The best of
Wellington. Ranked.

The city's most-talked-about newer mover, built specifically around Wellington's brutal terrain — narrow streets, steep driveways, tight staircases. Piano specialists who'll carry a 200kg grand up a hillside path without blinking.

Owner-operator Win runs a proper family outfit — four of the five crew are relatives — turning up 7 days a week for TradeMe pickups, tip runs and 1-3 bedroom moves in an 11.5m³ box truck. No call centre, just Win.

Operating from what's arguably the biggest, most modern movers facility in the country, this Seaview veteran has quietly hauled Wellington for over 40 years — including gear for the NZ Symphony Orchestra and Royal NZ Ballet.

A Napier-born operator since 1972 that's grown into one of Australasia's biggest removal and logistics groups, with a dedicated Wellington/Porirua crew handling everything from local shifts to cross-country freight.

Tracing its lineage back to 1885, Grace is a FIDI-alliance, FAIM-accredited global mover now building a brand-new seismic-rated, climate-controlled Porirua warehouse — serious infrastructure for a serious international move.

Covering the Kapiti Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa as well as the city itself, this crew has built a reputation for taking on the big, awkward jobs — including pianos other companies wave off — since 2013.

A Wellington outfit formed in 2010 but drawing on 40-plus years of combined trade experience, known for shrink-wrapping every drawer and blanket-wrapping every surface — the mover people call back for the second shop fit-out.

Owner-operator Wayne Harding is on every single job himself, 15-plus years deep into Wellington's TradeMe pickup and one-item delivery grind — antiques, whiteware, artwork, whatever needs careful handling.

Furniture-removal fixture since 1993, running out of Upper Hutt and covering Porirua, Kapiti, Petone and Newtown, with Wellington Airport storage and a sideline in pianos, spa pools and other awkward heavy items.

Ivan and his small crew have built a following on same-day, urgent moves — customers repeatedly flag being trusted with fragile items and getting a genuinely friendly, no-fuss job done fast.

A 100% Kiwi-owned, family-operated removals firm running 15-plus years across both Auckland and Wellington, with its own secure storage units on this end for anyone needing a gap between move-out and move-in.

A specialist name for the trickiest job in the industry — grand pianos, iron-framed uprights, pool tables and spa pools — with purpose-built trucks and cushioned rigging built specifically for instruments other movers decline.

Part of the global Allied network but locally staffed to handle the capital's peculiar logistics — narrow one-way streets, external staircases and driveways that would defeat a lesser crew.

NZ-owned and operated with a Wellington office, Transworld leans into the international side — full container shipping of household effects and vehicles for anyone relocating in or out of the capital across borders.