AI translation in Wellington.
AI translation that lives in your stack, not on a vendor's roadmap. Shipped from Wellington.
Wellington runs on government, tech and screen, and most of that work runs on documents. We build AI that reads, drafts and files them, on New Zealand infrastructure.
What Wellington runs on.
Wellington is home to New Zealand's public sector, which makes up 17 per cent of the city's workforce, alongside tech and fintech, gaming, screen, and food and beverage.
Wellington is a UNESCO City of Film, known for its post-production work. Wellington Anniversary Day falls on on or near 22 January.
Knows the New Zealand rules.
Translates rosters, safety notices and customer messages for staff and customers who work in more than one language.
- Health and safety sits with the business
- Data that stays in New Zealand
- GST at 15 per cent
How the work runs
We find the one workflow costing Wellington businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
Small team.
Real systems.
Zero fluff.
What you get
If we build the right slice first, Wellington teams feel the difference inside the first month.
- Te reo Māori with macron support and reviewed terminology
- Voice translation for support calls in real time
- Glossary-locked terms so brand language stays consistent
- Human-reviewer workflow for high-stakes content
- No annual contracts
- No AI theatre
Small crew or big organisation, the busywork is the same :)
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.
Built differently, on purpose.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Questions Wellington businesses ask
What tools do you build AI translation on?
For AI translation we usually reach for Claude, DeepL, ElevenLabs, Vercel. We're tool-agnostic at heart - we pick what your Wellington team can actually run after we hand the build over, not what looks good on a vendor sticker.
How quickly can we see something running?
Week three for a clickable internal demo against real data. Week six for a slice your team can actually use. We hold ourselves to those numbers because they're what stops a project drifting into "endless discovery".
Do you have proof this works for Wellington businesses?
Direct case study: Expanded customer reach by 22% with multilingual support live. Happy to walk you through full numbers on a call.
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.
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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