wellington · lower hutt · upper hutt · porirua

Your local tech partner. Actually local.

iterate is based in Lower Hutt and works with small firms across the Wellington region: accounting practices, professional firms and trades. We build your website, run your Microsoft 365 and IT, and fix the systems that don't talk to each other. The person on the phone is the person who does the work, and when on-site matters, we're twenty minutes away, not a ticket queue in another city.

in plain terms

One independent partner in the Hutt for the technology a small Wellington firm runs on: a fast website that gets found locally, Microsoft 365 and devices kept healthy on a flat monthly plan, and the gaps between your tools closed so nothing is typed twice. Fixed prices agreed up front, small steps that each work before the next, and nothing resold, so the advice has no commission behind it.

who it's for

Small Wellington firms with no IT person.

Our sweet spot is roughly 1 to 15 people, running on Microsoft 365, Xero and a pile of spreadsheets, with nobody whose job it is to look after any of it.

  • Accounting practicesXero, WorkflowMax or XPM, document tools and client onboarding that should run on its own. Our page for accountants.
  • Professional firmsLawyers, architects, engineers, planners, surveyors and consultancies whose time is the product. For professional firms.
  • Trades crewsCrews of 3 to 15 around the Hutt and Porirua who want to be the one found for their trade in their town. For tradies.
  • Owner-operatorsSole traders and small teams who need someone senior to think it through with them, not sell to them.

what we do here

Three fixes, close to home.

Most small firms have at least one of these problems, and many have all three. Each has its own page with the detail.

01 · get found

Web design & local search in Wellington

A fast, custom site that you own outright and can edit yourself, with analytics built in. Then your Google Business Profile worked properly, so when someone searches for what you do in Wellington or the Hutt, the map pack shows you. The build is fixed-price, and hosting and care start at $50 a month plus GST.

Websites & getting found →
02 · keep it running

Microsoft 365 & IT support in Wellington

We become delegated admin on your Microsoft 365: MFA everywhere, admin rights reined in, starters and leavers handled properly. Your mail and files backed up to immutable offsite storage and test-restored every month, devices managed, a helpdesk portal, and a plain-English report each month that proves it.

IT support & security →
03 · connect

Systems that talk to each other

Xero, WorkflowMax, Microsoft 365 and your practice or job-management tool connected so data is entered once. Onboarding, filing and chasing automated, the fragile spreadsheet rebuilt as something real, and calm migrations off tools being wound down.

Connect, automate & migrate →

Going deeper: a Microsoft 365 security audit with findings ranked by risk, ransomware protection, email authentication so nobody can send invoices as you, a WorkflowMax migration, or spreadsheet replacement.

how working together goes

A chat, a first fix, then momentum.

01

A no-obligation chat

In person if you're in the region, or on the phone. Tell us what's eating your time and we'll say honestly what's worth fixing, what isn't, and roughly what it involves.

02

We find the worst leak

We look at your systems and work out where the hours go, so the first fix is the one that pays back fastest. Part of the conversation, not a paid discovery phase.

03

Fix it, fixed price

One bounded problem, priced before we start and delivered in days. You see it working before anything bigger is discussed.

04

Then keep it healthy

Some firms have us run the lot on a simple monthly plan. Others call when the next thing is worth fixing. Both are fine, and everything is documented so you can leave with it.

More on why we work in small steps: the method.

why local helps

Remote for the routine. In the room when it counts.

Most of what keeps a small firm's technology healthy happens quietly and remotely: patching, backups, sign-ins, the monthly report. But some jobs go better with someone there: a new starter's laptop on day one, a system going live with the whole team, or a first conversation about what's actually broken.

Behind it is over a decade of solution architecture on national programmes in health, education and government, brought down to the size of a small Wellington firm. About iterate.

  • → Lower Hutt based, real person on a mobile
  • → On-site across Wellington, the Hutt and Porirua
  • → Independent, no software resold
  • → Fixed price, agreed before work starts
  • → Best-effort, business-hours support

free, no sign-up

Two quick checks before you call.

tool

DMARC, SPF & DKIM checker

Find out in seconds whether someone could send email pretending to be your business, with a plain-English verdict.

tool

NZ invoice template

Works out GST at 15%, checks it has what IRD asks for, and prints or saves as a PDF. Nothing is uploaded or stored.

local questions

Wellington and the Hutt, answered straight.

Where are you based?
Lower Hutt. We work face to face across Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Porirua, and remotely for firms on the Kapiti Coast and the rest of New Zealand. The person who answers the mobile is the person who does the work.
Will you come to our office?
Yes, when on-site matters: getting a new starter's accounts and laptop ready, or sitting with your team while a new system goes live. Most of the work itself is cloud work, so day to day it happens remotely and you are not paying for travel.
Can the first chat be in person?
Yes. If you are in the region, the no-obligation chat can be a coffee near you, or a call or video if that suits better. Tell us what is eating your time and we will tell you honestly what is worth fixing.
We're not in Wellington. Can you still help?
Yes. The websites, Microsoft 365 work and integrations all run the same for a firm in Auckland or Christchurch. Being local just means in-person meetings and hands-on visits are easy here.
What size of firm do you work with?
Roughly 1 to 15 people with no in-house IT person. Small enough that a boutique partner beats a big MSP, big enough that 'whoever is free sorts the laptops' has stopped being a plan. When you outgrow us, we will say so and help with the handover.
Do you offer 24/7 support?
No, and we are upfront about it. Support is best-effort in business hours, through a helpdesk portal you sign in to with your work account, plus a real person on a mobile when something breaks. If you need always-on enterprise cover, we will point you to it.
How do you charge?
Each fix is a fixed price, agreed before work starts. A website build is quoted up front, with hosting and care plans from $50 a month plus GST. Managed IT is one monthly retainer scoped to what we run for you. No per-ticket charges and no lock-in.

start local

Coffee works too.

If you're in Wellington or the Hutt, the first chat can be in person. Tell us what's eating your time, and we'll come back with whether it's worth fixing and what the first move is.

Rather not fill in a form?

  • Text Will021 027 75346, a real person on a mobile
  • Callif he cannot pick up, leave a message
  • [email protected]one line is plenty