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Central Otago/Southland Delivery Delays

Please note that due to adverse weather conditions and road closures in Dunedin and Central Otago we may not be able to complete deliveries and pick ups in these areas today. We are attempting to deliver Dunedin at the moment however road conditions are poor and are not expected to improve till later in the day. All deliveries will be significantly delayed, and we ask that you refrain from requesting any ETA’s for this region before lunchtime. We will send an update on these deliveries around 11am today.

Please note at this stage Invercargill deliveries are all on time.

Queens Birthday Weekend Schedule 2013

Friday 31st May
All deliveries, pick-ups and line haul as normal across network.

Saturday 1st June
Normal Saturday delivery service operates.
All normal Inter-Island linehaul units run.

Sunday 2nd June
No pick-ups/deliveries or linehaul operate across network.

Monday 3rd June
Note that there are NO deliveries on Monday 3rd June across the network.
Pre-arranged pick-up schedule to apply.

Linehaul:

1 x AKL-PUT-HAS one-way running.
1 x AKL-CHC return running.
WGT-PMR-HAS return running.
CHC-DUD return running.

Tues 4th June

Full normal delivery schedule applies across the network.

ALL pick-ups must be arranged by phone or email no later than a week before the respective Holiday. DO NOT assume regular pick-ups will happen automatically.

PICK-UP REQUESTS to:
Mana Eramiha (Auckland) 021-279-0104 or manae@bigchill.co.nz
Dick Tepania (Putaruru) 0274-488-096 or dickt@bigchill.co.nz
Tom Cook (Palmerston North) 021-279-1553 or tomc@bigchill.co.nz
Allan Henderson (Wellington) 0272-580-255 or allanh@bigchill.co.nz
Jon Oldridge (Hastings) 027-522-2975 or jono@bigchill.co.nz
Garner Grieve (Christchurch) 027-522-2974 or garnerg@bigchill.co.nz
Don Gillan (Dunedin) 0274-331-104 or donaldg@bigchill.co.nz

Easter & ANZAC Day Schedule 2013

Thursday 28th March

All pick-ups and deliveries as normal across network.

Linehaul units operate as normal.

Friday 29th March (Good Friday)

NO deliveries, line haul or collections nationwide.

Saturday 30th March

Deliveries to ALL centres nationwide completed. Normal Friday schedule applied.

Sunday 31st March

NO deliveries, line haul or collections nationwide. 

Monday 1st April (Easter Monday)

NO deliveries nationwide.

Pre-arranged collections only.

Linehaul units operate as normal. 

Tuesday 2nd April

All pick-ups and deliveries as normal across network.

Linehaul units operate as normal.

 


 

ANZAC DAY Thursday 25th April

Wednesday 24th April

All pick-ups and deliveries as normal across network.

NO Linehaul. 

Thursday 25th April

NO deliveries nationwide

Pre-arranged collections only.

Linehaul units operate as normal. 

Friday 26th April

All pick-ups and deliveries as normal across network.

Linehaul units operate as normal.

 


 

ALL pick-ups must be arranged by phone or email no later than a week before the respective Holiday. DO NOT assume regular pick-ups will happen automatically.

PICK-UP REQUESTS to:

Mana Eramiha (Auckland) 021-279-0104 or manae@bigchill.co.nz  

Dick Tepania (Putaruru) 0274-488-096 or dickt@bigchill.co.nz  

Tom Cook (Palmerston North) 021-279-1553 or tomc@bigchill.co.nz

Allan Henderson (Wellington) 0272-580-255 or allanh@bigchill.co.nz

Jon Oldridge (Hastings) 027-522-2975 or jono@bigchill.co.nz

Garner Grieve (Christchurch) 0275-222-974 or garnerg@bigchill.co.nz

Don Gillan (Dunedin) 0274-331-104 or donaldg@bigchill.co.nz

Movember Wrap Up

Big-Chill-Mo-logo-1As you might have seen, a team of us participated in Movember this year and we are pleased to announce the Big Chill Mo Team raised $4039 for this charity event. Thank you to all of you that contributed and the participants for putting up with that itchy thing above your lips for the month. The progress pictures are still available on our Big Chill Mo Team page: http://nz.movember.com/team/522957

We had our own internal competition to see who could raise the most and the winner was MIKE SMITH who raised $722!

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Diwali at Big Chill Auckland

Diwali "the Festival of Lights" is an important and ancient Indian festival, symbolising the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and the renewal of life. The Auckland Admin Team joined in the celebration in support of our multi-cultural Big Chill family.

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From left to right, top to bottom:
Vai Nofoaiga, Liz Pilmer, Michelle Carder-Dodd, Sharon Nel
Tayla Rea, Kim Busch, Sara Kaur, Rosalia Mose
Sally Cameron, Jocelyn Galloway
Jaspreet Kaur

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