As its very unusual to find a documented Lister over such a long time period, I have done some research for any NZ member that may be interested. Levin and co were an importing company starting in the late 1800s, Among other things they were agents for, and forgive my indulgence....
The agencies for the sale of general merchandise are much too numerous to mention in full, but the following are the most important:—John Hall and Son's blasting and sporting powder, Roburite Explosive Company, Wolseley sheep shearing machines, “White” sewing machines, “Uplands” Ceylon teas, Symington and Co.'s coffee essences, Harraway's rolled oats, Lea and Perrins' sauce, “Crystal” kerosene, Champion's vinegar, Bear and Son's cut tobacco, “Otto de Rose” cigarettes, Dörner's pianos, Gale and Friend's white lead, McCormick reapers and binders, Greenbank Caustic potash and soda, “Toxa” rabbit poison, Little's, Cooper's Hatch's, White's, Quibell's, and Thomas' sheep dips, M. B. Foster and Son's ale and stout, Wm. Edmond's “Pig” ale and stout, Allsopp's “Red Hand” ale and stout, Tennent's ale and stout, Wieland's San Francisco Lager beer, Norwegian Lager beer, Courvoisier's brandy, Clouzeau's brandy, Dessandier's brandy, Faux Fils' and Co's brandy, Martell's brandy, Moet and Chandon's champagne, G. H. Mumm's champagne, Irroy champagne, Heidseck's champagne and Golden Apple cider, Boord and Son's dry gin, rum, and Old Tom, Lemon Hart rum (bulk and case), Catto's, Crawford's Jameson's, Heddle's, Mitchell's, Usher's, Greenlee's, Watson's, and Thom and Cameron's whiskies, Zamoranoy Villar's Teneriffe cigars.
They would not have personally attended Lister repairs, but would have appointed a service agency in the area.
Its not hard to imagine steamships arriving in Wellington harbour in the 1900s, off loading boxes of stuff imported from far off continents.
I think this company was involved with Valentines, a post WW2 company also in Wellington that were famous for large stocks of war surplus products, a few German WW2 submarine "free piston" air compressor engines ended up here on the coast , to operate jack hammers and other coal mining machinery bought from Valentines.
Most coal mines back then were privately owned and operated.