A Tauranga based company is solving a dilemma that now faces taxi companies across New Zealand – how and what security cameras to install in their vehicles.
The government has announced that it wants to make security cameras compulsory in all taxis in of New Zealand's large cities and towns.


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Tauranga company Show Off uses wireless technology to display 15 to 30 second-long advertisements and run two to three security cameras which film the driver and passengers at all times.
The system is already being used by almost 70 taxi drivers in Tauranga and Nelson, and security camera footage of one vicious attack has recently been handed to Tauranga police for use as evidence in an upcoming court case.
Show Off's general manager, Vanessa Malloy, says their product involves installing discrete security cameras positioned around the taxi in conjunction with seven inch LCD screens in the back of the vehicle so local businesses can screen short advertisements to passengers.
No sound will accompany the advertisements, so the taxi driver will not be distracted while on the road.
'The taxi drivers now have a way of affording the extra 24 hour security they need, while local businesses have a unique opportunity to tap into a previously un-touched advertising market.”