We've worked with enough operators in Taupō 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 recruiting project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
Waikato · Applied AI
Built and supported here – the way a Taupō business would actually use it.
What AI recruiting actually does
Job ads written for SEEK, Trade Me, and LinkedIn. CVs screened against role criteria with reasoning. Phone screens done by voice AI – so shortlists land on your desk ready to interview.
- 01 Drafts compliant NZ job ads with realistic salary bands
- 02 Screens CVs and ranks by fit with written rationale
- 03 Voice AI runs first-round phone screens 24/7
- 04 Bias checks built in – flagged in the audit log
Built on: Claude Vapi Workable SEEK API Vercel
Without Kiwi Dynamics
With Kiwi Dynamics
Waikato
The Taupō context, plainly.
- Taupō is tourism, geothermal, and a fast-growing retirement and lifestyle scene – businesses here juggle seasonal staff and high expectations.
- Hospitality, accommodation, adventure tourism, and trades supporting a building boom. AI helps the small-team operators look big.
We work with teams across Taupō: CBD · Acacia Bay · Kinloch · Turangi · Whakatane.
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How we build AI recruiting for a Taupō team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Taupō business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI candidate screening.
Talk to usThe outcome for Taupō teams
We'd call the engagement a success when Taupō teams are using the system without thinking about us. Time-to-shortlist drops from 3 weeks to 4 days.
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
What's a typical engagement length for Taupō businesses?
Six to twelve weeks for the build, then a short managed-services month while the system goes from "shipped" to "owned by your team". After that you keep us on retainer if you want, or take it from there yourself.
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.
Has this actually shipped for a real Taupō?
Yes. Time-to-shortlist drops from 3 weeks to 4 days. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. The default AI recruiting stack we reach for is Claude, Vapi, Workable, SEEK API, Vercel, but we'll bend it around whatever you already run – Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Cin7, your own in-house apps. The discovery week maps every data source before any build starts.
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.