Event & production transport Auckland

Production transport for events, venues and other operators

Moving staging, PA, lighting and backline is a big part of what we do. We are an event company with trucks, not a freight company with a forklift — your gear travels with people who set it up for a living.

Event transport

Gear moved by people who know what is in the case

Production equipment is heavy, awkward and expensive, and most of the damage happens in transit and on the ramp rather than on stage. We load, strap and move it the way it needs to be moved, because it is the same gear we use.

  • Production haulage for festivals and outdoor events
  • Venue-to-venue transfers and multi-day runs
  • Load-in and load-out crew as well as the truck
  • Staging, PA, lighting, truss and backline
  • Transport for other production companies and venues
  • Storage-to-site delivery and return

Fleet details, truck sizes and tail-lift specifics to be confirmed with Stephen.

Inflatable stage cover set up on a sports field with the event truck alongside
What we move

The awkward things other carriers would rather not take

Staging & decks

Stage modules, legs, stairs, skirting and risers — stacked and strapped so nothing shifts or scuffs.

PA & line array

Cabinets, subs, amps and flybars in their cases, handled the way audio gear needs to be handled.

Towers & truss

Ground support, truss sections and rigging hardware, with the crew to load and unload them.

Desks & control

Consoles, racks and control gear — the fragile, expensive end of the load.

Lighting & effects

Fixtures, bars and cabling for your own rig or the lighting company you are working with.

Whole productions

Everything above in one move, with load-in and load-out crew at both ends.

Front-of-house mixing desk looking towards an inflatable stage cover at an outdoor event
Who we do it for

Not just our own jobs

A lot of our transport work is for other people: production companies without a truck that week, venues moving gear between sites, festivals consolidating equipment from several suppliers, and touring acts needing a local run.

If you are an operator and you need a job covered, call us — we know what a load-in window means and we will not turn up without straps.

Placeholder portrait of Stephen Johnstone, director of Active Event Hire
Stephen's advice

If you are moving gear anyway, ask what else is going on the truck. Combining a stage, a PA and a lighting rig into one run is almost always cheaper than three separate deliveries.

FAQ

Transport questions

Yes, regularly. Production companies, venues and festivals use us when they need a truck and crew who understand event gear and load-in timing.

Yes. You can book the truck with a driver, or with a loading crew at one or both ends — whichever the job needs.

Auckland-wide as standard, and further around the upper North Island by arrangement. Tell us the route and dates.

Talk to us about the specifics for your job and we will confirm the cover that applies before anything is loaded.

Ask — we can often handle storage-to-site delivery and the return leg as one arrangement.

Related

Complete the setup

Sound System & PA Hire

Line arrays, subs, monitors, digital desks and wireless mics — supplied set up, tested and crewed.

Staging Hire

Modular staging in any size, drum risers, podiums, catwalks and stairs — delivered and built.

Speaker Towers

Ground-support towers that lift line array above the crowd — no venue rigging points needed.

Inflatable Stage Cover

An 8m x 10m inflatable stage roof that keeps your outdoor show dry and looking the part.

Lighting

Stage wash and uplighting in house; larger rigs designed and run by lighting specialists we work with.

Ready when you are

Need a production run covered?

Tell us what is moving, from where to where, and when. We will come back with a price.