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Research and field notes on AI that actually gets used.
What we are seeing inside New Zealand businesses: what works, what stalls, and why the gap between buying AI and getting value from it is an operating problem rather than a technology one.
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Client Engagement Platform
Your AI Workspace is open: build AI capability in-house, starting free
Industry associations
Your members bought the licences. Now give their people the skills, under your name.
AI for Schools
Our young people will start work with AI already in the job. Let's get them ready.
AI Operating System
Everyone is buying the skills layer. Almost nobody is buying the integration layer.
2026 AI Roadshow Notes
AI is no longer just about content generation. It is becoming operational infrastructure.
Insights
What comes after LLMs now has a New Zealand face on it.
Guidelines
You Don't Have to Rent Your AI
Guidelines
A New Zealand read on Anthropic's Mythos, the RBNZ warning, and Trump's frontier model order
Guidelines
Five things we have learnt so far on the Great New Zealand AI Roadshow.
Knowledge Hub
Easy-read explainers to help you understand Artificial Intelligence.
Explainer · Start here
What is AI?
A plain English guide for New Zealand business: the main types of AI, what is not AI, the law that applies here, and where to start.
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What are AI agents?
AI that takes steps on its own: how agents work, how they differ from chatbots and automation, and how to keep them under control.
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Shadow AI
Staff using AI tools you have not approved: why it happens, the real risks, and five steps to bring it into the open.
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What is MCP?
What MCP is, how it connects AI tools to your business systems, who supports it, and the risks to manage.
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Which AI tool is best for your business?
ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and Numa compared: what each is best at, what it costs and what happens to your data.
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Claude
Anthropic's assistant for NZ teams: plans, pricing, data handling, Cowork and how it compares.
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ChatGPT for business
What ChatGPT costs in NZ$, personal vs business accounts, where your data goes, and how it compares.
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Microsoft Copilot
Copilot Chat, the Copilot licence, Studio and Cowork untangled, with NZ prices and who should get a licence.
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Numa
The Wellington-built AI agent platform for SMEs: what it does, what it costs and how it compares.
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AI and the Privacy Act
What the Privacy Act 2020 means when staff use AI on customer or staff information, principle by principle.
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How to write an AI policy
What a workable AI policy covers, step by step, with a worked example and free templates.
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NZ business AI examples
One client story and eight everyday tasks, with minutes per task before and with AI.
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