--- title: "Kitsets Delivered Anywhere in NZ and the Pacific: How It Works" description: "You don’t need to live near Auckland to get a Steelspan building. We supply engineered steel kitsets anywhere in New Zealand and across the Pacific, and full design & build anywhere in the North Island. Here’s how a kitset gets…" url: "https://steelspan.co.nz/advice/kitsets-delivered-anywhere-in-nz-and-the-pacific-how-it-works/" updated: "2026-11-09" category: "Kitset & Build Process" --- # Kitsets Delivered Anywhere in NZ and the Pacific: How It Works You don’t need to live near Auckland to get a Steelspan building. We supply engineered steel kitsets anywhere in New Zealand and across the Pacific, and full design & build anywhere in the North Island. Here’s how a kitset gets from our yard to your site. ## 1. Engineered for your location, not ours Every kitset is designed for the wind, snow and earthquake loads at the site where it will stand. A shed in Canterbury, on the Coromandel coast or in the islands each gets its own engineering. For Pacific sites, the design accounts for local conditions such as cyclone-strength winds and coastal exposure, and for local approval requirements. Pacific engineering is handled by our structural engineers, who are qualified to design for the wind conditions in the islands. Each island has its own regulatory framework, so every project is assessed individually. We most recently supplied Rarotonga, and our team has experience across French Polynesia and up into Micronesia. Talk to us first and we’ll guide you, then confirm the details with our engineers before pricing and scheduling. ## 2. Drawings and consent You receive drawings and engineering for consent and construction. In New Zealand, your local council handles the building consent. If you’d like us to lodge it for you, we can, for a fee to cover the time involved. Once we know which council we’re dealing with, we can give you a fixed price. As a guide, allow up to 4 weeks for design, 4 weeks (20 working days) for council consent and 4 to 6 weeks for procurement and delivery. A very simple farm building can sometimes be designed in a couple of weeks, but the consent time is largely fixed. ## 3. Delivery Kitsets go out by truck within New Zealand, and by container for the Pacific. Before delivery, check: - the truck can reach the building platform: gates, driveway width, overhead lines, soft ground, and turning circles and capacity for the truck’s weight. On rural properties that can mean kilometres of driveway and farm track. If it isn’t suitable, the load will be dropped near the entrance, and moving it up the property can be a big job. We can talk through the options - there’s a level, dry place to unload, and a plan for unloading: we can arrange a hiab truck, or to save money you can have it delivered on a flat deck and unload with a front-end loader or digger. Most of our kits can also be hand-unloaded by 3 or 4 people, but that takes time, and trucking companies may charge waiting time - someone is there to receive and check the delivery, and to make sure it’s dropped in the right place on the site, not a kilometre or two from where it should be ## 4. Storing the kit on site Steel framing is robust, but cladding needs a little care. Keep packs of roofing and wall sheets dry, off the ground and slightly sloped, so water runs off. In reality packs do get wet, and that’s fine as long as it isn’t for extended periods. Galvanised steel stacked wet for a long time can lose its even, uniform look and become patchy. It may not shorten the life of the product, but it can change its appearance. ## 5. Building it You can build it yourself, or use a local builder or steel erector. Your builder works from the drawings and engineering we supply. One experienced erector told us that compared with other systems, ours was “a high quality system made up from components sourced locally”. We support you through the build by phone, text, WhatsApp, video call or email. If you need help on site, anywhere in New Zealand, one of our team can come out for a few hours or days to guide you and your builders, at a cost we’ll agree with you first. ## Regional searches People search for kitset sheds everywhere from Auckland and Waikato to Canterbury, and the same process covers every region. In the South Island we’ve supplied the Southern Alps, Christchurch and Canterbury, and Nelson and Marlborough, including Blenheim and Motueka, and we can supply anywhere a truck can reach. In the North Island we’ve supplied every region: Wellington, Horowhenua, the Wairarapa, the Central Plateau, New Plymouth, Gisborne, Tauranga, Hamilton, all of Auckland, and north to Kerikeri in the Far North. ## Talk to Steelspan Wherever you are, start with our Easy Shed Quote or call 0800 787 726, and tell us your site address so we can engineer for it.