AI email triage in Motueka.
AI inbox manager, built for businesses operating in Motueka.
Built differently, on purpose.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
When picking starts, Motueka growers take on hundreds of seasonal workers. We automate onboarding, timesheets and payday filing so harvest is not buried in forms.
Knows the New Zealand rules.
Emails sorted by urgency, with IRD, ACC and council letters flagged first, so the ones with deadlines never get buried.
- ACC levies set by industry
- Holidays Act until August 2028
- Payday filing, every payday
On the tools or running at scale, the admin still eats the week :)
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 Motueka businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
One workflow.
In production.
In weeks.
What you get
We'd call the engagement a success when Motueka teams are using the system without thinking about us.
- Drafts replies in your tone, ready to send
- Auto-files attachments to the right job folder
- Detects complaints and pings the right person
- Weekly digest of what was handled while you slept
- No AI theatre
- No shelfware or licences you do not use
What Motueka runs on.
Motueka is a horticulture hub that hosts hundreds of seasonal workers at harvest, and horticulture and fruit growing is the Tasman District's biggest export industry.
Motueka is also the name of a hop variety grown in the district. Harvest brings hundreds of seasonal workers for fruit crops and hops.
Good questions, answered
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 email triage into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Claude sits in your account too - we don't operate it from ours.
How long does AI email triage take to ship for Motueka businesses?
We aim for a working pilot inside 4-6 weeks - narrow scope, real Motueka businesses data, measurable outcome. From there it's another 6-8 weeks of hardening before you'd consider it production. Full rollouts (multiple sites, multiple teams) typically land in 3-4 months.
What does the Privacy Act 2020 mean for AI?
The same rules apply as for any system holding personal information. A breach that could cause serious harm must be reported to the Privacy Commissioner, who expects it within 72 hours.
Can it keep track of ACC levies?
Yes. ACC work levies are set by the classification unit your work falls under, and self-employed people are invoiced after filing their tax return.
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