AI HR assistant in Oamaru.

AI HR and people ops, built for businesses operating in Oamaru.

A farming district's business centreAI HR and people opsBuilt in New ZealandProduction AI, not slidewareWorking across OtagoA farming district's business centreAI HR and people opsBuilt in New ZealandProduction AI, not slidewareWorking across OtagoA farming district's business centreAI HR and people opsBuilt in New ZealandProduction AI, not slidewareWorking across OtagoA farming district's business centreAI HR and people opsBuilt in New ZealandProduction AI, not slidewareWorking across Otago

Oamaru services the farms, processors and visitors of the Waitaki. We automate the job cards, stock orders and bookings that keep those small teams stretched.

Tell us about your week

Made for New Zealand paperwork.

Leave and holiday pay under the Holidays Act today, ready for the Employment Leave Act 2026 taking over on 6 August 2028.

Holidays Act until August 2028
An annual return every year
NZISM for government work

How Kiwi Dynamics works

We find the one workflow costing Oamaru businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.

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Built differently, on purpose.

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

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*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.

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.

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*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.

What Oamaru runs on.

The Waitaki is a farming district at heart, with agriculture and related processing providing 27 per cent of jobs, and Oamaru is its largest business centre.

The blue penguins near Oamaru's port have become a significant visitor attraction.

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Less admin.
More weekend.
No theatre.

What AI HR assistant covers

HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month - leaders get their week back.

Answers leave, pay, and policy questions 24/7
Drafts contracts, warnings, and PIPs from templates
Screens CVs against role criteria with reasoning
Flags ER risks before they become disputes
No shelfware or licences you do not use
No AI theatre

Good questions, answered

Who owns the code and the model setup?

You do, on delivery. We deploy AI HR assistant 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 HR assistant take to ship for Oamaru businesses?

We aim for a working pilot inside 4-6 weeks - narrow scope, real Oamaru 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's the realistic outcome for Oamaru businesses?

HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month - leaders get their week back. We don't promise tenfold lifts because we don't see them outside of marketing decks.

How does this fit the Public Service AI Framework?

The framework, led by the Government Chief Digital Officer, asks for safe, transparent and accountable AI. Agencies that sign the Algorithm Charter also commit to transparency in how they use algorithms.

What happens when the Holidays Act is replaced?

The Employment Leave Act 2026 replaces it on 6 August 2028. Until then payroll follows the current Holidays Act, so leave calculations need to handle today's rules and the changeover.

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