Auckland’s Forge Production Services is a proud Claypaky house with over 100 Claypaky fixtures in its lighting inventory. These include Mythos 2 Spotlights, Scenius Unico Spotlights, Sharpy Plus Hybrids and the new members of the family 18 x Claypaky Mini-Bs, the smallest LED moving light ever made by Claypaky. “The Mini-Bs are clearly a good…
New Zealand’s Grouse Lighting Aotearoa has been lighting events both locally and nationally since 1984 and recently decided it was time to replace their moving head profile fixtures with sixteen Ayrton Eurus Profile. Rowan McShane, Project Manager at Grouse, says they had been looking for a replacement for quite some time but there wasn’t a…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…