Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

‘Forest House’ is the latest album to come from NZ Best Country Artist Winner Jenny Mitchell.  

In her own words, the album is filled with songs that reflect everything that happens within the four walls of a house – new beginnings, endings, the good, bad, nostalgic, and everything in between. 

Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to share her thoughts on the release, as well as a personal anecdote. 

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The CIA Book Club by Charlie English  

For almost five decades after the Second World War, Europe was divided by the longest and most heavily guarded border on earth. The Iron Curtain, a near-impenetrable barrier of wire and wall, tank traps, minefields, watchtowers and men with dogs, stretched for 4,300 miles from the Arctic to the Black Sea. No physical combat would take place along this frontier: the risk of nuclear annihil...

"Stitching Central Otago to the wonders of South Westland, the Haast Pass Highway is what epic roadies are all about. The Haast region is the centrepiece of Te Wāhipounamu World Heritage area. As the last mountain pass to be constructed over the Southern Alps and only fully chip-sealed in 1995, this 140km-long panoramic alpine pass still exudes a “final frontier” sense of escapism as it threads its way through South Westland’s prim...

78 people are to be quarantined after coming in contact with measles.  

Health New Zealand's said it's reached out to 286 close contacts since the first case was confirmed earlier this month.  

90% of people unvaccinated that come in contact with measles will be infected.  

Dr Bryan Betty said it's one of the most contagious diseases known to man.  

He says Covid has a reproduction number of 2-3 and influenza is...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 16 May 2025, as many Naked Samoans as will fit in the studio crowd in to chat with Jack about getting the gang back together and on stage again for the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. 

Jack reflects on how far Auckland FC have come. 

Kate Hall is expanding her family and Jack asks the big sustainability question on everybody's mind – what wil...

The Vespula group of invasive wasps are still active, but starting to show signs of slowly shutting up shop for the winter. Vespula germanica (German wasp) and Vespula vulgaris (common wasp) are the two species with no sense of humour in New Zealand.  

At this time of the year the action is all about the queens: the old queens (as well as the males and old workers) are facing the end of their lives, and the brand-new queens ar...

How do you get around LA's terrible traffic? From the sky.  

It'll only be worse for the Olympics, so Archer will be the "official air taxi provider" for the LA28 Games. These look like a small plane, rather than a helicopter, and have a fixed wing with propellers on it that tilt. That means it can take off and land vertically like a helicopter and then transition into forward flight like a plane.  

These are all electric...

Secrets We Keep  

When her neighbour's au pair goes missing, Cecilie is compelled to personally investigate but as she uncovers the truth, her perfect world falls apart (Netflix). 

Duster

Set in the Southwest in the 1970s, a getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate sees his life go from dangerous to wildly, stupidly, dangerous when a tenacious FBI agent comes to town (Neon). 

Homebound 3.0 &nbs...

Feed 4 for under $20! One pot, one pan!

(Makes 20)   

Prep time: 15 mins   

Cook time: 15 mins   

Ingredients: 

• 500 G Basa Fish (Frozen Fish Fillets Basa)   
• 4 tbsp red curry paste ( Exotic Food Asian Red Curry Paste)   
• 1 egg ¼ cup corn flour   
• 8 green beans (chopped into ½ cm pieces) (Supermarket own green beans)   
• 1.5 tbsp fish sauce or soy sauce &...

The Salt Path  

A couple lose their home and later discover that the husband has been diagnosed with a terminal illness as they embark on a year-long coastal trek. 

Final Destination Bloodlines 

Plagued by a violent and recurring nightmare, a college student heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle of death and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits th...

210 days ago, I was blinking into the sun at Go Media Stadium as Auckland FC strode out onto the pitch for their first-ever A-League game. 

The club was owned by a billionaire and the team’s style of play wasn’t immediately alluring – the very first goal in the club’s professional history came courtesy of an opposition player. I knew about two of the players and had to keep cross-checking the action on the pitch with my gameda...

New Zealand's catholic leader says Pope Francis' legacy will live on under the church's new leader. 

69-year-old Robert Prevost was elected the new pontiff after the fourth ballot of the conclave yesterday, taking the name Leo XIV. 

He is the first Pope from the United States and the first from the Augustinian order of the church. 

New Zealand Archbishop John Dew voted in the conclave, and says in the ten days of mee...

Kevin Milne recently received an email, passed on by Jack Tame, about advice he gave on the show 18 years ago. He said that parents should buy an exercise book, tie a pencil to it and write in even the little highlights of their kids growing up.

The listener did just that, giving his son a book filled with special moments and memori...

The internet is filled with a wide array of things – more than any one person could experience in their entire life. 

However, as the internet has developed, spaces dedicated to children have been eroded – gone are the days of Club Penguin and flash games, replaced with adult and advertiser friendly spaces. 

What this has resulted in is the exposure of generations of children and young people to harmful —sometimes outrigh...

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams  
 
From trips on private jets and encounters with world leaders to shocking accounts of misogyny and double standards behind the scenes, this searing memoir exposes both the personal and the political fallout when unfettered power and a rotten company culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative where a few people carelessly hold the world in their hands, this e...