E Hayes and Sons

{{Short description|Hardware store and motor museum in Invercargill}}

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| name = E Hayes & Sons

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| industry = Hardware store

| type = Private

| founded = 1932

| founder = Irving Hayes

| location_city = Invercargill

| location_country = New Zealand

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| area_served = Southland Region

| products = Hardware, clothing, homeware

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| homepage = {{url|ehayes.co.nz/}}

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E Hayes and Sons is a hardware store and automotive display in Invercargill, in the Southland Region of New Zealand. The store was founded in 1932 by Irving Hayes, a descendant of Ernest Hayes, a New Zealand engineer and inventor who founded the Hayes Engineering works in Oturehua, Central Otago, and developed agricultural tools for farms.{{Cite news |date=11 June 2018 |title=E Hayes and Sons; Shop transports you to another world |work=Sunday Star-Times |page=E.18 |id={{ProQuest|2052614133}}}}{{Cite news |date=30 December 2021 |title=A year of celebrating nine decades in retail |work=The Southland Times |page=2 |id={{ProQuest|2615138409}}}} The hardware store business has remained in family ownership through four generations.{{Cite news |date=31 August 2023 |title=E Hayes and Sons - Treasuring the past while embracing the future |work=The Southland Times |page=19 |id={{ProQuest|2876104887}}}} The store became part of the nationwide Hammer Hardware franchise group in 1999.{{Cite news |date=2 November 1999 |title=E Hayes joins Hammer Hardware buying group |work=The Southland Times |page=11 |id={{ProQuest|330500820}}}} Products on offer in the store include hardware, outdoor power equipment, clothing/footwear, homeware and giftware.

File:The Burt Munro Special on display at E Hayes and Sons 02.jpg

The store includes the E Hayes Motorworks Collection that has become a visitor attraction in Invercargill. The display includes around 100 classic and vintage motorcycles, cars and machinery from the Hayes family private collection. Neville Irving Hayes started the collection, and it first went on public display in 2014.{{Cite web |date=17 February 2024 |title=Obituary: business leader had a need for speed |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/obituary-business-leader-had-need-speed |access-date=19 January 2025 |website=Otago Daily Times |language=en-NZ |archive-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330191933/https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/obituary-business-leader-had-need-speed |url-status=live }} A highlight of the collection is the original motorcycle used by Invercargill resident Burt Munro, when he set a new land speed record at Bonneville in 1967 using a highly modified 1920 Indian Scout. After his health deteriorated, in 1977 Munro sold his motorcycles and associated equipment to Norman and Neville Hayes, to ensure that they would remain in Southland. The exhibits in the store include a range of Burt Munro memorabilia, including original wall shelving labelled "Offerings to the God of Speed", containing a large number of pistons that Munro had manufactured for his bikes.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Dean |date=8 August 2024 |title=Burt Munro and his fastest Indian on display in Invercargill |url=https://www.drivencarguide.co.nz/news/world-s-coolest-indian-museum-in-a-hardware-store-that-burt-munro-would-be-proud-of/ |access-date=19 January 2025 |website=Driven Car Guide |language=en-nz |archive-date=15 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115012842/https://www.drivencarguide.co.nz/news/world-s-coolest-indian-museum-in-a-hardware-store-that-burt-munro-would-be-proud-of/ |url-status=live }} The displays also include items used in the making of the 2005 film The World's Fastest Indian. The E Hayes Motorworks Collection is free to view.{{Cite web |last=Schultz |first=Alex |date=2020-05-28 |title=Indian amongst the hammers - E Hayes and Sons museum tour |url=https://www.autocar.co.nz/indian-amongst-the-hammers/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=NZ Autocar |language=en-US |archive-date=10 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910101754/https://www.autocar.co.nz/indian-amongst-the-hammers/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=1 August 2020 |title=Transported to another world |work=Wanganui Chronicle |page=B.20 |id={{ProQuest|2429065988}}}}{{Cite news |date=30 December 2021 |title=A year of celebrating nine decades in retail |work=The Southland Times |page=2 |id={{ProQuest|2615138409}}}}