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We cover the whole lifecycle. And we actually enjoy the hard parts.

Our work spans the full digital lifecycle - from technical discovery and UX research through to software delivery, managed services, and ongoing evolution. We're at our best on complex, consequential projects where getting it right matters more than just getting it done. In an AI-enabled world, that judgment matters more than ever, not less.

Our partners choose us because we're a safe pair of hands with a strong track record. They stay because we genuinely understand their world and are willing to adapt our expertise and support to meet their evolving needs.

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Case studies

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Our Partners

We don't have clients. We have partners.

CCC
Environment Southland
MFE
DIA
AgResearch
MPI
AsureQuality
LINZ
Waikato Regional Council
University of Canterbury
Northland Regional Council
Interlead Consultants
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
Auckland Transport
StatsNZ
Kaipara Moana Remediation
NZTA
RSHL
Southland District Council
Invercargill City Council
Auckland Council
Companion Animals New Zealand
MDC
Environment Canterbury

Recent articles

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  • Black-and-white illustration of a person walking down a hillside from a group of people working on laptops and phones, and a friendly robot stepping down a stack of blocks marked with code symbols. Both carry folders and are heading towards a plain black cube between them.

    Development Practices

    Onboarding people and AI agents to the same codebase
    Lachlan Kelliher
    When I joined my first project, the best-prepared new starter was the AI. What its welcome pack left out, what a small experiment showed, and what people need instead.
  • Illustration of MadeCurious team members gathered at a whiteboard for an incident stand-up in the office, with an orange traffic cone on a nearby desk.

    Development Practices

    #php-big-sad: how our team handled a global PHP security scramble
    Steve Liew
    Two critical PHP flaws, 14 hours' notice and a 3am release. Here's how our team stayed calm, gave every partner clear options for their own site, and had most sites patched within a day.
  • Black-and-white ink illustration of a Carrefour online shop, a judge’s gavel and accessibility controls on a smartphone, alongside a document representing New Zealand’s proposed accessibility standard.

    Design & User Experience

    A little bit accessible isn't accessible
    Abigail Little
    A French court has ordered Carrefour to make its online shop fully accessible, and refused to let an overall usability argument excuse the gaps. New Zealand's draft accessibility standard points in a similar direction.
  • Sewing pattern pieces on tracing paper labelled Contracts, Briefing and Signals, with handwritten alterations such as move out, new shape and wider, and a crossed-out piece labelled Data beside a reshaped new version.

    Success Stories

    Which workflows do you actually want to own?
    Abigail Little
    Custom software vs off-the-shelf: AI changed the maths. Six months of building our own shows which workflows are worth owning, and which to keep buying.
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Core Technologies

Find out more about the platforms we use.
React
Terraform
Django
Mapbox
Kubernetes
Python
Azure
Docker
PostgreSQL
Javascript
Helm
PHP
Amazon Web Services
Silverstripe
Elasticsearch

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