Hamilton

PestCo’s hotline has reported a surge in calls to deal with rats as hungry rodents head indoors as winter sets in. Rat numbers have exploded throughout the country after a long and dry spell of warm weather. While Kiwis enjoyed the record-breaking summer, a downside was it created ideal breeding conditions for rodents. More rats

CrestClean business owner Simis James is delighted to be his own boss – but it was a move that took time and patience before the dream became a reality. Simis, who is originally from India, was introduced to CrestClean by friends who were franchisees. And what he heard about being a small business owner made

PestCo service technician Mike Wills is definitely not a cricket fan – when it comes to his job that is. Forget about the popular game, it’s the tiny insects that have been his constant bugbear over the dry, warm months of summer and autumn. For crickets have been swarming to the bait stations he uses

These Hamilton youngsters got swept up by the cleaning bug to win CrestClean’s Cleanest Classroom Award. The Newstead School pupils tucked into pizza as a reward for keeping their classroom the tidiest. The competition is run at many of the 430 schools that are cleaned by CrestClean franchisees. The classroom that is kept the cleanest

There will be no shortage of rugby balls when kids return to Hamilton’s Te Kowhai School next term. Tony Grey was one of six lucky principals who won a bag of rugby balls as part of a promotion to celebrate the success of Crest PropertyCare – CrestClean’s new caretaking service for schools. “It’s a nice

You could say cleaning is truly in his blood. Just 6 years old and living in a remote island republic in the Central Pacific, Toroman Mwemwenteata was expected to do his share of household chores. “When I was a young boy back in Keribas I used to do the cleaning around the house,” he says.

He might be three years shy of his 80th birthday but Lawrence Reihana won’t entertain any talk of retirement. Even his son, former All Black legend Bruce Reihana can’t persuade his dad to think about giving up his CrestClean cleaning business. “He said to me: ‘Dad you should be retired now but I told him

Top tips picked up during his CrestClean training have given Deepak Selvaraj a whole new approach to how he applies himself to his university studies. The 19-year-old student’s dad, John Selvaraj, has a CrestClean business in Hamilton and Deepak lends a hand with the cleaning when he can. It was while undergoing a CrestClean training

A mum and son team who relocated from Auckland have hit the ground running in Hamilton. Purnima and Aaron Sing have been impressing customers, receiving glowing feedback from a high-profile food producer for their high standards and commitment to providing a top-notch service. And the enthusiastic pair have been buoyed by the good reports. “We

It’s turning heads in Hamilton with its sleek lines and good looks proving an instant talking point for passers-by. And its new owner Dorsamy (Samy) Goudar is rightly chuffed with his Nissan NV200 – the latest addition to CrestClean’s Hamilton fleet. The vehicle is the first NV200 for CrestClean’s Hamilton franchisees and everywhere it goes

It was very much “hands on” when CrestClean’s Hamilton personnel got to grips with learning what to do in an emergency situation. A special course put on by the Master Cleaners Training Institute involved written material and practical demonstrations of techniques that could potentially help save lives. The First Aid Awareness course was run by

It began like many other routine calls for Mike Wills when a Hamilton resident got in touch over a suspected rat problem. Cold weather often triggers an increase in rat activity around properties in midwinter as rodents seek some home comforts when temperatures fall. But the sight that faced him and what happened next was