AI document processing in Rotorua.
Built and supported here - the way a Rotorua business would actually use it.
Rotorua runs on forestry, wood processing and one of the country's busiest visitor economies. We build AI that handles bookings, timber orders and the reporting behind both.
Business in Rotorua.
Rotorua is known for agriculture, forestry and wood processing, geothermal and tourism, and it is one of New Zealand's most-visited cities.
In 2021 Te Uru Rākau New Zealand Forest Service located one of its two headquarters in Rotorua.
What AI document processing actually does
Scanned invoices, signed contracts, handwritten timesheets, PDF specs - extracted into clean data and routed where they belong. With the right workflow automated, nine hours of admin a week could drop to about one.*
*Illustrative example only, based on 9 hours a week of admin falling to about 1 hour a week. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Small team.
Real systems.
Zero fluff.
What you get
Cuts data-entry labour by 80% on invoices, POs, and timesheets.
- Vision models read scans, photos, and handwriting
- Pushes structured data into Xero, your CRM, or sheets
- Confidence flags route low-certainty docs to a human
- Handles te reo, bilingual forms, and old NZ templates
- No annual contracts
- No AI theatre
From one-person trades to national organisations, we find the hours :)
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.
An AI agency, minus the theatre.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
How it works in Rotorua
We find the one workflow costing Rotorua businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
Straight answers
When does AI document processing 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 Rotorua - so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI document processing can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Claude Vision, AWS Textract, Mistral OCR, Vercel but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
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.
Does scheduling handle public holidays?
It should. New Zealand has 11 national public holidays, including Matariki, plus a regional anniversary day that depends on where your business is.
Does it keep up with KiwiSaver changes?
It has to. The minimum employer contribution rose to 3.5 per cent on 1 April 2026 and rises to 4 per cent on 1 April 2028.
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