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If you've just gone freelance in New Zealand, two names come up constantly in the same sentence: Hnry and Xero. Both promise to make your tax and accounting life easier. But they're solving the problem in completely different ways, and pick
If you're a NZ sole trader trying to decide between Hnry, Xero, MYOB, and Wave, here's the short version: most sole traders earning under $150,000 a year should start with Hnry or Xero Ignite, depending on whether they want a done-for-you s
For a 5-person NZ agency juggling three client projects, ClickUp costs roughly NZD $56/month on the Unlimited plan. Asana costs NZD $87/month on Starter. Both let you manage tasks, track timelines, and integrate with the tools you probably
If you're a New Zealand sole trader, freelancer, or small business owner who has ever Googled "contractor agreement template NZ," you already know the problem: every result is either an American site that doesn't mention the Employment Rela
Xero holds roughly 70% of the NZ small business accounting market, but that dominance doesn't make it the right tool for every business. QuickBooks, FreshBooks, and a handful of challengers offer real alternatives, especially if Xero's pric
If you're running a small business in New Zealand and your "CRM" is a spreadsheet with a colour-coded column called "follow up??", you're not alone. You're also losing money.
If you're running a small business in New Zealand and still manually emailing customers from Gmail, you're leaving money on the table and burning time you don't have.
Your team of three is juggling six client projects, timelines are slipping, and you're tired of chasing people on Slack to find out what's actually due today. Project management software won't magically fix bad planning, but it does give ev
A Kiwi tradie had his business laptop encrypted by ransomware last year. Cost him $8,000 in downtime and a $4,500 ransom - which he paid. The tool that would have stopped it costs under $80 a year.
Figma's stock dropped 7% the day Claude Design launched. Here's what it actually does, whether it replaces Figma, and who should pay for it.
An honest review of Beehiiv as a newsletter platform — pricing, features, monetisation, and how it stacks up against Substack and ConvertKit for Kiwi creators.