Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

This week Catherine Raynes has been reading:
The Jersey: The Secret Behind the World’s Most Successful Team by Peter Bills, Macmillan $40 and The Botanists Daughter by Kayte Nunn, Hachette $35.

This week media commentator Janet Wilson and Jack Tame discuss the new definition of 'the media' and what it does and President Trump's attack on Google.

Gardening Expert Ruud Kleinpaste briefs Jack Tame about what we should sow in spring.
Spring is also a good time to recruit some more and new gardeners: Kids!Many organisations are trying to get Kids to become gardeners andYates are having their BUDDING YOUNG GARDENER OF THE YEAR competition.
Go to https://www.yates.co.nz/budding-young-gardener Answer a few questions and sumbit a photo or video of your gardening efforts.Big prize!! 5 day trip to Queensland plus a day with a Yates horticulturist.

Dr Bryn Thompson talks to Jack Tame about a couple of key health fundraisers this week. 
Daffodil Day and Gamblefree day ...

US correspondent Paul Stenhouse talks to Jack about the latest hairdryer from Dyson which is gold-plated and a new app called Swim-ply where people rent out their swimming pools by the hour!

Tara Ward takes us through her pics for this week's viewing: 
Uncharted with Sam Neill: Actor Sam Neill travels in the wake of Captain James Cook’s 3 epic journeys, 250 years since Cook entered the Pacific for the first time (Prime, Sunday, 8.30pm)
Dietland: a dark comedy drama about an overweight writer for a woman’s magazine who decides to fight back against the beauty industry and society’s obsession with weight loss (Amazon Prime) 
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: John Krazinksi stars as CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he’s thrown into a dangerous field assignment for the first time (Amazon Prime).

Sir Richard Taylor started Weta Workshop, the Academy Award winning Special effects house ,with his wife Tania Rodger 30 years ago.  
Since then they've scooped multiple awards including five Oscars and four BAFTAs, working on such films as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, Avatar, and Thor: Ragnarok to name a few. 
It’s fair to say Weta is considered the heart of creativity and design in New Zealand and the company is big on encouraging and developing upcoming talent.
Sir Richard Taylor is one of the judges for the New Zealand Body Art Awards which is a platform for artists who want to pursue careers in make-up and special effects and he joined Jack to talk about his extraordinary journey.
LISTEN ABOVE AS SIR RICHARD TAYLOR SPEAKS TO JACK TAME
Saturday 1st September 2018
Rangatira, Q Theatre305 Queen Street, Auckland – 7.30pmTickets between $35 – 85 (booking fees may apply)Purchase from http://www.qtheatre.co.nz/nzba18
For more information please go to www.bodyartawards.co.nz or follow the #NZBAA on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube.

The New Zealand Herald's movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin talks to Jack Tame about the latest releases including:
Happy Time Murders starring Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph and Joel McHale. Directed by Brian Henson.
Book Club starring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen.
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Jack talks about the death of his colleague and friend Greg Boyed this week. He says Greg's death brings life into focus.
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Neil and Liam Finn have released their first album together, Lightsleeper. Andrew Dickens has been listening ...
As Neil Finn readies himself to embark on his grand Fleetwood Mac adventure he has released a new album in collaboration with his son Liam called Lightsleeper.  Actually, the whole family is involved, Neil’s wife and Liam’s mum, Sharon, guests as bassist on a couple of tracks and Liam’s brother, Elroy, drums on all, bar three, songs. The other songs feature some drummer called Mick Fleetwood. I 
A sonically lush, downbeat yet dreamy production.  Complex and yet simple and featuring many multi segment songs that are more like mini pop symphonies.  If you liked Dizzy Heights and Out of Silence you’ll see where this is going.  It’s a masterclass in composition. 9/10