Taranaki News

  • Team praised for helping...

    The Cubby House Centre Manager Lyn Coulton with CrestClean business owners Afelee Niumea and Makalita Afelee.

      Trusting their child’s health and safety to a preschool is a big step for many parents. When choosing an early-learning centre they feel comfortable with, first impressions go a long way and can play a big part in the decision-making process for mums and dads, says Lyn Coulton, from

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  • Maori posters promote hygiene...

    Prasun Acharya (centre), CrestClean’s Taranaki Regional Manager, presents Maori posters to Vogeltown School Deputy Principal Mike George. With them are Room 8 pupils Kirra Jones, Dylan Richards-Beehre, Jacob Ansell and Rylee Schofield.

      Vogeltown School pupils are among the first New Plymouth kids to get their hands on a series of novel posters that use humour to promote the use of Te Reo Maori. But the colourful free posters, designed and produced by commercial cleaning company CrestClean, also contain important health, hygiene,

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  • Health and safety a...

    Taranaki Regional Manager Prasun Acharya with his team at one of their regular catch up meetings.

      CrestClean’s catch up meetings for its Taranaki personnel are proving popular for coffee connoisseurs among the team. Regional Manager Prasun Acharya says getting together on a regular basis is all part of being a member of the “Crest family”. Meeting up over coffee is a great way to start

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  • Centre manager’s delight with...

    Lollipops Centre Manager Sonia Jordan with CrestClean business owners Shahash Adhikary and his wife Isha Pyakurel.

    CrestClean business owner Isha Pyakurel knows the importance of maintaining hygiene and cleanliness around children. As a mum herself, she has worked at kindergartens as a staff reliever. So when Isha began looking after the cleaning at Lollipops early childhood centre, New Plymouth, the work was second nature to her.

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  • Meet our newest Taranaki...

    Afelee Niumea and Makalita Afelee with CrestClean’s Taranaki Regional Manager Prasun Acharya.

      Working for themselves had seemed an impossible dream for husband and wife Afelee Niumea and Makalita Afelee. They’d managed to buy a home of their own – but the New Plymouth couple, who have five children, were struggling financially to make much headway. However that all changed last year

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  • LeslieRugby a morale booster...

    John Leslie with CrestClean’s Taranaki Regional Manager Prasun Acharya and Jack Kirifi, Taranaki Rugby Development Officer.

    A top rugby official has praised CrestClean’s community programme to increase the number of volunteer coaches. Jack Kirifi, Taranaki Rugby’s Development Officer, says John Leslie’s flying visit to the region was a great moral booster for people who want to get involved in coaching youngsters. John, a former Otago Highlanders

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  • Crest’s cooks raise $500...

    Hungry visitors cleaned out the entire stock of home-made dumplings cooked up by Crest’s Taranaki team for a school fundraiser. There was a mini stampede for the tasty treats when Regional Manager Prasun Acharya and his wife Diksha Niraula set up their stall during a gala evening at Vogeltown School.

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  • Win surprises principal in...

    Kay Crofskey, Principal of Welbourn School, receives rugby balls from Prasun Acharya, CrestClean’s Taranaki Regional Manager.

    When Kay Crofskey entered a draw to win a bag of rugby balls she didn’t exactly rate her chances of being one of the six lucky winners. “I’m not usually lucky but I am very happy to be a winner this time,” said Kay, Principal of Welbourn School, New Plymouth.

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  • Kids reveal how they...

    These delighted kids were in pizza heaven after a visit to their school by CrestClean’s Taranaki Regional Manager Prasun Acharya. Prasun delivered the special treat as a reward for Room 14 youngsters at Devon Intermediate School who were the shining stars of a CrestClean competition. The Cleanest Classroom competition is

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  • Franchisees commended at festive...

    The annual get together for Crest’s Taranaki personnel was a time to kick back and enjoy some festive eats – but it was also an occasion to celebrate another successful year. In his address to franchisees, Regional Manager Prasun Acharya paid tribute to the dedication and hard work of his

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  • Doing the hard yards...

    Prasun Acharya has a brand new car and is having a home built for his family.

    Right now it’s just a timber frame on a concrete base several months from completion – but in his mind’s eye Prasun Acharya can already picture the stunning vista he’ll wake up to each day. For Prasun and his wife Diksha are thrilled by their change in fortune since they

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  • Upskilling course taken in...

    Time for a well-earned break during one of the training sessions in New Plymouth. With Taranaki Regional Manager Prasun Acharya (far right) are Hilary DeGroot, Manakinui Komene, Rajveer Kaur, Sunil Asi and Richard DeGroot.

    When franchisees upskilling their cleaning skills took a well-earned break they found the perfect picturesque backdrop to charge up their caffeine levels. New Plymouth’s Kawero Park Tennis and Squash Club not only has an idyllic oceanside setting, its facilities also provide a realistic venue, said Master Cleaners Training Institute CEO

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