Avoca Web Design Nelson, NZ | Websites, SEO & Strategy

A Nelson web design studio, working across Aotearoa and beyond

Avoca Web Design

We're a small web design team in Nelson NZ, building and managing websites for organisations across Aotearoa and beyond for over two decades.

Our approach is built around partnership, craft, and care that doesn't stop when the site goes live. Good websites work because every part has its place. We work closely with the teams behind the sites we build, learning your world, your audiences, and the work that drives you.

And we stick around for the long haul, keeping the site sharp, looking after the bits that need looking after, and helping you grow with it.

Meet the team

Websites built to last, care that doesn't stop

What we do

We craft websites designed to grow and last. We help with strategy, content and SEO. We host and look after the sites we build for the long haul.

Website design

Strategy-led web development, built to last

Web design

We design around your content, your audience, and the work your website needs to do. From information architecture through user experience to visual design, every decision is shaped by what the site has to achieve for your team and your visitors.

Web development

We build on Statamic for sites that handle real content and stay easy to manage, on WordPress where it fits, and on Shopify for ecommerce. Performance, accessibility and SEO are built in from the start, not bolted on later.

Launch & handover

We migrate content, preserve your search rankings, and train your team to manage the site once it's live. Launch day is the start of the relationship, not the end of the project.

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Growth strategy

Get more from the site you already have

Content strategy & SEO

Practical advice on what to publish, how to structure it for readers and search engines, and how to make sure your content keeps earning its place over time.

Website audits

We dig into performance, accessibility, SEO and content health, then give you a clear, prioritised list of what to fix and why. Useful before a redesign, or as a standalone health check.

Annual strategic review

A yearly deep-dive paired with a strategic conversation. We look at what's working, what isn't, and what to focus on for the year ahead. Included with Peak and Summit hosting plans, or available standalone.

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Hosting and care

The work doesn't end at launch

Hosting

Fast, secure hosting on infrastructure we've chosen specifically for the sites we build. Your site loads quickly, stays up, and has daily backups in case anything ever goes wrong.

Maintenance, support & updates

Updates, monitoring, security patches, and a team you can talk to when something needs sorting. We look after the technical bits so your team doesn't have to.

Strategic partnerships

We can partner with you for a relationship that goes beyond maintenance. Regular check-ins, support retainers, analytics commentary and our Annual Strategic Review keep your site moving forward.

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Case studies

We work with three kinds of organisations across Aotearoa: growing businesses, science and environment teams and arts and education organisations. Each gets the same care and craft, applied to their world.

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Te Pūnaha Matatini

Complex systems research

Auckland University

For Aotearoa's home of complex systems research, we replaced a sprawling WordPress site with a Statamic rebuild. 500+ pieces of content, now woven into a connected structure their team can edit with ease.

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Kinetrix Performance

Honeydew powered energy gels

Nelson / Te Tauihu

Kinetrix launched a world-first honeydew-powered energy gel into a crowded market. We built the informational site and ecommerce store that does both jobs at once, where educational traffic converts at twice the rate of cold search.

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Fresh FM

Amplifying the people of Te Tauihu

Nelson

Fresh FM, by the people, for the people, needed a site as vibrant as their radio station. We rebuilt it with a custom Firecrest integration pulling in 80+ shows, styled audio players, and a homepage that constructs itself from show art.

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Niki Morrell

Owner - Bold Communications

What sets Brendyn apart is how much he invests himself in his clients’ success. For him it’s not just about their website; it’s about their business. He’s always fixed on the bigger picture and his websites integrate into that seamlessly. Plus he has mad design skills.

Steph

Office Administrator - Bixworx

Their communication was amazing, they were patient, friendly, quick to respond, and they knew when we needed a helping hand along the way – it all came together nicely, and we love our new website – thank you!

Natalie Bird

Senior Communications Adviser - Cawthron

Good websites can often look simple when they've been built well, but achieving that simplicity takes an enormous amount of work behind the scenes to create consistency and coherence. Brendyn's sage advice and technical expertise helped our team wrangle our organisational complexity and produce a site that is easy to navigate, engaging and simple to manage.

Michael Mackinnon

Committee Member - Ceol Aneas Irish Music Festival

Avoca have just rebuilt our website. We couldn’t be happier. The colours and layout captured me instantly. It’s easy for visitors to navigate, to get the information they need, then register and pay. Due to the understanding Avoca has of our needs and processes, the back end, where I spent a fair bit of time updating the variables for our events, is easy to work through.