The version of AI translation that works for a Ashburton business is rarely the version a national vendor would sell you. We build the one that fits how your team actually operates – usually with fewer parts than the off-the-shelf pitch.
Canterbury · Applied AI
Built and supported here – the way a Ashburton business would actually use it.
What AI translation actually does
Reach more of Aotearoa. AI translation for te reo Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Mandarin, Hindi, and more – with cultural nuance, not Google-Translate stiffness.
- 01 Te reo Māori with macron support and reviewed terminology
- 02 Voice translation for support calls in real time
- 03 Glossary-locked terms so brand language stays consistent
- 04 Human-reviewer workflow for high-stakes content
Built on: Claude DeepL ElevenLabs Vercel
Without Kiwi Dynamics
With Kiwi Dynamics
Canterbury
Where Ashburton operators actually lose hours.
- Mid-Canterbury runs on irrigated dairy, arable, and a tight industrial sector – AI here is about turning paddock data into operational decisions.
- Dairy, arable, and a strong engineering base supporting irrigation and processing. AI lands well when it makes long days shorter.
We work with teams across Ashburton: Ashburton CBD · Hampstead · Methven · Rakaia · Tinwald.
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How we build AI translation for a Ashburton team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Ashburton business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI multilingual + te reo.
Talk to usThe outcome for Ashburton teams
The shape of the result for Ashburton teams: Expanded customer reach by 22% with multilingual support live. Built on Claude, hardened with the rest of the stack as it scales.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Questions
FAQ
What's a typical engagement length for Ashburton businesses?
Six to twelve weeks for the build, then a short managed-services month while the system goes from "shipped" to "owned by your team". After that you keep us on retainer if you want, or take it from there yourself.
Are there hidden costs we should plan for?
Three to know about: model/API spend (which we set up under your own account, not ours, so you see and control it), any new SaaS subscriptions we recommend, and your team's time during rollout. We surface all three in the quote so there are no surprises.
Can you walk us through a comparable build?
Yes – on the first call we'll pick the closest engagement we've shipped to what you're describing and walk through the outcome, the headcount and the time it took. Expanded customer reach by 22% with multilingual support live.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. The default AI translation stack we reach for is Claude, DeepL, ElevenLabs, Vercel, but we'll bend it around whatever you already run – Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Cin7, your own in-house apps. The discovery week maps every data source before any build starts.
Skip the pitch.
Tell us the workflow and we'll come back with what we'd build first.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it — no obligation.