Est. 2017 · Aotearoa
Some organisations are leaping ahead with AI enhancing their people & processes. Others are stuck, wondering where to start. We help with practical advice, training, tools and custom solutions built for people ready to work smarter, move faster and grow.
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The gap
Copilot is switched on. ChatGPT and Claude are ready to answer. A few people are doing genuinely impressive things, most aren't, and the gap widens every week.
Everyone prompts their own way, so quality depends on who happens to be at the keyboard. Your team's best thinking stays trapped in individual chat histories.
The demo impresses, then drifts. No named owner, no baseline, no target, so nothing moves on the P&L. That's AI theatre & potential left on the table.
Company data in personal accounts. No guardrails on what AI drafts, checks or decides. The exposure grows quietly while the policy sits in a drawer.
Those who implement AI in a measured and managed way will outperform those who don't.
The difference is in your people, and the questions you ask along the way.Five stages
Be honest, not aspirational. Most organisations sit at stage 2 or 3 and believe they are further along.
We talk about AI. Nothing has changed.
Stage 1
Aware.
Some people use it. Nobody knows what works.
Stage 2
Experimenting.
Policy, training, tools. Old work, faster.
Stage 3
Adopting.
Workflows redesigned with AI in the loop.
Stage 4
Adapting.
Self-learning AI accelerates value consistently.
Stage 5
Frontier.
The Adaptation Gap sits between stage 3 and stage 4. That is where the value is.
Find your stageHow we help
Meet our growing team of advisors and technical experts. Together we deliver briefings for leadership teams, and scope and build AI workflows to enhance your people and processes.
Free · 20 minutes
Create your baseline.
Forty questions about a normal week. Your stage on the five, a profile across eight dimensions, and the one move that takes you a stage up.
Your client workspace
Discover, plan and deliver value.
Where your baseline turns into a programme. Your team logs opportunities, we score and rank them, and the value is tracked as each one goes live.
Flagship managed service
Workflows redesigned with managed and measured AI systems.
Your methodology, templates and past work encoded once, connected to the tools your team already uses, and improved every month. AI drafts. Humans approve.
Not sure where to start? Book a discovery call and we will recommend the right first step.
Proof
Some of the organisations we're proud to work with, from national institutions to fast-moving mid-sized firms.
Updated October 2026 · verified from the AI New Zealand client platform. Hours and cost saved are counted from live use cases only.
Certify by AI New Zealand
Four self-paced certificate courses built on New Zealand workplace scenarios. Start with the foundations, then lead it or learn the tools you run on.
Everyone · start here
Before the tools, know the rules. Written for New Zealand workplaces, and tool-neutral.
About 3 hours$95 pp + GST
Start the courseThe person responsible
Make AI safe to say yes to. Finish with a ninety day plan you can defend to a board.
About 10 hours$495 pp + GST · $295 for 5+
Start the courseClaude teams
From prompts to skills. An AI that knows your organisation and writes in your voice.
About 3 hours$235 pp + GST
Start the courseMicrosoft 365 teams
From prompts to agents, across Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.
About 5 hours$235 pp + GST
Start the courseAll prices exclude GST. Lower team rates on Business accounts. Certificates issued by AI New Zealand. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Microsoft, Anthropic or any other AI vendor.
Insights
Research, insights and best practice for companies making the move.
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Who's behind AI New Zealand
Justin Flitter founded AI New Zealand in 2017 to help business leaders discover why, where and how to put Artificial Intelligence to work. Since then the team has helped thousands of Kiwi organisations with practical advice and training, from leadership tables to workshop floors across the country.
"Adoption automates today's work. Value lives in redesigning it."