Justin Gregory
The Arts Report for 4 November 2010
On the arts report today we hear from screenprint artist and an official artist for Elvis Presley Enterprises Peter Mars. The Chicago based Mars has his first exhibit in New Zealand featuring… Audio
The world under one roof
Associate Professor Roger Fyfe, senior curator at the Canterbury Museum, argues that the health of museums has never been better, and the reports of their demise are greatly exaggerated. Audio
Caberet review
Cabaret review
'Outrageous Fortune' creator James Griffin reviews The Auckland Theatre Company's production of 'Cabaret'. Audio
Toi Whakaari
Forty years of performing arts training is celebrated in a new book; 'Transitions: Four Decades of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School'. Audio
Ann Robinson
Glass artist Ann Robinson didn't need to go far to find inspiration for her new exhibition. Called 'Abundance', it was triggered by some twisted flax seed pods that conveniently grow in her backyard.
…Peter Mars
Peter Mars has one of the art-world's more unusual gigs - he's an official artist for Elvis Presley Enterprises. He's also a highly respected leading figure in the modern Pop Art Movement in America… Audio
Retrobots
Take one excitable Welshman with a dash of pure vision, plus a few hours of drilling, screwing, grinding and cutting, and you've got -what, exactly? A Retrobot, that's what. Spectrum goes back to the… Audio
NZ Society - New Zealand as it Might Have Been (Part 4)
NZ Society - New Zealand as it Might Have Been (Part 4)
Justin Gregory asks Hugh Logan, mountain climber and former head of New Zealand's Antarctic programme, what if a Kiwi hadn't been first to the top of the world? Audio
NZ Society - New Zealand as it Might Have Been (Part 3)
Justin Gregory looks at a New Zealand where certain key events in our history never occurred. This episode asks if it would be so bad if we were all Australian. Audio
Book Review - Three Famines
Justin Gregory reviews 'Three Famines' by Tom Keneally. Published by Random House Australia. Audio
NZ Society - New Zealand As It Might Have Been (part 2)
Justin Gregory looks at New Zealand as it might have been if certain key events in our history had never occurred. What sort of a country would New Zealand be if the Treaty of Waitangi had never been… Audio
The Delicious Brussels Sprout
Bruce and Steph Rollinson are trying to lift the profile of the Brussels Sprout. Audio
Sheep Heaven - 13. Docking
There are a good number of lambs ready for the rubber ring. Audio
Regional Wrap
Parts of the North Island even had a couple of rain free days this week and in the South, some places are even asking for showers. Audio
New Zealand Society
Justin Gregory and guests explore what might have happened if key events in our history had not occurred. Today, how did a poet manage to extract New Zealand from the first world war? Audio
NZ Society - New Zealand As It Might Have Been (part 1)
Justin Gregory and guests explore what might have happened if key events in our history had not occurred. Audio
Intro and Regional Wrap
There's still no let-up from the rain and lambs are dying in the wet weather. Audio