Christchurch News

  • Christchurch Teams Get Together...

    Both of CrestClean’s Christchurch regions, North and South, gathered together to celebrate the Christmas season, making for a fun and lively summer afternoon. “We combined the regions as some of the franchisees work on both sides of the city,” says Kiri James, Regional Director for Christchurch South. “It was a

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  • Fourteen Years Still Going...

    Grant Holland is one of the longest serving franchisees on the CrestClean team. “When I started there were only four in Christchurch,” he recalls. Not all of them are still in business, but the flexibility and income from owning a CrestClean franchise are what keep Grant happy with the decision

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  • Sharp New Ride for...

    Franchisee Maya Ram is now riding in style behind the wheel of a new car, freshly sign-written with the CrestClean brand and logos. Maya works in Christchurch South, where he purchased a franchise a little more than a year ago. He was driving an older Subaru that he’d intended to

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  • Training Benefits Everybody

    Congratulations to Ronesh Nand for successfully completing the Cleaning Professional Skills Suite training, a series of three courses offered by Master Cleaners Training Institute that cover all aspects of safe working practices, equipment, proper procedures and innovations in the cleaning industry. Originally from Fiji, Ronesh and his wife Joytesha moved

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  • New Regional Director Already...

    CrestClean is pleased to announce a new Regional Director for Christchurch South, Kiri James, has joined the team. Born and bred in Christchurch, Kiri brings years of sales, management and commercial cleaning experience to CrestClean. She was previously Kimberly-Clark’s Regional Sales Manager for the South Island and, prior to that,

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  • It’s Good, Clean Work

    After 12 years as a CrestClean Franchisee in Christchurch, Jason Dalziel says, “The thing I like the most is the people I work for.” “Like anyone, sometimes I feel like I just don’t want to go to work, but for example, I clean New Brighton School in Christchurch and after

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  • Christchurch Comes Together

    Regional Manager Yasa Panagoda brought together both Christchurch North and South for a combined Team Meeting on 25th of June. “There were many issues to discuss, such as reforms to Health and Safety and the overall positive growth of the country and our regions,” says Yasa, who adds that bringing

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  • Christchurch North Welcomes New...

    Congratulations to Leo Li and his wife, Annie Yang, on the arrival on their new family member – a baby girl. Emily Li was born on Tuesday, the 15th of July. Both Annie and Emily are doing well. Originally from Datong, China, for the past three years, Leo has been

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  • New Banks Avenue School...

    Regional Director for Northern Christchurch, Yasa Panagoda, reports that positive progress is happening with earthquake damaged schools and facilities- in one case- Banks Avenue School. After being damaged in the 2011 earthquake, Banks Avenue School is back in shape and CrestClean is planning to help them stay that way. “I

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  • From China to Christchurch-...

    Southern Christchurch Regional Manager, Aaron Blakie felt the need to introduce one of the region’s best CrestClean franchisees, Guang Yang aka, Sunny. Sunny is originally from the city of Harbin, in Northern China and when he was 17 he was sent to New Zealand to seek further opportunities and to

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  • Congratulations to New Regional...

    Well done to three hardworking CrestClean franchisees for completing the Hard Floor Care Trainers Course held in Christchurch on 15-16 October. Leo Li, Sunjeev Raj and Robert Temesvari are now Regional Floor Trainers for the Christchurch region. National Training Manager, Chris Chapman is pleased with the training course and has

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  • Crest Cleanest Classroom Awards...

    The end of term sparked a mixture of excitement and hunger in the children of Pukeko and Waiau classrooms at Prebbleton School. Today the two classes (1 junior, 1 senior) at Prebbleton School just south of Christchurch, were rewarded for their efforts in maintaining the best presented classrooms at the

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