Meltdown Records was a small independent record label based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, that operated from 1985 to 1989. It was owned by Massey University student Peter Shepherd, later Professor of Cell Signalling, Molecular Medicine and Pathology at the University of Auckland and awardee of the Callaghan Medal in 2017, and part funded by the Massey University Students Association.
The label was "steered by" Massey University-based bands Dosage B, the Mannequins and the Remarkables.
In 1986 Meltdown Records featured on TV show Video Dispatch. In March 1987 they organised and ran the Rheineck Rock Festival at the Palmerston North Showgrounds in conjunction with Radio 92.2XS Stereo FM Radio.