Successful websites are built on four key pillars:

Designed around your brand

Built for your team to manage

Structured for search engines

Fast, secure, and reliable

The Avoca Web Design team conducting a website review.

We build websites that let you work your magic

What we do

You’re already doing great mahi (work). Your website should be working just as hard. We'll develop a clear strategy and build a site that communicates your work, engages the right people, and is easy for your team to keep current.

Once the website is live, we won’t leave you to fend for yourself. We host and maintain your site, ensuring it’s fast and safe. We train your team to easily edit content, and provide ongoing support.

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Websites for businesses / organisations with big impact

Who we help

We work best with organisations and businesses that have something meaningful to communicate and need a website that does the job properly.

Environmental / science teams

Websites for research teams and environmental organisations that communicate your impact and put your team in control.

Science & environment sites

Arts / education organisastions

From festivals and venues to schools and outdoor education providers, we build sites that promote your programmes and make life easier for your team.

Arts & education sites

Professional business websites, built properly

Whether you're launching something new or levelling up an existing site, we build websites your team can manage and your customers will love.

Business websites

Online stores that do your products justice

Custom-designed Shopify stores for businesses that take their products and brand seriously.

Online shops

Built for the future on modern tools

We choose our tools carefully. Statamic and Shopify are proven, reliable platforms that give your site a solid foundation.

Our recent work

Recent projects we loved working on

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Jeff Grimmett

Chairman, Kirkpatrick House Trust, Nelson

Jan and Brendyn got the job done, on time and under budget. Best of all, our entire Board of Governors loved the look and the feel of the website – it really reflected our culture and the message was very clear. Big thanks to the Team at Avoca – impressive stuff.

Janice Marthen

Former Manager - Theatre Royal Nelson

Working with Brendyn and Jan on the development of our website was a pleasure and they recognised the importance of promoting our shows, the venue and our team

Hemi Toia

Chief Executive

The Avoca Team were very easy to deal with, understood our business and what we wanted to achieve via our new website and provided practical support for the creation and managment of content. Ngā mihi nui Brendyn and Team.

Ceara McAuliffe Bickerton

Business Development Manager

Really positive experience! We felt like you really heard our needs & vision for the site and didn't make any assumptions about our users. Great communication throughout.

Our website design process

How we do it

Since every business is different, every website should be too. Don’t settle for cookie cutter solutions. Get the right result for your business with a website that’s perfectly tailored to you needs.

1. Discovery

It’s super tempting to just dive right into the details and design. However, it’s always better to have a good plan.

We’ll spend some time digging further into your target market, search engine opportunities and put together a strategy & development plan that will get you where you need to be.

The outcome of this stage is a custom website marketing plan.

2. Prototyping, UX design

Ok so now we’re diving into the look and feel right? Hmm not quite yet :).

Too make sure we’re developing the right solution, we create a “working model” prototype website. This process (sometimes called “wireframing” or “UX design”) lets us quickly test functionality and refine content requirements before beginning design work. We work through your customers journey on your website to ensure they have a great experience and convert.

3. UI Design

Now it's time to make it look fantastic.

We take the wireframes from the UX stage and design them to fit your brand and look stunning. We work closely with your brand to make sure the website really feels like it’s one of a kind.

This is where your website really comes to life and you can see what the finished product will look like.

4. Website development

Time to get building. We get our hands dirty in the code during this phase and build out your website any features and any custom functionality. We'll import your content and train you on how to use your fancy new site.

Your visitors’ time is precious. We want them to spend it converting, not waiting. So as we build, we focus heavily on performance, accessibility and usability, as well as great design.

5. Launch

When the site is ready for the world, we launch. That means putting the website through our comprehensive launch checklist, making it “live” to the world and ensuring it’s firing on all cylinders.

This is also when we make sure you know how to get the best out of your website. Easy, short learning videos and 1:1 training are built into every project launch.

6. Ongoing maintenance and strategy

Launching your website is only the beginning. You'll need to nuture your website overtime.

We have your website hosting, backup and maintenance covered. We can help you grow your site over time with new features, content. We can connect you to our network of professionals for additional services including copywriting, video, photography and online advertising.

Our creative whānau is here to help

We stick to our knitting and do one thing, website design, really well. But what if you need a logo and copy or great photography as well?

We’re part of a creative whānau (family) — more than just partners or colleagues in the business space — people we trust to deliver great work. Stellar graphic design, killer copywriting and great strategic advice.

We work as individuals but also together, bringing complementary skills and the strength of our shared kaupapa (purpose). You can relax, trusting in the security of knowing our creative whānau has your back

Meet the team

Brendyn, chief web wrangler at Avoca. — The Web Wrangler

Kirsten Revell the graphic designer for Revell Design. — The Graphics Nerd

Niki Morell, copywriter for Bold Communications. — The Wordsmith