Waiau Pa Automotive Solutions is a family-run garage at 468 Clarks Beach Road in Waiau Pa, in the Franklin district, south of Auckland. The business describes itself as a one-stop shop for vehicles, offering WOF inspections, services, mechanical repairs and maintenance, along with pre-purchase inspections, pre-travel safety checks, and ride-on mower repairs. It also offers pick-up and delivery, and four free loan cars. Work the garage cannot do in its own workshop can be booked elsewhere through the garage. The business says it works on all makes and models, and the listing describes it as award winning.
The garage is one of the founders of the Automotive Solutions brand, a national group of independent repairers with more than 45 members. Its team has three technicians on the floor and an office staff member, and the business has trained a number of apprentices. The business sponsors local groups, including the Waiau Pa Boating Club, the Clarks Beach Yacht Club, the Waiau Pa Fire Brigade and the Waiau Pa Kindergarten, and it says it gives up to $6,000 a year in sponsorship.