A Palmerston North social enterprise
Professional services supporting the Palmerston North community and businesses.
Tutoring
One-on-one and small-group tuition for local learners. Maths support for secondary and undergraduate.
Labour Hire
Trained, vetted crews and reliable hands for homes, sites and businesses — short or long term.
Automotive & Equipment
Servicing, repair and equipment work carried out by our qualified team.
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Built in-house
Accounting software, made for teams like ours
We kept hitting the same wall with off-the-shelf tools built for accountants, not tradies — so we built our own. Import your bank statements straight from a CSV, code transactions in seconds with a smart categoriser that learns from you, run payroll with PAYE and KiwiSaver handled automatically, and send invoices that look like they came from a real business.
- ✓ Bank statement CSV import — no bank login required to get started
- ✓ GST tracked automatically through every transaction, not just formal invoices
- ✓ Payroll with PAYE, KiwiSaver, and IRD payday filing exports
- ✓ Invoices and bills with your own logo, sent as PDF
Free for businesses under $1,000/month revenue, $10/month above that — no tiers, no per-user fees. Seasonal or just starting out? ask about discounted pricing once you're signed in.
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In detail
What each service covers
Each of these runs for our own crew and community first, then we make it available more widely — at the same standard.
Education & training
Patient, structured tutoring built around the learner
One-on-one and small-group tuition for local learners of all ages, with maths support for secondary and undergraduate. A weekly membership locks in a regular slot with the same tutor; casual sessions are there when you need them. Sliding scale — nobody's turned away for cost.
- Weekly locked slot, same tutor, progress notes each term
- Casual sessions by arrangement
- Flexible around school terms
- Sliding scale for families who need it
For homes, sites & business
Trained crews and reliable hands, when you need them
We staff our own property and maintenance jobs from the same pool of vetted, trained people we make available for hire — so you get people we'd put on our own sites. Charged hourly, with a retainer rate for regular ongoing crews.
- Vetted, trained, reliable crews
- Short or long-term placements
- General labouring, site work, moves and clean-ups
- Local labour for local jobs
Automotive
Keep your car alive — and learn how to do it yourself
For people who can't do their own car maintenance and can't afford a mechanic to do it. A small monthly membership covers oil changes, seasonal safety checks, and getting your WOF sorted — and we'll teach you the basics on your own car so you need us less over time.
- Regular oil & filter changes, done on schedule
- Seasonal safety checks — tyres, brakes, lights, fluids, battery
- WOF pre-check and we take it in for you
- Hands-on sessions so you can do the simple jobs yourself
Property & grounds
Lawns, hedges and upkeep, on a regular cycle
Repairs and upkeep for homes and small sites, done by crews you can trust — the way we'd want our own place looked after. Regular membership keeps it from getting away on you.
- Lawns and edges on a fortnightly / monthly cycle
- Hedges, shrubs and green-waste removal
- Gutters, minor repairs and an annual property check on the higher tier
- One-off jobs too, member or not
Journal
Notes on the work
The community, the model, and building things properly.
Running your car into the ground
Jono on why most people don't maintain their cars — and the membership we built for people who can't do it themselves and can't afford a mechanic to do it for them.
If you need something, just get in touch
We'd rather have a conversation than a price list. Tell us what's going on and we'll work out a plan that fits what you can do — even if that means we do the job at cost, or at a loss.
Why we're a social enterprise
We're a business, but not one built to make a few people rich. The point is to lower what things cost for the people paying, lift what the people doing the work get paid, and put whatever's left back into the community.
Get in touch
Tell us what's going on
Enquiries about any of our services, membership, or the accounting software. We'd rather have a conversation than send you a price list — we'll work out a plan that's worth your time.