{"id":630245,"date":"2026-10-14T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630245\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:56:09","slug":"olivia-deans-western-springs-bowl-concert-scraps-pyrotechnics-beside-auckland-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630245\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Dean\u2019s Western Springs Bowl concert scraps pyrotechnics beside Auckland Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland Zoo and Auckland Stadiums, which manages Western Springs Bowl, are part of the council-controlled organisation T\u0101taki Auckland Unlimited.<\/p>\n

\"BritishBritish singer-songwriter Olivia Dean is set to perform at Western Springs Bowl on Saturday. Photo \/ Carson Bluck<\/p>\n

But the Herald has since learned the pyrotechnics will not go ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince distributing this letter, the production has decided not to proceed with pyrotechnics,\u201d an Auckland Stadiums spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson did not say why the production had made that decision or whether animal-welfare considerations were a factor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAuckland Stadiums has long-standing protocols around the use of pyrotechnics at Western Springs that we have developed in partnership with Auckland Zoo, with a focus on animal welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AA meerkat in its enclosure at Auckland Zoo. Auckland Stadiums says protocols around the use of pyrotechnics at Western Springs focus on animal welfare. Photo \/ Jason Oxenham<\/p>\n

Discussions with the production team were still underway when the residents\u2019 notice was distributed, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took a conservative approach and chose to include reference to pyrotechnics in the neighbour advice to ensure that neighbours were aware of what to expect at the concert.\u201d<\/p>\n

Auckland Stadiums said it had received no feedback from concerned neighbours about the pyrotechnics and would send updated advice once the concert\u2019s traffic management and production plans were confirmed.<\/p>\n

An Auckland Zoo spokesperson told the Herald it worked closely with Auckland Stadiums and the wider Auckland Council group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis includes agreed constraints around noise levels and use of pyrotechnics in the area surrounding the zoo to ensure there is minimal impact from events at Western Springs Bowl on the animals in our care.\u201d<\/p>\n

It would have been the first time pyrotechnics had been used at Western Springs since Post Malone\u2019s concert in 2023.<\/p>\n

Dean\u2019s performance was moved from Spark Arena to Western Springs after high demand for tickets. It will be the first concert since the venue\u2019s $2.5 million refurbishment.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tickets have sold out, according to the Auckland Live website.<\/p>\n

\"RendersRenders of the new bowl structure before the revamp of Western Springs. Photo \/ Auckland Stadium<\/p>\n

The stadium, now developed into a bowl-style venue, can accommodate tens of thousands of people for major shows.<\/p>\n

The event organisers, Handsome Tours and Laneway Presents, have been approached for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auckland Zoo and Auckland Stadiums, which manages Western Springs Bowl, are part of the council-controlled organisation T\u0101taki Auckland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[51,1558,83890,51237,20703,25759,36473,309025,156,305,111,139,69,15363,26346,78863,39706,55600,1961,23366,3457,3651],"class_list":["post-630245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-auckland","tag-been","tag-beside","tag-bowl","tag-cancelled","tag-concert","tag-dean","tag-deans","tag-entertainment","tag-have","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-olivia","tag-planned","tag-pyrotechnics","tag-scraps","tag-springs","tag-this","tag-weekends","tag-western","tag-zoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630245","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=630245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}