Articles by Jack%20Tame
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Is Taylor Swift worth the hype?
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 9:35AMHow did she do it? How could it be? Tell me how —HOW— does the most famous popstar in the World right now keep anything...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: The most statistically significant day of my life
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 9:47AMTuesday was one of the most statistically significant days of my life. I’m sure I’m not the only one who spends a lot of...
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World
Israel is pulling some troops from southern Gaza. Now the plan is to clear Hamas from Rafah
Monday, 8 April 2024, 11:14AMIsrael’s military announced Sunday it had withdrawn its forces from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, wrapping up a...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Mr Bates vs The Post Office is a story about power
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 9:36AMAs the words spilled out of my mouth, I realised it didn’t make for much of a pitch. “I’ve got a show I want us to try.”...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Bankman-Fried's story was too good to be true
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 9:49AM25 years. If Sam Bankman-Fried was to spend his full sentence behind bars, he’d be in his fifties by the time he was released...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Well wishes for the Princess of Wales
Saturday, 23 March 2024, 11:55AMJust before 6pm Friday local time, Kensington Palace published a rare video of Catherine, Princess of Wales. Having taken...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: The news organisation cuts are devastating
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 9:37AMIt was an awful day in my household and office yesterday, as TVNZ joined its free-to-air mates at Warner Brothers Discovery...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Life with a wedding ring
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 9:21AMWe made it. Hurrah. My wife and I celebrated the one-month anniversary of our wedding this week. A meagre milestone relative...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: First year free deserves to go
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 9:34AMI never thought the previous government’s fees-free education policy made sense. I’m on the record from the get-go. I didn’t...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: I've had my AI 'wow' moment
Saturday, 17 February 2024, 9:34AM"Saturday Mornings with Jack Tame on Newstalk ZB is a captivating blend of insightful conversations, engaging interviews,...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Artists are brilliant
Saturday, 10 February 2024, 10:07AMOf the many, many, many things I’m bad at... perhaps in no department am I more lacking than in artistic talent. I am a truly...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: We should celebrate more milestones
Saturday, 3 February 2024, 9:48AMThe big news from my summer this year, is that I got married last weekend. Well, technically actually that’s not correct....
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World
Gaza’s Health Ministry blames Israeli troops for deadly shooting as crowd waited for aid
Friday, 26 January 2024, 3:34PMGaza’s Health Ministry and witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire as a crowd of Palestinians gathered for humanitarian...
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National
Israel-Hamas war: Lose a limb or risk death? Growing numbers among Gaza’s thousands of war wounded face hard decisions
Wednesday, 27 December 2023, 10:23AMThe doctors gave Shaimaa Nabahin an impossible choice: lose your left leg or risk death. The 22-year-old had been hospitalised...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: The Christmas Reset
Saturday, 16 December 2023, 3:45PMIt was left to my wife to break the bad news. Our boy was sitting patiently in the back of the car and as we made our way...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: New experiences
Saturday, 9 December 2023, 10:10AMNew experiences make you feel young. At least, that’s what I told myself as I slipped into a gown, folded my pants and shirt...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Crocs are back in fashion
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 10:10AMFashion. It’s not a subject I can profess to knowing an awful lot about, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned about the...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: The Christmas Cake Curse
Saturday, 18 November 2023, 9:47AMI love Christmas cake. Not any Christmas cake. Not every Christmas cake. But my mum’s Christmas cake, for whatever reason,...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: The 2023 election was the "Anyone But Labour" vote
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 9:27AMThe results are in. Not the final, final results. The super-dooper recounted and not-subject-to-further-legal-challenge results....
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Our new Grocery Commissioner needs to address the brutal, entrenched reality of the sector
Tuesday, 31 October 2023, 5:10PMHe's only been in the job for a few weeks, but already the new Grocery Commissioner Pierre van Heerden is dealing with the...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: Stories are what gives sport its magic
Saturday, 28 October 2023, 9:53AM“Historically, the All Blacks haven’t faced too much adversity. But here it is. The team is at odds and ends. The players...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: External contractors won't fix Pharmac's culture problems
Friday, 27 October 2023, 4:12PMPharmac’s board is backing the CEO and bringing in external contractors to help implement a plan to fix the organisation’s...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: It speaks volumes that Winston refused to remove his demonstrably false statement
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 5:06PMI want to start off by reading some Winston Peters quotes, straight from the source. "We waited until today to find out for...
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Opinion
Jack Tame: What are World Rugby's priorities here?
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 5:17PMWorld Rugby has announced the details for its new men's competitions. 12 teams are going to compete in the new World League...