SHOWTECHNIX is a Tauranga-based supplier of professional stage, audio, lighting and AV equipment to New Zealand's event, theatre and venue industries. The business was originally established in 2012 to bring better value and wider choice to the industry, and it describes itself as "one complete source" for show equipment — covering everything from consumables through to a complete theatre installation. It is New Zealand owned and operated, and ships nationwide from its own warehouse.
### What they supply
The range is organised into twelve categories: audio, audio/visual, cable, cases, connectors, consumables, effects, lighting, power, rigging, safety and stage. In practice that spans mixing consoles, microphones and loudspeakers; LED displays, switchers and signal management; moving heads, LED fixtures and DMX control; truss, lifting motors and event hardware; staging platforms, drapes and tracks; distros and intelligent power protection; and effects including confetti, CO2, flame, haze and snow systems. Brands carried include DiGiCo, Neutrik, EM Acoustics, Admiral Staging, City Theatrical, MagicFX, Theatrixx, Swisson, BroadWeigh, Radial Engineering, RF Venue and Catchbox.
Alongside resale, SHOWTECHNIX runs an in-house manufacturing department staffed by technicians and electricians. Custom PDUs, Socapex and Powerlock assemblies, audio looms, fibre and hybrid cable are built to order, with cables and distros described as the team's speciality. The company also offers a design and specification consultancy service and an installation service for permanent venue fit-outs, and will source items that are not in its published catalogue.
### How MICE organisers use them
SHOWTECHNIX sits upstream of the event itself — it is a supply, manufacturing and integration partner rather than a production company you would book to run a show. Conference and exhibition venues, hotels, universities, schools, theatres and production companies buy from it to build and maintain technical inventory, and touring and corporate production crews use it for road-ready infrastructure and replacement gear. Orders placed by 2pm are generally dispatched the same day from the New Zealand warehouse, which matters when something fails mid-build.
Its equipment ends up across conferences, exhibitions, corporate functions, gala and awards nights, concerts and live music, festivals and theatre productions. For a professional conference organiser or venue technical manager, the practical value is procurement consolidation in one place, advice from staff with venue and touring backgrounds, and trade account and finance options. The website displays association with industry bodies including EVANZ and NZEA.
Contactable on +64 7 552 5251, Monday to Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm NZST. See related AV and production suppliers.
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