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NW Group invests in more Robe

NW Group is the largest live event technology and full production - lighting, audio, and video - specialist in New Zealand, where it’s represented by the Oceania and Spyglass brands with bases in Auckland and Wellington on the North Island. The company has recently invested in 24 Robe Spiider LED wash beams which are added to their 56 Robe BMFLs (32 Spots and 24 Blades), delivered via distributor Jands New Zealand.

NW Group’s work encompasses arts, performance and entertainment shows, concert touring, all types of corporates, special projects, and they are also service providers to some of the busiest venues including the New Zealand International Convention Centre in Auckland. Head of lighting Aaron Curry designs lights for many of the company’s projects. He has been in this post for over a year, and before that was freelancing in the US.

The BMFLs have been in stock with NW Group since 2014, soon after the product was launched. They are still working constantly on multiple shows. The new Spiiders are currently the only ones in rental stock on New Zealand’s North Island. “The new lights fill that gap for a mid-to-large-sized LED wash fixture here”, says Curry. “Flexibility is top of the list for anything servicing our markets - Spiiders are both beams and wash lights so that is ideal for us.”

Curry adds that all his major designs for NW Group projects will utilise BMFLs and Spiiders. Recent examples have included the Maranga Concert in Parrs Park, Auckland, to raise funds for communities hit by cyclone Gabrielle; the Eden Park semi-final of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup; and the annual Deloitte Top 200 Awards staged at Auckland’s Viaduct events centre. The new fixtures have been out on the road every week since arriving in the country at the end of 2023.

NW Group production manager Jacob Eliason - now working for the Group in Australia, previously based in Wellington - used the Spiiders during a show celebrating the 2024 Chinese New Year at the TSB Arena in Wellington, for which NW Group supplied all production equipment.

NW Group’s lighting department produces around 250 shows/events a year of varying sizes and scales, and a typical month will also see one to two tours leave the warehouse. The current warehouse premises in Rosebank Road, Auckland, is in the middle of what has become a hub for production companies and technical suppliers on the outskirts of the city.

Pictured: Jands New Zealand’s Phil Sargent (left) with Aaron Curry; the NW Group Wellington team. (Photos: Louise Stickland/Paul Clarke/Ruan Bezuidenhout)

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