Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Jack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB. News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?
Episodes
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday October 18 2025, the two women leading the fight for justice in the Pike River mine disaster Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse join Jack to discuss the new film telling their story.
Jack reflects on his experience in Greymouth in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Tech-xpert Paul Stenhouse shares all the details on ChatGPT's new adults only feature.
Chef Nici Wic...
It has been almost 15 years since the Pike River mining disaster in which 29 men lost their lives.
A new film tells the true story of the tragedy and its aftermath through the eyes of Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse - 2 women at the forefront of the fight for justice.
In the disaster, Anna lost her husband Milton. Sonya lost her son Ben, while another of her sons, Daniel, was one of just two survivors.
The pair ...
A Dawning is a collaborative album from Icelandic composer and producer Ólafur Arnalds, and the late Irish singer-songwriter Talos.
The album blends the two musician's iconic styles to take listeners on a journey of raw emotion and evasive hope, and serves as a reminder of the legacy left by Talos.
All the artwork was made by Talos himself.
James Irwin joined Jack Tame to review the album.
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...Iconic. Few world landmarks exemplify the full meaning of that word quite like the Taj Mahal. I’ve just enjoyed freshly communing with the wondrous masterpiece in Agra, as part of a private tour of Classic India with Wendy Wu Tours. Four hours drive from New Delhi, Agra is rough and ready in places, much like the driving standards on India’s roads. As my delightful Wendy Wu Tours driver Mr Singh observed, “There are three golden ru...
A few things to look for in October:
Passionvine Hoppers do a bit of damage from late October/Early November till March-April
These are the problematic insects that are common in the north (and for the past few years, also around Christchurch – they’re spreading South!
Adult passionvine hoppers plus one nearly-mature fluffybum
Most of the damage is cased when the bugs are growing bigger and older (later in spring...
Most people think about money in terms of days. Wealthy people think about money in decades. Here's how to think about money differently: Based on this calculator.
Ed McKnight joined Jack Tame to look at how Kiwis view their money, and why we should start counting decades, not days.
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ChatGPT is getting an Adults-Only mode
From December, verified adults, will be able to chat with AI in a much more adult way.
To be verified you'll need to upload your ID and go through a verification process. Now, how often that verification is rechecked is yet to be know. Could you sign up for an account, then share your credentials? Do you need to scan your face before ...
The Iris Affair - (TVNZ+) A new British thriller, created by Neil Cross (Luther) and starring Tom Hollander, about a genius who goes on the run with a secret code and must work out what technology it could awaken before she is caught.
Murdaugh: Death in the Family - (Disney+) Patricia Arquette and Jason Clarke star in this true-crime drama series about a prominent South Carolina family involved in several mysterious de...
I flew to Greymouth the morning after Pike River first blew.
I was there, in and out, for several weeks. I keenly remember those first few days of waiting. Of hope. Checking our phones. Checking our phones. Checking our phones.
It’s a cliche, I know. But time moves so slowly when you’re watching a clock. I remember the calculations. How much air? Water? Food? I remember the international media pouring into Greymouth. I...
Little marmalade cakes
These light and buttery cakes are perfect using up marmalade. Quick and easy the marmalade flavour is perfect incorporated into a cake.
Makes 12
Ingredients:
- 170g butter, softened, plus more for greasing muffin tins
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 tbsp marmalade
- 1 cup milk stirred with 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp baking soda
Cillian Murphy and Tracey Ullman are the stars of new Netflix movie 'Steve', adapted from a book written by Max Porter.
And Kiera Knightley stars with Guy Pearce and Hannah Waddingham in another book adaptation.
Francesca Rudkin joined Jack Tame to give a rundown of the two movies, including their highs and lows.
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Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger passed away this week. He served from 1990-1997 and secured National's largest ever victory in the 1990 election.
Kevin Milne joins Jack Tame to share his personal experiences with Jim Bolger, who he once met at a café on the Kapiti coast.
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Raised at the bottom of the world, Sam Cullen is on his way up.
The Invercargill-born musician is rising in the music world, having already performed on the main stage at Rhythm & Vines, as well as playing on some of the coolest stages around the country.
He’s been working quietly behind the scenes on his self-titled debut album, which is set to release soon.
Some of the songs on the album, he revealed to Jack...
A couple of interesting quotes came to light this week – one from the late Jane Goodall and the other from Queen Camilla.
Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to chat about the two quotes and his thoughts on them.
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The fifth solo studio album from American musician Jeff Tweedy, Twilight Override is packed full.
It’s a triple album, with a total of 30 tracks, created with the intention of overwhelming the ‘ennui’ that was being squeezed into his life with his own creative works.
He’s credited the prolific output to his belief that creativity “eats darkness”.
James Irwin joined Jack Tame to review the album.
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Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China by Jung Chang
Jung Chang’s Wild Swans was a book that defined a generation – the story of ‘three daughters of China’: Jung, her mother and her grandmother and their lives during a century of revolution. Fly, Wild Swans is, quite simply, what happened next.
Jung Chang arrived in the UK in 1978 aged 26, part of a Chinese scholarship programme for study abroad. Finding herself ...
"For even the most intrepid of travellers, India can be a sensory assault – confronting and riveting in equal measure. If you’re a first-timer to the subcontinent, the Golden Triangle which threads together New Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur offers the best crash-course in getting to grips with India. I first tripped around the Golden Triangle fourteen years ago and I’ve recently completed a return visit with Wendy Wu Tours. It was fascin...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll know that we’ve just had Mental Health Awareness Week. It’s a great initiative by the Mental Health Foundation to normalise talking and thinking about mental health!
Pop quiz – how many Kiwi adults do you think will, in their lifetime, experience a major mental health problem?
According to Ministry of Health, it’s 47% of us.
But data from the Dunedin Longitudinal St...
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 11 October 2025, rising Kiwi musician Sam Cullen joins Jack in studio for a live performance and to chat about the upcoming release of his debut album.
Jack considers the lack of rules around treatment of referees in football.
Tara Ward shares details on the brand-new series of The Celebrity Traitors UK, starring Stephen Fry, Alan Carr, and Celia Imri...
Motor neurone disease is a devasting condition that’s recently come to prominence in the media with the diagnosis of former English rugby captain Lewis Moody. Another famous person who suffered from the condition was Stephen Hawkins.
What is motor neurone disease?
- It’s a progressive nerve disease.
- It damages and kills nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain that control muscle movement in the...
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