Shannyn Scoles
Shannyn has been with us a year now and she?s our youngest at 20years. She is a quiet person , the sort that grows on you. She really loves animals and her duties are to keep the animals and birds living areas clean, and that?s pretty ongoing at times. She also helps with other cleaning and packing duties. Her favorite hobby is reading. I think the last book had something to do with vampires!! ?.It?s always the quite ones.

Winnie Williams
Winnie is our stock person and also our cleaner. She prices our stock and stocks our shelves, packages goods and helps with the animals and any cleaning that needs to be done. When our sales team are busy, she helps serve customers . She?s a good back up person to have on our team. Never flustered or hurried. That?s our Winnie!

Chris Williams
You guessed it. Winnies other half. Chris joined our team just recently and is working in our Aquarium Department He is learning the ropes fairly well and enjoys the whole retail sales person / customer services thing. He also makes the meanest toasted sandwiches.

Harold Drummond
With him comes a whole heap of knowledge and experience from years back. A friend in the same industry once said that when he thought of him ?Rough diamond? and ?Salt of the earth?came to mind. Perfect description. In 1985 with $10,000.00 in his pocket, he bought his timber, nails , hammer etc and began to shape his aquarium, next he bought his glass and made his many aquariums, no trades men were necessary to this guy, he wasn?t going to pay out money when he could do the job himself. To cut a long story short, we opened our doors 2 months later. Not quite ?Rome was built in a day?, but nearly. So when we moved premises in 1996, once again he got his hammer out and again when we moved to Clayton Road, and again when Ardie expanded his business. He had been instrumental in building quarantine rooms for 4 different importers to Maf specifications over the years, and did a stint of importing himself as well, but at the end of the day he was just a retailer but a good one. Now it is march 2009 and Harold is now where his heart wants to be . He manages our marine quarantine room. He orders our marines and takes care of each shipment that goes into quarantine. He plays an important part in advising customers, not only about the marines, but also the tanks and the equipment that goes with them. He also takes care of any maintenance work that needs to be done. Again, he built it, only he knows how to fix it. He is a very important part of this company.

Ardie Drummond
Since taking over Wonderworld Aquarium & Pet Centre from his parents in April 2004 he has achieved quite a lot. 1. The opening of our new aquarium building labour weekend 2005 This was so sweet having all the fish and the tanks and accessories moved over to the new building keeping the old building for the pets and pet products. Oh so much more room! 2.High security fence surrounding the 2 buildings. This was put up for security reasons to help keep our business safe and secure. Also the fitting of security cameras in both buildings . 3.Quarantine room 2007. Importing our marines was brought on by not being able to get enough marines from the few importers we had in NZ. That?s what prompted us to get a quarantine room and apply for a importers licence. Then we had to find good suppliers. It all turned out good and now we can import good numbers and regularly. We are now supplying both north and south Island. We have also managed to get a good courier Post Haste Couriers that understand our type of live fish freight and how to get it to the customer early. So Ardie, with the help of his family and staff has achieved much and continues to build this company for the future.

Judy Drummond
Ardie?s beloved. Judy hails from our accounts department. This brave soul has risen to the challenges and demands of our business, focusing strongly on fulfilling our financial obligations and making this her top priority. Judy sold her own business, a boarding cattery, at the end of 2006 and since then has split her time between her office and working in the shop. Doing whatever needs doing from pricing and computer work, to customer service and sales.

Jo Drummond
That?s me! It?s 2009 already and we are going into our 24th year in business. It seems only like yesterday we opened our doors for the first time. The family unit has got smaller over the past 3 years with one leaving in 2006 and just recently another two.With them went a wealth of knowledge and experience. They have done the hard yards, so they will be an asset to anyone they have dealings with in their chosen fields. I can vouch for that! Since the inclusion of our quarantine and importing of marines to our business, we have got a lot busier. There is a continuous flow of contacts from marine customers from all over NZ with orders and enquiries. Importing marines, I believe,was a good move for us and our customers can now benefit from regular shipments and a list of choices every month. We use Post Haste Couriers to transport our marines nationwide. I hope that I have covered all of the changes since my last write up. Thank you for visiting our website. Kia Ora.