NZVMC Donations
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Please Donate
We rely on our members as well as donors to help in expanding our club – and we would like to thank all of the individuals and organisations that have already done so.
Consider donating relevant books, magazines, catalogues, technical manuals, videos, photos, and electronic files to our club library. It will be appreciated and will join our every increasing collection which will be preserved for perpetuity.
Our club also welcomes the donation of vintage machinery, spare parts, and memorabilia. We store and display the equipment at our Keating Heritage Park base in our recently built display sheds.
Finally, since a club cannot function without money, please consider a donation no matter how small or large. We accept cash and direct debits.
Bank account:
NZ Vintage Machinery Club Inc
06 0335 0213366 00
ANZ
SWIFT code ANZBNZ22
Please put “Donation” in the Particulars column so that it appears on our bank statement. Note that we are not a charity so donations are not tax deductible.
Our History & Meetings
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.
Donate
Please consider donating books and multimedia to our library, or vintage machinery and memorabilia to our collection, or maybe some tools to our workshops. We also welcome financial contributions to our club.
Join up
Joining our club is easy. Download the membership form, fill it out, pay the money, and then get the form to our secretary.
Vintage Club Open Day
Sunday 7th September 2025
More details here