We've worked with enough operators in Masterton 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 AI HR assistant project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
Wairarapa · Applied AI
AI HR and people ops, built for businesses operating in Masterton.
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
Wairarapa
The Masterton context, plainly.
- Wairarapa runs on agriculture, wine, and a thriving lifestyle-block community – AI here lets small operators run on bigger leverage.
- Sheep and beef, viticulture, and a tourism flow from Wellington commuters. AI tools that respect rural broadband budgets land best.
We work with teams across Masterton: Masterton CBD · Carterton · Greytown · Featherston · Martinborough.
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How we build AI HR assistant for a Masterton team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Masterton business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI HR and people ops.
Talk to usThe outcome for Masterton teams
What changes for Masterton 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 Masterton – so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
How do you price AI HR assistant engagements?
Fixed-scope pilots first, then either project pricing or a small monthly retainer for the ongoing work. No long lock-ins, no 18-month black-box deals. Most Masterton businesses are surprised how small the first cheque is.
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.