About Party Bus

Mark grew up in the family business at Markovina Vineyard Estate and was introduced to wine making very early on. This led to his love and passion for entertaining and now several years later he heads up the family business.

There is a lot of cumulative experience that make up the 20 years the Estate has been providing functions and events for people from all walks of life. Mark has a gift that enables him to pull together a very successful occasion in effortless style and it is the small but finer details that enable these events to be so memorable and successful.

Mark attended Auckland University and achieved a BCom majoring in Commercial Law where he later gained access to the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He spends his leisure time with his wife Elizabeth and their four children and enjoys playing social sports. As he puts it so succinctly “I just enjoy life”.

Mark is also co-owner of Party Bus and speaks fondly about the team he works with. “They are relaxed, close and friendly and I love coming to work each day as I never know what amazing experiences and new adventures await me”!

Helen is a recidivist here at Partybus. She has been an on again off again part of the crew since 1998. Currently back on the wagon.

Important things to note about Helen: partial to drinkies, fishing, travelling, laughing, art, reading, sports, completing cocktail lists….. but never the instigator of trouble 😉

Despite all the above personality quirks seems to do remarkable well at her role as Operation Manager with the mantra: “Get Shit Done”

Keren joined Party Bus in November 2007 and has been here ever since, well with a bit of time off to have a couple of kiddies, a girl and a boy.

Having a husband as a personal trainer is in keeping with Keren’s lifestyle as she is a keen outdoorsy gal who enjoys a challenge and what better challenge is there, than the ‘Tough Mudder’ and the ‘Tough Guy and Gal Challenge.’

Keren completed Tough Mudder with a group of friends, and it was… well, muddy! Nearly 20km’s long and during this challenge, Keren found herself electrocuted, swimming through an ice bath, mud and swampy water, scaling walls and crawling through tunnels. Despite the challenges Keren says she wouldn’t have been able to complete it without her team and all involved came away with a huge sense of achievement.

Tough Guy and Tough Girl was completed with some of the Party Bus team members, and was just as muddy! We see a slightly down and dirty theme developing here!

An accomplished traveller, with many of the European hotspots ticked off her list – Paris, Bordeaux, Barcelona, Rome, Venice, Sorrento, Corfu, Munich, Vienna and Amsterdam. As we see Keren truly has a love of travel with places and has Las Vegas and New York on her hit list of ‘places to visit next’.

The team here at Party Bus is one of the main reasons she came back. “For the most part, it’s a fun and friendly environment, and we all enjoy a good laugh”.

And laughter is an important part of life, along with family, a fulfilling career, a great book to sink into, an excellent glass of wine and the company of good friends. With all of that to sustain you, what more is there to want?

It’s a busy life for Jenny as she juggles the demands of being mother of two boys and a full time role at Party Bus since 2007. Jenny brings life experience to her role including travelling extensively around the world for ten years before she started her family.

Jenny loves the variety her role at Party Bus provides away from family life where she gets to put her head down and focus on the administration and account management. She doesn’t mind pushing paper around at all and as she so aptly puts it – “it doesn’t talk back to me.” A big change from being a Mum!

Loving the small team she works with Jenny says “We all get along really well, have a few laughs, mostly at ourselves and the boss always has something to add”.

Jenny has recently stepped up her fitness regime and has just proudly completed her first Triathlon. As if that’s not enough, she also takes boxing classes, swims, mountain bikes and takes a walk most mornings before the hectic morning starts in her household. Phew!!

Leisure time? Where does Jenny fit that in? The two boys keep her very busy with their sports and after school activities. When she gets some time to herself you will find Jenny catching up with friends and relaxing with a couple of drinks.