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Manawatu & TRC Toyota
Meet the team
Debbie Hart
CEO
Debbie has over 20 years history with Manawatu Toyota, having been here for 14 years before purchasing the company in 2004. When she’s not hard at work she can be seen out walking her two dogs Pepper and Coco and loves getting on her bike and cycling around the Manawatu.
Greg Joy
Vehicle Manager
Greg has been with TRC Toyota since 1979. He likes to race classic cars at Manfeild, watch sport, spend time with his family, and also keep himself busy with his lifestyle block.
Craig Main
Vehicle & Finance Consultant
Born and bred in Wellington, Craig moved to Levin in 2005. He joined the TRC Toyota Levin team in 2018 after many years spent in finance and vehicle sales in our capital city. He enjoys clay bird shooting, and tending to his lifestyle block.
Calib Lowndes
Vehicle & Finance Consultant
Born and raised in Levin, Calib joined our team in 2021 after having worked as a qualified butcher since he left school. With a passion for all things automotive, Calib has his own project streetcar at home, and spends most of his spare time working on it, although occasionally spending some time with his partner and two cats too!
Greg Joy
Vehicle Manager
Greg has been with TRC Toyota since 1979. He likes to race classic cars at Manfeild, watch sport, spend time with his family, and also keep himself busy with his lifestyle block.
Craig Main
Vehicle & Finance Consultant
Born and bred in Wellington, Craig moved to Levin in 2005. He joined the TRC Toyota Levin team in 2018 after many years spent in finance and vehicle sales in our capital city. He enjoys clay bird shooting, and tending to his lifestyle block.
Calib Lowndes
Vehicle & Finance Consultant
Born and raised in Levin, Calib joined our team in 2021 after having worked as a qualified butcher since he left school. With a passion for all things automotive, Calib has his own project streetcar at home, and spends most of his spare time working on it, although occasionally spending some time with his partner and two cats too!
Aiden Waugh
Parts & Service Manager
Aiden has had quite the journey with TRC Toyota. He started in 1994 as a floor sweeper, and worked his way towards becoming a technician. He was a Service Advisor at Manawatu Toyota for 7 years before taking on his current Service and Parts Manager role back at TRC Levin.
Caleb Grover
Service Advisor
Born and raised in Levin, Caleb worked at New World for five years in the online shopping division before joining our team in 2021. In his spare time, he enjoys gaming, playing tennis and squash and hanging out with his friends, family and fur babies.
Cathryn King
Service Advisor
Cathryn is our Aussie import from Melbourne who moved to NZ in 2021. She was a personal care assistant in aged care, but while she felt she needed a change, she still wanted to work with people, so that's when she joined our team in a frontline role. Outside of work, Cathryn loves spending time with family, her partner and their gorgeous dogs Moni, Boe and Frankie.
Wayne Reeves
Workshop Foreman
Wayne completed his apprenticeship at Birds Toyota (now TRC Toyota Levin) in the early 90's, then decided to broaden his horizons and moved to the UK where he ran the workshop of the second biggest Lexus dealership in London. In 2018, he returned home to his old stomping ground and rejoined the Toyota family in Levin. He's passionate about motorbikes, particularly his KTM Super Duke 1290, and races bikes as a hobby.
Matthew Pothoven
Technician
Matt was working for the family business before joining TRC Toyota in 2014. Matt enjoys listening to music, working on his car, and going for drives.
Neil Hyndman
Groomer
Neil first joined the TRC Team in 1990. He enjoys restoring vintage karts and taking them out on the track. When he isn’t at work or on the track, Neil is with his family – spending time with his grandchildren.
Mark Jones
Technician
Mark is originally from Palmy and is now based in Foxton. He's been a technician since 2000, and for four of those years he worked on trucks. He enjoys playing softball in summer, and in winter focuses on his two daughters' activities.
Harvey Mills
Apprentice Technician
Harvey moved with his family to NZ in 2011 from Kent, England and joined our team in 2021 straight after finishing his studies at UCOL. A love of cars runs in his family - his dad is a diesel mechanic - so in his spare time, Harvey builds track cars for fun.
Ken Hindes
Parts Team Leader
Ken has been part of the Toyota family since 2005. When he is not providing parts solutions for customers, he loves racing his vintage MX bike and exploring the country on his adventure bike.
Fraser Hart
General Manager - Vehicles
Fraser joined the team in 2003 selling in the Used Vehicle department. In 2009 he moved into management, and is now the General Manager of Sales for the group. Fraser enjoys karting and travelling with his family.
Mel Close
Dealer Operations and Support
Mel joined us in 2018 - she's a Southland girl by birth, but she's been in the Horowhenua since 1998. She has a background in printing and design, and enjoys getting creative and chilling out on the weekends with wine and movies.
