Support for work that does not fit a single service.
Some language needs are project-shaped. A campaign with a Māori component. An internal resource that needs input throughout. A communications overhaul requiring language direction at every stage. These services are built for that.
DESIGNED FOR
Organisations with a defined language project and no in-house specialist to lead it.
You know what you need to produce. You have a scope, a timeline, and a team. What you do not have is the Māori language expertise to hold the work to the standard it needs throughout. We provide that, for the duration of the project, with clear deliverables and no ambiguity about what is included.
THE OFFERINGS
Specialist language input across a defined project scope. We work alongside your team to clarify what good looks like for your context, provide language direction throughout, review outputs as they are produced, and deliver practical recommendations your team can act on.
Advisory and Project Support
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This is project-based engagement with a defined start, a clear scope, and agreed deliverables. It’s best suited to communications overhauls, campaign development with a Māori language component, customer-facing content requiring language direction, internal resource development, and organisational initiatives where language strategy is part of the scope.
If your organisation needs Māori language expertise available throughout the year, across multiple teams and moments, the Annual Partner Retainer is the right fit. One relationship. Continuous support. Priority access. The same trusted contact ready when something urgent lands, without repeated briefing.
Annual Partner Retainer
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From $1,800/month + GST.
Scoped to your organisation’s context.
Scoped before anything begins. Delivered with clear milestones.
We start with a discovery conversation to understand your project, your timeline, and what the work needs to produce. We then provide a scoped proposal with a clear breakdown of what is included, what falls outside scope, and what we need from your team to deliver it. No work begins until the scope and investment are agreed. No surprises mid-project.
IN THEIR WORDS
From organisations we have supported on language projects.
Practical details to help you move forward with confidence.
THE DETAILS
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The retainer is an ongoing relationship, designed for organisations that need language expertise available year-round. Advisory and project support is defined by a project, with a start, a scope, and an end. If your need is ongoing rather than project-specific, the retainer is the right fit.
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Every project is different. Common examples include language direction for a major campaign, a review and rewrite of customer-facing communications, input into an internal resource being developed by your People team, or language advisory throughout a brand refresh. Describe your project in your enquiry and we will tell you how we would approach it.
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It depends entirely on scope. We confirm the timeline at discovery before any work begins. Smaller advisory engagements may run two to four weeks. Larger projects with multiple deliverables may run two to four months.
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Yes, with a scope amendment agreed before additional work begins. If the project expands, we talk about it first.
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Yes, of course. A project engagement is often a natural starting point for organisations that go on to want year-round support. We can discuss that transition at any point.
Have a project in mind?
Tell us what you are working on and we will come back with an honest scope, investment, and timeline. If you would rather talk it through first, book a call with Ella directly.