Hello and welcome to Pink Total’s 3rd monthly blog. Looking back at July and continuing to introduce you to our drivers and vehicles.
This month we have a special feature on Napier Girls High School
| "Have met hundreds of their students over the years” says Bruce. “We have taken them to touch rugby, rugby, netball, hockey, orienteering, pistol shooting…… on educational trips and on social outings. The staff are great to deal with and the girls are a real credit to their school. Last month we had a change of direction taking these students to the East Coast regional Big Sing competition at Toitoi Hastings. The Big Sing is a huge NZ wide event, in our area the local secondary schools combine their singing powers to make up 20 choirs with over 450 students. Napier Girls' High School had an outstanding night with their choir Ad Lucem sweeping three of the six categories, including winning the top award for East Coast Winning Choir. They also won the Choral Art Music category and Mr. Atkinson was awarded the Choir Directors Award. |  |
 | The following week we had the pleasure of transporting this dance crew to Toitoi Hastings to participate in Showquest which boasts to be Aotearoa's biggest performing arts competition. Last year due to Covid the competition was moved online, so this year it was wonderful for them to be able to get back on stage and perform live. They came away with a swag of awards including 3rd place in their region. "Well done Napier Girls' High! “ |
And starting in April …..
We began transporting workers to 2 packhouses for MSD. One in Flaxmere, the other in Whakatu. We have had an excellent relationship with Ezra and the workers themselves. The numbers have fluctuated and declined but 2 stood out, Dwayne and Mavis who every morning were ready and waiting for their transport. Rain, hail and freezing (never shine at 5.20am !!)
We have thoroughly enjoyed these 4 months (still going in July) and look forward to strengthening our relationship with Ezra and MSD in the future.
We began transporting workers to 2 packhouses for MSD. One in Flaxmere, the other in Whakatu. We have had an excellent relationship with Ezra and the workers themselves. The numbers have fluctuated and declined but 2 stood out, Dwayne and Mavis who every morning were ready and waiting for their transport. Rain, hail and freezing (never shine at 5.20am !!)
We have thoroughly enjoyed these 4 months (still going in July) and look forward to strengthening our relationship with Ezra and MSD in the future.
 Mavis leaving work |  Dwayne arriving home |  Ezra from MSD |
This month our featured mobility/bus driver is Sue
Hi, my name is Sue Hobbs and I'm probably the longest serving driver for Pink Total as I started when the business was owned by Robin Fryer. He wanted a break from doing the shuttle van for the RSA on Friday nights and said to me "when you get your P licence, I'll give you some work.” Hence, I did get my "P" Licence and took over doing the RSA courtesy shuttle and some mobility work. When the current owners, Janet and Bruce Raitt purchased the business I thought that it might have been the end of my shuttle driving career but no... I have since gone on and gained my Class 2 (heavy traffic) licence which has enabled me to drive some of Bruce’s bigger buses and the smallest, a 20 seater coaster which I enjoy. Over the years I have had trips to Auckland and Wellington airports, taking orchard workers back. Also taking Senior students from Flaxmere and Karamu High Schools to the Trades Academy program run by the EIT. Lastly mobility work taking clients to different destinations. I enjoy the many varied facets of Pink Total Transport and have met many interesting people.
And amongst those interesting people were participants in the July 2021 Ladies Charted Club National Tournament, held at the Taradale Club. Participants came from Auckland to Invercargill and were housed at 8 different venues around Napier, arriving at different times on different days. Pink Total provided all the bus transport. The logistics over 6 days were huge, but everything went very smoothly, and everyone was collected from the airport, transferred from accommodations to the club and back, and back to the airport with no hassles at all. A very successful week indeed!!
During the school holidays we transported children via bus for 5 School Holiday programmes to a myriad of venues including the aquarium, Onekawa Pools, movies in Napier and Hastings, Marine Parade, Flipout, Cornwall Park …..
And in amongst all this EIT, club rugby and other trips etc carried on as normal 😊
Hi, my name is Sue Hobbs and I'm probably the longest serving driver for Pink Total as I started when the business was owned by Robin Fryer. He wanted a break from doing the shuttle van for the RSA on Friday nights and said to me "when you get your P licence, I'll give you some work.” Hence, I did get my "P" Licence and took over doing the RSA courtesy shuttle and some mobility work. When the current owners, Janet and Bruce Raitt purchased the business I thought that it might have been the end of my shuttle driving career but no... I have since gone on and gained my Class 2 (heavy traffic) licence which has enabled me to drive some of Bruce’s bigger buses and the smallest, a 20 seater coaster which I enjoy. Over the years I have had trips to Auckland and Wellington airports, taking orchard workers back. Also taking Senior students from Flaxmere and Karamu High Schools to the Trades Academy program run by the EIT. Lastly mobility work taking clients to different destinations. I enjoy the many varied facets of Pink Total Transport and have met many interesting people.
And amongst those interesting people were participants in the July 2021 Ladies Charted Club National Tournament, held at the Taradale Club. Participants came from Auckland to Invercargill and were housed at 8 different venues around Napier, arriving at different times on different days. Pink Total provided all the bus transport. The logistics over 6 days were huge, but everything went very smoothly, and everyone was collected from the airport, transferred from accommodations to the club and back, and back to the airport with no hassles at all. A very successful week indeed!!
During the school holidays we transported children via bus for 5 School Holiday programmes to a myriad of venues including the aquarium, Onekawa Pools, movies in Napier and Hastings, Marine Parade, Flipout, Cornwall Park …..
And in amongst all this EIT, club rugby and other trips etc carried on as normal 😊
Our July mobility client is Connie from Onekawa
As you can see in the photo I walk around with a walker, but when I need to get from A to B I call Pink Total and they bring a van around with this wonderful side lift chair.
All I need to do is walk to the van with my walker, turn around and sit on the chair which has come out of the side of the van. The chair and I are gracefully elevated back into the van, and I stay in the chair until we arrive at our destination (in this case lunch with friends in Havelock North). NO bending, NO stooping. So easy and practical. And when we get to the end of our trip, the chair glides out the side of the van, I stand up and walk off. Pink Total also has the option of walking onto a hoist which rises, and you walk into the van. I have used this method (which is excellent) but being tall had to stoop a bit so we tried the chair system, and I haven’t looked back. Great system and great service 😊
And finally, very best wishes to you all at Level 4 (when this was sent off to our website). Our mobility service is available if you have an appointment for your Covid vaccination.
Our large van accommodates social distancing, and we have masks and hand sanitiser. The driver who takes you has had both Covid 19 jabs. 😊 😊
As you can see in the photo I walk around with a walker, but when I need to get from A to B I call Pink Total and they bring a van around with this wonderful side lift chair.
All I need to do is walk to the van with my walker, turn around and sit on the chair which has come out of the side of the van. The chair and I are gracefully elevated back into the van, and I stay in the chair until we arrive at our destination (in this case lunch with friends in Havelock North). NO bending, NO stooping. So easy and practical. And when we get to the end of our trip, the chair glides out the side of the van, I stand up and walk off. Pink Total also has the option of walking onto a hoist which rises, and you walk into the van. I have used this method (which is excellent) but being tall had to stoop a bit so we tried the chair system, and I haven’t looked back. Great system and great service 😊
And finally, very best wishes to you all at Level 4 (when this was sent off to our website). Our mobility service is available if you have an appointment for your Covid vaccination.
Our large van accommodates social distancing, and we have masks and hand sanitiser. The driver who takes you has had both Covid 19 jabs. 😊 😊
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