Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

It was 1990 in Ireland, when three sisters and their brother decide to form a family band. Thus, The Corrs were formed and their version of Celtic-pop somehow worked. They’re one of the biggest musical acts to come out of Ireland, selling 40 million albums worldwide and creating six bestselling albums. The band went on a decade-long hiatus to raise families before returning to the charts in 2015. And now, they're heading our way for two shows later this year. Sharon Corr joined Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This cake is gorgeous! Lime & coconut are great friends and bring in the pineapple, guava-like flavour of feijoa and wow, it’s a winner 150gbutter, softened 3/4 cup caster sugar 3 large eggs 150gself-raising flour 2 tbspsyoghurt or milk Slug of rum 3/4 cup desiccated coconut 1 cup feijoas, chopped Zest and juice from 2 limes, plus 1 extra lime Icing 250gcream cheese 2 tspsvanilla extract ½ -1 cup icing sugar Preheat oven to 170°C fan bake. Line a 23cmcake tin with baking paper. Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy and pale. Add the eggs and beat until well combined. Don't worry if it curdles at this stage, it makes no difference to the end result. Fold in the flour, stirring until just combined. Add in the yoghurt, rumand coconut, mixing well, then fold in the chopped feijoas, lime zest and juice. Scrape the batter into your prepared cake tin. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until it springs back to the touch. Cool for 15 minutes, then remove from the tin to cool completely. Make the icing: Beat the cream cheese and vanilla extract until smooth. Stir in enough icing sugar (I only use ½ cup as I prefer a strong cream cheese and less sweet flavour) until the icing is thick and spreadable. Ice the cold cake and garnish with zest fromthe extralime. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Living (at cinemas) Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, a civil servant's life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him his time is short. Influenced by a local decadent and a vibrant woman, he continues to search for meaning until a simple revelation gives him a purpose to create a legacy for the next generation. Featuring Bill Nighy and Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood. Boston Strangler (Disney +) Keria Knightly plays reporter Loretta McLaughlin, who becomes the first person to connect a series of murders and break the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenge the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer. A remake of an original film but reviewers are saying the new adaptation is better. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne went to see English stand-up comedian Michael McIntosh this week, he says it was a superb show. But he can’t think of a more stressful occupation than being a stand-up comic. Walking onto a lonely stage several times a week with a couple of thousand fans expecting you to be hilarious, he was keen to have a yarn about this and joined Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My girlfriend was in Christchurch last week, waiting at the airport departure gate before flying to Auckland, when she sent me an excited text. “The Crusaders are here. All of them.” She said. “Well, I think they are. I don’t know sports.” She rang me a few minutes later, a bit star-struck for someone who supposedly didn’t care too much for rugby, to say that everyone at the airport was asking one guy in particular for photographs. Richie Mo’unga? I wondered. Sam Whitelock perhaps? ‘He’s a bit older. And he keeps looking at a laptop screen.” I sent her a photo. “That’s him! That’s the guy!” she exclaimed. “His name is Razor Robertson,” I said. “You’re probably looking at the next All Blacks coach.” Three days later, the deal was signed. I don’t think there’s another coach in the country who’s stardom compares to or even exceeds that of his top players, but Scott Robertson’s success has propelled him into a different stratosphere. It isn’t just the fact that he wins that makes Robertson popular. It’s how he wins. And it’s always been the same. Rugby journos, players and colleagues rave about the culture he fosters in his team. In a pretty gruff and grunty world, Razor has distinguished by his earnest concern for people and the connections he’s able to make with his players. He’s quirky. A bit unorthodox. But everyone is left in no doubt that he genuinely cares. And as a result, quite aside from any skills or tactics, or anything specific to rugby, he’s proved incredibly successful in getting the best out of his people. It takes a special kind of leader to motivate a team when they win year, after year, after year. It will remain an enduring stain on the reputation of New Zealand Rugby that the organisation’s head honchos could extend the same basic human decency to the current All Blacks coach. I was trying to imagine how I’d feel if my boss announced to the world that he’d be kicking me off air and replacing me with someone else, but that first he’d expect me to perform to my highest level for the next six months. I can’t say I’d have acted with anything like the dignity and grace that Ian Foster has displayed throughout this whole fiasco. I thought there was an especially telling moment in Mark Robinson’s media round this week, in which he admitted to not having even spoken with Ian Foster in person to tell him about appointing a replacement. “He’s in a different time zone.” Said Robinson. “We’ll try to reach out and have that chat if we can.” Doesn’t that say everything? I was gobsmacked. At the same time as they were choosing a candidate for the culture he instils in a team, New Zealand Rugby couldn’t even extend the decency of a conversation to the man he’s replacing. It doesn’t matter who you are or what industry you work in, international rugby, elite sport or accountancy for all I care, culture comes from the top. And the best cultures are the ones whose leaders care for their people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'Amelia' is the debut album from British pop artist Mimi Webb. After three years of development and a few lead-off singles, Mimi Webb released he first full studio album in early March. Music reviewer Estelle Clifford analysed the album and compared Mimi Webb's style to Emeli Sande and Dua Lipa. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Last Orphan: An Orphan X Novel The Last Orphan is the latest instalment in Gregg Andrew Hurwitz's Orphan X series. Evan Smoak was taken from a group home to be raised and trained up into an assassin for the Government's secret Orphan program, until he broke away to go underground and use his skills for good. The Government's onto Evan now and the President has a deal for him- eliminate a powerful target for his life. The Only Suspect Alex lives a quiet, comfortable life- until his wife announces that a previously disused nature trail is opening back up again after several decades. Alex is now living in fear and suspicion as the contractors get to work and a secret threatens to surface. The book flashes back to Alex's twenties and readers learn more about Alex's early life, including a hunt for a murder suspect that was never solved. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Commentator Elliott Smith is here with this weekend's sports highlights, including the unfolding second day of the Black Caps v Sri Lanka second test and SailGP's grand prix event. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel expert Mike Yardley shared some of his recommended spots for dinner, brunch and cocktails in New Zealand's capital. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Which period products are the most sustainable and budget friendly? Kate 'Ethically Kate' Hall talked Jack through some of the better options available on the market. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Autumn is near and the hot days have certainly increased life in the garden. Flowers are still banking on pollinators to do their job; they are numerous right now: flies, hover flies, beetles, thrips and mites; of course our native bees are still around as well. But the invertebrates that cause troubles in the garden and vegetable plots are also on the peak of their numbers; after all they, too, had a warm breeding season and many many offspring. The greenhouse thrips is one of those critters that loves to feed on the leaves of vegetables and ornamentals: beans, apples, Rhododendrons, Azalea, lilly-pilly, the list is endless. Best way to identify them is by distinct silvering of the leaves (especially the upper side) with a smattering of brown, often sticky poos on the underside. The plant will usually show the symptoms of severe stress, which makes sense as the photosynthesis is hampered: Thrips suck the cells dry (causing that silvering) and deposit the poo on the underside of the leaves. The insects look like miniature crocodiles under the microscope. Frequent neem oil sprays reduce their numbers; Mavrik and a range of other insecticides seem to do the job as well. Do the control now, before too many eggs and juveniles commence their overwintering phase! Last week we mentioned powdery mildew and that grey, mouldy fungus on plants. Regular sprays (fungicides) were suggested as a suppressing control. But the yellow-and-black ladybirds that live on the infected plants need some control as well! Contrary to what most gardeners think (that ladybirds are “beneficial” as consumers of pest insects), these Ozzie chappies are Gardeners! They literally spread the spores of mildew round on the leaves, creating the fungal gardens on which they thrive – they literally eat “mushrooms”! If your apple crop was destroyed by codling moth (Madex 2 or Madex 3 is the preventative spray to use after flowering!!!) the apples will fall on the ground with heaps of caterpillars coming out of their snackbar and looking for a place to pupate in or near the soil. My best advice is to remove those apples and put them in the food recycling bin for disposal; (DON’T put them in your compost bin as the pupae (chrysalises) will survive the winter and happily continue the codling moth damage next spring). LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wine expert Bob Cambell reviews his pick of the week- Saint Clair 2021 James Sinclair Malbec out of Hawke's Bay. Bob Cambell told Jack Tame what he thought of this choice, and explained the rising popularity of malbec in New Zealand. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand and the UK are among the growing list of countries banning TikTok on Government devices amid mounting security concerns. Tech expert Paul Stenhouse explained this issue to Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Screentime expert Tara Ward highlights her TV recommendations for the week: Ted Lasso Sports comedy-drama Ted Lasso is back for its' third (and presumably final) season. The heartwarming story of an American football coach hired to manage a British soccer team continues on for Apple TV+. Will Trent Will Trent is an American crime drama based on a series of books. The show follows Will Trent, a Special Agent in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation with a keen eye for observational detail, and it's available now on Disney+. Stuck Stuck is a sitcom following a recently unemployed older man and his outgoing younger girlfriend struggling with their long-term relationship, as the pair are now at a romantic crossroads. This series is available now on TVNZ+. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zion Armstrong has lived an impressive life as a former Commonwealth Games athlete and current president for Adidas North America, but his career wasn't always set in stone. As a teenager, Zion Armstrong got in trouble with the police and ran away to escape consequences- but the local chief of police happened to be a track and field coach who recognised Zion's athletic ability. Police chief Ross Dallow became Zion Armstrong's first mentor, and he conscripted him into joining the local athletics team to keep him out of trouble. Zion never forgot that moment, and remembers this chance encounter as a life-changing event that saved him from a dangerous path. Zion's athletic days are beyond him, but even as the president of Adidas North America, he always thinks about the the power of chance encounters, support and effort. "It just takes one person. You'll never ever know what he or she is going through, so always be there to lend a hand and support people, because you never know what that chance encounter can do for someone's life." Zion told Jack Tame about how this one event shaped his athletic career and journey with Adidas. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosa Flanagan from Two Raw Sisters shared her simple recipe for 10-ninute chilli garlic noodles: Begin with udon noodles, but you can substitute rice noodles or pre-packaged 2-minute instant noodles. For the sauce: Six cloves of crushed, finely chopped garlic One to two tablespoons of chilli flakes (or you can use fresh chilli) Three spring onions, finely chopped Five tablespoons of tamari (or soy sauce) One teaspoon of rice wine vinegar 1/2 a teaspoon of sea salt 1/4 a cup of sesame seeds 1/4 a cup of oil Finely chopped coriander Boil noodles until cooked, put the noodles in a large bowl and mix in the garlic, chilli flakes, spring onions, tamari, vinegar, sea salt, and sesame seeds. Heat the oil over a medium heat until hot, the pour the oil directly over the noodles. Mix together and add coriander. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods The sequel to the 2019 film Shazam! continues the story of foster child Billy Baston, who was given the power to turn into an older superhero, Shazam. This sequel is set several years after the first, and Billy and his foster siblings have to team up to fight the Daughters of Atlas, who plan to overrun Earth. Finding Michael This Disney+ documentary explores the investigation to track down the body of Michael Matthews after he disappeared while descending Mount Everest. Spencer Matthews, Michael's younger brother embarks on a personal mission to recover his brother's body years after his last steps down the mountain. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Saville joined Jack Tame to talk about last night's Hurricanes v Waratahs Super Rugby match, the upcoming day two of the Black Caps v Sri Lanka second test and SailGP's grand prix event. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2023 Oscars were this week, and Jamie Lee Curtis walked away with Best Supporting Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Kevin Milne talked about her first interview after the fact and addressed her response to a question about what her Oscar-nominated parents may have thought from beyond the grave. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The media merger is gone. The clean car upgrade is dead. A selection of other policies have been cast aside or delayed by the first majority government in MMP history. Cynical, clinical, and effective, if the new Prime Minister’s reprioritisation has taught us anything, it’s public sentiment is the best measure in judging which legislation lives and dies. Forget vision or ambition, Labour just wants to win. With that in mind, the blade of Chris Hipkins’ legislative guilotine weighs heavy above Three Waters, the last of the big reforms for which we’re awaiting a final verdict. And while the centralisation model might survive his shake up, the Prime Minister’s colleagues and officials will be trying to restructure the proposals in a way that nullifies the criticisms of disproportionate and undemocratic Māori influence. Co-governance as proposed under both the original and revised Three Waters reforms marked a first in New Zealand. It’s disengenuous for supporters to dismiss the structure as nothing new, because it is. It may have been inspired by the co-governance of other smaller entities, but a 50-50 model for the delivery of essential public services, on this scale, would be a turning point in legislative interpretations of Te Tiriti. Opponents claim the Three Waters proposals defy a one-person-one-vote principle and cannot be considered democratic. It’s true that as a percentage of the population, the proposals give Māori greater representation than non-Māori on the Regional Representative Groups. The original proposal had mana whenua at the top table, but even the revised version, in which Māori and council representation is one tier back, is structured in a 50-50 split. But another interpretation is simply that co-governance gives effect to the partnership principles of Te Tiriti, and that actually a better measure of New Zealand’s democracy is whether the Crown honours its obligations under our founding document. In the words of the late Moana Jackson, treaties aren’t meant to be settled, they’re meant to be honoured. The great shame for supporters of co-governance is that Labour has never mounted a forceful argument to explain why it believes co-governance is the right course. Like spinach in a toddler’s cheese toastie, the introduction of the reforms gave voters the impression Labour was trying to quietly sneak co-governance through. For all her communicative talents, when pressed, Jacinda Ardern ducked and dived and argued that for non-Māori, co-governance was nothing to fear. While that may be true, there’s a significant difference between defending a controversial policy and actively selling it. Really, it’s been left to a handful of Māori MPs to vainly fight off the critics. Nanaia Mahuta should never have been charged with pushing the changes through. Strategically it was a poor decision, and at a human level it wasn’t much better. While much of the opposition to co-governance centres on reasonable arguments over representation and democracy, there is undoubtedly an ugly anti-Māori streak which has targetted the Minister, personally. Whether you agree with the interpretation or not, 50-50 co-governance for the delivery of vital public services is a subject worthy of debate. It cuts to the heart of our founding document, our identity, and our democracy. What does it mean to be Treaty partners in modern Aotearoa? The Labour government’s handling of Three Waters has ultimately done a disservice to Māori. They never sold it. They never explained it. They never even tried to. And if Chris Hipkins chooses to water it down once again, you can be sure co-governance won’t be back any time soon. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The album marks Cyrus' eighth studio album and first since 2020's Plastic Hearts. Miley Cyrus has revealed that her eighth album ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ will be split into two parts, ‘AM’ and ‘PM’. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Silence Project, Carole Hailey A powerful debut novel that explores a complex mother-daughter relationship. What is it like to be the daughter of a woman who started a cult that changed the world? Monster. Martyr. Mother. On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their garden. From that day on, she never says another word. Inspired by her vow of silence, other women join her and together they build the Community. Eight years later, Rachel and thousands of her followers around the world burn themselves to death. The Mysterious case of the Alperton Angels, Janice Halley Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult-like group who were convinced one of their member's babies was the anti-Christ, and they had a divine mission to kill it - until the baby's mother, Holly, came to her senses and called the police. The Angels committed suicide rather than go to prison, and Holly - and the baby - disappeared into the care system. Nearly two decades later, true-crime author Amanda Bailey is writing a book on the Angels. The Alperton baby has turned eighteen and can finally be interviewed - if Amanda can find them, it will be the true-crime scoop of the year, and will save her flagging career LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Relationship expert Steven Dromgool joined the show to chat about ghosting, toxic behavior, and the impact it can have on dating and relationships. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Looking out for seasonal troubles Some of us had a rubbish summer – wind and water and wholesale destruction. It’s really hard to give suitable advice as each situation is different. The only thing I can say is: protect your valuable top-soil, as that is the most important part of your garden. Mulch what you’ve got and add more organic materials to allow the beneficial creatures to thrive. Plant your winter crops when you have the time and inclination to do so: Brassicas and good root crops. Don’t give up! For those of us that have had a drought: we may have broken that problem over the past weeks or so. But temperatures have been relatively high and the dry conditions have turned a lot more moist: Mildew is amongst us. That white cover on the leaves on a range of plants (roses, pumpkins, oak leaves, grapes, you name it). It’s caused by a fungus that loves warm day time temperatures, followed by cooler evening temperatures – it causes a layer of dew on the leaves and rust spores love that very much. Prevention: spray some copper/sulphur fungicide on the leaves on a regular basis; it literally creates a barrier for the spores to become active. Plants that are already “hammered” by mildew may need a heavier, “systemic” fungicidal spray to contain the fungus Spider mites adore the late-summer heat. They have slowly increased their numbers, built fine webs on susceptible host plants and are reproducing like there’s no tomorrow. Organic control can be achieved via Yates’ fatty acid spray (NatraSoap) … that stuff works on tiny critters with a sensitive skin; alternative: Neem Oil or Conqueror Oil. Repeat sprays recommended. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re coming up to the end of the financial year, which doesn’t mean much for most wage and salary earners these days, but it will mean something to many property investors, who will see the next step down in the phase-out of interest cost deductibility. Those who aren’t exempt (only those who bought a new build after the end of March 2021 are exempt) will see deductibility drop from 75% to 50% - which means they may end up paying tax on a profit they’re not making. While I know few have sympathy for property investors, many of them are just average people who have bought a property to help fund their retirement and the rules have changed. If you layer in higher interest costs, it should prompt a re-think about whether they should continue to own that property, and if not that property, how else should they fund their retirement gap. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spotify is getting a makeover and it looks like TikTok The original streaming music service has expanded over the years to include podcasts and now audio books - and now wants to showcase all its offerings in a new way. The home screen will go from album art and playlists, to look more like a newsfeed where you can scroll through items their AI thinks you might like. It'll jump you straight to the chorus of a new song, an interesting bit of a podcast or a clip from an audio book. They say they're not copying TikTok, but putting more of a face on their powerful recommendations engine. Apple Music is getting a dedicated Classical Music app This is an odd one - because surely you can just listen to classical music on regular Apple Music? But the font is serif! Apple says the dedicated app will allow users to dive deep to learn about the composers and their work through editorial notes. Users will also be able to search by composer, work, conductor or even catalog number, to locate recordings. It launches at the end of the month and is part of the current Apple Music subscription offering. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been announced there’s to be a Carterton street named after Georgina Breyer who died this week. Kevin Milne thinks this is great, but reckons that more of our landmarks should be re-named after our national heroes. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joel Little started out in a pop punk rock band you might have heard of called Goodnight Nurse. Then he taught himself to produce music to pay the bills. In 2013, an album Joel worked on with a little known 15-year-old artist made HUGE waves both here and overseas: Lorde and her album Pure Heroine. It set Joel on a trajectory to work with some of the biggest names in the music business, and now he’s bringing it full circle with a passion project called Big Fan to help upcoming Kiwi artists. Joel joined the show to chat about his career —past, present, and future— as well as the upcoming Goodnight Nurse reunion at tonight’s My Chemical Romance concert. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You can't go wrong with a good self saucing pudding, and you especially can't go wrong with this self saucing pudding! Serves: 4 Cook Time: 35 minutes Cake: 1 cup oat (GF option: buckwheat flour) 1/4 cup cacao powder 1/2 cup coconut sugar 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted 1/2 cup plant-based or dairy milk 1 1/2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp sea salt 2 cups of seasonal fruit, roughly chopped Sauce: 3/4 cup coconut sugar 3 tbsp cacao powder 1 1/4 cups boiling water To Serve: Plant based or dairy ice cream or yoghurt Method: Pre-heat the oven to 190C. Add all of the cake ingredients to a bowl and mix until well combined. In an oven proof dish, pour the cake batter inside and smooth the top. Set aside. For the sauce, in a medium bowl add all of the ingredients and whisk together until smooth and shiny. Slowly pour the sauce over the back of a large metal spoon to cover the pudding. Place the dish into the oven and cook for 35 minutes. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream or yoghurt. Any leftovers will keep in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 4 days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rain Dogs: Daisy May Cooper stars as a devoted single mother with a dysfunctional family, who attempts to go straight in a crooked world (Neon) Desperate Measures: a British drama about a bank clerk whose life spirals out of control when she and her son are coerced into a botched drug deal by a local gang (TVNZ+). Outlast: Netflix’s answer to Survivor sees 16 survivalists live in the extreme Alaskan wild and compete for a chance to win a massive cash prize — but these lone wolves must be part of a team to win (Netflix). LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Triangle of Sadness Carl and Yaya, a couple of influencers, are invited to a luxury cruise ship alongside a group of out of touch wealthy people. The situation takes an unexpected turn when a brutal storm hits the ship Champions A former minor-league basketball coach receives a court order to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. Despite his doubts, he soon realizes that together they can go further than they ever imagined. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Yardley is once again the envy of us all on his travels to Samoa. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Is Why is the sixth studio album by American rock band Paramore, released on February 10, 2023, through Atlantic Records. It is the band's first album in nearly six years The conditions of pandemic times serve as a backdrop for the new record, released after a five-year hiatus. Now two decades in, Paramore currently consists of Hayley Williams, Zac Farro and Taylor York. Having faced loss, grief, disillusionment and revelation, this return is a declaration of a new skin for a band so good at shedding them in the public eye. But for a world hell-bent on erasing the memory of the last three years of strife, Paramore approaches hard times with a refreshing sense of self. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All the Dangerous Things – Stacy Willingham Following up her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things. One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her—literally. Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn’t slept in a year. Isabelle's entire existence now revolves around finding him, but she knows she can’t go on this way forever. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster—but his interest in Isabelle's past makes her nervous. His incessant questioning paired with her severe insomnia has brought up uncomfortable memories from her own childhood, making Isabelle start to doubt her recollection of the night of Mason’s disappearance, as well as second-guess who she can trust... including herself. But she is determined to figure out the truth no matter where it leads. Cold People – Tom Robb Smith From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about an Antarctic colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilization under the most extreme conditions imaginable. The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist…Antarctica. Cold People follows the perilous journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present. Because as they cling to life on the ice, the remnants of their past swept away, they must also confront the urgent challenge: can they change and evolve rapidly enough to ensure humanity’s future? Can they build a new society in the sub-zero cold?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ethically Kate has some advice around how to look after your house plants without buying any sprays or fertilisers. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Insects after the storm Last week we talked about school grounds, “learning forests” and “outdoor classrooms” demolished after the cyclone; What about the insects after the cyclone? Comments from Taupo teachers indicated that since the windy and rainy disaster the number of chirping cicadas had nose-dived to silence. Overnight! This could well mean that this particular cohort of cicadas will not have been able to lay their quota of eggs in the soil for the generation in 3 or 5 years from now! Interesting to watch that “blip” in the future. The rain will also have drowned myriads of soil dwellers, especially those that live in tunnels. Native bees (that create tunnels for their larvae) may find few offspring surviving, leading to a reduced amount of pollinating small, endemic bees next spring. Who will be affected???? Native flowering trees and shrubs! Tiger beetles will also drown in their silty tunnels – the only critters that might enjoy that news is their prey. (Spiders, ants, beetles, grubs, flies) The most sensitive group of soil-dwellers are probably earth worms, who are (in my opinion) the best drainage engineers we have. Our 175 or so native species (and 16 exotic types) are ones that aerate the soil, opening it up to great depths… 3 to 3.5 meters deep in the sub-soil”; of course they also transport organic matter down to the root zones, enhancing the top soil’s fertility. But a lot of the top soil has been washed away, leaving poor silt covering the earth. I reckon a heap of worms have drowned or covered by silt. We have huge, long worms (over a meter long!) and species that literally glow in the dark when disturbed. (Walter Buller saw a kiwi ripping a bioluminescent worm apart in the darkness of the night – what a light show!) Worms are food for birds (not just kiwi) and huge Native New Zealand snails With the loss of our valuable soil we need to become gardeners again to restore the soil’s ecosystems. Build up the organic material as much as you can; it will certainly reduce the amount of topsoil we lose via streams and rivers that flood out to sea. I have not flown over the east coast of our beautiful country, so I haven’t seen the erosion hit the sea. In a “normal” year we lose an amount of topsoil equivalent to the volume of the island of Waiheke! To me it feels as if we may have lost as much in just one cyclonic episode, a few weeks ago… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Byran Betty has some advice around the causes and treatment of Athlete's Foot. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TikTok is in the news again - for its filters and its future. The 'beauty glam' filter is ringing alarm bells because it's tough to tell it's actually a filter. It's next level because it processes the camera's image, rather than just overlaying something over the top. So if you were to cover just part of your face with your hand, the filters we know today either stop or put the effect over your hand. This will still know where your face is and manipulate the image accordingly. Kids under 18 are going to get warnings about how much time they're spending on TikTok After an hour of use each day they'll have to actively enter a PIN to continue watching - with the hope that it will get them to pause and think, and hopefully put the phone down. But they can simply enter the PIN to keep going. Kids under 13 will need a parent to enter a password every 30 minutes of use. Banned on US government devices The Biden administration gave all government staff 30 days to delete TikTok from their federally issued devices. The US military has banned the app for some time. In the EU, staff of the European Parliament have around three weeks to get rid of it. Could the US actually ban TikTok? The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee wants to. American Civil Liberties Union believes it would violate the first amendment of the constitution. American's love their freedom, so I would think it would be difficult politically. We haven't banned cigarettes! Also, Republicans are typically the ones who champion freedom at all costs so it's seems their disdain for China is overpowering that argument. There are questions about how a ban would even work - would the app just disappear from your device? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Flatshare: A British romantic comedy about Tiffy and Leon, who share the same flat and sleep in the same bed, but who have never met each other (TVNZ+). Daisy and the Six: Adapted from the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy and the Six tells the story of a 1970s rock band who quickly became international stars and imploded at the height of their fandom (Prime Video). Cheat: Eastenders star Danny Dyer’s new high-stakes quiz show sees contestants encouraged to scheme and lie to win $50,000 (Netflix). LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You may have heard Harry styles is in town next week and no, sorry to say, we couldn’t quite get him. But there just so happens to be a Kiwi on stage with him every single night he performs. Naomi Ludlow a.k.a Ny Oh was born in the UK but raised in Tauranga and still very much calls New Zealand home. She’s an extremely talented musician in her own right and just yesterday, released a brand new single called You Are. Ny Oh joined Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fresh is best! Here’s some ideas for some pasta sauces that doesn't need cooking and are absolutely delicious. They great to make when you’re having a fridge clean out or if, like me, you have lots of straggly plants still clinging on in the garden – basil, rocket, tomatoes, capsicums etc. Tomato & herb pasta sauce Use the very best quality of tomatoes you can find for this, as well as good olive oil. 3-4 medium tomatoes or 1 cup cherry tomatoes 1-2 cloves garlic, peeled Small handful of basil or parsley, chopped ¼ tsp dried oregano Decent splash of olive oil ½ tsp sea salt & decent pinch or grind of pepper Use a box grater to grate the tomatoes into a bowl, leaving the skins out. Do the same with the garlic, using the smaller holes of the grater for this. Stir in chopped herbs, olive oil and seasoning. Leave to sit for 15 minutes then taste and season more if needed. Green pasta sauce This is THE BEST way to get a decent dose of greens into you! Few big handfuls of fresh spinach Basil, rocket, mint, parsley – any or all ¼ cup grated parmesan ½ tsp sea salt ¼ tsp chilli flakes Squeeze of lemon or capful of vinegar Decent glug of extra virgin olive oil Water to loosen Blend all the ingredients in a food processor or blender, drizzling in oil and water if needed, until you have a bright green pourable sauce. Taste and season more if needed. Lemon & olive oil pasta sauce This is simplicity at its best and best kept for when lemons are in season. ¼ cup lemon juice ¼ cup grated parmesan or crumbled feta Good quality olive oil Salt and pepper to season Chilli flakes optional Stir the lemon juice and cheese together then start whisking in enough olive oil to bring it together as a sauce – up to half a cup. Season and stir through hot spaghetti. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Empire of Light Hilary (Olivia Colman) is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward) is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community. Creed III Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his career and family life. When Damian, a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, he's eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian -- a fighter who has nothing to lose. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne wants to get one of the silliest pop songs ever to grace the New Zealand charts back to the top. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No matter what boxes you tick for Tuesday’s census, I’m fairly confident of one thing we all have in common. We can be differentiated in the Census by where we live, our gender identity, ethnicity, marital status, and work. But every last one of us, from new-born babies right through to centenarians and even Harry Styles... every one of us is aging. Today is March 04, 2023. Thirty-six years since I was born at Christchurch Women’s Hospital, I will be spending my birthday, birth hour and birth minute with you. There’s no need to text or email. I’m neither a birthday grinch nor someone who feels they need to be showered in gifts and bland Facebook posts, although the sentimentalist in me does find himself dwelling on the date. What’s special about March 4th? Nothing really. Except the date I’m supposed on be gorging on cake just happens to coincide with World Obesity Day. A coincidence, probably, although given my ridiculous sweet tooth I can’t help but wonder if some higher power isn’t having a bit of fun. And what’s special about thirty-six? You might say it’s just a number. But this year, I will be twice as old as I was at eighteen. I will have been legally able to vote and purchase booze for more than half of my life. I’m closer to forty than thirty. Closer to fifty than twenty. At thirty-six, barring any catastrophic event or a brain-drain unlike we’ve ever experienced, this is the last year in which I can say I’m in the younger half of New Zealand men. The median age in New Zealand – the age by which half the population is younger, and half is older – is 38.2 years. But for men, the median age is two years younger than that of women. 37. That means by May next year, I will be older than half of Kiwi blokes. I notice my body aging. You might scoff, but I notice the wrinkles just starting to set in my face, the hair on the back of my shoulders. I notice how I wake up sore sometimes and how I favour one knee just a little more than the other. I notice myself taking a keener interest in my grandparents’ and parents’ medical histories. I notice my opinions slowly changing. I notice myself feeling increasingly different in some ways to teenagers and people in their twenties. When I was born, my Dad was considered a relatively old first-time father. He was a year younger than I am today. I don’t have kids, although I’d like them. I’ve never married, although I’m more than twice the age of my grandma when she tied the knot. I remember on my thirtieth birthday, I felt a bit like my youth was over. I wasn’t all mopey and upset about it, I just felt like I had to enter a more settled stage of life. I look back now, of course, and I can see how silly that is. ‘Thirty?! You’re a child!’ I imagine telling my old (well, young) self. ‘Just wait until you’re older than the median age!’ I know in five years’ time I’ll look back at me today and feel exactly the same. I think age is giving me a little more wisdom. One of the things I’ve come to observe is how some friendships in life ebb and flow and come and go. You can have really strong friendships, really intense, meaningful relationships, and over time, you might still slowly drift apart from people. It just happens. Knowing and accepting that old friends and old connections are still important to you and that your shared history doesn’t disappear is a valuable thing. And the other side to the coin is that any day your path might cross with someone completely randomly, and you’ll forge a new, meaningful friendship. That potential is one of life’s wonders. I have so much to be grateful for. An awesome family. A loving girlfriend. My mates. My health. My job. But for me, thirty-six is a time when I notice myself no longer taking aging for granted. I’ve lost more friends and family in the last few years, than in all of the first thirty-three or thirty-four years of my life. That’s the thing about growing older. The great wisdom of aging comes in realising that ultimately it’s a privilege.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cracker Island is the eighth studio album by the British virtual band Gorillaz. The album was released on 24 February 2023 via Parlophone and Warner Records. It features collaborations with Stevie Nicks, Adeleye Omotayo, Thundercat, Tame Impala, Bad Bunny, Bootie Brown, and Beck As a band supposedly made up of cartoon characters, Gorillaz could theoretically do anything: record in outer space; make hip-hop beats out of fish teeth; revive the lambada—an unlimited horizon. Which makes it slightly frustrating that on Cracker Island, their eighth studio album, Damon Albarn and co. do little that’s out of the ordinary. This is ostensibly the group’s Los Angeles album, inspired by a relocation to Silver Lake, and it does have a handful of very Californian guests in the form of Stevie Nicks, Thundercat, and the Pharcyde’s Bootie Brown. Overwhelmingly, though, Cracker Island leans on classic Gorillaz tropes: a handful of attention-grabbing features, a touch of hip-hop, a splash of dub, and great big helpings of Damon Albarn’s big-hearted melodies to bathe the record in misty sunshine. Classic, at least, is one way of putting it. Routine would be another. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amazing Grace Adams, Fran Littlewood Grace Adams is one bad day away from saving her life One hot summer day, stuck in traffic on her way to pick up the cake for her daughter's sixteenth birthday party, Grace Adams snaps. She doesn't scream or break something or cry or curl into a ball. She simply abandons her car in traffic and walks away. But not from her life - towards it. Towards the daughter who has banned her from the party. Towards the husband divorcing her. Towards the terrible thing that has blown their family apart . . . She'll show her daughter that no matter how far we fall, we can always get back up. Because Grace Adams was amazing. The world and her family might have forgotten, but Grace is about to remind them. The Hard Sell, Evan Hughes The inside story of a band of entrepreneurial upstarts who made millions selling painkillers—until their scheme unraveled, putting them at the center of a landmark criminal trial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After binging on far too many New England lobster rolls, Mike Yardley switched out an ocean view for the woodsy rolling hinterland of Southern New England. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The major weather disruptions have created a number of victims; not just people caught in the cyclone. It’s lovely to see how people react to people in trouble; This last week in Taupo, the local school kids and Greening Taupo decided to load a heap of cool school resources into the rescue helicopter to spread the love over the hill in Hawkes Bay Students from Waipahihi school decided to dig up seedlings of native plants and trees from their own school grounds to quickly grow them for restoring the outdoor classrooms of schools in Hawkes Bay that lost their environmental learning spaces. “How can you learn without an outdoor classroom?” was their motivation. In early spring the plants will be transported to the Bay, to – literally – heal the soil. Hundreds and hundreds of seedlings are now growing at Waipahihi school; some even came from a bumper crop of seedlings in the Taupo Botanic gardens. Lovely to see how kids (and teachers!) respond to these awful situations and turn them into a social activity to support schools nearby.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why I chose it: - Support Hawke’s Bay wine in a difficult period - 2021 is a top vintage - Te Mata is one of the region’s top and most respected wine producers - It tastes great now but should be even better in a few years. - Syrah is one of NZ’s best kept wine secrets What does it taste like? - An interesting mix of floral (violet), fruit (dark-fleshed plum, dark cherry) and savoury (dried herbs, dark chocolate and vanilla). Concentrated and complex wine with moderate cellaring prospects. Why it’s a bargain: - Syrah is NZ’s most expensive varietal wine Where can you buy it? - Fine Wine Delivery Co, Auckland $29.99. Just released. New World (Clubcard only) $25.99 Food match? - Barbecued lamb chops Will it keep? - Yes, for 6-7 years, maybe longer (with careful storage) Wine Tip – Aerate big reds - Use big glasses or slosh wine into a decanter or jug 30 mins before serving See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Want a blue tick on Instagram? Now you can get it New Zealand & Australia are the first markets to get this new option from Meta / Facebook, but it'll cost you. For between $11.99 and $14.99 Instagram users will be able to verify their identity and get a blue check mark - but wait, there's more! They will also get protection from impersonators, increased visibility of their posts, and easier access to customer service. To get verified, your username will need to match your ID and your profile picture will need to include your face. So @jacktame would be able to be verified but @ZBSaturdayHost wouldn't. No word yet on when this will go global, Zuckerberg has only said it would be "soon". Amazon now owns a doctors clinic network One Medical and their 200 doctor's offices are now part of Amazon thanks to a $3.9 billion deal. Amazon has been warned by the FTC though that although they're not under an immediate antitrust suit threat, they are still investigating which means they could be forced to undo the deal, or offload it to someone else. Amazon is pushing this new offering hard on its first day with multiple links to signup on their website and navigation. There hasn't been an indication yet on how or if medical information could be used across other Amazon products or platforms, but I'm sure the mere thought of this will scare privacy advocates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.