Project work

What we’ve built, and why

Each of these started with something that wasn’t working. Pick the problem that sounds like yours.

Flooring · Kaitaia

In use

P&P Flooring — FloorQuote

The inbox was the operating system. Enquiries arrived unstructured, quotes depended on who built them, jobs lived in long email threads, and supplier price rises were easy to miss.

A rebuilt website with local service pages that sends every enquiry into FloorQuote: rule-based quoting, a jobs board, installer job packs and a supplier price watch.

Work now runs in one system from enquiry to ready-to-invoice, with Xero kept as the accounts record.

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Find your problem

DigitalIn use
Roaming Kurī
Our own initiative: a community tool for residents of the Far North who see roaming dogs.
The problemA resident with a photo and a location had no easy way to turn that into a clear, useful report.
What we put in placeA phone-first report: a photo, a confirmed location and a few quick questions, sent as a structured report. A public map shows approximate sightings without the reporter's details.
What changedAnyone with a phone can now send a clear roaming-dog report, and the community can see where sightings are.
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DigitalIn use
Seishin Ryu Niwa, karate kaupapa Māori
Seishin Ryu Niwa, a karate club training at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rangi Āniwaniwa, Kaitaia.
The problemRegistration ran on paper forms, and class times and pānui had no single home kaiako and whānau could rely on.
What we put in placeA bilingual site with online registration, a private admin for the membership register, pānui, a calendar, a gallery and the Japan 2027 trip pages.
What changedWhānau register online and the club keeps its register in one place. A second club, Pioke (pioke.org), now runs on the same platform.
“We have had wonderful experience with Ara Tika Systems for our karate dojo. Such a streamline process, quick turn around for requests and Tyrone has created a central hub for which we are extremely grateful for as a small community club. Having such digital infrastructure has made our community club run more efficiently, and has given us the well needed time focusing on the things on the dojo floor with tamariki instead of our heads buried in paperwork. Thank you!”
★★★★★ Darnel Eparaima · Google review
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DigitalIn use
Ako with Nola
Ako with Nola, a whānau kaupapa sharing kupu in te reo Māori, English and lea faka-Tonga.
The problemThe resources existed as printed cards, and kaiako had no easy way to find them.
What we put in placeA trilingual kupu browser, a free download, card decks to buy, an enquiry form and one owner page for orders and enquiries. Audio is built and waiting for the whānau's recordings.
What changedKaiako can find the kupu online and order or enquire in one place. We build and host it; the kaupapa stays theirs.
“Exceptional support! As a small whānau pakihi, we really appreciated Tyrone’s fast, clear and professional service. His understanding of te reo Māori me ngā tikanga meant a lot to us. He was respectful and took the time to understand who we are and what our pakihi is about. His open communication made the whole process easy. Ngā mihi nui, Atatoa and Tyrone!”
★★★★★ Erana Severne · Google review
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DigitalIn development
Pānui
A kura in Te Hiku and its whānau.
The problemEach pānui is copied to Facebook, paper and email, and each copy fades. Weeks later whānau ring the office and someone types it out again.
What we put in placeWrite a pānui once, at a permanent address; every existing channel links to it. A correction made once is correct everywhere, and the page says it changed.
What changedThe kura's channels stay as they are, each pointing to one current pānui. We are exploring it together with the kura.
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Physical + DigitalIn use
Bidz Takeaways
Bidz Takeaways, a takeaway in Ahipara.
The problemBidz had only a Google Business listing and no site of their own, so the menu, prices and hours customers wanted were hard to find.
What we put in placeOne menu that feeds the website, the full menu page and the TV board in the shop. Staff update prices and hours in a simple admin. Local search basics went in too.
What changedA price change shows on phones and the shop TV together. Ordering stays phone and walk-up, by choice.
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DigitalIn use · Kōkiri in pilot
Tū Roa Te Hiku: website and Kōkiri
Tū Roa Te Hiku Charitable Trust, Kaitaia, which exists to support tamariki, rangatahi, whānau and kaupapa Māori to stand strong across Te Hiku and beyond.
The problemThe trust needed one clear place to say who it is, and fundraising relied on a Facebook post and manual bank transfers matched up by volunteers.
What we put in placeA website built from the trust's own design, with a contact form, and Kōkiri, a phone-first fundraising platform being piloted with Tū Roa.
What changedPeople can find the trust and get in touch, and volunteers have one place to set up a fundraiser.
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DigitalIn use
toru.ing
toru.ing, a rangatahi's 3D-print shop in Kaitaia, fundraising for her dōjō's karate trip to Japan in April 2027.
The problemEvery print is made to order, so each sale carries a colour or a name, a delivery choice, a payment and a place in the print queue.
What we put in placeA bilingual shop, te reo first, where buyers order and pay by card, or pay cash when they collect in Kaitaia. A private board shows every order, and a print list groups what to print next.
What changedOrders, payments and the print list sit in one place, and the trip fund meter and thank-you wall update from real sales.
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Physical + DigitalIn use
Our own setup
Ara Tika Systems, our own gear.
The problemA network, a NAS, a 3D printer, an AV receiver and a TV each had their own app, and none could be checked from one place.
What we put in placeWe run our own network and NAS the way we'd set one up for a client, with a dashboard for the printer and a phone remote for the receiver and TV, all on our own server.
What changedEverything is checked and controlled from a phone, on gear we look after ourselves.