AI chatbots & virtual assistants

Give your website a smart assistant that answers questions 24/7, captures leads and points people to the right service — trained on your business, not generic guesswork. Te Puke Digital builds and tunes AI chatbots that sound like you, genuinely help your visitors, and keep improving over time.

Most enquiries arrive after hours or start with the same handful of questions — hours, pricing, “do you do X?”. A well-trained chatbot handles those instantly, any time of day, so you capture leads you’d otherwise lose and free up your time for the conversations that actually need you.

What’s included

  • Custom chatbot trained on your content — your services, FAQs and policies, so answers are accurate.
  • Lead capture & enquiry routing — collect details and send them where they need to go.
  • 24/7 instant answers to common questions, in your brand voice.
  • Human handoff for anything the bot shouldn’t answer on its own.
  • Tone & brand-voice tuning so it sounds like your business, not a robot.
  • Ongoing training & oversight as your business and questions change.

How it works

We gather your content — services, FAQs, policies — and train the assistant on it, set guardrails so it only answers from verified information, and tune its tone to match your brand. We test it against real customer questions, refine the gaps, and add it to your site. As part of our AI automation work (powered by our AI arm, OSVector.ai), we keep it learning over time.

Why it matters

Speed-to-response wins business — visitors who get an instant answer are far more likely to stay and enquire than those left waiting. A chatbot also captures the after-hours and weekend leads that would otherwise bounce. The key is doing it right: a poorly built bot that gives wrong answers does more harm than no bot at all.

Who it’s for

Service businesses fielding the same questions over and over, businesses losing after-hours enquiries, and any Bay of Plenty business that wants to respond faster without adding staff.

Frequently asked questions

Will an AI chatbot give wrong answers?

That’s the real risk with generic bots, which is why we train yours on your own verified content and set guardrails — so it answers from your information, not guesswork, and hands off to a human when it should.

Can it sound like my business, not a robot?

Yes — we tune the tone and personality so it matches your brand voice, whether that’s friendly and casual or formal and professional.

What happens when it can’t answer something?

We set it to capture the person’s details and hand off to you (or your team) rather than guess — so a tricky question becomes a lead instead of a bad experience.

Can it capture leads, not just chat?

Absolutely — collecting names, contact details and enquiry info and routing them to your inbox or CRM is one of the most valuable things it does.

Want a smart assistant on your site? Get in touch, or see our AI automation and AI search services.