Daily English Show #11 – Wellington To Blenheim (Video)
December 25, 2011 – 7:13 am | 28 Comments

The Daily English Show, an occasional video series, has hit the road traveling through New Zealand in a United Campervan. Today they travel to the beehive (Parliament), Lyall Bay (check out Maranui Cafe review) then …

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Weta Legs – A World First in Costuming and Creature Performance (Video)
April 25, 2010 – 7:14 pm | 10 Comments
Weta Legs – A World First in Costuming and Creature Performance (Video)

Weta Legs are a unique, low profile, professional grade reverse leg stilt for creature and costume performances in movies, television, theatre, circus, street performances and other creative performances.
Something previously reserved for commercial film …

Doctor Who Daleks Get Weta Treatment (Video)
April 26, 2009 – 12:13 pm | 16 Comments

Growing up, the scariest alien of them all on our television was the Daleks from Doctor Who.  Daleks are organisms from the planet Skaro, integrated within a tank-like mechanical casing. The resulting creatures are a …

Whats With The Wot Wots? (Video)
April 21, 2009 – 8:00 am | 38 Comments

As we have previously talked about, Weta Workshop has a new childrens TV series called Wot Wots. You can now see a full episode right here.

Weta Workshop’s Richard Taylor Talks Dr Who (Video)
April 8, 2009 – 8:55 pm | 5 Comments

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Richard Taylor, founder of Weta Workshop talks about the Dr Who work they have been working on with the BBC.

Weta Workshop Continues Winning Streak With Disney’s Skyrunners
April 7, 2009 – 7:17 pm | 12 Comments

Kiwi company Weta Workshop, the multiple Academy Award-winning leader in motion capture, special makeup, creature and visual effects (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong and Chronicles of Narina etc), will design and provide …

Richard Taylor and Weta Workshop Honored (Video)
April 3, 2009 – 8:48 am | 8 Comments

Richard Taylor the the Weta Workshop team were honored this week at World Class New Zealand Awards.

Weta Cast – EpisodeVII – The Wotty Cast
March 30, 2009 – 7:13 pm | No Comment

Magnus and Daniel interview Martin Baynton about Weta’s and Pukeko Pictures’ brand new children’s TV series The WotWots. It turns out to be one of our best interviews yet – pre-school television is truly the …

Weta Workshop Shows Up At Blizzard Entertainment
March 16, 2009 – 7:15 am | 4 Comments

Blizzard Software, the creators of World of Warcraft recently completed their new Irvine CA offices with a 12 foot statue created by Weta Workshop. The statue was modeled in New Zealand at Weta Workshop in …

Weta Workshop Podcast Episode 4
March 14, 2009 – 7:11 pm | One Comment

There is a new WetaCast available today (Click on link to get to subscription). Magnus and Daniel are back, with New Website, report with Matt Appleton and Emily-Jane Sturrock from RingCon 2008 in Bonn and …

Weta Workshop Whats Wot
March 13, 2009 – 8:09 am | 6 Comments

Peter Jackson owning,  Academy Award winning, King Kong making Weta Workshop brings to life  WotWots, a new television series for preschoolers. Filmed at Wellington and Auckland Zoos, this homegrown series follows the adventures of two …