AI HR assistant in Whakatāne.
AI HR assistant designed around the way a Whakatāne team actually runs.
What this is
AI HR and people ops
An AI HR assistant trained on your policies, awards, and the Employment Relations Act. Answers staff questions, drafts contracts, screens applicants, and flags HR risk – without replacing your people lead.
HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month – leaders get their week back.
How it helps your Whakatāne team
What you actually get.
- 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
The reason we take on work in Whakatāne is that the businesses here tend to be sharper about what they want than the brief lets on. AI HR assistant for a Whakatāne team almost always ends up looking different to AI HR assistant for a downtown Auckland one.
We'd call the engagement a success when Whakatāne teams are using the system without thinking about us. HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month – leaders get their week back.
What we keep seeing in Whakatāne.
Kiwifruit, aquaculture, marine tourism, and a strong iwi economy. AI tools that work offline and bilingually find their home here.
We work with teams in
What we build
AI HR assistant, tailored to Whakatāne businesses.
- 01 Answers leave, pay, and policy questions 24/7
- 02 Drafts contracts, warnings, and PIPs from templates
- 03 Screens CVs against role criteria with reasoning
- 04 Flags ER risks before they become disputes
Common questions
Before you book the call.
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".
What's the smallest engagement you'd take on? +
A two-week paid discovery for Whakatāne businesses that aren't sure whether the build is worth doing at all. You get a one-page write-up of what we'd build, what we'd skip, and what it would cost. About 30% of those discoveries end with us recommending you don't proceed.
Has this actually shipped for a real Whakatāne? +
Yes. HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month – leaders get their week back. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
What tools do you build AI HR assistant on? +
For AI HR assistant we usually reach for Claude, Employment Hero API, BambooHR, Vercel. We're tool-agnostic at heart – we pick what your Whakatāne team can actually run after we hand the build over, not what looks good on a vendor sticker.