Jack Tame
{{Short description|New Zealand broadcaster (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2015}}
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| birth_name = Jack Renfrey Tame
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1987|03}}
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| nationality = New Zealand
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| occupation = Broadcaster
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| education = Cashmere High School{{cite news |last1=Newth |first1=Kim |title=Jack on the box |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/avenues/features/9783181/Jack-on-the-box |work=Stuff |date=4 March 2014 |language=en}}
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Jack Renfrey Tame{{Efn|Pronounced {{IPAc-en|t|ei|m}}{{Cite web |last=Tame |first=Jack |date=28 July 2013 |title=Jack Tame: Living up to a bad name |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/jack-tame-living-up-to-a-bad-name/YGD3UPEVMX63TBYTSNLOEA5AAI/ |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=New Zealand Herald }}|name=pronunciation}} (born March 1987{{cite news |title=Tame taking over Holmes' Saturday Newstalk slot |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10854392 |accessdate=6 August 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=15 December 2012 |language=en-NZ}}) is a New Zealand television and radio journalist and presenter. He is the host of TVNZ’s political show Q+A, and a presenter at Newstalk ZB.
Early life
Tame was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, the son of Golden Bay High School principal Linda Tame and John Tame who worked in accountancy when Jack and his three siblings were growing up. He is the eldest of the four siblings.
Tame attended St Martin's Primary School in Christchurch and then Cashmere High School before graduating from the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now Ara Institute of Canterbury).
Career
Tame previously worked as the United States correspondent for TVNZ, based in New York City,{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} and is the former co-host of Breakfast.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/jack-tame-1308047|title=Jack Tame on TVNZ |date=17 August 2007 |publisher=TVNZ}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/entertainment/john-campbell-present-breakfast-show-jack-tame-moves-q |title=John Campbell to present Breakfast show as Jack Tame moves to Q+A |publisher=1newsnow.co.nz |date=2019-04-18 |accessdate=2019-04-18 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417224138/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/entertainment/john-campbell-present-breakfast-show-jack-tame-moves-q |url-status=dead }} He is the Saturday morning host on radio station Newstalk ZB,{{cite web|url=http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/saturday-mornings-with-jack-tame/|title=Jack Tame on Newstalk ZB|publisher=Newstalk ZB }} current host of Q+A since April 2019, and a columnist for the Herald on Sunday.{{cite web | url=http://stoppress.co.nz/blog/2014/12/year-review-jack-tame | title=Year in Review: Jack Tame | date=17 December 2014 | accessdate=9 March 2015}} He currently works in two roles for Newstalk ZB: Saturday morning presenter (9 am to 12 pm) and Mike Hosking Breakfast fill-in presenter (weekdays, 6–9 am).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Personal life
Tame is married to fellow TVNZ reporter, Mava Moayyed.{{cite news |last1=Waiwiri-Smith |first1=Lyric |title=TVNZ presenter Jack Tame and Sunday reporter Mava Moayyed married: 'we’re delighted to be together' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300894293/tvnz-presenter-jack-tame-and-sunday-reporter-mava-moayyed-married-were-delighted-to-be-together |access-date=1 August 2024 |work=Stuff |date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230190733/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300894293/tvnz-presenter-jack-tame-and-sunday-reporter-mava-moayyed-married-were-delighted-to-be-together |archive-date=30 December 2023}} He is a stepfather to her son.{{cite news |last1=Dann |first1=Liam |title=Kiwi broadcaster Jack Tame on money, high school, step-parenting and busking - Money Talks with Liam Dann |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/jack-tame-i-was-a-lousy-student-at-high-school-money-talks/WFDPHDN3GJAQFE4KG3KM3AHMWA/ |access-date=1 August 2024 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=1 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731174237/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/jack-tame-i-was-a-lousy-student-at-high-school-money-talks/WFDPHDN3GJAQFE4KG3KM3AHMWA/ |archive-date=31 July 2024|url-status=live}}
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{facebook|tamenz}}
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- [https://www.nzonscreen.com/person/jack-tame Jack Tame] at NZ On Screen
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Category:New Zealand television presenters