Jack Tame
Tame in 2023
Born
Jack Renfrey Tame

March 1987 (age 36)
NationalityNew Zealand
EducationCashmere High School[1]
CPIT
OccupationBroadcaster

Jack Renfrey Tame (born March 1987[2]) is a 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).[1]

Career

Tame previously worked as the United States correspondent for TVNZ, based in New York City, and is the former co-host of Breakfast.[3][4] He is the Saturday morning host on radio station Newstalk ZB,[5] current host of Q+A since April 2019, and a columnist for the Herald on Sunday.[6] 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).

Personal life

Tame is married to TV reporter, Mava Moayyed. [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Newth, Kim (4 March 2014). "Jack on the box". Stuff.
  2. ↑ "Tame taking over Holmes' Saturday Newstalk slot". NZ Herald. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jack Tame on TVNZ". TVNZ. 17 August 2007.
  4. ↑ "John Campbell to present Breakfast show as Jack Tame moves to Q+A". 1newsnow.co.nz. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Jack Tame on Newstalk ZB". Newstalk ZB.
  6. ↑ "Year in Review: Jack Tame". 17 December 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jack Tame and Sunday reporter Mava Moayyed married". Stuff. 2 June 2023.
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