North Harbour News

  • Personalised Christmas gifts treasured...

    Cleaners holding Christmas gift.

    Sometimes you get given a gift that’s just too precious to use. That’s how CrestClean franchisees Fazia Ali and Rizwan Khan feel about these beautiful wooden coasters gifted to them by Upper Harbour Primary School. The thoughtful Christmas gifts were presented to them by the school principal at the end

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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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  • CrestClean’s Sanitising Service adds...

    Cleaner with a spray bottle and cloth.

    CrestClean is proud to be providing an extra layer of protection to essential services businesses operating under Level 4 with its Sanitising Service. Auckland label manufacturer Rapid Labels is using the service on a daily basis and Operations Manager Terry Campbell says it is important in keeping the site clean

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  • North Harbour franchisees power...

    Cleaners stand alongside happy customers.

    Electrix Ltd has an important role to play in powering New Zealand, but when it comes to keeping their offices spic and span their cleaning powerhouse is husband-and-wife team Rameshwar Sharma and Rasmi Lata. The North Harbour CrestClean franchisees have been cleaning Electrix’s Auckland offices for the past three years

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  • CrestClean Open Day Success

    People looking at a cleaning van.

    Inspirational success stories were shared, snacks enjoyed and kids entertained at CrestClean’s first ever Franchise Open Day. The fun and informative event was held at Greenhithe School in Auckland, with CrestClean business owners speaking about how owning a CrestClean franchise has changed their lives. Auckland West Regional Manager Caro Wedding

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  • North Harbour franchisees leap...

    Cleaners jump in the air outside their new home.

    Just one year after buying a CrestClean business, Rizwan Khan and Fazia Ali are jumping for joy. The success of their business has enabled the North Harbour franchisees to buy their first home, a beautiful, near-new, five-bedroom property. “We’re pretty shocked that we have done this in such a small

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  • Cuisine and camaraderie at...

    Man cuts cake.

    Food and ideas were shared by North Harbour franchisees at a recent social gathering aimed at building relationships between the business owners. “With a franchise, you’ve got your own business and you hardly get a chance to interact with each other,” says CrestClean’s North Harbour Regional Manager Neil Kumar. “It’s

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  • CrestClean supports principals’ professional...

    CrestClean was proud to support close to 200 school leaders at two professional development days in Auckland recently. Auckland West Regional Manager Caro Wedding and North Harbour Regional Manager Neil Kumar joined forces to co-sponsor the Waitakere Area Principals Association’s (WAPA) Leadership Day and the North Shore Principals Association’s (NSPA)

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  • Seven years of happy...

    Cleaner is presented with long service award.

    When Uraura Unaia was looking for a business opportunity to support his family, he turned to his father-in-law Francis Nawaia for advice. As a successful CrestClean franchisee, Francise knew just which direction to steer him in! He introduced Uraura to CrestClean, and soon he was following in his footsteps! Recently

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  • Jasvinder celebrates a decade...

    Cleaner presented with certificate.

    Congratulations to North Harbour franchisee Jasvinder Singh, who is celebrating 10 years with CrestClean! Originally from India, Jas moved to New Zealand in 1989 and joined CrestClean after reading online about opportunities with the company. A bus driver by day, Jas cleans in the evenings and says he enjoys the

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  • Cleaners lighten the load...

    Cleaners and property manager standing outside school.

    As the property manager of a large primary school, Martin Poulton has plenty of things on his ‘to-do’ list — but thanks to Ravinesh Prasad and Kanchal Rekha cleaning is not one of them! The CrestClean franchisees have been cleaning Murrays Bay Primary School since joining the company three years ago

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  • Teneaki and Francis celebrate...

    Spending time together as a family was few and far between for Teneaki and Francis Nawaia when they lived in Kiribati. Working as a deckhand on cruise ships, Francis would be away for up to up to 18 months at a time, leaving Teneaki to raise their eight children largely

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