AI receptionist in Whakatāne.
For Whakatāne operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
What this is
24/7 AI front desk
A 24/7 AI receptionist that answers calls and chats, books appointments, takes deposits, and routes urgent issues to a real human. Sounds Kiwi. Doesn't fumble names.
Captures the 30-40% of enquiries that used to go to voicemail.
How it helps your Whakatāne team
What you actually get.
- Voice + chat, both trained on your business
- Knows your services, prices, and availability
- Books direct into your calendar – no double-bookings
- After-hours coverage with morning summary email
We've worked with enough operators in Whakatāne 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 receptionist project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
If we build the right slice first, Whakatāne teams feel the difference inside the first month. Captures the 30-40% of enquiries that used to go to voicemail.
Why Whakatāne businesses are a fit for this.
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 receptionist, tailored to Whakatāne businesses.
- 01 Voice + chat, both trained on your business
- 02 Knows your services, prices, and availability
- 03 Books direct into your calendar – no double-bookings
- 04 After-hours coverage with morning summary email
Common questions
Before you book the call.
When does AI receptionist 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 Whakatāne – so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
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.
Do you have proof this works for Whakatāne businesses? +
Direct case study: Captures the 30-40% of enquiries that used to go to voicemail. Happy to walk you through full numbers on a call.
Will this run on our own infrastructure? +
Yes, where it makes sense. AI receptionist can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Vapi, Twilio, Claude, Cal.com, Stripe but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
Skip the pitch.
Tell us the workflow and we'll come back with what we'd build first.
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