New Zealand News

  • CrestClean vehicles shine at...

    CrestClean’s twice-yearly vehicle audits kicked off in the Central North Island last week, and it’s shaping up to be the best year yet, says Health, Safety and Wellbeing Leader Ian Noon. “It’s been really successful so far. The general standard of presentation is very high and the franchisees all seem

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  • 'White Ferns hopeful' makes...

    Female cricketer batting.

    When New Zealand and India compete again each other in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup the Patel family won’t know who to cheer for the loudest. India-born, but with a White Ferns hopeful in the family, their loyalties will no doubt be divided. “It’s the question people always ask,”

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  • CrestClean Wins Supreme Franchise...

    CrestClean is excited to have won New Zealand’s most prestigious franchise award — the 2021 Westpac Supreme Franchise System of the Year. The award was announced last night at an online ceremony, hosted by TV Presenter Wendy Petrie.The judges praised CrestClean for its franchise system, teamwork and high satisfaction rates

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  • Double the action as...

    CrestClean is proud to sponsor not one but two top beach volleyball teams as they compete this summer for a spot in the Commonwealth Games. We are once again getting behind beach brothers Sam and Ben O’Dea, but this year there is a twist — the brothers, who previously played

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  • Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn...

    CrestClean’s Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft is proud to have been awarded a Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to traffic safety, in the New Year Honours 2022. “It was very much a surprise and I am very humbled,” says Glenn, who was given the heads-up a couple of months

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  • Regional team meetings round...

    CrestClean’s regional team meetings are always cause for celebration, as individual, regional and national achievements are recognised. Despite the challenges of 2021, most of the regional team meetings were able to go ahead, even if it did involve some re-scheduling and mask-wearing! Overall, hundreds of franchisees from around New Zealand

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  • CrestClean achieves 25 years!

    December 16th, 2021, marked an important milestone in the history of CrestClean — our Silver Jubilee! It has been 25 years since CrestClean was launched, in which time we have grown to become the largest NZ owned cleaning company, involving more than 2,000 people, serving over 5,200 customers. From humble

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  • Disposable surgical masks significantly...

    Research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW)* has confirmed that disposable surgical masks are much more effective than cloth masks at minimising the spread of droplets. UNSW researchers used a high-speed camera and LED lighting system to capture how different masks perform when people are speaking, coughing and

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  • 100% of CrestClean personnel...

    CrestClean is proud to have reached an important milestone, with 100% of its franchisees and their employees having completed the company’s new Online Health and Safety Induction. More than 1960 CrestClean personnel have achieved compliance under the new system, which was introduced in April as both an induction and a

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  • Christina takes the lead...

    Woman holding framed certificate.

    CrestClean’s Payroll and Human Resources Leader Christina Kelliher has qualified as a Certified Payroll Leader — achieving the highest Payroll Accreditation possible in New Zealand. The New Zealand Payroll Practitioners Association (NZPPA) is the country’s largest payroll professional body and is focused on developing payroll as a recognised profession in

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  • “Substandard” cleaning at MIQ...

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    Liezl Foxcroft, who heads CrestClean’s Master Cleaners Training Institute, recently spent time in a managed isolation hotel, after returning from a trip to South Africa for family reasons. What she found in her hotel room “horrified” her — a thick layer of dust on surfaces and mould in the bathroom indicated

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  • All-of-Government pricing, recycling and...

    CrestClean was warmly received at the New Zealand Principals’ Federation’s Conference 2021 in Rotorua this week. It was the 13th year CrestClean had attended the conference, having provided sponsorship since 2008, and been a Gold Business Partner since 2014. Managing Director Grant McLauchlan says it was a great atmosphere, with

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