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Rangiora Toyota
Meet the team
Scott McDermid
CEO
Scotty has worked on and off through most departments within his family business and enjoys working with such a strong brand that has a great reputation for quality. It aligns well with his direction for the company in providing exceptional and personalised service to our customers. He especially enjoys living and working in Marlborough with all the region has to offer in the outdoors.
Mike Chapman
Branch Manager
Mike has been involved in the motor industry since 1984. He has spent many years with Toyota from a Technician to Vehicle Sales through to Branch Management.
Mike Keen
Vehicle Sales Manager
Mike has been in the Motor Industry since 1985. He was Sales Manager at our Blenheim Branch and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our region.
Robin Illingworth
Vehicle Consultant
Has been with Rangiora Toyota since 1978 and has seen many vehicle model changes. When not a work he enjoys farming, boating, cycling, walking and tramping.
Ben Horner
Vehicle Consultant
Ben joined us in July 2017 bringing with him 3 years worth of experience with Toyota and a wealth of knowledge. Ben has a genuine interest in all things automotive.
Jarrod Tahu-Gray
Vehicle Consultant
Jarrod has been involved in the motor industry for 6 years and loves everything automobiles. Outside of work Jarrod enjoys playing/watching golf, basketball, rugby and any other sport. He looks forward to providing a great service to you
James Bebb
Vehicle Consultant
James has been in sales for many years. He developed a love of cars since he bought himself a Nissan Silva in 1996. Being a people and car person, a career in automotive sales made sense and he joined the industry in 2017.
Judy Lee
Customer Service Advisor
Judy has been with our company since 2009. In her spare time she enjoys gardening and spending time with her family and friends.
Jacob Stewart
Service Manager
Jacob has been with Rangiora Toyota since 2016 and has been a service and WOF technician since 2006. In his spare time he enjoys playing golf and heading away for a spot of fishing.
Dave Abbott
Technician
Dave has been with Rangiora Toyota since 2010 and started in the Motor Industry back in 2005. He enjoys hunting and spending time with family.
Semi Tuberi
Technician
Semi has been in the Motor Industry since 1989 and moved to New Zealand from Fiji in 1999. In his spare time he enjoys playing pool.
Ben Luxcourt
Parts Manager
Ben started in the automotive industry in 2004. Outside of work he enjoys everything outdoors and catching up with friends and family.
Jesse Langton
Parts Advisor
Jesse is a local lad who enjoys 4x4 driving on the weekends.
Jeff Thom
Vehicle Detailer
Jeff was born in Balclutha and spent his early years growing up in Dunedin. Jeff is one of seven children and grandfather to three little boys. After moving from Dunedin to Christchurch in 2005 he has moved around a bit and has now settled in Kaiapoi and is loving the small community living instead of the busy city. Jeff loves spending time in his 1963 Mercury Meteor, watching sport (especially the Highlanders) and spending time with his family.'
Zane Purdom
Vehicle Detailer
Zane is a familiar face to many in Rangiora, having run his own vehicle detailing business for more than 14 years. With his two daughters all grown now, he and his wife Kim have more leisure time and Zane has returned to his hobby of building kit set models. When not busy with this, he can be found working on the house doing various renos or following his passion for classic cars.
Mike Densie
Business Manager
Mike brings 10 years of finance experience to Rangiora and Kaiapoi Toyota and is passionate about the motor industry. When not working he enjoys detailing his cars and spending time with his family.
Sally Frahm
Administration Manager
Sally has been with us since 1987, and started as a receptionist. She worked her way up to become our very efficient Administration Manager. Sally enjoys travelling all over the world but when she is at home enjoys playing and following all sports.
Christine Roberts
Administration
Christine has been with us since 1991 in our accounts department. She enjoys 4 wheel driving and supporting her daughters sporting endeavours.
Anne Graham
Receptionist
Anne is the friendly voice behind our phones and enjoys dealing with customers at all levels.
Andy Wilson
Group General Manager Used Vehicles
Andy has a tremendous amount of experience in the Motor Industry beginning in the summer of 1990! After relinquishing the reigns of Branch Manager at South Canterbury Toyota in August 2018 he has taken on the well-deserved challenge of Group General Manager for Used Vehicles for the McDermid Group. This entails managing the used vehicle inventory for Blenheim, Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Ashburton and Timaru branches. Andy and his wife Helen have a very full social life which includes spending a great deal of time with their four grandchildren.
Talei Dickson
McDermid Group Admin Manager
Originally from a hospitality background Talei moved to South Canterbury in 1996 from Wellington. She had a brief stint at Lake Tekapo before joining our team as our Business Manager. She then moved into admin in 2004. In 2015 Talei became our Group Admin Manager when Rangiora & Ashburton Toyota joined our group of South Canterbury & Blenheim Toyota. In her spare time Talei doesn’t enjoy running but Chris Ward & Sharon Wood make her do it from time to time. She does enjoy water and snow skiing, sewing and spending time with her daughter.
Chris Ward
CRM
Chris was born and raised in Timaru before heading on a rather extended (12 year) OE. After seeing most of the 'other side of the world' Chris returned to Timaru in 2006 and joined our team 3 days later! Chris’s background before joining South Canterbury Toyota was mainly in the banking sector. She enjoys skiing, running, kayaking and spending time with her daughters.
Paul Harford
Business Analyst
Paul has been in the Motor Industry since 2003 and comes from a background in Finance. Living in Kaiapoi, he and his family enjoy Waimak Football, camping, boating and the outdoors. Classics cars are also a time consuming and expensive passion.
Samantha Christie
HR and Payroll
Born and bred in Ashburton, Samantha started with us in 2015 as a member of the Ashburton admin department. Samantha took a couple of years to start her own wee family but remained a familiar face as over the years she has covered for staff on annual and parental leave. In her spare time, she likes to go hunting and explore new places with her family.
Sarah Campbell
CRM
Sarah was in the motor industry since 2014 as a Qualified Refinisher who then became a fulltime mother for 2years before joining us in January 2023. Sarah’s family consists of 2 kids, 2 dogs and her partner Gowan. She enjoys hosting events for friends and family, getting the family out for walks and their yearly camping trip to muscle car madness!
Laura Bradley
CRM
Laura has been in the motor industry for 11 years in different service based roles. She loves gardening, spending time with her kids and getting lost in the bush.
