The Porter Group was established in 1945 when the late Arthur Porter began building roads and winning civil engineering contracts in New Zealand. Arthur began importing heavy equipment and parts, establishing the Porter name and laying the foundation for the Group’s core business.
Porter Group supplies world-leading brands of heavy equipment through sales and rentals in four countries – New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the United States. Across all of our locations, our focus remains the same as it was at our inception; providing quality machines for our customers.
The Porter Group was established in 1945 when the late Arthur Porter began building roads and winning civil engineering contracts in New Zealand. Arthur began importing heavy equipment and parts, establishing the Porter name and laying the foundation for the Group’s core business. With 50 retail locations, the Porter Group is now one of the largest privately-owned heavy equipment identities in New Zealand and Australia.
Today, every division within the Group supports the core business, and this clear focus is a key to the Group’s continuing success. Porter Equipment sells new and used machines. Porter Hire rents machines. Our Porter Parts division supplies parts. Porter Mechanical Service repairs and services machines. and Porter Finance provides a full range of machine financing options. With seven retail locations across Australia, our Trans-Tasman operations continue to flourish.
The Porter Group is proud to supply our customers with quality equipment from world-leading brands. Our range includes Hyundai tracked and wheeled excavators, wheel loaders and skid steer loaders; Ammann compactors and rollers; Rokbak articulated dump trucks, Sandvik, Portafill and Screencore rock crushers and screens; Bergmann tracked and wheeled dumpers; NC site dumpers and Furukawa rock breakers.
Our story is one of humble beginnings and hard work. Since 1945, the Porter Group has diversified and grown to be one of the largest heavy equipment distributors in Oceania. Though not without its challenges, our 75 years in business have seen some great highlights. Take a look back over some of our key business milestones below.