Jack Tame
Jack Tame | |
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Tame in 2023 | |
| Born | Jack Renfrey Tame 4 March 1987 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Spouse |
Mava Moayyed (m. 2023) |
Jack Renfrey Tame (/teɪm/;[1] born 4 March 1987) 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 and 1News.
Early life and family
Tame was born in Christchurch, on 4 March 1987, the son of Linda Tame, a high-school teacher, and John Tame, an accountant.[2][3][4] He is the eldest of the four siblings.[4] His mother was the principal of Lincoln High School for 17 years until 2013, and later was relieving principal at Linwood High School in Christchurch, and head of Golden Bay High School from 2018 to 2023;[5][6] in the 2014 New Year Honours, she was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to education.[7]
Tame was educated at St Martin's Primary School and Cashmere High School in Christchurch, before graduating from the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now Ara Institute of Canterbury).[4]
Career
Tame began an internship with TVNZ at the age of 19, reporting for 1News and Breakfast. He worked as the network's United States correspondent, based in New York City from 2012 to 2017. Tame returned to New Zealand in 2017 to begin hosting Breakfast alongside Hilary Barry. He left Breakfast in 2019 to host TVNZ's weekly political interview programme Q+A.[8]
Tame has also been a columnist for the Herald on Sunday and a fill-in presenter for Newstalk ZB's weekday radio programme Mike Hosking Breakfast.[9] He has hosted Saturday Morning with Jack Tame on Newstalk ZB since 2013, taking over the time slot previously held by Sir Paul Holmes.[10][11]
After Simon Dallow stepped down as lead presenter of 1News at Six on 28 November 2025, Melissa Stokes was appointed as weeknight presenter while Tame became the programme's weekend presenter.[12]
Personal life
Tame married fellow TVNZ reporter, Mava Moayyed, in 2023.[13] He is a stepfather to her son and they have another child together.[14][15]
See also
References
- ^ Tame, Jack (28 July 2013). "Jack Tame: Living up to a bad name". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Tame taking over Holmes' Saturday Newstalk slot". The New Zealand Herald. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Births". The Press. 5 March 1987. p. 41. Retrieved 11 November 2025 – via PapersPast.
- ^ a b c Newth, Kim (4 March 2014). "Jack on the box". Stuff. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Hindmarsh, Nina (12 April 2018). "Golden Bay High School's newest principal settles into Collingwood". Stuff. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Preece, Gordon (12 February 2024). "Strong iwi ties lead principal to Golden Bay". NelsonApp. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "John Campbell to present Breakfast show as Jack Tame moves to Q+A". 1newsnow.co.nz. 18 April 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Year in Review: Jack Tame". 17 December 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ "Tame's turning to radio". NZ Herald. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Jack Tame on Newstalk ZB". Newstalk ZB.
- ^ "Jack Tame will be the new host of the 6pm weekend news". RNZ. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ Waiwiri-Smith, Lyric (2 June 2023). "TVNZ presenter Jack Tame and Sunday reporter Mava Moayyed married: 'we're delighted to be together'". Stuff. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Dann, Liam (1 August 2024). "Kiwi broadcaster Jack Tame on money, high school, step-parenting and busking – Money Talks with Liam Dann". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Jack Tame: My takeaways from the birth of my son Saturday Morning with Jack Tame". iHeart. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.