About US
The first thing you should know about us is that we can pop up in all sorts of strange places!
Premium:
to place a great amount of importance on something; to deliver something that is of higher than usual quality.
We place the utmost amount of importance on your event, and we aim to deliver service that is of higher than usual quality.
Our number one attribute is experience. We’ve done it all many times over from site planning through to concept and implementation:
trade shows and exhibitions
A&P shows and festivals
Large public events (eg Warbirds over Wanaka and Ellerslie Flower Show) and small intimate affairs (eg high-end fundraisers and royal soirees)
Americas Cups, Rugby World Cups, Cricket World Cups
hundreds of wedding marquees
birthday parties and anniversaries
private and corporate celebrations
funerals and memorials
reunions and picnics
award nights and gala dinners
day meetings and presentations
conferences and tradeshows
Andy Youngman – Owner/Manager
30+ Years of Experience & Multiple WINNER OF the hire Excellence Award
Andy loves the variety of his job and the extraordinary places it has taken him: he has rigged marquees on barges, in fields, up mountains and on top of 20-story buildings; transported marquees by boat, plane, helicopter, truck and trailer, and sent marquees to the Chatham islands and Fiji as well as all around New Zealand.
Despite hundreds of events under his belt, to Andy the best bit never fades.
“After turning up at an empty field, winery, carpark, house, golf course – whether it’s a large or small event – a few hours, or sometimes days, later the transformation is complete and the magic has been created.
When the linings have been hung, the lights turned on and the furniture placed, the client walks in; taking stock of the smiles on our clients’ faces – that’s the best bit.”
background
Unsure of the exact shape of the career he wanted, Andy left school in the late 1980s and slipped into a job with an event catering and event hire business based in Rangiora just north of Christchurch. He had found his calling.
It was an extraordinary journey that started with some canvas tents and a few blue-and-white striped pvc covers. Andy grew with the business, eventually managing what became the largest event hire and marquee business in the South Island.
Along the way were multiple Hire Excellence Awards (recognising standards, quality, service and safety), including a coveted and rare Gold Award, the title of Hire Company of the Year, and the Exceptional Tourism Provider Award plus Supreme Winner title in the North Canterbury Business Awards.
That company eventually sold and Andy decided to start Premium Events in 2019.
