AI receptionist in Christchurch.
For Christchurch operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
Christchurch builds aerospace, healthtech and cleantech, and launches Antarctic science. Whatever your team makes, we automate the admin around it so specialists stay specialist.
Built differently, on purpose.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
What AI receptionist actually does
A 24/7 AI receptionist that answers calls and chats, books appointments, takes deposits, and routes urgent issues to a real human. With the right workflow automated, nine hours of admin a week could drop to about one.*
*Illustrative example only, based on 9 hours a week of admin falling to about 1 hour a week. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
What Christchurch runs on.
Christchurch's growth sectors are healthtech, aerospace and future transport, bioeconomy, cleantech and the Antarctic gateway, and Canterbury is New Zealand's largest agricultural region.
Christchurch is one of only five Antarctic gateway cities in the world. Christchurch Show Day (Canterbury Anniversary) falls on a Friday in November.
Less admin.
More weekend.
No theatre.
What you get
The shape of the result for Christchurch teams: Captures the 30-40% of enquiries that used to go to voicemail.
- Voice + chat, both trained on your business
- Knows your services, prices, and availability
- Books direct into your calendar - no double-bookings
- After-hours coverage with morning summary email
- No annual contracts
- No AI theatre
Small crew or big organisation, the busywork is the same :)
Quotes with GST, consent paperwork, LBP records and health and safety logs: the admin every New Zealand trade business carries.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
How the work runs
We find the one workflow costing Christchurch businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
Questions Christchurch businesses ask
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.
Who owns the code and the model setup?
You do, on delivery. We deploy AI receptionist into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Vapi sits in your account too - we don't operate it from ours.
Anyone else in this space using AI receptionist?
Plenty. Captures the 30-40% of enquiries that used to go to voicemail. The interesting question is rarely "does it work" - it's "is your team ready to use the output." That's what we'd scope on the call.
Will quotes and invoices show GST properly?
Yes. GST is 15 per cent on most goods and services in New Zealand, and anything we build that prices work shows it the way your accounts need.
Does scheduling handle public holidays?
It should. New Zealand has 11 national public holidays, including Matariki, plus a regional anniversary day that depends on where your business is.
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