The version of AI HR assistant that works for a Dunedin 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.
Otago · Applied AI
Built and supported here – the way a Dunedin business would actually use it.
What AI HR assistant actually does
An AI HR assistant trained on your policies, awards, and the Employment Relations Act. Answers staff questions, drafts contracts, screens applicants, and flags HR risk – without replacing your people lead.
- 01 Answers leave, pay, and policy questions 24/7
- 02 Drafts contracts, warnings, and PIPs from templates
- 03 Screens CVs against role criteria with reasoning
- 04 Flags ER risks before they become disputes
Built on: Claude Employment Hero API BambooHR Vercel
Without Kiwi Dynamics
With Kiwi Dynamics
Otago
What's different about doing this work in Dunedin.
- Dunedin pairs a strong university research culture with practical southern businesses. AI here means proven tools, not hype.
- Education, health, tech, and a tourism shoulder season that hits hard. AI helps Dunedin teams smooth the peaks and protect the people.
We work with teams across Dunedin: CBD · North Dunedin · South Dunedin · Mosgiel · Port Chalmers · Green Island.
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How we build AI HR assistant for a Dunedin team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Dunedin business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI HR and people ops.
Talk to usThe outcome for Dunedin teams
What changes for Dunedin teams after this lands: the work that used to need a person stays done, the work that needs a person gets done with their attention undivided. HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month – leaders get their week back.
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
When does AI HR assistant actually pay back?
Inside the first quarter, in our experience. We pick the first slice specifically because it's the highest-leverage workflow for a Dunedin – so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call – fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
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. HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month – leaders get their week back.
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI HR assistant can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Claude, Employment Hero API, BambooHR, Vercel but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
The honest version of a sales call.
No deck. No discovery doc. Just whether this is worth building and what it would cost.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it — no obligation.