Community News

  • Kids get a kick...

    Leslie Rugby balls have found a great home in a remote village on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. They were given to some young boys living in Aoa Village who were friendly to CrestClean’s former Communications Executive Amanda Witherell and her partner, Brian, who are travelling around the

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  • Filipino Society honours CrestClean...

    Southland Filipino Society has honoured CrestClean’s Filipino franchisees by presenting them with Certificates of Achievement. The presentation was made at the organisation’s annual end-of-year function, which was attended by Crest’s Southland Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft. The certificates were to recognise the successes achieved by the large number of Filipino people

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  • Determined duo achieve homeownership...

    Meet two high-flying franchisees who’ve shown how determination and hard work can reap rich rewards in more ways than one. Dan and Madhu Pariachi’s CrestClean business is booming and they’ve now been able to purchase a place of their own – something that just a couple of years ago would

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  • Family ceremony honours new...

    Diversity is certainly the name of the game with Crest’s franchisees representing more than 30 individual nationalities. And that richness in culture particularly resonates with Crest’s Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft, who enjoys the close working relationships with his franchisees and said Crest truly felt like a “league of all

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  • Cleanest classroom competition sees...

    Shirley Keaton, a teacher at Rosebank School, with the winning Room 7 students.

    Eager children at Balclutha’s Rosebank School went on a clean-up crusade after Crest franchisee Farina Shah spoke at morning assembly. When the youngsters heard about Crest’s Cleanest Classroom Award the eager youngsters couldn’t wait to get started. Farina was joined by Antoine Zoghbi, Crest’s Otago and Southland Quality Assurance Co-ordinator.

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  • Praise for our reigning...

    > Kind-hearted CrestClean team members happily rose to the occasion when the heavens opened and a school’s community event was lashed by driving rain. It was a frantic day of constant mopping up and cleaning for franchisee Ram Kumar and his willing workers – but it was also a day

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  • Praise for Crest from...

    Barbara de Vries (right), Crest’s Nelson Regional Manager, presents rugby balls to Janice Gulbransen, Principal of Nayland Primary School, Nelson.

    Crest’s Nelson Regional Manager Barbara de Vries was on the ball when she met local school principals at their annual get together. CrestClean are the Bronze sponsors of the Nelson Principals Association Annual Conference and the company takes pride is supporting the hard work the principals do in maintaining high

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  • Fiva’s boxing clever for...

    Fiva Latu lost 11kg in preparation for the charity fight.

    Tomorrow is D-Day for Crest’s Fiva Latu when months of punishing boxing training is put to the ultimate test when he steps into the ring at a charity fight night. But win or lose, Fiva knows every moment will be worth it as he faces a tough opponent in the

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  • Principal stunned by surprise...

    Principal Rosina Wikaira receives a television from Viky Narayan, Regional Manager South and East Auckland.

    Crest’s Regional Manager for South and East Auckland Viky Narayan stunned a school principal by his surprise visit. For under his arm was tucked a brand new television. It was won by Homai Primary School’s Principal Rosina Wikaira. She had entered a prize draw at the New Zealand Principals’ Federation

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  • Fiva lends a helping...

    Meeting a 100-year-old proved to be inspirational for CrestClean’s Fiva Latu in more ways than one. Franchisee Fiva popped in on Havelock North’s Douglas Blake as he prepared to celebrate his milestone birthday with family and friends at the Mary Doyle Residential Complex. Douglas’ daughter had asked if someone could

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  • Te Reo Maori posters...

    Bill Douglas (back left), Crest’s Regional Manager Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo, with Selwyn School Principal Peter Barker and pupils Leah Walker, Jade Nelson and Crystal Mihaka-Barrett.

    Staff at Rotorua’s Selwyn School are so impressed with CrestClean’s new school posters in Te Reo Maori they’ve taken steps to ensure they remain in pristine condition. Within hours of packs of the colourful posters being dropped off by Crest’s Rotorua Regional Manager Bill Douglas, office staff were busy laminating

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  • Property Caretaking triggers enquires...

    The CrestClean stand was buzzing at the Te Akatea Maori Principals Conference in Rotorua.

    New services offered by CrestClean triggered a flood of enquires at the Te Akatea Maori Principals’ Conference in Rotorua. Crest’s Rotorua Regional Manager Bill Douglas said there had been a lot of interest in Property Caretaking and Pure Water Window Cleaning. “People wanted to know what sorts of service we

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