Sir Bob Harvey
Former Mayor Waitakere City
Chairman at Auckland Waterfront
"Chris is a highly talented artist, clever and wise with great skill in public works and design. A pleasure to work with he can transform a landscape with his genius. A stunning thinker"
David Conley
Executive VFX Producer
Wētā FX Gobal
“Koko have produced nine incredible end of year celebrations for Wētā since 2012. The first of these was 'Seven Deadly Sins' themed event, the reputation of this party reached as far as Hollywood, putting Wētā parties on the bucket list of citizens of New Zealand and beyond. Chris has a rare gift to bring the most creative and skilled teams together to realise the most imaginative worlds, activating them in a way that ensures guests are thoroughly entertained throughout the evening. We highly recommend Chris and his team at Koko exceptional ability to realise concept to delivery at the scale and quality required by our company.”
Laurie Foon
Deputy Mayor Wellington City Council
“Chris is a true innovator of unique projects, festivals and events that have been the germination of Wellington's enviable title as the creative capital. These events continue to attract magnitudes of people that unleash joy & prosperity in our city.
Chris has many unique talents which are impossible to capture all.
Chris is able to push the limitations within the boundaries of the brief. To form a collective of people who get the vision and become equally invested in the successful outcome. To design projects that can unleash the human spirit. An unlimited imagination. An ability to manifest the zeitgeist and be ahead of the time of what is needed a sense of greater purpose and an understanding of sustainability and how to work multiple beneficial outcomes.
I think Chris is the maestro of innovation for events and festivals. Chris would be my and many others' first port of call for any new event or festival in Wellington or NZ.
Philippe Coullomb
Director at Openfields
"Our collaboration with Koko has been amazing by all counts. We worked in true partnership with the team who was not only very reactive to all our requests, but also largely contributing their creativity and experience to the design of our events. They helped us create a deep and meaningful experience for our participants, that created the right context for deep and meaningful conversations amongst of the countries educational providers and future thinkers."
Nick Brown-Haysom
Managing Director at
NZ Sponsorship Agency
"I have worked with Chris for 8 years on a variety of projects. His originality and tremendous success in experience design is built from a classic combination of curiosity, courage, humour, intelligent design and genuine human insight. He knows what people will like before they do and consequently his projects are always fresh and often surprising. "
Tim Walker
Managing Director at
Tim Walker Associates
"I have been aware of Chris's work for a long time and known and worked with him over recent years. From this I know him to be someone of great vision, huge enthusiasm and the ability to make things happen. In a way that is rare amongst other events producers, Chris has a strategic 'big picture' view and the ability to understand, work with and build win-win outcomes for numerous stakeholders within single projects. He is always professional, has great networks and brings warmth and humour to his work and projects."