Quite a lot, if you are on Denarau or in Nadi. Fiji has two Australian-owned production houses with permanent Fijian offices, several independent audio and lighting operators, and a genuine marquee and staging trade. Large-format LED, broadcast vision and specialist rigging are the things you will usually fly in.
Who actually supplies AV and production inside Fiji?
Two companies run standing Fiji operations rather than flying everything in per job.
Encore Event Technologies lists a Fiji office at Lot 5, Denarau Business Park, Denarau Island, and calls itself "the leading AV and event production company in Fiji". It names its Fiji in-house venues as InterContinental Fiji, Grand Pacific Hotel, Sofitel Fiji, Crowne Plaza Nadi Bay and TRIBE Na Tomba. Published services run from "microphones, speakers, screens and lighting through to 3D projections and digital broadcasts", plus staging, show calling, rigging and fabrication; its Sofitel page adds webcasting and live polling.
Microhire trades here as Microhire Pacific Pte Limited, listed by Tourism Fiji at Level 3, Aliz Centre, 231 Martintar Road, Nadi — an Australian-owned staging company "operating out of Fiji and providing audio visual production across the country plus Australia and New Zealand". Its Fiji venue partners are Sheraton Fiji, The Westin, Sheraton Tokoriki and Fiji Marriott Momi Bay.
Below sit the independents: Audio Visual Logistics in Suva, listed under event equipment, audio visual and logistics; A1 Events & Sounds at Nabua, Suva, established 2007; Total Audio Needs at Varadoli, Ba, established 2001, doing DJ and lighting; and Sound and Lighting Services Fiji in Suva. None publish an inventory, so confirm stock by phone.
What can you get for structures, staging and general hire?
Stronger than most planners expect, because it serves weddings, funerals and construction too.
Formscaff Fiji publishes tents from 3m x 3m up to 20m x 50m, peg-and-pole marquees from 7m x 9m to 12m x 30m, and an outdoor stage with roof in 8m x 8m and 10m x 12m. Tents & Awnings manufactures in Fiji and hires marquees at 12m x 6m, 16m x 9m and 18m x 12m plus clear-span tents at 10m x 10m and 10m x 15m, with optional flooring. Clyde Equipment hires tents and marquees alongside scaffold and formwork from Lautoka, Suva and Labasa.
At the softer end, RK Event Hire Fiji in Nadi lists marquees and flooring, chairs and tables, sound systems, LED dance lighting and festoon lights, while Party & Events Fiji has run hire, styling and management from Nadi since 2011 and Suva since 2014.
Which Fiji hotels already have an AV partner in the building?
Most do not answer this on their own websites; the clearest statements come from the AV companies, above.
From the hotel side, Grand Pacific Hotel Suva refers to "state-of-the-art audio-visual technology" without naming a provider. Radisson Blu Denarau publishes no AV list, but states its free Wi-Fi "runs off a fiber-optic network" and references virtual and hybrid meeting solutions. The Hilton Fiji Beach Resort & Spa events pages carry no AV statement at all.
The practical reading: assume a resident AV partner at the branded Denarau and Nadi resorts, and confirm the name in writing before contracting. These arrangements change hands, and an unnoticed exclusivity clause costs more than the kit.
What do you source locally and what do you fly in?
| Category | Local position | Call |
|---|---|---|
| Conference audio (PA, radio mics, lecterns) | Both national houses plus independents | Source locally |
| Conference lighting (wash, uplighting) | Published by Encore, Microhire, hire firms | Source locally |
| Concert or theatrical lighting rig | No rig list published | Confirm |
| Projection, screens, meeting-room packages | Encore publishes projector packages | Source locally |
| Large-format LED wall | No Fiji stock published | Confirm; plan to fly in |
| Staging, risers, covered outdoor stage | Formscaff publishes roofed stages | Source locally |
| Rigging and truss | Encore lists ballroom and theatre rigging | Confirm with supplier |
| Vision mixing, cameras, live streaming | Encore lists broadcasts and webcasting | Decide case by case |
| Comms and talkback | Not published by anyone | Confirm; easy to hand-carry |
| Marquees, structures, flooring | Three suppliers publish sizes | Source locally |
| Generators and distro | Not published by anyone | Confirm with supplier |
"Confirm with supplier" is not a polite no. It means nobody publishes it, so the answer turns on what is already committed elsewhere that week — the real constraint in a small island market.
What are the three sourcing routes really costing you?
| Route | Best for | How the cost behaves | Lead time | Main risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resort in-house AV | Meetings, breakouts and dinners inside one property | Bundled into the event contract; venue may hold exclusivity on rigging and power | Shortest — kit is in the building | Hard to price-test; upgrades quoted against a captive brief |
| Fiji independent | Off-site dinners, marquee, beach and island staging | Quoted per event; hire, delivery, collection and technician time listed separately | Weeks, subject to prior commitments | Inventory depth unpublished; specialist gear may not exist locally |
| Fly crew and kit in | Broadcast, large LED, brand-critical content | Freight and excess baggage, customs handling, crew flights, beds and per diems, plus hire | Longest — customs and freight drive it | Customs delay, transit damage, a crew who do not know the venue |
Most well-run Fiji conferences blend all three: in-house for the plenary, a local hire company for the off-site night, and show-critical items flown in as flight cases.
What does it take to bring your own equipment into Fiji?
Fiji Revenue & Customs Service does allow temporary importation. The US Government's country commercial guide states the FRCS "allows the temporary importation of goods intended for alteration or repair, public exhibitions, trials, or entertainment purposes", covering "specialized goods and equipment not readily available in Fiji", and that "importers must contact the FRCS or a local customs agent before these goods arrive".
On carnets, be careful. Fiji does not appear on the ICC World Chambers Federation list of ATA Carnet countries — its Asia and Pacific entries stop at Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and a dozen Asian economies, with no Pacific island states listed. Plan a Fiji-specific temporary import through a licensed customs agent instead, and confirm the bond required before your gear leaves Auckland or Brisbane: bringing event equipment into Fiji.
This is a guideline only — confirm current requirements with the Fiji Revenue & Customs Service before you book.
Will gear from New Zealand or Australia work on Fiji power?
Yes. Fiji runs 240 volts at 50 Hz on Type I plugs — the same standard as Australia and New Zealand, so amplifiers, consoles, fixtures and chargers from either country plug straight in.
Kit from the United States, Japan or much of Asia does not: different voltage, sometimes 60 Hz, different pins. That means step-up transformers for everything from a router to a moving head — and transformer weight in your freight, not just adaptors.
No Fiji supplier publishes generator stock for beach, island and marquee sites. Ask early, and ask who supplies the fuel and the after-hours technician.
Can you run a hybrid or streamed event from Fiji?
Fiji sits on real international capacity. The Suva Cable Landing Station carries the Southern Cross Cable Network, the Tonga Cable and Tui-Samoa, and the Fiji Government has partnered with Google on the planned Tabua Cable to the United States and Australia.
No venue publishes a committed Mbps figure for its meeting rooms. The international backhaul is not your problem; the last hundred metres is. Put a dedicated event circuit in the venue brief, have it load-tested the day before, and make the streaming supplier accountable for it. More in Fiji event infrastructure.
What actually appears on a Fiji AV quote?
Nobody in Fiji publishes a rate card. Every job is quoted per event, and any figure you see online for Fiji AV was invented by somebody. What we can give you is the shape of the quote.
Microhire's own Fiji terms show it plainly: hire fees, delivery costs, collection costs and service fees are separate liabilities; money is in Fijian currency; and hire fees are "exclusive of taxes, duties, fees or other government levies or charges". Fiji's VAT rate is 12.5% effective 1 August 2025 per FRCS, so check whether a quote includes it.
Ask every bidder for the same six lines and the quotes become comparable:
- Equipment hire, itemised by room and by day, not one package figure
- Labour: how many technicians, on what call, and the overtime trigger
- Bump-in and bump-out as separate days, including overnight security
- Delivery, collection and inter-island transfer, priced separately
- Freight, customs clearance and agent fees for anything not already in Fiji
- VAT treatment and the cancellation window — Microhire's Fiji terms bite at 72 hours
Then read it against what a Fiji conference costs and the room you have chosen in Fiji conference venues and Fiji conference hotels.
Verdict: which route should you take?
Choose resort in-house AV if your event lives in one ballroom, your content is slides and speeches, and you want one contract and one accountable party. That covers most Fiji conferences.
Choose a Fiji independent if you are building outdoors, in a marquee or on an island, where structures, power and furniture matter more than vision engineering.
Fly a crew and kit in only when the show is broadcast-grade, you need a large LED wall, or a brand standard rules out local substitution — then start the customs conversation months out.
What is the next step?
Shortlist two suppliers from AV and one from equipment hire, send all three the same six-line brief, and ask each what they hold in Fiji and what they would freight in. If you would rather one party carried the lot, an agency from our Fiji DMC and PCO directory will run the tender for you.
