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Christa Smith

Meet Christa Smith
Christa Smith, is Colthursts qualified quantifier and pricing specialist. Christa has been with us for a year and is currently studying her certification in flooring planning and design.
Christa usually is our friendly voice on the phone or first person you see when you enter the shop at the main desk.
Christa is an amazing baker 👩‍🍳and also can be caught on weekends chasing around her husband Ken and kids.

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Alexis Fromont

Meet Alexis Fromont
Alexis Fromont is a all rounder at Colthurst Flooring, Lexi is our Accounts Manager but also you can find her selling Carpet, Vinyl, Laminate, Timber, Hybrid and Tiles.
Outside of work you can usually find Alexis in her garden obsessing over her “Planting Beetroot, Chasing chickens” and teaching her daughter the ways of the garden with green fingers.
Also Lexi plays alongside Shelley for FC Football, or can be seen with Sam Colthurst and her partner Chris supporting the mighty Taniwha rugby team.
Also Lexi runs a side business with her sister in-law Alana Fromont called Pretty Bundles Party Hire NZ, make sure to check them out for all your party & wedding events
Looking for some instore advice, catch up with Lexi in our design store.

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Zane Buchanan

Meet Zane Buchanan –
Zane also known as Captain America is our Opperations Manager. Zane ensures all our orders arrive on time, manages our installers, precuts our products ready for install and is a wealth of knowledge with technical requirements.
Zane has come from a background in the army, and is paving his way in a successful future in the flooring industry. Zane prides himself on being honest, reliable, efficient and taking pride in the information given.
Outside of work you can find Zane surfing 🏄‍♂️ throughout the biggest storms, walking with his prized dog 🐶 Ned, hanging out with his crazy waikato supporter fiancé Toni or training in jujutsu.

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Shelley Harris

Meet Shelley Harris –
Shelley Harris runs our Mobile Showroom throughout Northland. Our lucky customers get to deal with Shelley directly in their homes where she measures, scopes, and does colour consultations with samples.
Shelley has a large amount of experience in Flooring being in the industry 10 + years and can tackle any problem.
Outside of work you can see Shelley wizing around on her Motor Bike, Playing Football for FC, racing around in her v6 Austin A40, Fishing with her family and running around after her kids.

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Teresa Colthurst

Meet Teresa Colthurst –
Teresa Colthurst is an owner of Colthurst Flooring, and usually is running around in the background completing any tasks the team needs that they dont have time for.
Teresa also currently is studying through the “Interior Design Institute” to become an Interior Designer 👩‍🎨 to further assist our customers and clients.
Outside of work you can usually find Teresa running Waterfalls and Waves – Hair and Makeup doing hair and make up for events, chasing around after her x2 daughters and coaching their netball team, playing netball for FID, running 🏃‍♀️ training for a marathon, at the beach 🏖 or caring for SPCA kittens 🐈‍⬛ and her dogs, goats, cat and rabbit at home.

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Sam Colthurst

Meet Sam Colthurst –
Sam Colthurst is an owner of Colthurst Flooring and in 2019 took a leap of faith to open the store.
Sam manages and assists the team through daily duty’s, and is proud to have had hand trained all staff members independently.
Outside of work you can usually find Sam over working, fishing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, supporting the mighty Taniwha or All Blacks, looking after his daughters, or hanging with his amazing wife Teresa.