From Left: Buzz Bartlett (Bowater Toyota Salesman), Robert Booth (Garin College Boarding Manager), Tony Bowater (Bowater Toyota CEO), Junita Wopereis (Hostel Boarder), Dana Lobb (Hostel Head Girl), John Wopereis (Co-Captain of the hostel), Paul O'Regan (School Captain & Head of Sport).

Garin College is a very busy place. They are a local Richmond Catholic secondary school integrated into the New Zealand State School system, for day students and boarders. They offer a high a high quality education to locals and student boarders from the top of the south, as well as some international students. The hostel cares for 56 students, and as such has got specific needs when it comes to providing a well rounded education, with extra-curricular, out of school hours activities being a high priority. As Garin College's Boarding Manager Robert Booth said to us when they came to pick up their new school van, "A busy boarder is a happy boarder!"

A busy boarder is also a boarder that often needs to be moved from activity to activity in a safe and timely manner. Not to mention the logistics of moving a school of 434 students around to various local events and out of town exchanges.

Towards the end of last year a decision was made to begin upgrading some of the schools fleet of 3 Toyota Mini-vans. Bowater Toyota were more than happy to help Garin College in what ever way they could. Encouraging our youth to drive their dreams is not about getting kids into cars, it is about facilitating youth development wherever we can, and hopefully being a part of enabling the youth of our area to excell and succeed. .

Looking for a change? Can you pay attention to detail? Click to enlarge this poster to see the finer points.

Opportunities come in all shapes and sizes, and occur most for those that have their eyes open.

Take the scene above, which was taken in Riwaka recently.
Are you the kind of person that would see this situation as the perfect opportunity to chat to the sheep farmer about the benefits of the latest model Toyota Hilux you happen to be driving, and then hand over your business card you happen to have at your fingertips?

If so then we really want to talk with you.

Bowater Toyota are looking for a couple of motivated and opportunity driven people to join our Sales Team. We think we have got some very exciting reasons why we may be able to entice you into a career you may not have considered before.

This great garage sale event has ended. Keep an eye on our news section for more opportunities like this in the future. 

This Saturday sees the first of our public Great Garage Sale mornings at our building at 82 Archilles Ave, opposite the council car park in the Rutherford St entrance to the Wakatu Carpark in central Nelson..

We have gathered together a decade's worth of "spare" spare parts that have ended up in all sorts of weird and wonderful places, more often than not saved for a rainy day. With the summer we have been having that rainy day is not coming anytime soon, so it is time to clear out our storerooms and make some new space for some exciting new plans in the wings.