Justin Gregory

Meccano has been undergoing a bit of a renaissance lately and featured in a recent exhibition at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington. Justin Gregory investigates. Audio

Justin Gregory finds out what the criteria are for an extra on the Tangiwai film set. Set in the 1950's. Audio

In a special, two-part series of Spectrum, Justin Gregory visits the Maui A gas drilling platform to meet the men who live and work there, but first, he has to survive a week's worth of safety… Audio

Now to this week's arts report and Justin Gregory takes us round a new exhibition at Lower Hutt's New Dowse Gallery. Audio

'Transitions, Four Decades of Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School' written by Bill Guest, published by Victoria University Press, reviewed by Justin Gregory. Audio

Hear about the new exhibition,"Bugs, Beetles and Butterflies"which opened yesterday at the New Dowse Gallery in Lower Hutt. Audio

UK design critic John Walters looks for a balance between critical journalism and pleasing the punters. Audio

Our featured writer today is poet Paula Green, who found a new urgency when she was diagnosed with cancer. Audio

Wellington artist Maddie Leach on her latest work which opened in Chicago last month and what the locals made of it. Audio

David Truebridge is a renowned furniture and lighting designer while son Sam has made his name in the world of performance design. Justin got them together for a chat. Audio

Art historian Roger Blackley reviews Te Papa's latest exhibition, European Masters : 19 - 20th century art from the Stadel Museum. Audio

A preview of Auckland's first Art Week, hear what's on, where it's on and what it's trying to achieve. Audio

Justin Gregory chats with Double Bass player Victoria Jones of the NZSO, literally minutes after they came off stage in Vienna. Audio

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

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

'Outrageous Fortune' creator James Griffin reviews The Auckland Theatre Company's production of 'Cabaret'. Audio

Forty years of performing arts training is celebrated in a new book; 'Transitions: Four Decades of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School'. Audio

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 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