AV hire in Auckland, delivered and operated by the crew
AV hire in Auckland means different things depending on who you ask. To us it means audio, lighting and video kit for your event, delivered, set up, operated through the show and packed out at the end by the same crew who planned it. We are based at our workshop in Massey, West Auckland, by appointment, and we run an inventory built for live music rather than picked off a general rental shelf.
You can take kit on dry hire when you have your own crew and a clear plan, and that is a fair option for smaller or repeat jobs. More often, what makes an event work is having engineers and technicians on the floor: someone mixing front of house and monitors, someone on lighting, someone watching the video feed, all answerable to one technical lead. We are equal parts artists and technicians, so the people loading in the kit are the people who know how it should sound and look once the room fills up.
An event is not a list of boxes. It is a load-in window, a stage plot, a power plan, a soundcheck and a pack-out, all run to time. A rental desk hands you the kit and wishes you luck. We design the show, supply the inventory and stand behind both, across Auckland CBD, the North Shore, and West, South and East Auckland.
What we run
- Audio: PA, FOH and monitor systems with engineers, including d&b audiotechnik amplification
- Lighting: stage and event lighting designed, rigged and operated to your plot
- Video: screens, projection and projection mapping with an operator on the feed
- Staging, ground support and truss, with site planning and temporary power
- Backline and festival infrastructure for live music and touring
- Delivery, load-in, set-up, operation and pack-out handled by our crew
- Dry hire of kit where you have your own crew and plan
- CAD and pre-visualisation so the design is agreed before load-in
Who it is for
For event organisers, venues, promoters, agencies and artists in Auckland who want audio, lighting and video kit run properly by a crew, not just dropped at the door.
Common questions
- What is the difference between dry hire and operated AV hire?
- Dry hire means we supply the kit and you run it with your own crew. Operated hire means we deliver, set up, operate through the event and pack out, with our engineers and technicians on the floor. Most live music and corporate jobs run better operated, but dry hire suits smaller or repeat events where you already have the people and the plan.
- What kinds of events do you cover?
- Corporate events and conferences, festivals, live music shows and private functions. The inventory is built for live music, which sets a high bar for audio, lighting and staging, and that same standard carries across to corporate and private work.
- Do you deliver and set up, or do we collect the kit?
- We can do either. For operated hire we handle delivery, load-in, set-up, operation and pack-out to your run sheet. For dry hire you can collect from our Massey workshop by appointment, or we can deliver. We serve Auckland CBD, the North Shore, and West, South and East Auckland, plus Waikato, Hamilton, Tauranga and Wellington, and nationwide for touring and festivals.
- Why hire from you rather than a general rental company?
- Because the crew who design your show is the crew who owns and operates the kit. Our inventory is rider-specific and built for live music, so it is matched to real production needs, not a warehouse catalogue. You get one team accountable for the plan, the kit and the show on the night.