AI strategy in Nelson.
AI strategy that lives in your stack, not on a vendor's roadmap. Shipped from Nelson-Tasman.
On the tools or running at scale, the admin still eats the week :)
The questions a public sector buyer asks, answered up front: privacy impact, the NZISM, where the data lives and how an algorithm is held to account.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Seafood, forestry and horticulture move through Nelson every day. We build AI that handles the shipping paperwork, compliance records and invoicing that follow them.
What Nelson runs on.
Nelson Tasman has the fastest growing blue economy in the country, and Nelson is home to Australasia's biggest fishing port.
Sealord, Talley's and NZ King Salmon all operate from the region. Nelson Anniversary Day falls on on or near 1 February.
How much is the admin really costing you?
Nine hours a week of admin is 468 hours a year. That could drop to about 52.*
*Illustrative, based on 9 hours a week of admin at a typical 80% automation rate. The calculator uses your own numbers.
Made for New Zealand paperwork.
We map the recurring New Zealand admin in your week, like GST, payday filing and ACC levies, and pick the one to automate first.
- GST at 15 per cent
- Payday filing, every payday
- ACC levies set by industry
An AI agency, minus the theatre.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Small team.
Real systems.
Zero fluff.
What you get
If we build the right slice first, Nelson teams feel the difference inside the first month.
- On-site discovery with the people doing the work
- Ranked initiatives with ROI, effort, and risk
- Tool selection - not married to any vendor
- Phased 90-day plan you can execute or hand off
- No annual contracts
- No AI theatre
Good questions, answered
Anyone else in this space using AI strategy?
Plenty. Most plans pay for themselves in the first build. The interesting question is rarely "does it work" - it's "is your team ready to use the output." That's what we'd scope on the call.
What if our Nelson doesn't have any data ready?
Most don't. Getting the data into shape - ingestion, cleaning, the lightweight contracts you need before any model is useful - is part of the engagement. For AI strategy specifically, we typically run that work on Claude, Notion, Miro, Linear and assume messy starting conditions from day one.
How fast could we have AI strategy in production?
Eight to ten weeks for most Nelson businesses. Faster if your data is in good shape and slower if we're untangling a legacy integration first. We'll give you a realistic number on the scoping call rather than the optimistic one.
Can you work to the NZISM?
The NZISM is the government's information security manual and is written for vendors serving agencies as well as the agencies themselves, so government-adjacent work should be built to it.
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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