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New websites & builds
Fast, custom websites built properly from the ground up — no templates, no page-builder bloat. Designed around your business and hand-coded for speed, security and search.
Full-stack web development engineered to last
We’re a full-stack web development company in New Zealand — building fast, secure, custom websites and web apps on open-source foundations: WordPress, WooCommerce, and our own CMS. With 25+ years of front-end and back-end engineering behind every build, you get a trusted pair of hands who codes for performance, gets the security right, and hands you a site you own outright — no templates, no page-builder bloat, no lock-in.
What we do
Whatever you need built — or fixed
Custom development for new projects, and a safe pair of hands when an existing site needs sorting.
BUILD
Custom web apps
Bespoke tools and applications coded to your exact needs — booking systems, customer portals, dashboards and more. If it can be built for the web, we can build it.
SELL
WordPress & WooCommerce
Custom themes, plugins and online stores, done right. We make WordPress and WooCommerce do exactly what you need — reliably, and without the usual bloat.
CONNECT
Integrations & APIs
Connect your site to the tools your business already runs on — payments, CRMs, inventory, bookings and more. We get separate systems talking to each other, cleanly.
FIX
Fixes & rescues
Slow, broken, or inherited a mess from another developer? We take it over, get to the bottom of it and sort it — then keep it running smoothly.
The tools we build with
We build on established open-source technologies — the same standards that power much of the web — so your site is fast, secure and easy for any developer to maintain.
We also build on SilverStripe and our own custom CMS when a project calls for it.
Looking for web development?
Get in touch with us for expert advice
Whether you’re looking for a new website, having problems with your existing one, or just have an idea you’d like to chat through with someone in the industry, feel free to send us a message or drop us an email. Or give us a call — Monday to Friday, 8:30am–5pm (NZT).
★★★★★
Ian is as delightful as he is experienced. I've gone from fretting about technical issues to feeling in completely safe hands. I have recommended him to my friends and I'll recommend him to you.
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Ian FraserTechnical Lead
Hayley FraserDigital Strategist
A specialist NZ digital consultancy — you work with the two of us, every time.
Ian FraserTechnical Lead
Hayley FraserDigital Strategist
Web Developer FAQs
A few good things to know about website development.
One team handles both the front end (what visitors see) and the back end (server, database, logic). Nothing gets lost in a handover, so the design is buildable and the code is efficient.
WordPress — with WooCommerce for stores — is flexible and cost-effective for most business sites when it's built properly. For complex logic or specific requirements, a custom build (SilverStripe or our own CMS) can fit better. We recommend the right tool for you, not the one that suits us.
Yes — 100%. We build on open-source foundations and hand you the code, data and IP outright. No lock-in, no ongoing licence fees; host it anywhere and hire any developer.
Security is built in from the first line of code and continued at the server level — hardened config, controlled access, current software and active monitoring. We run ~100 sites on our own servers, so we see real-world threats daily and design against them.
Every build gets a Cardo site audit (our own platform) — a Site Health Score across speed, SEO, security and AI-readiness. We build to a high score and keep it there, so "fast" is a number you can see.
Most slow sites carry weight they don't need — page-builder bloat, heavy plugins, unoptimised images and queries. We rebuild on clean code, tune caching and queries, and treat Core Web Vitals as a requirement.