INDUSTRY PEOPLE
Heavy earthmoving in the Manawatu.
The Harts will be supplying equipment for this project until
completion, says Todd.
NZAM Machinery Sales was set up by the Hart family in
1997 in Palmerston North. Originally, they focussed on
earthmoving and roading projects, but there was a clear
need for an industrial hireage company that could serve
the lower North Island.
“It’s grown a lot since then and we’ve expanded out into
the HireWays side while growing the sales side too. We
mainly serve the lower North Island for hire, but we can
and do serve serve the country with the larger machines
in the sales section.”
HireWays, as the name suggests, supplies a vast range
of hire equipment to a wide range of industries. It was
established in 2003 and is now the owning company, with
NZAM Machinery Sales sitting as the trading division.
HireWays, according to the Harts, is successful because
the Harts are veterans in the game. They know all about
the varied situations and terrain and which equipment to
supply. They pride themselves on having equipment “that
is in a rental-ready condition that our hirers would be
pleased to operate and proud to own.”
In 2006, the Harts added the Hydrema range of dump
trucks, after recognising the demand for light off-road
earth movement. They are the sole agent for Hydrema in
New Zealand. Manufactured in Denmark and Germany,
they are known for their low weight and off-road
performance.
Since that addition, the company has expanded in the
physical sense and indeed, the Rangitikei Street site is
substantial. The Hydremas compliment their other brands;
everything from Komatsu to Caterpillar to Kubota.
On entry to the front office, there are multiple staff milling
about in hi-vis vests. Todd explains, that aside from four
Harts in the building, Tim, Donna, Jed and himself, there
are 50 staff between this branch and their other branch in
Wellington. The staff range from technicians to accountants,
so there’s a variety of specialist skills on-site.
The Wellington branch, currently situated in Petone,
is moving to a more spacious location in Porirua. That
branch currently deals with calls from New Plymouth
and Hastings, and is involved in the Kapiti Expressway
project.
The Expressway has been newsworthy lately because
it leaks. Badly. In fact it began to leak just months after
the grand opening in 2017, and now around forty-nine
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