Graham and Charmaine, South African ex-pats

More than twenty years experience in event management, working on a range of events from planning weddings and festivals, to corporate and government events. We strive to provide local and international markets with quality events, that are representative of the diverse cultures of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Our Cultural Exchange Program promotes collaborations between artists of different countries

Infrastructure and organisational skills, combined with dedication to promote local artists, GCO aims to provide both the local and international markets with talent that is representative of their professional and emerging artists.

Our track record thus far:

• Gfactor Community Radio Show on http://www.3ser.org.au/3serlogo1.jpg

• Co-ordinated the New Zealand leg of the World tour for South African comedian, Marc Lottering

• Co-ordinated and introduced New Zealand to the first "Cape Minstrel" performance at the annual "Taste of Africa" day
  

• Event managers of the New Zealand band "ARDIJAH TO AFRICA" tour in 2004 to the "Standard Bank Jazzathon" in Cape Town
  
  
• Producers of the annual "Taste of Africa" street festival, in Picton Street, Howick. 2005 was the 5th anniversary of the event
  
  
• Facilitated and organised sound, lighting, staging, and various performing artists for the opening of the Botany Town Centre in Botany Downs, Manukau, Auckland
  
  
• Produced many social and corporate events in New Zealand
  
  
• Our track record in South Africa covers events produced for government departments, to the business and social markets.
  
  Our most memorable event was to organise the catering for then Presidents Nelson Mandela, and Bill Clinton on Robben Island, with the American President's visit to the Island with Nelson Mandela.

• GCO has a cultural exchange program , between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. His Excellency, Anthony Mongalo, South African High Commissioner and Sir Barry Curtis, Mayor of Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand are patrons of the Cultural Exchange Program
  
  
• GCO was endorsed by the South African High Commissioner, Anthony Mongalo, to organise events to celebrate the 10th year of democracy in South Africa, in New Zealand
  
  
• We produced an event titled "OUT OF AFRICA" at Lloyd Elsmore Park in Pakuranga, for November 2004.
• More than 50 000 people attended the one day event
  
  
• GCO had a radio show in New Zealand on Planet FM 104.6 on a Friday night. Graham produced the show, which primarily was geared at the South African market, but with music that appealed to many other nationalities as well. This show was funded by GCO Agencies, and later partly sponsored by SAA. The show was on Friday nights at 11.45pm on 104.6fm

Our success in securing funding from Te Waka Toi, from Creative New Zealand, in partnership with New Zealand Band Ardijah, was the beginning of many such cultural tours we plan to expand on.