Our Team
Administration | Car Instructors | Commercial Training
Administration
Iain King
Managing Director
09 636 0111 Ext 5
021 749 200
Close to 20 years in transport, driving trucks, supervising and being a despatcher. Iain has driven a wide range of truck makes from American to European and Japanese. From 5 to 18 speeds and AMT transmissions.
Fred Bardon
Founding Director
0800 727 774
021 599 711
On my return to NZ I started up a new company Driver Education Ltd and ran this until 1990 when I formed PassRite. I am still the founding Director and take an active part in the delivery of our products.
Vanessa Livingstone
Sales Account Manager
09 636 0111 Ext 3
I joined PassRite in 2017.
I have been working in customer services since I began my working life as a teenager,
I pride myself on ensuring I go above and beyond for my customers to get the end result they are looking for.
Jessie Pourau
Operations and Quality
09 636 0111 Ext 2
Jess says the best part of the job is “playing a part in someone else’s success and seeing the smiles on their faces as they walk out the door with a certificate in their hand is an amazing feeling to know you helped towards changing someone’s life”.
Tiana Pourau
Account Assistant
09 636 0111 Ext 4
Tiana has been working with PassRite since September 2015. Tiana enjoys working at PassRite and loves providing quality service to all customers.
Sandy Tran
Reception/Office Administrator
09 636 0111 Ext 1
Sandy started working with PassRite in February 2022.
Trish Atkins
Gisborne Administration Manager
0800 727 774 (PassRite)
0800 891 375 (We Train You Gisborne (Direct)
0272 847 517
Tania Driessen
Waikato Administration Manager
07 855 1111
021 194 4905
Car Instructors
Commercial Training
Iain King
Managing Director
021 749 200
Close to 20 years in transport, driving trucks, supervising and being a despatcher. Iain has driven a wide range of truck makes from American to European and Japanese. From 5 to 18 speeds and AMT transmissions.
Matthew Williamson
Commercial Trainer
021 749 488
20+ years industry experience in various roles, operating; a range of trucks from classes 2-5, forklifts, working with dangerous goods, transporting goods and services and now giving back to the industry sharing my experiences and passing on knowledge and skills to those currently in the industry and those who are wanting to enter into the transportation and affiliated workforces.
Gilly Maihi
Commercial Trainer
021 749 661
I started off with Daimler and Leyland pre-select buses for the ARA. They upgraded to the Merc 303 and 305 vehicles followed by the Man SG192 Bendy bus.
Michael Collier
Commercial Trainer
021 749 833
I have a wealth of real life knowledge and on road experiences and are able to help those who are entering into the Industry.
Andy Garland
Commercial Trainer
I've worked with a variety of Class 4 and 5 vehicles for over 30 years, mostly transporting regular freight but also working on hard-sided vehicles and a variety of transmissions. My passion is training, and my objective is to ensure that those I've trained are capable of taking the wheel with complete confidence
Michael Simpson
Commercial Trainer Waikato Licencee
09 636 0111
021 799 408
I have been with PassRite for 6 years and have been the Hamilton Branch manager, servicing the Waikato for the last 4 years. I am still very heavily involved with the hands on delivery of all our commercial courses.
Stephen Wickens
Commercial Trainer Wellington Licencee
027 288 5712
04 239 9963
0800 727 774
Stephen Wickens & Associates Ltd, which he had run part time from 2002. S W & A became the PassRite Licencee for the Wellington Region in 2012, and since that time he has reported to the Branch Manager Pania, his daughter.
Murray Atkins
Commercial Trainer Gisborne Licencee
0800 891 375
Murray from PassRite East (We Train You – Gisborne) has been around trucks, tractors and machinery his whole life. Bought up in Rural Gisborne, he has worked in the roading industry and owned his own earthmoving business for several years before retraining as a Commercial trainer.
His hobbies include motorbikes and is also a motorcycle training and CBTA testing officer
Murray is a licencee to PassRite Driving Academy Murray, and can train and assess you in all cars, trucks and a wide range of heavy machinery.