Jack Renfrey Tame (born March 1987) is a
television
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and
radio
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journalist and presenter. He is the host of TVNZ’s political show
Q+A
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, and a presenter at
Newstalk ZB
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''.
Early life
Tame was born in
Christchurch
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, 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
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The sc ...
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
, type = Crown entity
, industry = Broadcast television
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, location = Auckland, New Zealand
, area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the ...
, based in
New York City
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, and is the former co-host of
Breakfast. He is the Saturday morning host on radio station
Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB is a nationwide New Zealand talk-radio network operated by NZME Radio. It is available in almost every radio market area in New Zealand, and has news reporters based in many of them. In addition to talkback, the network also broadc ...
, current host of
Q+A
QA or qa may refer to:
Geography
* Qatar, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code QA
Airline codes
* Aerocaribe (IATA airline code QA)
* Cimber (airline) (IATA airline code QA)
* MexicanaClick (IATA airline code QA)
Businesses and organizations
* QA L ...
since April 2019, and a columnist for the ''
Herald on Sunday''.
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).
See also
*
List of New Zealand television personalities
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A
* Suzy Aiken – television personality and Prime News presenter
* Peter Arnett – te ...
References
External links
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Jack Tameat
NZ On Screen
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New Zealand television presenters
Living people
Newstalk ZB
1987 births
People from Christchurch
People educated at Cashmere High School