Our Story
Triple A Driving School has been a successful, family business since 1972!
It all began when Sheila Burdett, discovered a new talent as a driving instructor and started up Eastern Suburbs Driving School. Not long after, Sheila's husband Paul joined her and later their daughter Sarah too (known to many now as Sarah McPhee). In search of expert advice Sheila & Paul headed over to the United States to research driver training. They bought back with them a wealth of knowledge, resources and teaching methods. Eastern Suburbs Driving School eventually became The Amalgamated Auto Academy (AAA Driving School), and then Triple A Driving School.
Triple A continues to grow and change with the times; Sarah McPhee took over in 1990 and we diversified to cover commercial driver training and defensive driving in addition to practical driving lessons. We also introduced an online booking system.
Since 2016 our team of instructors now includes Don Lintern and Jamie Mawby. Sue Martin joined us in in 2021. Here is what they have to say about themselves:
Triple A continues to grow and change with the times; Sarah McPhee took over in 1990 and we diversified to cover commercial driver training and defensive driving in addition to practical driving lessons. We also introduced an online booking system.
Since 2016 our team of instructors now includes Don Lintern and Jamie Mawby. Sue Martin joined us in in 2021. Here is what they have to say about themselves:
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Don has had a long involvement with Triple A. Initially when his workshop maintained the Triple A fleet of vehicles, then over time he decided to also become a driving instructor.
Don enjoys driving instruction; taking a nervous student through to become a confident, competent and safe driver. He finds his experience as a mechanic is useful when explaining the dynamics of a vehicle to students. Don’s interests outside of driving instruction are varied but the main ones are music, vehicle modification and restoration, and motor racing. |
When Jamie passed his driving test his instructor encouraged him to get the required qualification to become an instructor himself.
Jamie says that "30 years flies by when you do what you love!" He really enjoys coaching drivers of all levels to learn "best practice", iron out bad habits, seeing them having light bulb moments & developing driving as a “life skill”. In his time off he's a home handyman, keen fisherman, gardener, and on occasion you might find him slogging up hills and flying down the local trails on a mountain bike. |
Sue joined us in 2022 after a role in Driving school administration. More to follow.....
We have trained several generations of our loyal customer's families and we take pride in the fact that we're one of Wellington's best known and longest standing driving schools. We look forward to having you & your family become a part of our story.
We have trained several generations of our loyal customer's families and we take pride in the fact that we're one of Wellington's best known and longest standing driving schools. We look forward to having you & your family become a part of our story.
Our values
We believe that it takes more than just an I Endorsement on your licence to make a good driving instructor, which is why we hand-pick and personally train each of our driving instructors.
Our team is made up of patient, knowledgeable, understanding, open minded, fun, relaxed & professional instructors so that we can guarantee your lessons will always be of great value and enjoyment. You can rest assured that your Triple A instructors have been specially trained to handle even the most nervous of pupils!
All of our instructors are NZIDE members (New Zealand Institute of Driver Educators) and keep up to date with new developments as released by NZTA.
We strive to go three times the distance, and provide three times the service and value!
Our team is made up of patient, knowledgeable, understanding, open minded, fun, relaxed & professional instructors so that we can guarantee your lessons will always be of great value and enjoyment. You can rest assured that your Triple A instructors have been specially trained to handle even the most nervous of pupils!
All of our instructors are NZIDE members (New Zealand Institute of Driver Educators) and keep up to date with new developments as released by NZTA.
We strive to go three times the distance, and provide three times the service and value!
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