The NZ Boat, Fish & Dive Expo is just under two week away, and the exhibitor list is filling in with specifics. Running 29 and 30 August at Mystery Creek Events Centre in Hamilton, the two-day show pairs more than 40 boat brands with fishing tackle, dive gear, kayaks, marine clothing and a seafood café, and every adult ticket goes into the draw for a fishing gear package worth more than $8,000, courtesy of headline sponsor DAIWA New Zealand.
Boating NZ has already covered the general shape of this year’s show and Innovision’s custom Battle Axe build at Stand 144. Since then, the stand list has filled out with specific new boats and deals. Rayglass is displaying its Legend 2400 and 2700, the 2400 having launched at the Auckland Boat Show in May to complete what the brand calls its next-generation Legend trilogy alongside the 3000. Matamata’s Allenco Marine is bringing a new 2027 4.5m tiller steer on a custom heavy-duty trailer, direct from the factory with a show special attached. Innovision Boats will also unveil a second IV707 Explorer at Stand 144, this one built for a Melbourne-bound owner and carrying the brand’s new Game Chaser transom, the latest Silent Chine hull and pilot-house windows, before it ships across the Tasman in September.
Tauranga’s MasterTech Marine, running one of the show’s larger stands, has a new Buccaneer 615 hardtop on special, powered by a Suzuki 200hp Stealth Fourstroke and fitted with Garmin electronics, priced at $134,995 with more than $15,000 off. Orakei Marine is bringing a Jeanneau Merry Fisher 795, and Image Boats, the Invercargill-based alloy builder, is showing Gratitude, an 8.5 metre Fishmaster, at site 157. Auckland Marine Centre is exhibiting for the first time.
Away from new boats, Stabi-X will have its 240UCC amphibious model on the floor, with the brand’s Doug on hand to answer questions, and Bay Marine Electronics is running show-only pricing on Garmin gear at booth 150/151 across both days. Ultimate Rod Racks NZ, normally based on the Hibiscus Coast, is bringing its parcel-tray boat racks and freestanding BigFoot home storage down for the weekend.
With the show now inside a week, it’s the new models and first-time exhibitors, not the general preview, that matter most to anyone still deciding whether to make the drive.
