Lighting Equipment Rental

Here is how this works in practice. Lighting gear rental across Aotearoa runs the complete fixture spectrum every NZ gaffers specifies: ARRI M-Series, K5600 Joker, and Mole-Richardson HMI/tungsten alongside the LED standards — ARRI Skypanel S60/S120/S360, Aputure Nova P600C and Storm 1200x, Litegear LiteMat, Astera Titan Tubes, Quasar Q-LEDs, and DMG Maxi/Mini soft sources. Dimming runs ETC ColorSource 20 desks, Avolites Tiger Touch, and LumenRadio CRMX wireless DMX. All gear runs on NZ-spec 230V/50Hz, matching Australian and UK grid (Type I plugs distinct from rest-of-world standards).

Here is how this works in practice. Domestic stock sits at Panavision Wellington, Panavision Auckland, Lemac New Zealand (Auckland + The capital), Mediatech NZ, Filmworx Auckland, and the Wellywood gear pool shared between Stone Street Studios, Park Road Post, and Weta FX Miramar. Power tie-ins via Vector Energy in Auckland and The capital Electricity in the capital. Generator banks come through Aggreko NZ, Cummins NZ, and Caterpillar NZ.

Here is the short of it. Heritage feature work running these inventories includes the LOTR trilogy (Lesnie + Jackson establishing the deep Stone Street fixture pool 2001-2003), The Hobbit cycle, King Kong 2005, Mortal Engines, the Avatar Way of Water Kumeu Film Studios and Manukau performance capture sessions (Cameron's underwater rigs needing custom-housed LED sources), Rings of Power (Amazon Prime Auckland-based), Thor: Ragnarok (Auckland), and Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog across Otago.

Here is the short of it. For Mackenzie Country UNESCO Dark Sky Reserve astrophotography windows, low-impact LED-only packages are mandatory under the dark-sky protocol — Astera Titan Tubes and Aputure C300d battery-powered fixtures dominate that brief. DOC permits cover generator placement in Fiordland, Tongariro, and Aoraki/Mt. Cook. Iwi liaison under Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership is standard for any rigging on culturally tapu ground. Cross-border supplements from Sydney arrive same-week via 3-hour Trans-Tasman flight under ATA carnet.