Vehicle Mounting

Here is how this works in practice. Our car mount inventory in New Zealand spans Mokuhua and Slamloc hostess and bonnet rigs, Edge Arm process trailer mounts, suction cup and ratchet-strap Pumphouse mount packages, Black-Arm motorbike mounts (sourced from Edge Arm NZ and cross-Tasman through Filmworks Sydney), DJI Ronin 4D / RS4 Pro gimbal car mounts, and Shotover G1 gyro-stabilised car heads.

Here is how this works in practice. Where top cinema-tier Russian Arm and Ultimate Arm cars are needed, we set up cross-Tasman with Filmworks Sydney and Bickers Action Sydney under the 3-hour Sydney-Auckland flight window and MEAA-Equity NZ reciprocal credentialing. Toyota Hilux, Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series, and Land Rover Defender 110 are the dominant camera and chase car sites — the same workhorse pool used by the Department of Conservation rangers and farming communities. This gives us insider access to remote stations on the South Island's high-country runs and West Coast forest tracks.

Here is the short of it. NZ car mount work covers the country's cinematic driving heritage: the Crown Range above Queenstown, the Lindis Pass, Glenorchy-Paradise Road (Lothlorien LOTR), the Desert Road across Tongariro's volcanic plateaus, SH6 from Wanaka to Haast through Te Wāhipounamu UNESCO, Coromandel SH25, the Bay of Islands, and Forgotten World Highway SH43 through Taranaki. Race-track car mount work runs at Highlands Motorsport Park (Cromwell). Hampton Downs (Waikato). Pukekohe Park (Auckland), and Manfeild Circuit (Feilding) for NZ Supercars Championship rounds.

Here is the short of it. The country's motoring cinematic heritage centres on The World's Fastest Indian (Burt Munro 1899-1978, Roger Donaldson 2005), Lee Tamahori's automotive direction (Once Were Warriors), and ongoing Tourism New Zealand brand activations. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency permits, Department of Conservation concessions, WorkSafe NZ compliance, ACC universal accident cover, iwi/hapū consultation, and NZSPG 20% + 5% productivity uplift through the The country Film Commission are bundled into each booking.