Safety and Stunts for your production
We provide expert health and safety advice for the screen industry — from JSAs and risk assessments in contained studios to live stunt supervision, explosive sequences, and everything in between. Whether you're flipping cars or doing pack shots of mayonnaise, we help productions stay safe, efficient, and legally bulletproof — without killing the buzz (or the crew).
We are the ONLY company in the NZ Screen Industry with NZ Institute of Safety Management professional accreditation.
Safety Officers
Final Checks is dedicated to ensuring every shoot is a safe working environment, as all crew members deserve to return home safely after cameras have wrapped.
Our Safety Officers are here to help achieve that outcome, because safety is everyone’s gain.
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Pre-production and recces are an important part of the production process, especially for Health and Safety in film. We bring years of industry specific experience and the following qualifications that aid us in producing high quality, detailed and professional JSAs as well Safety Manuals, Inductions, COVID Guidelines and whatever other documentation you might require.
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Our team includes registered nurses, paramedics, and emergency first responders.
Our safety team are trained to deal with complex injuries before paramedics arrive, or provide minor first aid, and manage all the issues that filming long hours entails.
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Heights create risks, that’s why it’s high time we manage them. We hold qualifications for working safely from heights including:.
- Advanced Working at Height / IRATA
- Total Solutions - Rigging for the Entertainment Industry
- Outdoor Climbing Instructors/Mountaineers
- EWPs + - WTR and F Endorsements
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When filming around and in water, it is important that crews are prepared for all eventualities. As well as piloting boats, we also have qualified rescue divers and can provide support for open seas, white water, and inland bodies of water, whether it's simple action or complex boat/stunt sequences. Or we're happy to provide the Sea Legs and ginger pills if that's all that's required.
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With our experience in stunt and event rigging, and mountaineering we have the skills necessary to oversee and supervise safe rigs for your production.
We can set up rigging to secure crew at height, on tracking vehicles, equipment, etc.
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Everyone deserves to come into a professional work environment feeling safe and respected.
We embrace a respectful, professional culture on and off set and fully support SWAG and their Professional Respect in the Workplace training. Our Safety Officers encourage the creation and distribution of diverse cultural expressions in the film industry.
Stunts
Your vision, our vision
With Final Checks, you will be working with stunt crew that possess the skills and experience to deliver the highest quality action for your production.
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Final Checks specialises in producing dynamic stunt action for the film and television industry, creating unique action sequences for a variety of stories and styles.
With many years of on set experience, we work to extremely high standards, ensuring distinctive on screen action whilst keeping talent and performers safe.
Using a wide range of specialists skills, we can cater to almost any requirements a production has.
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On road, off road, on water, on horseback, our team have many different skills to suit your needs.
It's not just cars and bikes, we've been asked to use a variety of vehicles like golf carts, jet skis, and wooden carriages to create the perfect stunt.
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Stunt action has changed significantly in the last few years with a bigger focus on rigs to make action more impactful.
Through using intelligent rig design, rigorous safety standards, and highly experienced performers, we can create the perfect rig for your production.
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If you want to set someone on fire and then do it again. And again. And again. We can do that.
Fire burns are exciting and we can make sure you get what you need and get it done safely.
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One of our specialties - we have extensive experience orchestrating complex underwater sequences as well as training actors to get the most out of their performance.
About Us
Final Checks specialises in Health and Safety and Stunt work in the film and television industry. Final Checks also provides H&S Consultancy outside of the industry through in Construction and Manufacturing.
After starting his career in the film industry in the UK back in 2010, working on projects like Edge of Tomorrow and Guardians of the Galaxy, Rob McKenzie decided to spend a year in NZ for a change of scenery. He fell in love with the country, the people, and the culture and decided to stay, first working as a contractor and then founding Final Checks in 2017. Since then, the Final Checks team has steadily grown, adding a number of different specialists to the team, and have provided their services to hundreds of productions ranging from feature films, TV Series, and commercials.
We have a firm belief that every film crew member deserves to come to a safe working environment and get home safely after cameras have wrapped because safety is everyone’s gain! With an outstanding track record, our highly experienced Safety Officers, Safety Managers/Supervisors are here to help with that mission.
Our company also specialises in stunt work. We are passionate about bringing your visions to life in the form of professional performances that range from fighting, fire burns, vehicle handling, to rigging. The team at Final Checks have had roles in a myriad of productions, and have years of experience to bring to the table.
Credits
It’s important to know who you’re working with… And who they’ve worked with. With hundreds of credits and decades of experience, here are a few stand-out productions we’ve worked on recently:
Chief of War
Minecraft
Sweet Tooth
Avatar Sequels
The Wilds
Head High
Power Rangers Beast Morphers
The Luminaries
Savage
One Lane Bridge
Black Christmas
NZ Wars: Stories of Taranaki
By the Balls
Power Rangers Ninja Steel
The Shannara Chronicles
Making of the Mob
Guardians of the Galaxy
Edge of Tomorrow
Bud Knight Super Bowl TVC
Coca Cola Christmas TVC
Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold
Predator: Badlands
The Wrecking Crew
Our Flag Means Death
The Gone
One of Us Is Lying
Deep Water
Big Girls Don’t Cry
We Were Dangerous
Creamerie
Power Rangers Dino Charge
Give Me Babies
Viva La Dirt League
Vince
Ahi & the Stars
Double Parked
Brutal Lives
Lao Lao Lao Le
The Traitors NZ
Match Fit
Bouncers
Teine Sa
The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power
Taskmaster Australia
Taskmaster NZ
Raised By Refugees
Homebound 3.0
Mārama
Let’s Settle This
Inked
Aitu
Brutal Lives
SIS
Life is Easy
AFK: The Webseries
The Meg
800 Words
Westside
Into the Rainbow
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
Ash vs Evil Dead
Roman Empire
M3GAN
We can provide a full list of credits and experience, upon request but we feel like this list should show you we’re serious about what we do.