AI strategy in Waiheke Island.
Built and supported here - the way a Waiheke Island business would actually use it.
Waiheke fills up every summer with visitors heading for the vineyards and beaches. We automate bookings, enquiries and seasonal staff admin for the island's small teams.
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
Not your typical AI agency.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
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.
Small team.
Real systems.
Zero fluff.
What AI strategy covers
If we build the right slice first, Waiheke Island 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 AI theatre
- No shelfware or licences you do not use
Already buried in admin? We'll sort the first workflow for 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.
What Waiheke Island runs on.
Tourism is an important part of the Waiheke economy, with visitors drawn to its beaches and boutique vineyards, and up to a quarter of adult summer residents work in tourism-related jobs.
Waiheke is a 35-minute ferry ride from Auckland's city centre. The island's population swells every summer with visitors.
Good questions, answered
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI strategy can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Claude, Notion, Miro, Linear but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
Has this actually shipped for a real Waiheke Island?
Yes. Most plans pay for themselves in the first build. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
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.
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.
Do you work with Xero?
Yes. Xero is one of the systems we build around, and we connect to the other tools you already run rather than asking you to switch.
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