Abilities Group carries out secure destruction of documents, computer, laptop and printer hard drives, data back-up tapes, rejected and/or obsolete products, and more.

They offer complete secure destruction of hard drives. These hard drives are simply dropped in their purpose-designed hard drive shredder, which chews them up into little pieces. They then issue a Certificate of Destruction at no extra charge.

For confidential document destruction, Abilities place a 140 litre or 240 litre clean, locked bin at customers offices and when it’s full they swap it for an empty one. They then shred the contents on site at half a tonne per hour using two industrial-sized shredders.

Most of this work is carried out by their disabled staff and over the past 10 years they’ve grown this service and significantly increased the number of staff in this area. Abilities employs 120 intellectually disabled people and about 40 able-hands and together they all enjoy the sense of purpose and camaraderie that employment offers.

Abilities were recently contracted to destroy 20,000 imported, non-compliant hot water bottles, They found a productive outlet for some of them (after rendered unusable.)  A Westlake Boys High School art student made an exhibit for “Sculpture on Shore” exhibition at Fort Takapuna (see photo).

Abilities Group holds a Company Licence to operate as a Confidential Document Destruction Agent – issued by the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority.

Abilities Group is open to businesses and the general public at 91 Hillside Road, Glenfield, with easy parking onsite.  For more information visit their website www.abilities.co.nz or contact Peter Fraher at peterf@abilities.co.nz or phone 027 229 2250 or 444 0611.