Justin Gregory

It's taken two years to build but Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery is now open. Justin Gregory went to see the West Auckland gallery a year ago when it was just beginning to take shape and to… Audio

Devonport's Torpedo Bay has seen moa hunting and been a launch site for floating mines. Spectrum's Justin Gregory signs on for a sail through Torpedo Bay's history. Audio

The Tempo Dance Festival in Auckland sees the return of one of our more interesting artists. Expat Alexa Wilson is a dancer and choreographer, a performance artist and a theorist who, in her own… Audio

For more than fifty years, Janus Press in the United States has been turning out highly-designed, handmade editions that are more like sculptures than books. They've published several Kiwi authors… Audio

In a few small rooms packed to the ceiling with storage boxes, Robert Johnson and Lisa Young make sure the music happens for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. It's their job to find that obscure… Audio

That's the last of the "procreation sonnets", the seventeenth in the set, in which Shakespeare exhorted "the fair youth" to leave an heir. From here, the sonnets start to take a romantic hue - you'll… Audio

In the year before the outbreak of the First World War, New Zealand was surprisingly modern and curiously recognisable. But we were also a nation of insecurities and fears.Who were we then? What did… Audio

Scientist by day and author by night, Gemma Bowker-Wright manages to do both very well indeed. She's won both the Sunday Star Times Short Story competition and the Katherine Mansfield Competition… Audio

Christchurch artist Zoe Crook is looking for fellow creatives to join her for a week long romp in an unsteady, inflatable environment. Audio

Novelist Tina Shaw has turned to small town New Zealand for her latest novel. Audio

After being box office poison for quite a while, playwright Bertolt Brecht is making a comeback. Audio

Artist Ryan Ballinger, son of former New Zealand marathon champ Paul Ballinger, will run between Lopdell House Gallery's temporary site in New Lynn to its usual home in Titirangi next month, to… Audio

Where do movies come from? In the case of local documentary Aunty and the Star People, the answer seems to be 'chocolate'. Audio

Sculptor Chris Charteris grew up believing he was Maori and was astonished to discover he was actually of Kiribati descent. Audio

Sixty years have passed since founder Alma Woods advertised in the paper for folks interested in forming an amateur company. Justin Gregory went out to the Howick Little Theatre in East Auckland… Audio

Listen to author Sarah Quigley discussing her collection of short stories, Tenderness. Audio

What's the worst sin you've ever committed? The Outfit Theatre Company of Auckland want to know and then want to put your shame up on the stage. Their new devised show, called Sin, is based on dozens… Audio

In her monthly dip into the TV archives, Irene Gardiner celebrates the anniversary of one of our more significant political events - the 1984 General Election. Audio

Two years ago artist Kalisolaite 'Uhila outraged Pakuranga by living as a homeless person outside Te Tuhi Gallery. He wore a black face mask, slept rough, ate only donated food, was spat at and had… Audio

Rules are made to be broken; or so say local Indian Theatre group Prayas. In their latest show, Charandas Chor: The Honest Thief, they've decided to throw the book out the window and do it their way… Audio