Custom apps and AI for businesses in New Zealand.

Software that fits. AI built in. Live in weeks.

We build software around how you work, connected to the systems you already run, and train your team in AI. Save time, cut costs, and grow.

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Where to start

You know the problem

Start with a project.

Your CRM and finance don’t talk, reports take days, or you need a back-office system built for how you work. We scope it and send you a fixed proposal.Projects from $15,000 + GST.

You know the goal

Start with a plan.

Your team confident with AI, running on software built for you. We start by auditing your tools and subscriptions, then build the roadmap with you.On the RIVER Retainer, from $5,000/mo + GST.

Not sure yet? Take the free 10-minute Readiness Check, or .

15+ years building · 1,000+ projects delivered · 100% NZ built

trevReal GroovyMental Health FoundationKnodeUNESCO & SVSGCommercial RealtyEdison HealthAuckland Badminton AssociationiMatch SportCleanlyFlow Plumbing ImportsGreentree AdvisersUnited Flower GrowersProperty MogulHolinesianOceania Football ConfederationPacific Cooperation Foundation

Everyone has AI. Almost nobody has it working.

AI is no longer the hard part. Turning it into outcomes that show up in the business is, and that takes leading, coaching and building together. You don’t need more AI, you need a partner who makes it deliver.

87%

of New Zealand organisations use AI (Datacom State of AI Index, 2025).

12%

have it running across the business (same index).

Most turn on Copilot or another tool without training their team, then wonder why not much changes. It works when AI is built into the software your team uses, connected to every system you run, not just Microsoft’s. We’re the partner who makes it work.

How we got here

Fifteen years of building software. Then AI changed how we do it.

Member portals, booking systems, patient records and grant platforms, for New Zealand and Australian organisations.

When ChatGPT arrived, we saw the writing on the wall for custom software agencies like us. So we rebuilt how we work around AI, starting with our own business.

Now AI does the heavy lifting, and our developers make sure it’s secure.

What used to take us four months now takes six weeks.

So software made for you now costs less, too.

Our kaupapa AI should empower people, not replace them.

Sal’s PizzaWeekly reporting for 46 stores, pulled automatically from the point of sale, with AI the whole team can use.

Abodo WoodNew products set up for their ERP in under two minutes, down from thirty, with an AI assistant built in.

Business SouthTheir SME growth programme, rebuilt as one secure platform, with AI drafting and their navigators deciding.

The direction, the people, and the build.

A build nobody adopts. Training that changes nothing. No one deciding what comes next. Apart they stall. Together, they create real change.

Lead & Coach

The direction, and a team that uses it.

Where to take AI next, backed by real numbers. Your team coached on their real work, so what we build gets used. AI suggests, your people decide. Already have a CIO or advisor? We work alongside them.

On the RIVER Retainer

Build & Manage

Built with you. Kept running.

Software built with your team in the room, connected to the systems you run. Hosted, supported and improved every month. When your team is ready, they build their own and we keep it safe.

As a project, or on the Retainer

Who we work with

Mid-sized organisations open to changing how they work, with an executive sponsor, a named project lead, an approved budget, and a team ready to build its AI skills. If you want software launched and left alone, we’re not the best fit.

What we build

Real problems, solved. Still running today.

Reporting · Edison Health

8 hours to 3 minutes

Seven data sources in one view of each patient. Their biggest report went from a working day to three minutes.

Automation · Commercial Realty

3x the work per agent

Enter a listing once and it publishes to their website, TradeMe and realestate.co.nz. More than 10,000 listings so far.

Apps · United Flower Growers

10,000 bookings a month

A member portal where 2,000+ growers book auctions, check prices and manage their products.

CRM · UNESCO & SVSG

75% less admin per case

A case management CRM for Samoa Victim Support Group, built with UNESCO. Calls, cases and referrals in one place.

ERP + AI · Real Groovy

25x online revenue

AI search across a million products, with the imports, shipping and ERP jobs running behind it.

Platforms · Oceania Football

$20M+ in grants managed

Fourteen Pacific nations plan, apply and report in one platform. Manual processing down around 75%.

RIVER learnt our business inside out, and found growth we hadn't seen ourselves. That is what changed our ability to scale.

Jay HarrisonFounder, Edison Health · 2022

See all our work

Your dedicated AI team. One monthly fee.

Start here, or keep going after a first project, as most clients do. We build, train your team and plan what’s next, against a roadmap we share, and nothing gets re-quoted.

RIVER helped us validate our market and launch our platform, and they haven't stopped since. They've been with us every step.

Mike CollinsFounder, iMatch Sport · 2025

From $5,000/mo + GST

A clear view of your business, on data you can trust
More output, without more headcount

If we don’t deliver against your roadmap, that month is free.Month to month.

Talk to us about the Retainer

What you can count on

We’re still here. You’re never locked in.

Your data, workflows and IP

Yours, always, in writing. A full export whenever you ask, and your data never trains public AI models.

Hosted where you need it

In New Zealand or Australia, or in your own cloud. Sovereign New Zealand hosting is a standard option.

A path to owning the code

We keep the engine underneath, which is what keeps us fast. Your team can inspect and extend what we build for you, and there’s a priced path to run it without us.

Built for privacy law

Designed for the Privacy Act 2020, the Health Information Privacy Code and the Australian Privacy Principles.

100%

project delivery rate.

8+ years

a typical client relationship. We build, coach, and stay.

100+

AI workflows built for clients.

10K+

tasks handled every day by the systems we run.

Trust Centre

Questions we get asked

It reads, writes, sorts and summarises. Drafting a quote, answering the same question for the fiftieth time, turning a pile of data into a report. A person still checks it and decides.

Ready when you are

Easy to start. Fast to prove. Built to scale.

AI Readiness Check

Free and guided, ten minutes. You leave knowing where you stand and the best place to start.

Talk to us

Tell us what you're trying to do, and we'll reach out for a chat.

“What if we’re not ready?”

Then we’ll say so. If ChatGPT or Copilot already does what you need, use them. When you’re ready to run your business on AI, that’s where we come in.