About us

Established in 2017 by Jono Hitchings, Johnnie Walker and his wife Brielle took over business in late 2024. 

Johnnie started his plumbing career fresh out of school in the beautiful far north  of NZ where he grew up. Alongside plumbing and drainlaying, Johnnie is also a qualified roofer. 

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Johnnie met Brielle while she was holidaying in NZ but spent a few years in Australia checking out her neck of the woods. 

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After discovering an inability to hack the heat and the flies, Johnnie and Brielle decided to make the move to NZ in 2015 and chose Christchurch as a base. It didn't take long to fall in love with all of the adventure and fun that the South Island offers and they decided to put their roots down here. 

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Johnnie started PDR Limited in 2018 and worked for himself up until taking over Hitch Plumbing in 2024. 

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Johnnie and Brielle have a little 2 year old boy Jesse, who is totally obsessed with pipes and fittings (surely a Hitch apprentice in the making!) and another little lad coming early 2026. 

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