Ōtaki businesses cover ground. Your phone shouldn't be the gap.
Ōtaki trades, growers, retailers and service businesses often work across a wide patch — Te Horo, Ōtaki Beach, up towards Levin and south to Waikanae. Between travel time, on-site work and patchy coverage, plenty of calls never get answered.
H3llo's AI receptionist answers those calls instantly, in a natural voice, using your business name. It captures who called, what they need and how urgent it is, then emails a summary and texts you if it can't wait.
It also means Ōtaki customers hear a professional greeting every time — whether they ring at 8am on a Monday or 9pm on a Sunday.
- Calls answered while you're out of coverage between Ōtaki and Te Horo.
- After-hours emergencies triaged against your own call-out rates.
- Quote and job requests logged straight into Fergus, Simpro or Tradify.
- Repeat customers transferred to your mobile when you're free to talk.
Want the bigger picture? Read about our AI receptionist for New Zealand businesses.
Why H3llo
What your Ōtaki AI receptionist does.
One AI agent handling reception, triage and job capture for your business.
Answers 24/7
Every call answered on the first ring — 7am starts, weekends, public holidays and 2am emergencies included.
Transfers to your team
If the caller needs a person, the AI hands the call straight through to the office or the mobile on call.
Email & SMS summaries
A written summary of every call lands in your inbox, with an SMS alert for urgent call-outs.
Logs jobs to your system
Connects to Fergus, Simpro, Tradify and other job systems so enquiries become jobs without retyping.
From $300/month
A fraction of a receptionist's salary, with no sick days, no training and no handover.
Local Kāpiti team
We're based at 34 Howell Road, Paraparaumu Beach — same time zone, same coast, same phone book.
How It Works
Getting started in Ōtaki.
We learn your business
Your hours, rates, services and the questions Ōtaki customers actually ask. Fill in the onboarding form, or let us take the lead.
Your numbers stay yours
We port your existing landline, 0800 or mobile number across, or add a new local number — nothing on your business cards changes.
The AI answers what you can't
Calls ring your team first. If nobody picks up, your AI agent answers instead of voicemail, takes the details and triages urgency.
You get the summary
Email summary plus SMS for anything urgent, and the job pushed into your CRM. You call back knowing the full story.
Plans & Pricing
AI agent plans from $300/month + GST.
Every plan includes a 24/7 AI agent, call summaries by email, SMS alerts and call transfers — with bundled minutes, extra channels and Business Freedom phone bundles available. A full-time receptionist costs $50,000–$65,000 a year; H3llo answers every call, all year, for a fraction of that.
Every Ōtaki call answered.
Talk to a local team based right here on the Kāpiti Coast. Call 0800 24 20 26 or 04 282 0255.
Serving Ōtaki — see our nationwide AI receptionist service.
Get In Touch
Contact H3llo.
Our phones are answered 24/7. Give us a call or fill out the form and we'll get back to you promptly.
Head Office
34 Howell Road, Paraparaumu Beach, Paraparaumu 5032
Business Hours
Mon–Fri 8am–5pm (Phones 24/7)