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  • Filipino university friends reunite...

    From a country of 115 million to small-town New Zealand… after meeting at university in the Philippines, four friends have ended up in Canterbury together as CrestClean franchisees. Joy and Nilo Pombo and Ian and Vivian Abuyabor met in the early 2000s when they were studying veterinary science, at what

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  • “He’s our CrestClean baby!”

    Jezka and John Jadulos call their 2-month-old son, Jaxon, their “CrestClean baby” because he was born the same week they started their cleaning business. “It was funny because when I was doing my cleaning training, I was pregnant and a few weeks later Jaxon was born,” says Jezka. The couple

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  • Rain fails to put...

    A wet December has resulted in the cancellation of festive events across the country but a few hardy South Canterbury franchisees weren’t going to let their annual Christmas party be a washout. Despite it being a grey, drizzly day, around 20 franchisees and their families braved the summer showers to

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  • Santa makes special appearance...

    Invercargill franchisees and their families enjoyed a day of fun and festivities at the region’s annual Christmas party, with Santa making a special appearance, arriving in a police patrol car and delivering gifts to the children. The event was hosted by Invercargill Regional Master Franchisee Glenn Cockroft, with the patrol

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  • Danny’s officially a Kiwi...

    It’s official! Fifteen years after deciding to make New Zealand his home, CrestClean’s Danny Mastroianni can finally call himself a Kiwi. Danny, who is the Regional Master Franchisee for Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago, is proud to have become a New Zealand citizen, after attending a special citizenship ceremony at

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  • CrestClean proud to be...

    Hygiene is extremely important at the Silver Fern Farms’ sheep and beef processing plant near Gore. The Waitane plant is regularly audited to ensure that it meets strict overseas market access requirements, and CrestClean is proud to be helping meet those standards. Franchisees Christine and Millard Macairan have been cleaning

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  • Queenstown franchisees excited to...

    The Queenstown housing market can be a tough one to crack, but CrestClean franchisees Ronald Prasad and Samantha Prakash have done it! The couple are excited to be building a brand new 3-bedroom home, with an attached 2-bedroom unit, in a picturesque subdivision at the foot of The Remarkables mountain

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  • CrestClean rewards tidy Kiwi...

    Term 3 ended on a high note for tidy Kiwis in South Canterbury who won the region’s latest Cleanest Classroom Awards from CrestClean. The Cleanest Classroom programme is run at many of the over 500 primary and intermediate schools that are cleaned by CrestClean franchisees, with the classrooms that are

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  • Karl is living a...

    Karl Parker used to have the weight of the world on his shoulders. Now, as the proud owner of a CrestClean business, he is leading a much lighter life — in both mind and body. “Coming to CrestClean was the best move I ever made. I’m fitter and healthier and,

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  • Cleaner names puppy after...

    It might have been named after one of the city’s forefathers, but Invercargill’s soon-to-be-opened The Langlands Hotel now has a new namesake. After months of cleaning the hotel, section by section as it has progressed, CrestClean franchisee Tess Jabonitalla has named her new puppy ‘Langley’ — a combination of the

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  • Petera proud to be...

    Palmerston North franchisee Petera Wiparata is proud to be following in his father’s footsteps. “My dad was a cleaner for 20 years, and I’ve done cleaning for most of my life. I love cleaning — for me it’s one of the only jobs where you know you’re done when you’re

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  • Getting the balance right...

    Sandeep Kumar and Anju Anju are scaling new heights — both in business and recreation. Since becoming CrestClean franchisees two years ago they have more than doubled the size of their business, while also finding plenty of time to enjoy their shared hobby of hiking. “We have heaps of free

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