This year kicks off busily for the team with the successful SailGP coming to Auckland with NZ Cranes as the main crane supplier for the Regatta

Two more new Liebherr Cranes as part of the upgrade of our fleet to all Liebherr.
Deane elected President of the Crane Association.
NZ Cranes become first Crane Hire business in Australasia to trial Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil in our flagship crane the Liebherr LTM1450 in collaboration with our alliance customer on a major roading project. HVO has potential to help reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90% and is an important piece of NZ Cranes efforts to reduce our environmental footprint.

NZ Cranes awarded Crane Training Company of the Year award for 2nd year in a row. Founding Director Deane Manley is elected to the Crane Association Council and awarded Industry Leader of the Year Award.
In a long-planned part of our succession planning, Will Dobson acquires a 25% shareholding in the business.

The Crane Association of New Zealand award NZ Cranes with their Crane Training Company of the Year award and one of our up-and-coming Operators win Crane Trainee of the Year award.
We continue our commitment to our exclusive supply agreement with Liebherr Cranes and acquire a 60 tonne crawler crane and new 160 and 120 tonne mobile machines

NZ Cranes expertise in delivery of infrastructure projects sees us extensively involved in the Puhoi to Warkworth and Central Rail Link projects.

New Zealand Crane Hire takes delivery of a new Liebherr LTM1450 Mobile Crane. This crane, with a lifting capacity of 450 tonnes and boom length of up to 136 metres is a significant advance on our old 450 machine which was sold to make way for it the previous year.

New Zealand Crane Hire enter into an exclusive supply agreement with Emirates Team NZ for their successful defence of the 38th Americas Cup
David Wallace and Will Dobson join Deane Manley on the Board, David as an Independent Director and Will as Managing Director.

In 2015 NZ Crane Hire sold its tower crane fleet to concentrate on its core strengths in mobile crane taxi hire. The capital was reinvested into purchasing a new Terex AC250 All Terrain Crane, a new Grove GMK5130 All Terrain Crane, two new Kato 13 tonne City Cranes, a new Liebherr LTM1045 All Terrain/City Crane and late model Liebherr LTM1090 and LTM 1055 All Terrain Cranes.

On 1 October 2014 NZ Cranes celebrates its 15th birthday along with several staff who have been with NZ Cranes since the beginning, and some staff who had been with NZ Cranes' predecessors such as Central Cranes and Partridge Cranes since the early 1980s. Also on this day, founding Director Deane Manley acquires 100% shareholding in the business from the private equity partners.

NZ Crane Group divests their Access division, NZ Access Hire, to concentrate on their core business, providing skilled and specialist operators with a diverse offering of cranes and transport equipment. As part of a strategy to strengthen its presence in key markets around the country, NZ Crane Group finalises the sale of its Wellington branch. By bringing all operations into one central location in Auckland, NZ Crane Group is able to take a more holistic approach towards major civil and industrial construction projects and focus on meeting the needs of its clients wherever they are based in New Zealand.

NZ Crane Group purchases seven new cranes, including a 450 tonne capacity Grove GMK7450, which is the largest hydraulic crane available in New Zealand.

NZ Crane Group purchases seven new cranes, including a 450 tonne capacity Grove GMK7450, which is the largest hydraulic crane available in New Zealand.

AMP purchase a majority shareholding in NZ Crane Hire, NZ Access Hire, NZ Tower Cranes and amalgamates the three companies to form NZ Crane Group. NZ Crane Group acquires two provincial crane businesses and expands operations throughout the North Island.

NZ Tower Cranes is formed to provide self-erecting tower crane services.

NZ Access Hire is formed to provide elevated work platform solutions.

NZ Crane Hire is formed and acquires the Central Cranes business from Northland Port Corporation, amalgamating the operations of several other Auckland based crane companies at the same time.

Central Cranes Limited starts up in Auckland.