About NZVMC
Meet the Owners
The Club
The history of our club dates back to the formation in 1998.
We are a family oriented club with affordable membership and are based at Keating Heritage Park where we have club rooms, storage areas, and a library. We have a range of club and vintage machinery themed merchandise available for sale and members receive a regular magazine.
We hold regular events and meetings, and our AGM held in June where the election of the officers and committee takes place.
Our club has built several display sheds to house the increasing amount of machinery and equipment that the club has purchased or had donated. We have some available funds but the project will require donation of materials, time, and money.
The New Zealand Vintage Machinery Club is registered with the Companies Office as an incorporated society.
Our History
Keating Heritage Park: In 2003 the club established Keating Heritage Park, named after our patrons Pat and Joan Keating. It is leased from Environment Canterbury and is at McLeans Island in the Waimakariri River Regional Park. Other facilities in the area include the Vintage Car Club, Steam Scene, and Orana Wildlife Park. Keating Heritage Park is about 20 km from the Christchurch city centre.
The site was initially a weedy and unkempt area but the club rallied around and cleaned it up. The club grounds now have storage sheds, a workshop, club rooms, water supply and sewage treatment, and mains power.
The club rooms are a former unused scout hall relocated from Hoon Hay in Christchurch. It has been refurbished by club members and it contains a meeting room, kitchen, library, toilets and showers. It suffered from some damage during the Christchurch earthquakes but has since been repaired.
Keating Heritage Park is now home to an impressive range of vintage machinery and memorabilia. Some of the machinery is fully restored and there is even more that is awaiting restoration. The collection currently has a strong focus on agricultural machinery but there is also industrial machinery such as concrete mixers, a lathe, a crane, and a number of woodworking machines. Our display sheds also house stationary engines, Lake Coleridge power generating equipment, Tuhoe artifacts, household items and related memorabilia.
Ongoing development and maintenance of the 14 hectare club grounds is done by club members young and old, male and female. The expansive grounds and facilities can be made available to other groups by arrangement.
Core Values
Innovation
Our company works “smarter not harder” to find innovative solutions for our clients.
Transparency
The key to our success being, the pride we take in our staff, their abilities and commitment to every job undertaken.
Accessibility
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