Being in a somewhat niche market like boardgames can lead to interesting phonecalls! A recent one was from the Reserve Bank who had an existing boardgame called “Skint To Mint”. It’s aimed at raising financial [...]

GAME DRIVE: Race your fellow conservationists from Camp to each of the wildlife reserves. In those reserves, complete Game Drives with Animal Photo and Tracker cards, and use Rangers to protect the Big Five. Along [...]

David and Margaret Allis of Edugames came to us with a box re-design job for their award-winning game Time Zone. The original box was starting to look a bit dated: The initial direction was for [...]

Happy Sheep’s a fast, fun game of memory, deduction and bluffing. It’s a fabulous family game, but it’s also got enough calculation and deception to make it a great light filler for serious gamers. The [...]

You’re poised on the emerald pitch at Eden Park for the Final of Rugby World Cup 2011. It’s the dying moments of the game. The score is deadlocked and the crowd is screaming. The ball [...]

Snacks and Bladders is a wonderful exploration of the human body and the food we eat to fuel it. Correctly identify body parts and make wise food choices to stay ahead of your opponents as [...]

Grow four in a row but don’t topple on your go! What do you get when you cross Connect-4 with Jenga? A game that everyone wants to play again immediately after they’ve finished their first [...]

It’s a race to post the most and discover New Zealand along the way! Frogmail keeps hands and minds on the hop… *     Choose a native frog stamp *     Find towns and landmarks on a [...]

Ready to take the ultimate journey of discovery? Travel through time and rediscover New Zealand’s rich historical past.  Answer questions as you go, and earn points by collecting worms, wetas, millipedes and beetles. The player [...]

No matter what your thinking style, Cognition is a game that is guaranteed to test your mental stamina and tickle your funny bone in equal measure!  Designed by talented (and slightly twisted) Kiwi brothers David [...]

Trilith is a 3D connection game for two players, played on a square 9×9 grid board, with simple rules, complex strategy and cut-throat outcomes! A gladiator type competition between two opponents that will force you [...]

It’s night time at the zoo. All the visitors have come and gone, and the zookeepers have headed home. Amongst the packing crates scattered around their enclosure, the monkeys gather for their regular competition! Each [...]

Building on the achievements of The Amazing Moa Hunt, this is the first expansion pack. You need the original game to play, but this adds a new set of intriguing (if less well-known) Kiwi places. [...]

Riding on the success of The Amazing Moa Hunt and The Great Goanna Hunt, we turned our attention to world geography. For The Amazing Mammoth Hunt there were a host of key changes that make [...]

Soon after The Amazing Moa Hunt hit shelves, it was seen by an Australian games distributor, who got excited about an Aussie version. So we went full steam ahead and soon The Great Goanna Hunt [...]

This is the game that started our involvement with boardgames (although Minty had certainly played enough of them in his time!) Romina Marinkovich had created a pencil-sketched geography game to help home-school her kids. She [...]

Cathryn and Marty at Plum Tree Studios make absolutely gorgeous studios: beautifully designed and finished with superb craftsmanship. They had a website, but it was starting to show its age: it didn’t look good on [...]

Last year we launched a new site for award-winning Auckland-based photographer Emma Bass (which replaced a site we’d created for her many years ago in the ancient times of the ‘net when Flash ruled the [...]

Camp Anderson is situated at Riversdale Beach, 55kms south-east of Masterton on the Wairarapa’s eastern coast. It’s a wonderful choice for people who enjoy swimming, diving, fishing or simply enjoying an unspoilt beach environment. The [...]

Four years ago we created a free website to promote one of Carterton’s fabulously unique days, The Great Carterton Wheelbarrow Race. The day comprises many events and activities, including kids and adults races, mobility scooter [...]

HELO, the Home Early Learning Organisation of New Zealand, represents nearly 9000 children and 50% of the in-home ECE sector, including over 4000 Educators, Nannies and Au Pairs. They needed a site up promptly to [...]

As a farrier, you’ll often find you need particular supplies in a hurry, and being able find what you want 24 hours a day is a big bonus. That’s why M&J Farrier Supplies got in [...]

Some websites are large, and have complex requirements. Some are small, and actually benefit from keeping things as lean as possible! The website for the Wairarapa Summer Rally is a good example of the latter. [...]

Of all the myriad stories to emerge from the chaos and horror of the Second World War, Ray Parkin’s is perhaps the most fascinating and illuminating. A self-educated Petty Officer, Ray Parkin developed into one [...]

Novo means “from the beginning”, “refresh, revive, change, invent”. It’s Masterton’s Countryman Restaurant, re-invented. And to go along with the new look, Novo engaged Nectarine to build them a shiny new website. At Novo, you’ll [...]

Irena Stenner allows the astounding creative power of the right brain functions to flourish with her art-based team-building workshops! As Irena says, “We live in a world dominated by left-brain thinking and are only just [...]

The Wairarapa Montessori Children’s House offers a peaceful and orderly environment that fosters a love of learning. It is based around a structured curriculum, supported by Montessori-trained teachers and special Montessori learning equipment. Our own [...]

Award-winning photographer Emma Bass applies her talents to a diverse range of subject matter. Her world is visual… light and colour are her lifeblood. Emma’s images have graced the covers of New Zealand Grace, New [...]

Linda Penlington recently moved to Carterton and opened her Gain Momentum fitness studio. Linda works with people to help them improve flexibility, increase strength, sculpt and tone their shape, or recover from injury. She also [...]

When chef Sean Barnes found out in 2009 that he had Coeliac disease (a severe intolerance to gluten), like so many others he was left dismayed at suddenly having to miss out when eating out. [...]

Kuranui College is just down the road in Greytown, and they’ve been on an ambitious updating and modernisation program for some time now. A suite of seven Science and Mathematics classrooms were completed in 2011, [...]

Just down the road from us, right on the bustling Main Street in Greytown, is a glorious haven for any artist: the Village Art Shop. It’s a wonderland of paints and pastels, pencils and paper, [...]

Gareth Farr is one of New Zealand’s most prolific and respected composers. His recent works include the Rugby World Cup 2011 theme,  the soundtrack to Vula, the NZ Ballet’s “The Wedding”, the music for the [...]

Happy Sheep is our fast, fun game of memory, deduction and bluffing for 2-4 players! The website features an animated “How to play” section to get you playing in 60 seconds, downloadable rules, game contents [...]

To support Five Men Standing, the official game of Rugby World Cup 2011, we’ve put together a WordPress site. It features an animated “How to play” section, a blog, downloadable rules, competitions and more! Visit [...]

Before heading to the fair shores of Aotearoa, we ran a multimedia and web business in Melbourne for over a decade, so it’s not unusual to get a call from across the ditch about work! [...]

The lovely people at Taylor Boutique continue to create amazingly stylish and yet incredibly practical garments, and recently decided to make the jump to an online shop. We used the NZ-designed Instinct WordPress Ecommerce plug-in [...]

Chiropractor Stefan Pallister has over 40 years experience in clinical practice and chiropractic education, which he puts to great use at his Carterton Chiropractic Clinic! And sometimes, all you need to get started on the [...]

  A recent addition to Carterton’s shops is Red Moa Gallery. A great way to fill in half an hour is to have a look around the interesting and varied works in this well-thought-out space [...]

Janet Green is a Masterton based ceramic artist. She creates exotic objects with beautiful curves and textures. Janet needed a website to showcase the work she has carefully archived from 1979 until now. We kept [...]

Ramari textiles is a craft studio and shop in Carterton. Owner Leanne needed a way of showcasing her gorgeous wares to a wider audience. Nectarine created a website that was simple in  design and structure [...]

The Dressage Wairarapa site provides a central point for information about the Wairarapa and Solway Dressage clubs, with details and entry forms for their upcoming events, online newsletters and a subscription service so riders can [...]

Taylor Boutique create beautiful, functional fashion for women at their stores in Newmarket, Ponsonby and Wellington. We created this Adobe Flash website for them over eight years ago, and it continues to thrive! It’s seen [...]

Country Charm is nestled in the heart of Carterton and has an astonishing array of gorgeous antiques. Owner Shirley Cameron has been an Antique Dealer for nearly thirty years, travelling extensively overseas to build a [...]

The Great Carterton Wheelbarrow Race is a unique community event that sees teams of mad racers dash around memorial square, competing for prizes for their sporting club or organisation. Those prizes are generously donated by [...]

At Greytown’s Cuckoo Cafe, you’ll find the finest coffee, astonishing pizza, hearty lasagne, awesome slow-cook, comfortable seating, a relaxed atmosphere and a great wine list. We built an Adobe Flash site to capture all the [...]

Trevor Lamb is the talent behind Leather and Art. His work ranges from astonishing fantasy helmets, leather art, belts and a range of motoring and aviation helmets, the last of which can be seen in [...]

We originally created this Adobe Flash website for architects Pleysier Perkins in our Melbourne office seven years ago, but it’s still going strong and we’re still updating it as they complete new projects, feature in [...]

We were approached by Visique Optometrists to create and maintain websites for two of their practices. An initial site design had been completed by a larger company, but they were looking for a more cost-effective [...]

Carterton Preschool is a wonderful early education centre- our daughter loved her time there and headed off to school with a host of literacy and numeracy skills under her belt. Cleanly designed and straightforward to [...]

The New Zealand Games Association (NZGA) aims to encourage the development of the game industry in Aotearoa New Zealand, from game design & development, through publishing and sales. We are focussed on physical games, including [...]

This site for fabulous local tiler Julie Madden is simple but effective. The colour scheme reflects TileIt’s logo design, and uses clear navigation to tell the story of Julie’s experience, skills and portfolio. Julie was [...]

Carterton School’s website needed to be able to maintain staffing lists, latest news, info for parents, board minutes, terms and holidays, charters and policies and much more. It also required password-restricted areas for some student [...]