EROAD's fleet management event returns to Mystery Creek in Hamilton on 5-6 August 2026, expanding from a single day to a two-day conference, trade show and outdoor vehicle experience billed as New Zealand's largest fleet gathering.
New Zealand's biggest fleet management event is scaling up. EROAD Fleet Days 2026 runs across two full days on 5-6 August 2026 at the Mystery Creek Events Centre in Hamilton, expanding from the single-day format that drew strong crowds in 2025. The programme pairs a main-stage conference with a trade show floor and a hands-on outdoor precinct of test drives, heavy-vehicle showcases and live-action demonstrations.
The conference agenda is anchored by a former Prime Minister, Sir John Key, who delivers the Day 2 keynote "The Road Ahead: Global Forces, Local Opportunities," alongside speakers including Kahu Helicopters chief pilot Mark Law on the Whakaari/White Island rescue, rally driver Hayden Paddon, NZTA's Mike Hargreaves, ANCAP Safety chief executive Carla Hoorweg and Drive Electric board chair Kirsten Corson. A first-ever Truck Show and Shine adds a competitive display of working rigs to the mix.
EROAD Fleet Days is owned and organised by EROAD Limited, the New Zealand-headquartered transport telematics and road-charging technology company. EROAD is the naming party and promoter rather than a sponsor of someone else's expo; the official site carries the line "Proudly brought to you by EROAD," and EROAD Limited is named as the promoter across the event's terms and conditions. The event grew out of EROAD's 2025 Fleet Day and has now expanded to a two-day format at Mystery Creek in response to demand. Registration is handled through EROAD's EventsAir platform, and the company fields its own product sessions on eRUC and connected mobility within the programme.
The audience is fleet operators, transport and logistics managers, and the wider commercial-vehicle supply chain, from telematics and safety through to vehicles, tyres, charging and financing. The exhibitor list runs to vehicle manufacturers and distributors (Volvo, UD Trucks, Iveco, Kia, Nissan, Mitsubishi, GWM, Tesla, Zeekr, BYD), fleet-leasing and management providers (FleetPartners, SG Fleet, ORIX), and energy, charging and safety brands (BP, Z Energy, ChargeNet, Brake). Sessions span policy and regulation, vehicle safety, electrification and best-practice fleet management, making it as much a knowledge-sharing forum as a buying environment.
Mystery Creek Events Centre sits on State Highway 3 at Ōhaupō, roughly 15 minutes south of central Hamilton and close to Hamilton Airport, on a large purpose-built site best known for hosting the National Agricultural Fieldays. Its combination of indoor pavilions and extensive outdoor grounds suits Fleet Days' hybrid format, giving the conference and trade show covered space while the test-drive track, 4x4 off-road course and heavy-vehicle displays use the open land. Hamilton is a straightforward drive from Auckland (about 90 minutes to two hours) and Tauranga, and the organisers have arranged a discounted event rate at Novotel and Ibis hotels in the city for attendees staying over the two days.
Fleet Days is a strong example of a corporate-owned event functioning as a genuine national industry gathering, drawing a specialist trade audience to the Waikato rather than the main-centre convention circuit. Its growth to a two-day programme, a broadening exhibitor base and a marquee speaker line-up point to healthy demand for sector-specific business events staged outside Auckland and Wellington, and reinforce Mystery Creek and Hamilton as a credible host region for large-format exhibitions that need both indoor conference space and significant outdoor activation area.
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