Voice AI agents in Whakatāne.
For Whakatāne operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
Small crew or big organisation, the busywork is the same :)
Quotes with GST, consent paperwork, LBP records and health and safety logs: the admin every New Zealand trade business carries.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Dairy, kiwifruit, forestry and manufacturing keep the Eastern Bay busy. We automate the rosters, supplier invoices and compliance records that pile up at harvest.
What voice AI agents actually do
Never miss a call again. With the right workflow automated, nine hours of admin a week could drop to about one.*
*Illustrative example only, based on 9 hours a week of admin falling to about 1 hour a week. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Whakatāne, up close.
The Rangitāiki Plains support intensive dairy farming and horticulture including kiwifruit, avocados and citrus, forestry is a major industry, and manufacturing remains a cornerstone of the district.
The Whakatāne District is widely known as one of New Zealand's food baskets. Kiwifruit picking and packhouse work run from about March to mid-June.
One workflow.
In production.
In weeks.
What you get
42% of after-hours calls now booked without human input.
- Trained on your business hours, services, and pricing
- Books appointments straight into your calendar
- Texts the team for anything urgent
- Full call transcript and audio recorded for QA
- No annual contracts
- No AI theatre
How it works in Whakatāne
We find the one workflow costing Whakatāne businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
Straight answers
Anyone else in this space using voice AI agents?
Plenty. 42% of after-hours calls now booked without human input. The interesting question is rarely "does it work" - it's "is your team ready to use the output." That's what we'd scope on the call.
How do you price voice AI agents engagements?
Fixed-scope pilots first, then either project pricing or a small monthly retainer for the ongoing work. No long lock-ins, no 18-month black-box deals. Most Whakatāne businesses are surprised how small the first cheque is.
Who owns the code and the model setup?
You do, on delivery. We deploy voice AI agents into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Vapi sits in your account too - we don't operate it from ours.
Can it keep our building records in order?
Yes. Restricted building work must be done or supervised by a Licensed Building Practitioner, who provides a Record of Building Work, and AI can keep those filed per job.
Will quotes and invoices show GST properly?
Yes. GST is 15 per cent on most goods and services in New Zealand, and anything we build that prices work shows it the way your accounts need.
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