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Moving Lights Course Cancelled

9th October 2008
Owing to lack of registrations this courses has been cancelled......

DI NZ - News Release from the office of Associate Commerce Minister Judith Tizard September 24, 2008

24th September 2008
The Designers Institute of New Zealand is very pleased to announce the introduction of legislation to repeal the commissioning rule. The law change is necessary to recognise the reality of day-to-day design practice, and to provide New Zealand designers with...

Selecon invites you to view our latest offerings to the theatre market

2nd September 2008
New Products! DMX 80volt power supply 80volt Rama Fresnel Compulite "DLite" Lx console Zero 88 LeapFrog Lx console Zero 88 Jester ML Lx console Light Converse visualization software Where: Rehearsal Room at the Allen Hall Theatre University of...

Introducing 'Wing' the next generation in Display Lighting from Selecon

2nd September 2008
Selecon invites you to view the exciting new "Wing" range of Display lighting at Otago Museum Great King Street Dunedin Tuesday September 16th between 1.00pm and 3.00pm Philip Carter family Auditorium TE PUNA O WAIWHETU Christchurch Art...

2009 ETNZ Conference Dates Set

1st September 2008
14, 15, 16th June 2009. ETNZ Conference. Telestraclear Pacific Events Centre, Auckland. This conference is for you, so the committee needs your suggestions for seminar sessions, exhibitors and guest speakers. Send suggestions to conference@etnz.org ...

ETNZ Introduction to Moving Lights Cancelled due to Lack of Registrations,

1st September 2008
A Two Day workshop teaching the basic essentials of moving lights. This course will be taught by two long-term industry professionals, David Seaton and Nik Janiurek and will cover protocols for the Whole Hog II and Strand 500 series moving light desks....

EVER WANTED TO WORK BACKSTAGE?

1st September 2008
AUT University and THE EDGE® are offering you the rare opportunity to learn from the best the entertainment industry has to offer. This course is ideally suited to people who already have an interest and are keen to develop skills and explore...

Norwest Productions announces the acquisition of Oceania Audio and McLean Audio Services.

1st September 2008
Norwest Productions Pty. Limited ABN 36 061 099 410 ACN 061 099 410 • Address for Correspondence: PO Box 6799 SILVERWATER 1811 • Sydney: 27 Skarratt St Nth, SILVERWATER 2128 • Telephone: 61-2-9737 8522 • Fax: 61-2-9737 9921...

Russian Laser Show Leaves 61 Partially Blind

21st July 2008
MOSCOW - At least 61 cases of permanent vision loss have been confirmed after lasers for an open-air event were used indoors instead. The organizers for the Aquamarine Open Air Festival moved the festivities under tents to shelter attendees from a driving...

ETNZ Professional Development Training Proposal

13th July 2008
This documentation was publicly first presented at the ETNZ 2008 AGM in Wellington and is intended as a discussion document for all members of the entertainment community. It must be said that the presentation was very positively received by the individuals...

Updated info on Compact Fluorescents

7th July 2008
July 2008 The latest from the Lighting Council: INFORMATION SHEET - COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP INTRODUCTION OCTOBER 2009 Download Information Sheet http://www.lightingcouncil.org.nz/pdf_files/cfl_information_sheet_1.pdf June 2008 Richard Ponting, CEO...

EQUIPMENT DEMO

7th July 2008
ETNZ has arranged with NBR New Zealand Opera & Kenderine Electrical to preview the Martin Mac TW1 Tungsten Wash fixture & the Martin Stagebar LEDs being used in it's forthcoming touring production of Hansel & Gretel. NBR NZ Opera invites ETNZ...

Radio Mics and Digital TV

2nd July 2008
This could have considerable effects for Music Theatre Companies Reprinted with permission of WUNZ Hi fellow WUNZ (Wireless Users NZ) member, You are receiving this email as you have requested to be kept up to date with the issues relating to Digital TV...

Proposed legislation - compact fluorescents

24th June 2008
What does the proposed legislation relating to Compact Fluorescents mean to the NZ theatre lighting industry? Richard Ponting, CEO of the Lighting Council New Zealand advises that the only lamps to be affected by the changes in October 2009 will be the...

May Newsletter

17th May 2008
The May Newsletter has been posted to the Resource Area...

NEW ETNZ Training Proposal !!!

13th May 2008
The ETNZ Professional Development Training Proposal has been posted to the Resource Section of the website. It is vitally important that we get input from all members of the entertainment community to make sure the training content and delivery is relevant...

NATEAC 2008

19th February 2008
The 2008 North American Theatre Engineering Architecture Conference (NATEAC) is a 2- day forum to promote communication between the architects, engineers, consultants, and manufacturers responsible for designing and building new theaters and renovating...

What have the Executive members been up to in 2007

17th December 2007
At out last meeting for the year it was decided that each member would submit a few words about what they have been up to in 2007 and plans for 2008. Here is the first instalment... Rob Peters Chairman, ETNZ Theatre Systems & Design Rob is tutoring...

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

10th November 2007
Applications for Membership can now be completed on line. They do not need to be approved. Do take care when determining the type of membership you are applying for. Membership types Individual: Any individual involved or interested in Entertainment...

ADDING A NEWS ITEM

10th November 2007
All News Items need to be added to the web site by the Web Admin. Therefore please send any new items that you want posted to etnz.admin@gmail.com. Thanks Larry...

Selecon Opens Webshop

19th June 2007
Your theatre lighting resource for more than 30 years now Selecon has been working in partnership with our New Zealand theatres and as part of this continued commitment to our industry we have developed the Selecon webshop for our consumables, re-sale items...