Welcome to RF Pitcher & Son Ltd

RF Pitcher & Son Ltd has helped Palmerston North families care for their homes for generations. We appreciate the customers that we have had over the past 83 years and look forward to beautifying the homes and businesses of many more Palmerstonians.

With a wide range of products and solutions at our fingertips, we can complete any project you require, from the smallest inside paint and paper hanging job to an Exterior Residential Repaint or mid-size commercial painting project. We do spray Lacquer finishes for Kitchens New and Existing Furniture and Shop fittings.

Although we now have a smaller Team we are very much focused on delivering the best results for our Customers.

History, Experience and Background

• In 1935Founder Ray Pitcher established a painting company. He ran the business successfully throughout Hawke’s Bay, Wairoa and Gisborne Areas.
• In 1940Ray was advised to give up painting due to lead poisoning in 1940, so along with his family, he returned to Palmerston North to take up farming in the Roberts Line area.
• In 1945Because of ill health caused by overwork again impeded Ray’s work, so in 1945 he moved into town and took up painting again.
• In 1948Ray’s son Murray joined the business, along with Brian Stout, and over the following years, the three built the business into one of the biggest and best painting companies in Palmerston North.