everyday lives.  

Researchers found that, over time, people are talking less and less.   

By 2019 on average, people spoke about 12,800 words per day – this was down from an estimated...

It seems pomegranates are now planted all over New Zealand.

Some people encounter some troubles when these fruits ripen around this time of year. Here are some things that might be the causes of those troubles and how to prevent them:

Cold and wet summers, resulting in a pretty mediocre ripening of the fruit from late summer till now-ish. The fruit can split or rot inside. A hot, sunny site with good drainage might reduce such trou...