Weta Workshop
At Wellington Games Week, a lucrative but fickle business
New Zealand's booming video game industry reaches for $1 billion exports in the next few years. Audio
The story of pounamu, and the West Coast
There's a new reason to get along to the wonderful West Coast of Te Waipounamu. Audio
The making of Te Papa's 'Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War'
It's Te Papa's most successful exhibition ever - so popular in fact, it's been extended twice and will be on display until at least 2025. Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War opened on April 18, 2015, to… Audio
Weta is brought in to commemorate an Anzac legend
It's one of the most appealing stories from World War One - certainly featuring New Zealand troops - though it's surprisingly not commonly known here. Not compared to Gallipoli, say, or the Battle of… Audio, Gallery
Peter Jackson on They Shall Not Grow Old
Kiwi filmmaker Peter Jackson's World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old is out in New Zealand cinemas today. They Shall Not Grow Old was commissioned by the British Imperial War Museums in… Video, Audio, Gallery
Weta artist curates a Halloween exhibition in Wellington
Weta Digital artist Gino Acevedo says he was "born a monster guy". He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but has been in Wellington for over 20 years now. Gino has curated a (sold-out) Halloween exhibition… Audio, Gallery
Sir Richard Taylor and the wētā
This nocturnal creature doesn't have the prettiest mugshot and can appear a little intimidating with its tusks, barbs, and armour. Video, Audio
Weta Gameshop opens after 6 years in the making
Weta Workshop has officially launched the world's first mixed reality development studio in partnership with American firm Magic Leap. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was one of the first to have a go.
…Game on for Weta Gameshop's Hayley Gray
Hayley Gray is executive producer of Weta Gameshop, a division of Weta Workshop five years in the making. Weta Gameshop will be officially launched on March 19, teaming up with "mixed reality"… Audio
Daniel Falconer - On the trail of Sasquatch
Daniel Falconer is a designer and author at Weta Workshop in Wellington. He's been with the company for 20 years, working as part of the design team on such projects as The Lord of the Rings and The… Audio
Art and Industry of Imagination
Games, film and television and publishing industry professionals with a love of sci fi and fantasy are gathering to swap notes and help the next generation to realise their dreams. 'Art and Industry… Audio, Gallery
Masterpieces - Sir Richard Taylor
Sir Richard Taylor talks about his favourite work undertaken by Weta Workshop. And how the recent statues of Wal and Dog, from Footrot Flats, were created Audio
Special effects make-up
Alexandra Guillot started out colouring prosthetics for filming in Sydney while training in special effects make-up. After a stint in Hong Kong, she now works at Weta Workshop and as a freelance… Audio
Tane Upjohn-Beatson - Gallipoli: The scale of our war
Award-winning composer and film sound designer Tane Upjohn-Beatson discusses with Kate Mead how he created the sounds for the Te Papa exhibition, Gallipoli: The scale of our war. Audio
Spectrum for 23 November 2014
Lifelong innovator and ideas man Lee Bennett has created a workshop space where he and assistant Wolf Hatch encourage young and old to experiment with technology, think like entrepreneurs and sow the… Audio
Twenty years of wizardry
Sir Richard Taylor on 20 years of Weta Workshop wizardry, lateral thinking, Thunderbirds, and how CGI hasn't put model making out of business. Audio
Thunderbirds are Go! to be brought back for 50th anniversary
The new series, Thunderbirds are Go! - debuting 50 years after the original. Audio
Book Review - The Hobbit: The Art of an Unexpected Journey
Gail Pittaway's been reading the beautifully illustrated and photographed, behind-the-scenes, tome of The Hobbit movie's artwork by Weta Workshop. HarperCollins are the publisher. Audio
