About Us

How Rata started
Back in the early 1980's founder Peter Walton started to make front-end loader attachments and also provided engineering services to other manufacturing companies in the area.

Loaders back then were a relatively new thing and not widespread like they are today. Very soon Peter Walton got a name for making top-quality loader attachments and doing top-quality work, this meant he became so busy he had to stop farming and start manufacturing full-time.

The company took its name from the farm it was originally started on "Rata Park" and became known as Rata Industries to reflect the range of services it offered across the agricultural & industrial spectrum.

What Rata does today
Fast forward 30 odd years through the 1990's, 2000's up to today. Now Rata Equipment is located in the agricultural heartland of Canterbury and has gone on to become New Zealand's leading brand of locally manufactured Tractor and Telehandler attachments. Over those years the company also acquired a range of Cultivation and Aeration Equipment and the Vogal brand of fertiliser spreaders, which Rata produce and distributes throughout a nationwide network of dealers, both in NZ and Australia.

Changes over the years have seen the company develop and acquire its own vast range of agricultural equipment, this specific focus in the agricultural equipment sector has led to our products becoming known as 'Rata Equipment' today.