{"id":611948,"date":"2026-09-26T01:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611948\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T01:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:56:10","slug":"world-of-wearableart-cancels-second-show-after-crew-members-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611948\/","title":{"rendered":"World of WearableArt cancels second show after crew member’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

World of WearableArt has cancelled a second performance following the death of a crew member<\/a> at Wellington’s TSB Arena yesterday.<\/p>\n

The 2:30 Saturday matinee of the 2026 WOW Show: Glo! would no longer go ahead, after Friday night’s 7:30pm performance was also cancelled. <\/p>\n

In an update shared to Facebook, WOW said the crew member who died following a medical event worked in a “highly specialised area of production” alongside a close-knit team who had been deeply affected by the loss. <\/p>\n

“While the result of a medical event – and the production has extensive contingency plans in place – we are dealing with an exceptional set of circumstances,” the organisation said. <\/p>\n

WOW said changes to the behind-the-scenes operation of the show were now needed to allow the season to continue safely.<\/p>\n

The team would work on those adjustments during the day on Saturday, with the show expected to return to the stage for the 7.30pm performance that night.<\/p>\n

“We understand there is deep disruption and disappointment to many WOW fans as a result of cancellation and are so very sorry,” WOW said.<\/p>\n

“This has been an extremely difficult decision to again make.”<\/p>\n

Affected ticket holders had been contacted with information about transferring to another performance or receiving a refund. <\/p>\n

All other performances were proceeding ahead as scheduled. <\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to TSB Arena at around 10.15am on Friday following reports of a person experiencing an apparent medical event.<\/p>\n

Police said medical assistance was provided but the person died at the scene.<\/p>\n

WOW later confirmed to 1News the person was a member of its crew, describing them as a “beloved and valued member of the WOW wh\u0101nau”.<\/p>\n

Additional support was being provided to cast and crew. <\/p>\n

“Our thoughts and support continue to be with the crew member’s family and the wider WOW Wh\u0101nau,” WOW said in its latest update.<\/p>\n

“We also extend our immense gratitude to the outpouring of aroha and support we are receiving. It means the absolute world to us at this extremely difficult time.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World of WearableArt has cancelled a second performance following the death of a crew member at Wellington’s TSB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213,52],"class_list":["post-611948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports","tag-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}