Moana & the Tribe have long been acknowledged for pushing the boundaries of Māori music.

Led by Moana Maniapoto, the band has become one of New Zealand’s most successful Māori bands, creating a fusion of politically charged haka-funk-dub music and performing all over the world.

They’re bringing their global collaboration ‘ONO’ to Tāmaki Makaurau as part of the Auckland Arts Festival, and to mark International Women’s Day.

But this performance is a little bigger than their usual band, Maniapoto telling Jack Tame that she got a bit carried away.

"There is a cast of thousands on stage,” she said.

‘ONO’ showcases the voice, language, and cultures of six indigenous women from different places Moana & The Tribe has performed, and two of the artists are flying in for the performance – Hawai'i's Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole and Australia’s Shellie Morris.

“I’m really excited to have them come and join us.”

“It’s gonna be great, and its a celebration of like, mana wāhine and mana reo.”

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This weekend marks the end of an era for Splore Festival.

This instalment of the annual boutique music and arts festival at Auckland's Orere Point will be the last.

After nearly 30 years, ticket sales fell and it became too difficult for owner John Minty to fund alone.

Chris Schulz is attending this weekend’s festivities, and joined Jack Tame to chat about the festival’s tragic ending.

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Anti Hero: An Orphan X Novel by Gregg Hurwitz

Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn.

When Luke Devine, one of the most powerful men in the world has a psychological crisis, Evan flies to the East Coast to meet Luke. While there, he learns of a young woman who was kidnapped off the New York City subway, clearly in danger and in need of aid. With no name and few clues, Evan and his team track down the missing woman, who was assaulted and abandoned. Evan offers his help―and sets out tracking down the young men responsible. But the woman insists that Evan abandon his usual methods―no vengeance and, in particular, no killing. Which will prove no easy feat given the mounting incoming threats from all sides. In a mission that takes Evan from coast to coast, from the poorest corners of society to the richest, Orphan X must figure out a way to protect the innocent, avenge the victimized, and balance justice, with a measure of mercy.

The Dead Speak: My Life In Forensics by Thomas Coyle

In this empathetic and darkly funny memoir, Thomas Coyle – one of New Zealand's most seasoned forensic investigators – pulls back the police tape and walks us straight into the crime scenes.

With sharp detail, he reveals how the tiniest fragment of evidence can expose a suspect, prove a motive or confirm an identity. Sometimes, all at once.

But crime scenes are only part of his story. The Dead Speak also plunges us into the world of disaster victim identification – a discipline where time, science and compassion collide. Where forensic experts are flung into a race against time to identify bodies in makeshift morgues as desperate families wait for news of their loved ones.

Taking us from meticulous casework at New Scotland Yard to the chaos of the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand and the devastation of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, The Dead Speak is both a gripping insider's account of forensic investigation and an unflinching portrait of humanity at its best and worst. Fair warning, though: it's not for the faint-hearted.

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"There’s an unmistakeable spring in the step on the streets and laneways of Hamilton. Waikato’s powerhouse city boasts a growing arsenal of headline sights and experiences, spanning outdoorsy delights, a cranking hospitality scene and cultural riches."

Read Mike's full article.

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On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 21 February 2026, Moana Maniapoto of Moana and the Tribe joins Jack to discuss bringing musicians from around the world together for a special International Women's Day performance.

Jack reflects on that photo of former Prince Andrew.

Francesca Rudkin shares an adventurous documentary.

And Dougal Sutherland is Dr Love for the day, with advice for online dating.

Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Hot on the heels of Valentines Day, Dr Dougal Sutherland becomes Dr Love.

He joined Jack Tame to discuss some research about dating, both online and in person, and offer up some advice.

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Mid-summer in your garden is an important time for your “locals”. Normally you won’t see many birds apart from the common blackbird and thrushes, sparrows and starlings, grey warblers, tui and bellbirds.

It’s just a matter of having the right areas to forage for these birds, and extra food is usually not drastically needed to keep everybody in good condition – food aplenty all over the place!

Just one useful tip for gardeners, though: Silvereyes act a little differently.

Over the years I have noticed that if you feed them sugar water in summer, they will certainly come back to your garden to lick up all the sweet liquids.

EVERY DAY!!

The reason that’s important?

They quickly learn where you live and where to get free food! They’ll remember that well into the wintertime when nice food is hard to get. The regular visits to your garden are a benefit due to the free pest control that these birds deliver: silvereyes love to pick up aphids, caterpillars, mealybugs, and scale insects while they forage at your place.

Scale lemon before and after the Silvereyes.

I’ve seen this many times and the great benefit for me is that I will never need to spray my plants with insecticides to control the pests most gardeners are chasing!

Another typical summer feature is the emergence of porina moth chrysalises. This moth is a native of New Zealand. There are a few species that love to eat grasses, especially their roots underground. They are known to go to great heights (think about mountains!) to chew their breakfast, lunch, and dinners from tough and hard grassy plants. Ironically, when settlers started farming with fancy grass species from Europe and elsewhere, the Porina quickly cottoned on to selecting these lovely, edible grasses as food.

Starlings (and often other bird species) have quickly learned to dig into those wonderful soft lawns full of Perennial Ryegrasses. The reason is simple: our native Porina simply love those ryegrasses and related imports, but they cause damage, and the farmers are not impressed with the way Porina does that damage.

Birds to the rescue!

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Finances aren’t everyone’s strength, and as such, they might decide to enlist a financial advisor.

But there are a few things you might not be aware of when it comes to the job, so Ed McKnight joined Jack Tame to reveal the truth about financial advisors in New Zealand.

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