Real AI work for real New Zealand organisations
What we built, who it was for, and what changed for the people using it - from school podcast platforms to Claude connectors and engineers embedded in client teams.
Maugers Contracting: crews, plant and paperwork, run through Claude
A Christchurch civil contractor whose managers and supervisors built their own Claude tools in three sessions, led by a live staff and plant planner that pulls QuipCheck, Outlook leave and site updates into one view.
Claude setup and custom connectorsShakti Mat: 6+ custom connectors, one Claude across six stores
Shakti Mat, a Christchurch wellness brand in six markets, now asks one Claude chat across its stores and systems, after we built 6+ custom read-only connectors in under four weeks.
Advice platformNudge: free KiwiSaver advice for 145+ Kiwis, signed off by an adviser
Nudge, a free KiwiSaver advice portal for a Christchurch financial adviser, has helped 145+ Kiwis: AI runs the conversation, plain code scores the risk and a licensed adviser reviews every recommendation.
Education platformDigiKōr: AI does the admin across 18 schools, teachers decide
Podcast learning platforms for NZ schools where AI transcribes, summarises and drafts NCEA marks for 226 students across 18 schools, and teachers confirm every decision.
Cultural heritage appVaka Ō Te Tupuna: 78,000+ words of kōrero, kept by whānau
Vaka Ō Te Tupuna: 78,000+ words of elders' kōrero transcribed, with every recording saved to the whānau's own Google Drive and summarised by AI with a cultural lens.
AI platform buildGood Church: from MVP to public sign-up in about four weeks
Took an AI governance advisor for NZ churches from a single-user MVP to public sign-up in about four weeks: per-church documents, cited answers, law-change monitoring and safeguarding alerts.
Fintech buildPaagaa: core referral features in 3 weeks, then a budgeting app
An adviser referral platform with its core features working three weeks after the first commit, then grown into Paagaa, an open banking budgeting app where Claude writes the plans and code checks every number.
Claude setup and trainingTrap and Trigger: team trained, Claude connected to 6 of their tools
An Upper Hutt conservation contractor, trained on Claude in a half-day workshop, then connected to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Docs, Site App Pro and PayHero - health and safety compliance is now one question away.
Claude setup and trainingSite Safety: Claude set up across six parts of the week in 2 hours
A temporary fencing hire firm from South Auckland to Whangarei got Claude set up across six parts of the week in one 2-hour session, drafting invoices, bookings and lead briefs for the owner to sign off.
NZ builder: 29 AI use cases, mapped and ranked
Two workshops with a New Zealand builder: the team tagged every step of their own processes, and 29 AI use cases were scored into a ranked list and a 90-day plan.
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Last updated 19 September 2026