Credentials
From Pavarotti and Bocelli to Big Day Out, Mission Concert to Womad, Fashion Week to Christmas in the Park – if there’s been a big event in New Zealand, chances are Oceania was there. Here is just a sample of recent comments from some of our very satisfied customers:
"Twenty years spent circling the globe as Luciano Pavarotti's sound engineer has presented opportunities to work with many of the world's biggest and best sound suppliers," Pellowe notes. "At the top of this list sits a small handful of firms whose staff are exceptionally knowledgable and always contribute beyond the call of duty to the success of an event. Once such company is Oceania Audio, the New Zealand and Australian based firm who accompanied us on our recent tour of Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland". See: http://www.meyersound.com/applications/story.php?type=14&id=849
John Pellowe, Grammy Award winning recording and live engineer for Pavarotti
Thank you to everyone for the classy effort on The Good Word Debate last Tuesday. This was 3rd Party Productions' first foray into making a show outside the comfort zone of our usual TVNZ studio with an audience and all the pressure of making "live" entertainment.
The end result was as good as we hoped. A terrific looking show put together by a band of pros. It was a pleasure working with all of you - one we hope to repeat next year.
Colin Hogg, Producer, 3rd Party Productions
Stan and I would like to thank you all for your efforts and support of us and Westfield Style Pasifika this year. We have received a huge amount of positive feedback on the show, performances, staging, sound and lighting and it is through everyone's collective endeavours and creativity that our end result is so good. We value and appreciate greatly your loyalty and combined experiences. So thanks again for everything you do.
Julie Smith, Westfield Style Pasifika
Hi James & Simon,
I just wanted to see if you could please pass my thanks onto your team who were working at our event on Saturday. Sam, Dorus & Jonathon were just great! The event was a success. The sound and lighting was amazing.
So thank you all so very much.
Veronique Briatore, Russell McVeagh
Hi Simon and James
A huge thank you for all your help, your creativity in the lead up to the event, your fantastic input along the way and by bringing in the best team of operators on the night to pull it all off. We have had the most positive feedback on the event (the most I've ever received). Guests have been calling saying it was the best launch event they have ever been to, partners are overwhelmed by the great response they received about their products and all in all we have a very happy client - who could ask for more!
Thanks again, it was great to work with you and your teams.
Jessica McColl, Mango
Thankyou to Greg, Paul and your team for a fantastic job - nothing was too much trouble and everything went extremely smoothly. We have had many complimentary comments on the function which we couldn't have done without you - so thanks again. Look forward to working with you again soon...
Wendy Devine, Team McMillan Limited
I just wanted to express a huge thank you to all the Oceania crew at Parachute 08 last weekend. We had a fantastic weekend on the tech side and we greatly appreciate your help over the four days. Parachute Band had four main-stage slots, including a live DVD recording, and your professionalism was second to none. Special mention to Tristan and Ricky… It’s been a pleasure working with them over the past few years. We’ve travelled all over the world and done some very large US festivals – we’ve yet to experience a monitor engineer that surpasses Tristan for expertise and demeanour. Much love from the PBand.
Rhys Machell, Parachute Band Booking/Tour Manager
Many thanks for being part of the annual New Zealand Music Awards and contributing to another successful event... We really appreciate your hard work and are glad to have you on the team.
J&A Productions Limited
THANK YOU for contributing to the success of the 2008 Wella YPS Final held at the Viaduct Harbour, Marine Village, last Saturday...The sound quality in that space was incredibly well engineered.
Wendy A'Bear, Tuatara Productions
Just a quickie to say thanks for looking after us down in NZ. It was made very easy for me and that's always appreciated! Have to say I really liked your wedges; they were even commented on by the boys.
Anthony Carr, Westlife
Everyone who came to celebrate with us that night had a fantastic evening. We'd waited a long time for that party, but you helped make it an evening to remember.
Melanie Jones, Team New Zealand
Thank you once again for your part in making our party such a huge success.
David M. Richwhite, Fay Richwhite Ltd
A big note of thanks to you and your team at Oceania for the invaluable support you gave our company with this years Repco Rally New Zealand.
Simon’s design was outstanding and the lighting effects meant that the pyrotechnics from previous years were not missed at all.
Both the Ceremonial Opening on the Thursday and the Rally Finish on the Sunday were considered a step up from previous years and the comments from FIA Officials and Rally New Zealand described both events as the most professional on the WRC Rally circuit to date. The Rally Finish was broadcasted live to EuroSports with a worldwide audience of 800 million.
Heath, Ratu, Micah and the team delivered on all fronts. I appreciated their efforts with the early setups and this contributed to the Rally NZ officials being more relaxed on the day. Their nothing was a problem approach was greatly appreciated.
Tony Stevenson, Managing Director
This is just to express my thanks and admiration for the effort your lighting staff put into this year’s Coca Cola in the Park. Your company's professionalism was most appreciated.
Robert Hagen, Producer, C4 Productions
I wanted to thank you and your team for your amazing job on the Gala. It looked absolutely amazing on stage and god knows how you made the St James look like that!
Jackie Sanders, TV2
Firstly - THANK YOU to you, Micah, and the team for an awesome gig the other night. You guys are always so professional - rock in, chuck up the lights, turn em on, and make it look AWESOME! Thanks so much. We truly appreciate it.
Corinna Homer, MADANT
Guys, just wanted to say a huge “thank you” for everything on Friday night at the Vector. I thought all of you did an incredible job, both creatively with the budget (!) and with the management of all the components throughout the evening.
Carey Frost, FROST EVENTS
Your skill and expertise was greatly appreciated and made the production for the event itself and the television special flow smoothly and without stress.
David Rose, Satellite Pictures
Following a rigorous tender process, Oceania Audio was chosen to supply install and commission the audio system [for City Impact Church in Auckland]... The end result is a system that is professional and easy to use, and it has already been put to the test by a number of international world-class artists and speakers and has performed beautifully.
Worship Audio Magazine, Summer 2008