August 8, 2025 • 7 mins
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.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from Newstalk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Sixteen minutes past nine on news Talk ZB. Aaron on
the email this morning says Jack, I'm with you. I
have a sort of childlike wonder when it comes to
riding along on a subway. Took New Zealand long enough,
but glad that Auckland is finally getting there. So twenty
twenty six, they reckon the CRL is due to open.
Not sure when in twenty twenty six. Usually it's best
(00:33):
to set one's expectations later in the year when it
comes to these kind of things. Ninety two ninety two.
If you want to send us a message, Jack, CRL
is achieving its goal, I want to write it. I
love the under London Underground and honestly I'm going to
bring up a mate when this opens. Sadly, no chance
of passenger rail from New Plymouth at the moment, though,
(00:54):
says Harry. Yeah, thanks for that, Harry. Seventeen minutes past nine,
Kevin Milner is here this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Kilder Kevin, Jack, I'm pleased that you were so positive
about that work that's been done on the subway, and
you're wonderful city. It's one of those kind of really
positive things that can be totally overlooked because you can't
see it and there's enough bad stuff going on that
to celebrate some wonderful engineering feats to me. I feel
(01:23):
great about it and I'm pleased you've done it.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah, it's funny. I saw Nicola Willis yesterday. She was
one of the you know, one of the VIPs who
got a bit of a tour, and she said afterwards
that she said, you know, somebody, how's it feelings? She said,
you know, it feels like it'll be familiar to any
New Zealander who's written in a subway around the world.
And I was like, exactly, exactly. It's twenty twenty five.
It's taken us this long, but we got there.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
You know.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It's I just yeah, I think, I think. I think
it's fantastic. So I can't I can't wait to go
on it. I mean, there is something I don't know.
It is kind of childlike. I think Aaron's right on
the email. You know, it's something that there's kind of
there's a bit of wonder that comes from from going
in a big kind of engineering, from experiencing a big
engineering project like that, right. I remember going through of
what have you tunneled for the first time and been like, oh,
(02:08):
this is a bit fancy.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
It's great. You haven't lost that, Jack, Given everything that
you've done and everything that you get to see, and
you know, the incredible busy lives that you lead, that
you still get that childish pleasure from smallest Well they're
not reached there, They're not at all smallest things in
this case, but yeah, that you get that kicked from it.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, no too, right. So Kevin, you're off to a
special event in christ Church tonight.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Yeah, the sat and I'll flow down to christ Church
for a very special event and in a way, a
very christ Church event. It's the one hundredth anniversary of
the Beads College Old Boys Annual Dinner, and I'm the
guest speaker. Coincidentally, my late uncle Ralph, my mother's brother,
would have been at that original Old Boys sinner one
(02:56):
hundred years ago. He was the secretary of the of
the first Beads Old Boys Committee. I've never really been
into old Boys or past fuels events. I had a
very unsuccessful time at some beads academically anyway, Like really bad,
failed most of my exams. What made it worse was
(03:18):
that my two older brothers had been stars before me
at the same college. So when after five years I
finally walked out the college gate with just school sert,
I kind of didn't want to look back. Not that
my failure was the college's fault. I just wanted to
move on. Now, nearly sixty years later, I'm invited back
to be the guest speaker at the one hundred's Old
(03:41):
Boys dinner that includes presenting annual prizes to twenty twenty
five three most successful old boys in sport, culture and business.
And here I am the guy who was the bottom
of a class left without school sert, handing out the awards.
I don't mind admitting, Jack, it means quite a lot
to me. I suppose it says something about life. A
(04:04):
Hayes should never let lack of success at any particular
time in your life get to you. Your luck can change,
sometimes remarkably quickly. You've just got to remain nimble enough,
positive enough to allow that to occur. And that happens
to be the theme of most speech tonight.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Jack Ah, so good, Kevin, how special? Not only to
be welcome back, but to be invited back for the
one hundredth. Yeah, aniversary, that is, it's not one hundred
and fourth, it's not the sixty second. They said, this
is the one hundredth. We're going to need someone really
extra special tonight. Let's get the former bottom of the class.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Yes, that's right, yeah, lovely.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Ah, that's going to be really special, do you know, Kevin?
It is a bit of a weekend of anniversaries, right,
so you're you're you're celebrating the one hundredth anniversary. It
needs to you. Yeah, So today being what the ninth
of August is the ninety ninth anniversary since one's Edb's
very first broadcast, you believe, Oh wow, so there you go.
(05:06):
Oh yeah, crazy a ninety nine years since our very
first broadcast. I was a bit surprised, to be honest.
I didn't think we were that old.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Noah, So there you go nine years. I think it
kind of melded. It got because at one stage, and
I'm old enough to remember this ze B and the
national program, we're basically with the same year.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Radio you didn't have a whole massive range of different
stations like we do now. And you know, all everything,
mix things up too, but yeah, there you go. Hey,
have a wonderful time tonight.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Kevin, thank you.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I'm sure you will. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. But
we look for hearing how it all goes. Yes, thanks
a lot, very good Kevin Meln with us this morning.
Yea ninety nine years since one's edb's very first broadcast.
So apparently it was the ninth of August nineteen twenty six,
which was a Monday, and they broadcast for three hours
from seven pm. So it was once a week on
Monday nights. And back then, of course, like radio was
(05:57):
the technology of the day, it was the kind of
shiny new toy that everyone was, you know, talking about.
Apparently people used to dress up to listen to it.
And you know, you think about the kind of iterations
and changes that ZB has gone through over the years.
I think it was eighty seven in which Paul Holmes
first started broadcasting and you know, you're waking up the nation.
(06:22):
Talkback started playing a bigger role, and so twenty twenty
five news Talalk ZB is now number one in Auckland
and across New Zealand. From breaking news to unforgettable interviews,
the station has kind of, you know, gone from strength
to strength over the last ninety nine years, so amazing. Really, Hey,
thanks for your feedback. Jack, lovely to hear you this morning.
Please tell me how the trains have been put in
(06:43):
the tunnels or the tunnels open at one end. Well,
I'm no expert on it, but I believe because they
linked to Brita Art, they can kind of the state
that's where the station's you know, they've got various junctions
and things and they can kind of get in and
off there. But yes, they do have to think about
that when designing the tunnel. Jack, it sounds like you
are the new Central Rail Link ambassador. Well, I'm just
a bit peeved, to be honest, that I didn't get
(07:05):
the invite so everyone and I also seem to be
riding along yesterday. All the cabinet ministers or the counselors,
the mayor was there not poor old Jack though, gonna
wait until twenty twenty six, like the rest of the
poops never mind.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks d B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from Newstalk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Sixteen minutes past nine on news Talk ZB. Aaron on
the email this morning says Jack, I'm with you. I
have a sort of childlike wonder when it comes to
riding along on a subway. Took New Zealand long enough,
but glad that Auckland is finally getting there. So twenty
twenty six, they reckon the CRL is due to open.
Not sure when in twenty twenty six. Usually it's best
(00:33):
to set one's expectations later in the year when it
comes to these kind of things. Ninety two ninety two.
If you want to send us a message, Jack, CRL
is achieving its goal, I want to write it. I
love the under London Underground and honestly I'm going to
bring up a mate when this opens. Sadly, no chance
of passenger rail from New Plymouth at the moment, though,
(00:54):
says Harry. Yeah, thanks for that, Harry. Seventeen minutes past nine,
Kevin Milner is here this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Kilder Kevin, Jack, I'm pleased that you were so positive
about that work that's been done on the subway, and
you're wonderful city. It's one of those kind of really
positive things that can be totally overlooked because you can't
see it and there's enough bad stuff going on that
to celebrate some wonderful engineering feats to me. I feel
(01:23):
great about it and I'm pleased you've done it.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah, it's funny. I saw Nicola Willis yesterday. She was
one of the you know, one of the VIPs who
got a bit of a tour, and she said afterwards
that she said, you know, somebody, how's it feelings? She said,
you know, it feels like it'll be familiar to any
New Zealander who's written in a subway around the world.
And I was like, exactly, exactly. It's twenty twenty five.
It's taken us this long, but we got there.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
You know.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It's I just yeah, I think, I think. I think
it's fantastic. So I can't I can't wait to go
on it. I mean, there is something I don't know.
It is kind of childlike. I think Aaron's right on
the email. You know, it's something that there's kind of
there's a bit of wonder that comes from from going
in a big kind of engineering, from experiencing a big
engineering project like that, right. I remember going through of
what have you tunneled for the first time and been like, oh,
(02:08):
this is a bit fancy.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
It's great. You haven't lost that, Jack, Given everything that
you've done and everything that you get to see, and
you know, the incredible busy lives that you lead, that
you still get that childish pleasure from smallest Well they're
not reached there, They're not at all smallest things in
this case, but yeah, that you get that kicked from it.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, no too, right. So Kevin, you're off to a
special event in christ Church tonight.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Yeah, the sat and I'll flow down to christ Church
for a very special event and in a way, a
very christ Church event. It's the one hundredth anniversary of
the Beads College Old Boys Annual Dinner, and I'm the
guest speaker. Coincidentally, my late uncle Ralph, my mother's brother,
would have been at that original Old Boys sinner one
(02:56):
hundred years ago. He was the secretary of the of
the first Beads Old Boys Committee. I've never really been
into old Boys or past fuels events. I had a
very unsuccessful time at some beads academically anyway, Like really bad,
failed most of my exams. What made it worse was
(03:18):
that my two older brothers had been stars before me
at the same college. So when after five years I
finally walked out the college gate with just school sert,
I kind of didn't want to look back. Not that
my failure was the college's fault. I just wanted to
move on. Now, nearly sixty years later, I'm invited back
to be the guest speaker at the one hundred's Old
(03:41):
Boys dinner that includes presenting annual prizes to twenty twenty
five three most successful old boys in sport, culture and business.
And here I am the guy who was the bottom
of a class left without school sert, handing out the awards.
I don't mind admitting, Jack, it means quite a lot
to me. I suppose it says something about life. A
(04:04):
Hayes should never let lack of success at any particular
time in your life get to you. Your luck can change,
sometimes remarkably quickly. You've just got to remain nimble enough,
positive enough to allow that to occur. And that happens
to be the theme of most speech tonight.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Jack Ah, so good, Kevin, how special? Not only to
be welcome back, but to be invited back for the
one hundredth. Yeah, aniversary, that is, it's not one hundred
and fourth, it's not the sixty second. They said, this
is the one hundredth. We're going to need someone really
extra special tonight. Let's get the former bottom of the class.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Yes, that's right, yeah, lovely.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Ah, that's going to be really special, do you know, Kevin?
It is a bit of a weekend of anniversaries, right,
so you're you're you're celebrating the one hundredth anniversary. It
needs to you. Yeah, So today being what the ninth
of August is the ninety ninth anniversary since one's Edb's
very first broadcast, you believe, Oh wow, so there you go.
(05:06):
Oh yeah, crazy a ninety nine years since our very
first broadcast. I was a bit surprised, to be honest.
I didn't think we were that old.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Noah, So there you go nine years. I think it
kind of melded. It got because at one stage, and
I'm old enough to remember this ze B and the
national program, we're basically with the same year.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Radio you didn't have a whole massive range of different
stations like we do now. And you know, all everything,
mix things up too, but yeah, there you go. Hey,
have a wonderful time tonight.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Kevin, thank you.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I'm sure you will. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. But
we look for hearing how it all goes. Yes, thanks
a lot, very good Kevin Meln with us this morning.
Yea ninety nine years since one's edb's very first broadcast.
So apparently it was the ninth of August nineteen twenty six,
which was a Monday, and they broadcast for three hours
from seven pm. So it was once a week on
Monday nights. And back then, of course, like radio was
(05:57):
the technology of the day, it was the kind of
shiny new toy that everyone was, you know, talking about.
Apparently people used to dress up to listen to it.
And you know, you think about the kind of iterations
and changes that ZB has gone through over the years.
I think it was eighty seven in which Paul Holmes
first started broadcasting and you know, you're waking up the nation.
(06:22):
Talkback started playing a bigger role, and so twenty twenty
five news Talalk ZB is now number one in Auckland
and across New Zealand. From breaking news to unforgettable interviews,
the station has kind of, you know, gone from strength
to strength over the last ninety nine years, so amazing. Really, Hey,
thanks for your feedback. Jack, lovely to hear you this morning.
Please tell me how the trains have been put in
(06:43):
the tunnels or the tunnels open at one end. Well,
I'm no expert on it, but I believe because they
linked to Brita Art, they can kind of the state
that's where the station's you know, they've got various junctions
and things and they can kind of get in and
off there. But yes, they do have to think about
that when designing the tunnel. Jack, it sounds like you
are the new Central Rail Link ambassador. Well, I'm just
a bit peeved, to be honest, that I didn't get
(07:05):
the invite so everyone and I also seem to be
riding along yesterday. All the cabinet ministers or the counselors,
the mayor was there not poor old Jack though, gonna
wait until twenty twenty six, like the rest of the
poops never mind.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks d B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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