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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?

  1. 2d ago

    Bryan Adams: Canadian rock legend on making music, Roll with the Punches Tour

    Bryan Adams is a rock music legend.  With 16 albums under his belt, he’s estimated to have sold between 75 million and 100 million records and singles during his 45 year career.  His most recent album, ‘Roll with the Punches’, harkens back to his earlier releases, with the rock sound that’s made him so popular over the years.  And off the back of an extensive string of international dates, Adams is bringing his ‘Roll with the Punches Tour’ to New Zealand next March.  Adams has seen major success, but his drive to create has never waned.  “I’m not one of those people that sort of, rests on my laurels and is just sort of quite happy to go back and do the same thing over and over,” he told Jack Tame.  “I enjoy the creativity and I really like, you know, putting songs together.”  “I’ve still got the melodies in my head, so I gotta get them out.”   LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. 2d ago

    Chris Schulz: Isla Noon - Out Of Body (REDUX)

    Emerging Kiwi musician Isla Noon has remixed and revamped her first album.  ‘Out of Body’ was released in 2025, and explored themes of identity and detachment through a combination of synth heavy electronic pop and delicate vocals.  ‘Out of Body (REDUX)’ was made in collaboration with producer Justyn Pilbrow, taking seven tracks from the original album and pushing the electronic sound harder.  Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the EP.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  3. 2d ago

    Mike Yardley: Great Adventures in Vanuatu

    "Jetting into Vanuatu across the sapphire sea and the crisp palette of lagoon blues, all the hues of your tropical holiday dreams stretch out to greet you. After taking in the delights of Port Vila, head out of town for some rewarding encounters. For a sweet burst of soft adventure, jaunt to the Mele Cascades, about 15 minutes north of town. It is a wonderland of waterfalls. A twenty minute walk through lush and fragrant native bush leads you to the most sublime 35 metre high waterfall and gin-clear rock pools." "I highly recommend experiencing the unspoilt bliss of Lelepa Island, which looms on the west side of Efate’s Havannah Harbour. Day tours are slickly operated by Lelepa islanders, packaging a kaleidoscope of authentic experiences and insights into one magical day." Read Mike's full article. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Catherine Raynes: One Of Us Is Guilty and The Nowhere Boy

    One Of Us Is Guilty by Steve Cavanagh   Patrick Vanderpool, son of a billionaire media mogul, is destined for power. But the affair he's having could ruin everything.   Vanessa Vanderpool, married to one of America's most influential men, has her own ambitions. But the affair he's having could ruin everything.  When the other woman is found brutally murdered, there are only two suspects...   One of them is guilty. But which one?   Conman turned defence lawyer Eddie Flynn must risk his life to find out...     The Nowhere Boy by Anne Cleary   A child disappears in broad daylight—and no one sees a thing.  Three-year-old Oliver, known as Apple Man, vanishes from a remote car park while his young father, Scott, carries fishing gear down to the beach. When he returns, the car is empty. His son has vanished without a trace.  Apple Man's mother, Fae, gets the call that shatters her life. Enraged with her ex, Scott and drowning in her own guilt, she is pulled back into Scott's orbit as police launch a desperate search across a wild coastline and dense pine forest. With every hour that passes, the case tightens around them—and the question no parent can bear to answer grows louder: what if he's never coming back?  Far from the search, a grieving woman convinces herself she's been given a second chance. Tessa has lost three babies and the future she believed was hers. When she encounters a small, abandoned boy, she sees not a crime, but a miracle she cannot surrender. As the hunt intensifies, her fragile fantasy of motherhood begins to unravel.  As the pressure continues to mount, everyone involved is forced to confront the same terrifying question: when love becomes possession, how far is too far?    LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  5. 2d ago

    Full Show Podcast: 08 August 2026

    On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday August 08 2026, we were joined by rock legend Bryan Adams ahead of his New Zealand tour of Roll With The Punches.  Jack dissected what he believes to be one of Christopher Luxon's worst weeks as Prime Minister.  Francesca Rudkin reviewed the new film that depicts the life of our endeared rugby superstar Jonah Lomu.  Is AI literally changing the way we think? Clinical psychologist Dr Dougal Sutherland joined us to look at the research.  And Chris Schulz gives the emerging Kiwi talent of Isla Noon a good listening to – we hear his review.  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.

    Full Show Podcast: 08 August 2026

  6. 2d ago

    Dr Dougal Sutherland: Is AI literally changing the way we think?

    Many people will be familiar with two modes of thinking – fast and slow. Fast thinking is intuitive, whereas slow thinking is deliberate reasoning   Researchers are proposing a third mode, one that they’ve called “cognitive surrender” – the tendency to accept AI-generated answers without critically evaluating them, which is effectively farming-out decision making to AI.   They gave participants a variety of different problem-solving tasks and allowed some of them to access AI, while others could only rely on their own fast and slow modes of thinking.   They found that:   Participants often followed AI advice even when it was incorrect. When AI was right, performance improved substantially; when AI was wrong, performance dropped below the level of those working without AI assistance.   One of the most striking findings was that participants became more confident after consulting AI, regardless of whether the advice was correct or incorrect.   People who had higher levels of trust in AI were more likely to follow incorrect AI recommendations and less likely to question them.   People with stronger analytical thinking skills were more likely to identify faulty AI advice and override incorrect recommendations.   Incentives for accuracy reduced cognitive surrender by encouraging people to question and verify AI-generated responses.   The findings suggest the greatest risk is not AI making mistakes, but people becoming less likely to recognise and challenge those mistakes.   For organisations, there is potential for a gradual erosion of independent thinking if employees routinely defer judgement to AI, particularly in roles that rely on professional expertise, critical thinking and accountability.   It’s interesting to read this alongside other research which has shown that more experienced workers use AI better than newer workers, as those with more experience had a better understanding of their jobs and could spot when AI was making mistakes or offering unhelpful suggestions.    LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. 2d ago

    Ruud Kleinpaste: Witch Hazel - pretty plants that flower right through winter

    We were going for a lovely walk through the town of Lincoln and came across the Lincoln Envirotown Community Gardens. Locally maintained by enthusiasts, growing all sorts of edibles – nicely done!   But that wasn’t really what surprised us most: Julie discovered a series of flowering Hamamelis with a lovely range of coloured flowers.   No doubt these shrubs had been planted quite some time ago (many decades), but they were flowering in the middle of winter… and smelling pretty darn good too!     There are quite a few Hamamelis species (more than I expected); the most common species come from the USA, Japan, and China, but within the gardening industry it’s becoming quite obvious that many growers are working with hybrids in all sorts of colours, shapes, and sizes. There must be dozens of varieties.    A great old name for these plants is ‘Witch Hazel’. ‘Witch’, derived from the Old English word wice or wych, meaning ‘pliant’, ‘bendable’, or ‘to bend’. It’s not just flexible branches, but also the shape of the leaves – many leaves keep hanging around the developing flowers.   Hamamelis virginiana is often used as a skin toner, getting rid of pain and swellings, as well as itching and allergic troubles. No doubt something from the old days…   Many Hamamelis cultivars can be pruned nicely: it keeps the flowering ends on the top.   Some of the cultivars are literally grafted on the parent rootstock; in itself not a problem, but rootstock is often much faster growing than the cultivars and often you end up with two colours on one tree.   The best way to avoid that is by checking, finding, and pruning the rootstock where it comes up from the “grafting point” point almost right at the bottom. You can pick it easily – a larger and thicker stem that just looks like rootstock, exactly where it was grafted.   Plant them in moisture-retentive soil with lots of organic matter; neutral to marginal acidic soil.    They hate drying out in summer – hence the organic material! And keep them in an area where the hot summer sun is avoided.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  8. 3d ago

    Ed McKnight: The number one mistake property investors make

    Markets fluctuate, which can make investment a tricky business.  Property may seem like a guaranteed investment, but according to Ed McKnight, the number one mistake people make is assuming past returns guarantee future performance.  He joined Jack Tame to dig into the details to try keep listeners from making this mistake.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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?

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