AI FOR TRADIES NZ
AI automation for the admin that happens after the real work. For tradies, builders, and service businesses across New Zealand.
Sound familiar?
You finish on site at 5. Maybe 5:30 if you're lucky. Drive home. Dinner with the family — if you're not already on the phone to a supplier. Then the kids go to bed and the second shift starts.
Quoting that bathroom reno from Tuesday. Following up the three quotes you sent last week that nobody replied to. Chasing the invoice from the Henderson job — 45 days overdue now. Writing up job notes while you can still remember what happened. Texting back the four missed calls from today. Updating your schedule for tomorrow.
That's 2-3 hours. Every night. Weekends too, if you're honest about it.
Add it up: 10-15 hours a week of pure admin. Not building. Not earning. Not with your family. Just screen work. Every week. Forever.
You didn't do your apprenticeship to become a part-time office worker. But here you are, because the alternative is things falling through the cracks — missed follow-ups, late invoices, lost jobs, unhappy customers.
What if the screen work just... happened? Automatically. While you were actually living your life.
These aren't futuristic concepts. They're systems you can have running within weeks. Each one replaces a specific chunk of that nightly admin grind.
You send the quote. AI follows up at 24 hours, 72 hours, and 7 days — polite, professional, persistent. No more quotes disappearing into the void because you forgot to chase. Customers who were "thinking about it" actually come back. The follow-up messages sound like you, not a robot.
Talk into your phone on site — what you did, what materials you used, what needs doing next. AI turns that voice note into a structured job record: date, client, work completed, materials, photos referenced, next steps. Filed automatically. No more scribbled notes on receipts you lose in the van.
Invoices go out. AI tracks payment status. Friendly reminder at 7 days. Firmer follow-up at 14. Escalation notice at 30. You only get involved when it actually needs a human conversation. Most invoices get paid before you ever have to think about them.
Customer calls while you're on the tools. Within 60 seconds, they get a text: "Hey, Billy's on a job right now — he'll call you back this afternoon. If it's urgent, reply here." No more lost leads. No more "I called three plumbers and you were the only one who didn't answer." You were the one who responded fastest — without even picking up.
Drive home. Record a 3-minute voice note about your day. AI turns it into: tomorrow's task list, invoice line items, schedule updates, supplier orders, and customer follow-ups. By the time you walk in the door, your admin is done. Dinner is just dinner.
Three steps. No jargon. No 6-month implementation project.
We spend 90 minutes mapping your business — where the time goes, what falls through the cracks, what's costing you money. You get a written report showing exactly which automations would save the most time, what they'd cost, and the order to build them. This is yours to keep whether you work with me or not.
I build your systems using the tools you already use — or simple ones that work. Xero, Tradify, Google Calendar, your phone. No new apps to learn. No complicated dashboards. Things just start happening automatically. Most tradies are up and running within 2-4 weeks.
Quotes get followed up. Invoices get chased. Job notes get filed. Missed calls get answered. Your schedule stays current. And you're on the couch, not the laptop. I monitor everything for 30 days after launch and tune it until it runs smooth.
You quote honestly. So do I. Here's what it costs.
90-minute deep dive into your business. Written report with specific automations, time savings estimates, and implementation roadmap. Yours to keep regardless.
I build, deploy, and maintain your automations. Includes monitoring, updates, and support. Cancel any time — no lock-in contracts.
The government's MBIE AI Advisory Pilot co-funds up to 50% of AI consulting costs — up to $15,000 off your bill. If your business is NZ-registered, has been operating 12+ months, and has under 500 employees, you likely qualify. I handle the application paperwork.
AI won't drive your van. It won't swing a hammer, bend pipe, or wire a switchboard. It can't look at a job and know something's wrong before it becomes a problem. It doesn't have 15 years of experience telling it when a quote needs padding for the unexpected.
Your skill, your eye, your reputation — that's yours. AI doesn't replace any of it.
What AI does is handle the screen work. The typing. The chasing. The remembering. The admin that has to happen but doesn't need your brain to do it.
You do the real work. AI does the paperwork. That's the deal.
Every automation I build is practical and proven. No gimmicks. No chatbots pretending to be you. Just systems that handle the boring stuff reliably, so you can focus on the work you actually trained for — and the life you're working to build.
90 minutes. $297. A written roadmap showing exactly which automations will save you the most time — and what they'll cost to build. No obligation to go further. MBIE co-funds 50%.
AI Opportunity Map $297 · Managed automation from $500/mo · MBIE co-funds 50% up to $15K · No lock-in contracts
See how it works: Mangaroa Farms case study · Consulting · AI Automation NZ