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Westland Industrial Heritage Park in Hokitika, New Zealand, is a working museum and the result of dedicated volunteers’ passion for restoring Westland’s industrial past. It was started by a group of mature (old) men who loved big engines and the like (toys) and wanted to play with the toys and preserve some of the history of Westland at the same …
Based out of Queenstown, New Zealand, TomTom Productions delivers exceptional lighting, sound and multimedia experiences. Hamish Roberge, Managing Director of TomTom, is known for creating innovative designs with help of some great gear including his eight Ayrton Diablos, a fast, lightweight LED fixture with framing shutters, rotating gobos, CMY mixing and a good zoom range. “I particularly like how lightweight …
The ninth series of New Zealand’s Dancing with the Stars premiered on 24 April 2022 and this year the production team benefited from the addition of twelve Prolights EclPanel TWC compact LED soft lights. The fixtures were purchased by Big Picture NZ along with a range of accessories such as crates to aid in controlling the light. “The big difference …
Established in 1999 in Wellington, audiovisual provider Vidcom soon expanded into Hamilton and Auckland. Today, their customers include several venues, companies, associations and conference organisations that require top-quality AV equipment and event production services. A while back, Senior Technician Luke Mulligan was considering purchasing an MA Lighting grandMA3 light console but he soon realised that the grandMA3 onPC command wing …
Established in 1988, Sitech Systems NZ Ltd is an audio-visual equipment supplier with a thorough understanding of the unique demands of the corporate, tertiary, and education sectors. In more recent times they have branched out into lighting, particularly in schools and colleges, with our ShowPRO range becoming their favoured product. “What I like most about the ShowPRO range is the …
New Zealand’s Strawberry Sound is a family-owned and operated business that offers a comprehensive audio-visual rental and production service, for events across the South Island. Last year, Strawberry Sound invested in eight Ayrton Diablos and they have been so impressed with the fixture, there are plans to purchase more. The Diablo is Ayrton’s versatile, feature-rich 300 W profile luminaire that …
The ARISE Church in New Zealand’s Hutt Valley recently upgraded its auditorium with the help of Lampros Sound. Fourteen Ayrton Mistrals, a couple of Ayrton Diablo and fifteen ShowPRO LED House Light FC have replaced the old, past-their-prime lights transforming the Church in the process. “This campus is where the Church does all of their broadcast recordings so we required …
Forum North Entertainment Centre located in the heart of New Zealand’s Whangarei recently installed some spectacular outdoor lighting partially for eye candy but also for security reasons by making the car park less dark at night. Kyle Telfer, Director of Echo AV, was tasked with the project and having used Studio Due products on previous installations, he didn’t hesitate to …
Life Church engaged Christchurch-based Technical Event Solutions Limited to consult, design and supply a fully overhauled production setup for their new QE2 Campus. The building was built post-earthquake and had previously been operated by another church group, and Life Church wished to start afresh with a production set-up that would provide continuity with their other campus. The system also had …
Having hosted some of New Zealand’s and the world’s biggest stars, Auckland’s Studio the Venue has for years housed the future of the country’s ever-growing live entertainment scene, predominately for DJs and EDM gigs. The venue has always had a very basic lighting rig, sub-hiring when necessary, but recently it was decided to step things up and make it a …
