We've worked with enough operators in Kerikeri to know that the brief that arrives in our inbox is rarely the brief that ends up shipped. The first thing we do on any business automations project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
Northland · Applied AI
End-to-end automations, built for businesses operating in Kerikeri.
What business automations actually does
The small repetitive things that quietly eat your week – done automatically. Quote follow-ups, job confirmations, review requests, supplier orders, weekly reports. Set once, runs forever.
- 01 Audit your existing workflow before automating anything
- 02 Built on n8n, Make, or custom code – whatever fits
- 03 Real monitoring and alerts when something breaks
- 04 Documentation your team can actually read
Built on: n8n Make Zapier Vercel Functions Cloudflare Workers
Northland
The Kerikeri context, plainly.
- Kerikeri is horticulture, tourism, and a fast-growing lifestyle community – AI here is about connecting orchard, paddock, and storefront.
- Kiwifruit, citrus, and a steady hospitality scene serving the Bay of Islands. AI tools that work in low-signal areas land best.
We work with teams across Kerikeri: Kerikeri central · Waipapa · Kaitāia · Russell · Paihia · Mangonui.
Talk to us about this →How we build business automations for a Kerikeri team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Kerikeri business, so value lands before the build is finished. End-to-end automations.
Talk to usThe outcome for Kerikeri teams
We'd call the engagement a success when Kerikeri teams are using the system without thinking about us. Average client recovers 12 hours/week within the first 60 days.
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 Kerikeri 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.
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.
What's the realistic outcome for Kerikeri businesses?
Average client recovers 12 hours/week within the first 60 days. We don't promise tenfold lifts because we don't see them outside of marketing decks.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. The default business automations stack we reach for is n8n, Make, Zapier, Vercel Functions, Cloudflare Workers, 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.
The honest version of a sales call.
No deck. No discovery doc. Just whether this is worth building and what it would cost.
Get in touch
Talk to us about this
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it — no obligation.