AI agents in Kaikōura.
Built and supported here - the way a Kaikōura business would actually use it.
Made for New Zealand paperwork.
Agents prepare the admin every New Zealand employer owes, like payday filing within 2 working days and GST returns, for a person to approve.
- Payday filing, every payday
- GST at 15 per cent
- ACC levies set by industry
Kaikōura welcomes around a million visitors a year. We automate bookings, enquiries and reviews so small teams keep up with big seasons.
How it works in Kaikōura
We find the one workflow costing Kaikōura businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
From one-person trades to national organisations, we find the hours :)
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.
Definitely not a typical AI agency.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
What Kaikōura runs on.
Tourism, directly and indirectly, is the major contributor to Kaikōura's GDP, built on whales, the coastline and crayfish, alongside the district's fishing and farming heritage.
A deep undersea canyon brings Giant Sperm Whales close to the coast, and Whale Watch has run since 1987.
One workflow.
In production.
In weeks.
What you get
We'd call the engagement a success when Kaikōura teams are using the system without thinking about us.
- Goal-driven agents that complete multi-step tasks
- Connect to your tools - Xero, HubSpot, Gmail, Slack, your CRM
- Human-in-the-loop checkpoints for anything risky
- Full audit log of every action the agent takes
- No AI theatre
- No annual contracts
Good questions, answered
Has this actually shipped for a real Kaikōura?
Yes. Replaces 15+ hours of weekly back-office work per agent deployed. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
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 agents into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Claude Agent SDK sits in your account too - we don't operate it from ours.
Does it keep up with KiwiSaver changes?
It has to. The minimum employer contribution rose to 3.5 per cent on 1 April 2026 and rises to 4 per cent on 1 April 2028.
Can it remind us about the annual return?
Yes. Every company must file an annual return with the Companies Office each year, separate from its tax return.
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