Justin Gregory
The Arts Report
For aspiring Kiwi opera singers, there's a well-trodden path to high-level training in the UK. But some choose to go in another direction. Justin Gregory met up with Amelia Berry and Rachelle Pike at… Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 10 June 2012
Misotheists are fervent believers in God. The only problem is they fervently hate him, too. Audio
NZ Society - The Mutes from Mars
Henderson band The Mutes from Mars get it together with a little help from their friends. Audio
NZ Society - Wild West
Justin Gregory continues his journey 'out west' and this week DJ Doc Westie and his bogan circus play 'choons for hoons'. Audio
The Arts Report - Magpie Press
For five hundred years, letterpress printing ruled the roost. But as newer and faster methods threatened to send it the way of the dodo, a craft movement sprang up to save this most beautiful form of… Audio
Mapgie Press
Justin Gregory went along to Auckland's Magpie Press to meet printer Shona Gow and her Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress, called Hildegard. Audio
The West
Black jeans, big Holdens, heavy rock and light crime have been replaced by the trappings of polite society. Audio
Our Changing World - Mind Reading
There are scientists who want to read your mind, and with the aid of an advanced functional MRI scanner, they're getting closer to actually achieving it. Audio
Spectrum for 1 April 2012
Surplus drugs, redundant medical equipment, dental supplies, you name it, if it's in-date and of use, Medical Aid Abroad New Zealand will take it and ship it to wherever it's needed. Founded more than… Audio
Our Changing World - Project Jonah
Last week on Afternoons, Justin Gregory signed up with Project Jonah to become a marine mammal medic and learn how to rescue stranded whales and dolphins. With the theoretical stage out of the way… Audio
Our Changing World - Whale Strandings
For nearly forty years, Project Jonah has been campaigning on behalf of marine mammals and the oceans they call home. Volunteers can often be seen hard at work refloating stranded whales and dolphins… Audio
Our Changing World - Tree Top Rat Monitoring
Auckland's Ark in the Park sanctuary in the Waitakere Ranges is home to an innovative development in the war against unwanted predators. A monitoring group is hard at work tracking the presence of… Audio
Graft
A whole new suburb is being built in Auckland. Kind of... artist John Radford has unveiled his newest artwork, an entire inner-city suburb, at a temporary gallery on K Road. Justin Gregory caught up… Audio
Spectrum for 25 December 2011
Spectrum offers a few tasty treats for Christmas lunch. Fancy some ginger gems, hot cheese scones, or colonial goose, cooked on a coal range stove? Justin Gregory is on hand when the old Shacklock… Audio
Book Review - Talking to Terrorists
Written by Peter Taylor, published by Fourth Estate, reviewed by Justin Gregory. Audio
Solander's Legacy
There were two botanists on the Endeavour when it arrived in New Zealand in 1769. But only one - Joseph Banks - got all the press coverage, and a major landform named after him. Justin Gregory asks… Audio
Regional Wrap
Rain has been delaying farm work in the North Island and in the South Island silage and bailage making's in full swing. Audio
The Arts Report
Playmarket, an agency and script advisory service for New Zealand playwrights, has funded four staged readings of an unproduced play by Papakura playwright Maureen Fepulea'i. Audio
Brown Ink
Justin Gregory visits Playmarket's Brown Ink sessions where playright Maureen Fepulea'i has had a staged reading of her as yet unproduced play. Audio
Part 4 - The Trouble Begins At Eight
For Mark Twain, talking wasn't just a pleasure; it was a moral imperative, and a necessary financial boon. He was, of course, a renowned wit and raconteur. But it' s what he didn't say about New… Audio