Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Mike Yardley’s on an adventure in London, experiencing luxury hotels and five star dining experiences.  He joined Jack Tame to delve into some of his top destination dining picks.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/05/2025 • 09:52

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 meetings leading up to the vote, they discussed what's needed in the church and the world today.  He says everyone was saying while they can't have a copy of Pope Francis, his initiatives should continue.  He told Jack Tame the new pope has been a natural fit.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/05/2025 • 16:55

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 memories on his 21st birthday. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/05/2025 • 06:38

After a decade of making music, Chaos in the CBD has finally released their debut album.  ‘A Deeper Life’ is a labour of love from brothers Louis and Ben Helliker-Hale, a house album that pays tribute to their lives growing up in Aotearoa.   Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the release.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/05/2025 • 06:29

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 outright illegal— content.   The Classification Office recently released a report delving into what young people are exposed to online, speaking with ten different groups, ranging in age from 12-25.  Dougal Sutherland unpacks the results, and the impact the exposure has had on young people.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/05/2025 • 08:01

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 eye-opening memoir reveals what really goes on among the global elite.  Sarah Wynn-Williams tells the wrenching but fun story of Facebook, mapping its rise from stumbling encounters with juntas to Mark Zuckerberg’s reaction when he learned of Facebook’s role in Trump’s election. She experiences the challenges and humiliations of working motherhood within a pressure cooker of a workplace, all while Sheryl Sandberg urges her and others to “lean in.”  Careless People is a deeply personal account of why and how things have gone so horribly wrong in the past decade—told in a sharp, candid, and utterly disarming voice. A deep, unflinching look at the role that social media has assumed in our lives, Careless People reveals the truth about the leaders of Facebook: how the more power they grasp, the less responsible they become and the consequences this has for all of us.    My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende   In San Francisco 1866, an Irish nun, left pregnant and abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia Del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman.  To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of sixteen, she begins to publish pulp fiction under a man’s pen name. When these fictional worlds can't contain her sense of adventure any longer, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at the San Francisco Examiner to hire her. There she is paired with another talented reporter, Eric Whelan.  As she proves herself, her restlessness returns, until an opportunity arises to cover a brewing civil war in Chile. She seizes it, along with Eric, and while there, begins to uncover the truth about her father and the country that represents her roots. But as the war escalates, Emilia finds herself in danger and at a crossroads, questioning both her identity and her destiny.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/05/2025 • 04:30

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 10 May 2025, fresh from the conclave, New Zealand's Cardinal John Dew joins Jack to discuss his part in the process of selecting Pope Leo XIV.  Jack considers the rare instances when the world's eyes all rest on the same place.  Mother's Day is sorted with Nici Wickes' delicious No-fuss Sticky Buns.  Bill Gates will go broke to make the earth better – tech expert Paul Stenhouse discusses the reality of Gates' campaign.  And, Master Sommelier Cameron Douglas joins Jack from London at the Decanter World Wine Awards.  Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/05/2025 • 116:58

Wine: Neudorf Tiritiri Pinot Gris RRP – $27.00  From the Moutere Hills in Nelson.  The Wine: A semi-aromatic variety, this PG delivers scents of Asian pears and red apple. There’s a natural white spice, almost pepper-like and a distinctive mineral quality. Satin smooth texture on the palate, juicy fleshy, ripe and delicious. Medium(ish) weighted and lengthy on the finish.   The Food: Whilst great on its own, this wine pairs well with starter courses like sashimi or Waldorf salad, and some lighter main courses like Flounder with fresh lemon or fettuccine with tomato, basil and prawns.   The season: 2024 was an excellent year for most growers in NZ, and especially Nelson.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/05/2025 • 04:48

A common problem in our homes, especially in the cooler areas of Aotearoa: gazillions of flies settling into your spare room, on the ceiling of a quiet place, or in the roof cavity.   The flies arrive at your place in autumn and find a good spot to hibernate – just like they do in their countries of origin: Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, the UK, the USA, and Canada.    Pollenia pediculata is the cluster fly species we discovered on the North Shore for the first time in 1984. It may have arrived in some containerised luggage or cargo (we were not sure when we found it), it’s now well-spread, often in the cooler spots of our country.   It is quite a gorgeous fly species, with golden hairs on its back – easy to spot as it often sits quietly.   Flies have just one pair of wings whereas other insect orders usually have two pairs of wings in the adult stage. The second pair of wings is turned into small “halteres”: modified hind wings that provides stability when in flight.   Flies are real acrobats: they can fly up-side-down onto the ceiling   Our cluster fly lives a peculiar life as a parasite of earthworms.    The female fly lays eggs in dense grass habitats (paddocks and lawns) and often near or in earthworm tunnels.   The larvae (aka "maggots") hatch, find themselves some way of getting into the soil (gaps around plants or through established earthworm tunnels) and gain entry into the body of an earthworm.   Inside the worm it feeds on the internal body fluids and organs.    Gross? Yep! But these flies do minimal damage to earthworm population densities.  Most animals on the planet have "parasites" that can cause damage (humans have parasites too). In spring and summer, I often see them pollinating flowers (the name “Pollenia” is a nice indicator!).  When temperatures get cooler in autumn, the cluster flies usually look for a suitable hibernation place: holes in the ground, under bark of trees, under mulch layers, etc. But if there’s a nice warm human house nearby, they will try to gain entry – by the thousands!   They crawl through small holes (ill-fitting window frames, etc) and mark their entry by leaving a residue of pheromone scent – this means that other Pollenia flies simply follow the trail and join the others.  The pheromone is rather sticky and smells somewhat of Buckwheat honey (hence the name buckwheat fly in the USA).   Cluster flies are not of medicinal importance (like some blowflies) but are hard to remove due to their messy pheromones. Best “prevention” is to ensure there are no entrance holes around the home.   A very residual aerosol can (available from SafeWorx – safety company) sprayed at the flies’ entry and exit holes, will stop them from getting inside.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09/05/2025 • 03:35

Poker Face  Charlie Cale, a casino employee, has an exceptional ability to detect lies. She drives around the country and begins to solve cases of random individuals she meets on the road (TVNZ+).    Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes  In London, July 2005, police hunt a rogue terrorist cell. An extraordinary series of events during a surveillance operation leads to the misidentification of an innocent young Brazilian as a suspect, resulting in his fatal shooting. As his relatives battle misinformation, they find support from an unlikely source, and the Met is plunged into crisis, forced to confront hard-truths about the shooting (Disney+).    Long Way Home    Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman get on their refurbished bike and travel from Ewan's home in Scotland to Charley's home in England; they take a two-month-long route, passing through the Arctic Circle and continental Europe (Apple TV+).    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09/05/2025 • 04:41

Bill Gates will go broke to make the earth better   The Microsoft founder says he plans to give away 99% of his vast fortune over the next 20 years. In a blog post, he wrote that he will not die rich. He cited Andrew Carnegie’s line: “The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.”   His foundation will close its doors permanently on December 31st, 2045. Before that it will be spending down its endowment, as well as almost all of Gates’s remaining personal fortune.   The Gates Foundation has spent $100 billion towards its health and development mission and plans to spend another $200 billion. The foundation is credited with eradicating Polo from Africa. Today, wild polio is found only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It's helped reduce childhood deaths from 10 million a year, to five million a year.    The goals for the next 20 years:   No mum, child or baby dies of a preventable cause.  The next generation grows up in a world without deadly infectious disease.  Bring hundreds of millions of additional people out of poverty and put more countries on a path to prosperity. Fortnite is trying to get back on the Apple App Store   But will Apple allow it? It's submitted the app for Apple's review over four years after it was pulled.   Epic Games has made a peace offering with Apple that if the company complies with the court's recent ruling to end the "Apple Tax", it will drop its litigation.   The Apple Tax has forced app developers to use the App Store's payments system, and only the App Stores payment system, which then takes up to 30% of the revenue. Developers couldn't even link to a website on the signup page which would allow off-platform account creation and payment. Epic challenged Apple on this, with the court ruling it a monopoly. No surprise, Apple disagrees with the decision. Why? Because billions of dollars are at stake. Apple's lawyers wrote, "A federal court cannot force Apple to permanently give away free access to its products and services, including intellectual property”.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09/05/2025 • 04:02

Another Simple Favor  Stephanie Smothers agrees to travel to Italy to be the maid of honour for the devious and cunning Emily Nelson. However, she soon suspects Emily's good will is part of an elaborate plan for revenge.    The Wedding Banquet Hoping to stay in the country, a gay man proposes a green card marriage to a female friend in exchange for paying for her IVF treatment. However, things soon get complicated when his grandmother surprises them with plans for an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09/05/2025 • 08:34

This is one of the simplest and quickest sticky bun recipes I know, and the buns are top notch.    Makes 8-10 large buns      Ingredients   Syrup   ½ cup brown sugar   3 big tablespoons butter   4 tablespoons maple syrup       Dough   1 cup warmed milk    2 teaspoons active yeast granules   1 teaspoon sugar    3 cups plain flour   ½ teaspoon salt   1 large egg   100g butter, softened       Filling   2 tablespoons butter - melted   1/3 cup brown sugar   3 teaspoons each cinnamon and mixed spice   1 cup walnut pieces, chopped roughly        Method  Line a 23cm cake tin with baking paper, making sure it comes up the sides.    Melt brown sugar, butter and maple syrup and simmer for 1 minute. Pour half of this into the base of the lined tin. In a small jug stir the yeast and warm milk and sugar together and leaving to froth for 5 minutes.    In a large bowl whisk together the flour and salt.    Whisk together frothy yeast mix and egg and pour this into the dry ingredients. Mix together with a knife until combined to a sticky dough. Add in butter a tablespoon at a time and keep mixing until it’s incorporated. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until it is shiny and smooth. This can also be done in a mixer with a kneading attachment too. Leave to rise until doubled in size – about 60 minutes.   To assemble buns: Roll out dough to a 20x30 rectangle. Brush with melted butter then sprinkle over sugar, spices and ¾ of the walnuts. Starting from the long side furthest away from you and roll up, bringing it towards you. Use a sharp knife or, my preferred technique, dental floss or thread (see note) to cut into nine equal portions. Place in lined tin, evenly spaced to allow for expansion, cut side up. Leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in size – about 45-60 minutes.    Preheat oven to 190 C fan bake. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown.    Remove buns from oven and let settle for a few minutes before turning out onto a serving dish or board. Peel off paper to reveal the syrupy buns!     To serve, top with remaining syrup and walnuts. Eat up!       Nici’s note:   Dental floss, or cotton, makes a great cutting tool when making these buns. Slide a length of thread under your dough, wrap it around the top and quickly pull it tight. The floss/thread should cut cleanly and easily right through the dough.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09/05/2025 • 06:07

The centre of the world.   It’s a funny concept, really, because on a planet with 8 billion people, the world’s attention never settles on any one event or thing for much more than a moment. Most of the time you would probably argue that the world’s attention is divided and scattered. It takes an historic moment, something really big, truly significant, to hone those 8 billion sets of eyes to one point. And to be there in person, to actually experience it for yourself is to be an eyewitness to history. I met a guy who was on his OE in Europe in 1989 when he woke up one morning and heard maybe something was stirring. He hustled to a train and ended up with his photograph in the New York Times, tearing down the Berlin Wall.    Truthfully, I can’t compete with that. But by the nature of my job, I guess I’ve been fortunate to witness some reasonably significant events, first hand.    I sat there as Pope Francis addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations. I’ve seen Presidential inaugurations, Obama speaking on the mall. I was there in the room in 2016 when Donald Trump strode into a Philadelphia arena and formally accepted the Republican nomination for President of the United States.    Something tells me that despite our geographic isolation, New Zealanders are good at sniffing out big historic moments. It could be a regal one – a royal wedding of a funeral? It can be a tragic event like witnessing the 9/11 attacks.    Sport can be a good one. I saw Leo Messi score for Argentina at the opening game of the 2014 Football World Cup. That was special. And I was sitting on the finish line when Usain Bolt won the 100m at the Rio Olympic Games.    Sometimes it takes luck. Sometimes it takes money. And sometimes it takes an exclusive kind of privilege that almost none of us will ever have.   Take a papal conclave. There might be 1.4 billion Catholics on the planet, but only those cardinals who were in the room will ever truly know what it was like to be a part of that conclave. Just being outside in St Peters Square would be an incredible experience; the moment everyone saw the white smoke. But just imagine being inside. If you were to divide the number of followers worldwide by every man in that room, there are more than ten million Catholics for each individual cardinal. But only those cardinals will know what it’s like to be there in person, to see the votes tallied, to hear the new Pope choose a name.  The world’s attention might have been focused on the Vatican, waiting for the smoke, but for this moment, only a tiny few were there. 133 eyewitnesses to a moment in history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09/05/2025 • 03:51

Ben Macintyre captivates readers with true stories.   He expertly unravels complex historical events, explaining sharp subplots and side characters while artfully deploying dry humour to make the true stories he tells digestible.    His most recent non-fiction work is The Siege – a story of how in April 1980, six men stormed the Iranian embassy in London and took 26 hostages they held for six days.   Macintyre told Jack Tame he was 17 when the situation took place, and since that point he’d always wanted to write about it.  “It was the most dramatic thing I’d ever seen on television,” he said.  “It was one of those stories that entered mythology very quickly – it became a sort of story of, sort of SAS daring do, and kind of you know, fighting against the odds, and you know, the story itself is much more complicated than that.”  “I've really enjoyed writing this one.”  Macintyre is coming to New Zealand for the Auckland Writer’s Festival, delving into his work at three different events across the festival.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03/05/2025 • 14:53

Prominent businessman, author and former politician Sir Bob Jones has died in Wellington after a brief illness - aged 85.   Jones formed the New Zealand Party in 1983, which stood for 10 years.    He received a knighthood in 1989 for services to business management and the community.   Kevin Milne told Jack Tame he will be remembered as a terrific writer.  He says Wellington already feels all the more grey for his passing.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03/05/2025 • 06:15

One of New Zealand’s most treasured musical acts, Sir Dave Dobbyn, will perform at Auckland Town Hall, the first time he has hit the stage there solo. The 68-year-old has previously performed at the prestigious venue with his band Th’ Dudes, but has never showcased his own set. That will change on June 4, when he and his touring band look to cover songs from his 45-year recording career. Announced as part of the Auckland Winter Concert Series lineup, Dobbyn and his band will perform everything from his celebrated anthems to “an extraordinary catalogue of deeper cuts”. Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to discuss the event. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03/05/2025 • 06:58

The Good Mistress by Anne Tiernan   Juliet never planned to be the other woman, but Rory was the only man she'd ever loved. She was sure he'd leave his frustratingly perfect wife - until he went and ghosted her, literally. Maeve is a bestselling novelist, and yet between her exasperating husband, teenage sons and ailing mother, success feels hollow. When she dallies in a surprising infidelity of her own, her carefully constructed life begins to unravel. Erica was the perfect wife, but Rory knew things about her that no-one else can ever know. And now she's left with a question she doesn't want the answer to: had she lost Rory long before he died?   As three women's lives collide, they must reconcile the realities of love, betrayal and the limits of forgiveness - because what does it truly mean to be 'good', anyway?     The Other People by C.B. Everett   Ten strangers.  An old dark house.  A killer picking them off one by one.  And a missing girl who’s running out of time…  And then there was one.  Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house and soon the body count starts to rise. Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them? And who—or what—lurks in the cellar?  Forget what you think you know.  Because while you can trust yourself, can you really trust The Other People?    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03/05/2025 • 03:16

"Budapest has long been a punching bag for invading powers and battled over by a litany of imperial bullies. But the legacy is a city stacked with historic layer upon layer of intrigue and faded glory, some layers still decaying while others have been ambitiously restored.  I was back in the Hungarian capital with Trafalgar, one of the headline stops on their splendidly curated 10-day Imperial Europe tour." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03/05/2025 • 09:06

Although we all try, budgeting doesn't work for everyone. Instead, Ed McKnight has what he calls the 'Economist's Pay Routine', an alternative that allows you to budget without budgeting. He joined Jack Tame to break down the method. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03/05/2025 • 05:29

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 3 May 2025, author Ben Macintyre joins Jack to discuss his expertise in espionage and latest non-fiction book ‘The Siege’ ahead of his trip to NZ for the Writer's Festival.  Jack reflects on dear memories.  Nici Wickes serves up a recipe that can be whipped up in no time with ingredients you likely already have in the pantry.  Now is the time to act to protect your stonefruit for next summer. Man-in-the-garden Ruud Kleinpaste discusses what to look out for and the importance of timing.  Plus, Dave Dobbyn has announced a special show at Auckland's Town Hall. Estelle Clifford digs deep into his archive to take a punt at what the setlist may feature.  Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03/05/2025 • 117:17

With Mother’s Day coming up soon, many will be casting around for ideas of what to get that special figure in their life.  Kate Hall has a few ideas on how to keep the day sustainable.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03/05/2025 • 06:43

Last week we discussed the six-month hiatus between noticing troubles with stone fruit and the time of activating prevention.   Peach leaf curl is a rather ugly fungal disease that commences 6 months from now – in spring the leaf curl starts to become obvious on the newly emerged leaves of your peach trees.   Taphrina deformans is the name of the disease that targets peaches and nectarines. The infection begins in autumn when the leaves are falling to the ground – a double dose of copper (a few times, 3 or 4 weeks apart) will stop the fungi from settling on the dormant fruit trees.   Follow up questions I got: Does the copper spray debilitate the peach and nectarine’s buds?    No worries! The buds are going to a dormant phase   Another great example of important timing is winning battles from the Lemon Tree Borer.   These borers are mainly found from Nelson-Blenheim north – they don’t like it too cold.   This rather cool, sizeable, long-horn beetle is a native of our country. It was well-established here thousands of years before Charlotte Kemp introduced oranges into Kerikeri in 1819.   Originally lemon tree borers would tunnel into native trees – a wide range of species became host plants (Mahoe, Kowhai, Coprosma, Manuka, etc).  Exotic trees are also targeted by lemon tree borer. I remember them getting into our olive trees and Wisteria in Auckland – Tamarillo, Elm, Chestnut, Gorse, Apple are just a few of the exotic hosts.   The most important species targeted by this borer are the citrus varieties that are grown commercially and in the backyard, but apple, persimmon, almond, cherry, walnut, and grapes are just as much in danger of damage – these beetles are economic pests!   A damaged branch or trunk is the ultimate spot to lay eggs in. Small nooks and crannies are where the female lemon tree borer would leave her eggs – especially in branches where the bark had been removed or in the pruning cuts.    The small larvae emerge from these eggs and start chewing their way deeper and deeper into the wood. A year or two later these larvae will have grown to a serious size before changing into a pupa, ready to turn into an adult beetle.   This is the importance of timing: adult beetles emerge in spring and are active till late summer. Avoid pruning from winter till early autumn.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

02/05/2025 • 04:17

Apple has given more details on the US tariffs   iPhones being sold in the June quarter in the USA will be made in India, while almost all iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and AirPods products will be made in Vietnam. Products made in China will be sold elsewhere in the world.   Apple estimates that, pending nothing else changing, the tariffs will cost them US$900 million. Imports going forward will, at this stage, be exempt from the tariffs.     Meta is working to make your WhatsApp AI chats more private   They'll be creating "private processing" which is effectively a private instance of the AI software running in a cloud only you can access. Meta, WhatsApp, or their third parties can see what's going on. It'll be optional though and you'll need to select it to go into private mode.     Uber's competitor is targeting the silver customer   Lyft is Uber's the big rideshare competitor in the USA and they want to take a new group of people for a ride: the older, and maybe less tech savvy. The regular Lyft app can be turned into a more straightforward mode – think bigger buttons and larger fonts. They'll be connected to more accessible vehicles and there's even dedicated real human help to call between 8am and 9pm. Lyft says just 5% of their ridership is over 65, and they want to grow that.      LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

02/05/2025 • 04:12

Choir Games   A documentary series about how music can change lives, as it follows two choirs from New York and Kaitaia as they take part in the World Choir Games in Aotearoa last year (Neon, from Sunday).     The Four Seasons    The decades-long friendship between three married couples is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways (Netflix).   Carême The world's first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême rises to the height of culinary stardom in Napoleon's Europe; his talent attracts the attention of politicians who use him as a spy for France (Apple TV+).    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

02/05/2025 • 05:06

Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds  Filmed over the course of four years, this documentary follows musician Marlon Williams as he takes on a deeply personal project — producing his first album entirely in te reo Māori, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. Williams began his musical journey as a teen, songwriting in Lyttleton, then carved out his own distinctive country sound that quickly took him to the world stage. Now, through te reo Māori, he sets out to reconnect with his Ngāi Tahu and Ngāi Tai roots.   Directed by Ursula Grace Williams in her feature debut, the film follows Williams through international tours to quiet home life, all while working on the album.     Thunderbolts*  Ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes —Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker— embarks on a dangerous mission that forces them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

02/05/2025 • 08:57

From thinking about it to plating it up... 10 minutes maximum for these boozy caramelised bananas! This is the best don’t-have-much-in-the-house dessert.    Serves 4     Ingredients  4-6 bananas   3 tablespoons butter   4 tablespoons brown sugar   a decent squeeze of lemon juice   a pinch of salt   3 tablespoons brandy or rum (optional)   softly whipped cream to serve      Method  Peel and slice the bananas into 2–3cm thick slices.   Melt the butter and brown sugar together in a frying pan until bubbling.   Stir in a squeeze of lemon juice and a pinch of salt.   Place the bananas in the pan and cook in the bubbling sauce until softened but not mushy. Add the alcohol, if using, and let the sauce bubble for another 1–2 minutes.   Serve the caramelised bananas smothered in sauce with a dollop of softly whipped cream.    This recipe is featured in Nici's cookbook 'A Quiet Kitchen'. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

02/05/2025 • 05:57

I was taken aback by how long it had been since I’d last come to town.   It’s amazing how time creeps up on you like that. One minute you’re at Grandma and Grandad’s place every few months, knocking around with your siblings. The next you’re going through Grandad’s drawers, packing him a bag of his most precious possessions. The next, you realise it’s three years since you even drove down his street.   State Highway One was an absolute shocker. I was driving the old straight line, heading South from Christchurch. Rolleston, Dunsandel, Rakaia. The storm was fierce. There was surface flooding and the rivers were up which obviously made things worse, but some of the potholes were so large they could’ve swallowed the irrigators that usually crawl the paddocks on either side of the road.     Those irrigators have brought a lot of prosperity to mid-Canterbury. But not on Grandad’s street. His place was an old state house on what Dad always called the wrong side of the tracks. Given the main trunk line cuts right through the middle of town, it’s a literal thing in Ashburton.  Dad reckons the family moved in in about 1967. A two-bedroom place, clad in a shocking baby blue, an 85m2 state house, on a 900m2 section. They don’t do property like that anymore. The Tames had arrived from UK a few years earlier – migration had cost them everything they had. By the early 1980s, on his limited income, Grandad saved up and for $21,500 he bought the house from the government as a home for life. He spent his working life slowly chipping away and paying off the mortgage. The quarter acre dream.   Grandad always had an amazing garden. He made the most of all that space. There were vegetable beds and fruit trees, a huge compost heap. Flowers out the front. Harakeke. We used to play games of hide-and-seek and go-home-stay-home before retiring inside for luncheon and tomato sauce sandwiches and vegetable soup. At home, our parents didn’t put salt in our food, and it was always a thrill to eat a hot lunch prepared by someone less concerned by cholesterol readings.    The neighbours back then were mixed. I remember Grandad telling us once that if we hit the tennis ball over the fence it was best to just get a new one. I doubt the Police were strangers to the neighbourhood. Inside, I used to curl up in Grandad’s La-Z-Boy and read Grandma’s gossip magazines by the fire. On the times we stayed over, I read old Biggles stories. We’d all get covered in Labrador fur. They had a faux grandfather clock in the living room with a mechanism that filled every silence. Click, click, click.    Grandad lived in that house for 55 years. He raised his sons there. He lost his wife, there. When it finally came time to leave, my cousin found his war medals, hidden away in a clothes drawer.    When I came around the corner, the rain was pelting the windscreen. It took just a moment to get my bearings. The little place next door was gone. A similarly vast section, where once there was a humble cottage, it was filled now with a tidy row of modern units.  But there was Grandad’s. Some of the baby blue cladding was missing. The harakeke and the flowers at the front had all been ripped out. I’m sure the veggie patch is done. But the house was still there. Tired, but still there.  Nothing lasts forever. I can’t say with certainty when I’ll be back. But I know one day I’ll come around that corner, and Grandad’s place will be gone too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

02/05/2025 • 04:51

Ed Gamble is a man of many hats.  Champion of the Taskmaster UK, podcast co-host, author, television host, standup comedian – on top of this, he’s an absolute food fanatic.  He’s bringing a feast of comedy to New Zealand with his new show ‘Hot Diggity Dog’, filled with his classic “ranting, raving and spluttering”.  Gamble told Jack Tame he describes the show as a collection of things that have happened to him since he last did a show, including a bit about his disastrous honeymoon and one about buying a cat with his wife.   “It’s a lot more exciting than my description of it makes it sound,” he reassured.  “I promise you’ll be on the edge of your seat, even though it sounds incredibly tedious and middle class.”  He’ll be performing live in Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland – tickets available on TicketMaster.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26/04/2025 • 14:09

Samantha Fish is offering up nine new powerhouse songs on her latest album ‘Paper Doll’.  It’s Fish’s 13th album, and the first she’s recorded with her touring band, leaning into her strengths as a musician in a way she hasn’t before.  Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the new release.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26/04/2025 • 06:24