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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Christchurch Go Bus driver Arvinder Singh, who has been with the company since September 2015, was recently adjudged the runner-up in the race for the title of ‘Go Bus Driver of the Year’.
Held on March 11, the annual competition saw 2,200 Kiwi drivers from across the country going head-to-head for the bragging rights, which tested them on their knowledge of the New Zealand Road Code, customer service attitudes, and pre-drive test skills. The 11 finalists, of which five were from the South Island, then had to showcase their driving skills on a driving track with 11 hurdles, including reverse parallel parking.
“I credit my success to my trainers John and Jim, who enabled me to be among the top three drivers from almost 400 of us here in Christchurch. I have always wanted to be the best in whatever I do. This achievement is a continuation of that,” Mr Singh said.
Meanwhile, Invercargill-based Go Bus driver Anoop Kumar, who is a Fiji-Indian, won the award for top theory test result for getting all answers correct in a 40-question-theoretical-written-exam. Mr Kumar has been driving buses for more than a decade in deep South.
Christchurch Go Bus driver Arvinder Singh, who has been with the company since September 2015, was recently adjudged the runner-up in the race for the title of ‘Go Bus Driver of the Year’.
Held on March 11, the annual competition saw 2,200 Kiwi drivers from across the country going head-to-head for...
Christchurch Go Bus driver Arvinder Singh, who has been with the company since September 2015, was recently adjudged the runner-up in the race for the title of ‘Go Bus Driver of the Year’.
Held on March 11, the annual competition saw 2,200 Kiwi drivers from across the country going head-to-head for the bragging rights, which tested them on their knowledge of the New Zealand Road Code, customer service attitudes, and pre-drive test skills. The 11 finalists, of which five were from the South Island, then had to showcase their driving skills on a driving track with 11 hurdles, including reverse parallel parking.
“I credit my success to my trainers John and Jim, who enabled me to be among the top three drivers from almost 400 of us here in Christchurch. I have always wanted to be the best in whatever I do. This achievement is a continuation of that,” Mr Singh said.
Meanwhile, Invercargill-based Go Bus driver Anoop Kumar, who is a Fiji-Indian, won the award for top theory test result for getting all answers correct in a 40-question-theoretical-written-exam. Mr Kumar has been driving buses for more than a decade in deep South.
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