Digital Hub - Kaitaia

23/07/2026

We’ve just pushed Field Apps inside LocalMAPR.

Add your own map layers, customise your view, then export it straight to PDF, PNG or JPG. You can also add custom points to your map.

No complicated GIS setup. No 47-step tutorial. Just a super lightweight way to turn your data into a useful map.
www.localmapr.com ✌️

21/07/2026

To all those doing it tough in the fundraising game, hopefully we can shed some relief...

Shout out to everyone who’s had a go on AppFundr — because apparently fundraising wasn’t stressful enough already. 😂

We’ve added a few new features to make the hustle slightly less painful:

*Easier sharing
*Export your board to PDF
*List View to see all your tickets without playing digital hide-and-seek

Thanks for testing it, sharing feedback, and helping us improve it. https://www.appfundr.com —Yeah.. because the sausages aren’t going to raffle themselves.

Any other feedback....

14/07/2026

We’ve lowkey launched LocalMAPR because apparently normal stories weren’t dramatic enough… so we added maps. 😂 You might be able to find something similar on other platforms but can you animate map points like us? 🤣

Sign up, create a free Map Story, drop in your locations and images, then share the link like you’ve just built your own mini documentary.

It’s lightweight, easy to use, and won’t require a GIS degree, three coffees and a minor identity crisis to get started.

Here’s a share link showing off a few spots around the Far North.✌️

Next up, we’re building Field Apps so people can track observations, collect data and create more powerful map-based projects.

Basically… we started with “put some photos on a map” and now we’re accidentally building a whole platform.

https://www.localmapr.com/story/map-tour-1783375320339-ff99072e

👉https://www.localmapr.com

12/06/2026

We’ve built our own custom Map Tour control — designed to bring interactive, place-based storytelling into any platform. Built into our spacebuilder platform created by some of our

Connect maps, locations, images, videos, and narrative content into one guided experience. But because it’s custom-built, we can integrate it into websites, apps, portals, learning tools, and community platforms.

Check out our demo: https://www.spacebuilderai.com/map-tour/?tour=map-tour-2

Sign up. Create your own. Share.

We've even built in some custom pulse animations against map pins. 👈

31/05/2026

🌺 Samoan Language Week - Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa🌺

Opening Samoan Language Week and the beauty of Gagana Samoa, culture, song, prayer, and community.

We’ve built a dedicated page for the opening ceremony inside the Pasifika Navigators website where you can view and share the programme online:

👉 https://www.pasifikanavigators.nz/pasifika

Looking forward to the performances from the youth at local schools (Tuesday 2 June).

Ia manuia le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa! 🇼🇸✨

A living showcase for Pasifika language weeks, celebration dates, themes, learning resources, and official information links.

18/05/2026

Growth Advisor visiting Kaitaia in 2 days!!! Thursday 21 May

Small business owners in Kaitāia and surrounding areas — this is a great opportunity to get free support to help grow your business.

Meg Smith, Growth Advisor with Northland NZ, will be in Kaitāia on Thursday 21 May 2026 and is available to meet with small businesses for a FREE Discovery Meeting.

Whether you’re looking for advice, planning your next step, exploring growth opportunities, or just needing someone to kōrero with about your business direction, this is a chance to connect with someone who can help point you in the right direction.

To book a time or find out more, email:
[email protected]

15/05/2026

Meg Smith will be at the Kaitaia Digital Hub next week. Book a discovery session via email: [email protected] 👈

Kaitaia business owners — come have a kōrero with our Growth Advisor, Meg Smith, at the Kaitaia Digital Hub on Thursday 21 May.

If you’re looking for support to grow your business, improve systems, build capability, or explore training and funding options, this is a great chance to book a free Discovery Session and chat about what support may be available for your next step.

Our Growth Advisors work alongside Northland businesses to identify opportunities and connect you to the right support, training, and funding — including the Management Capability Fund, which may be able to subsidise management training costs for you from approved providers.

Whether you’re just getting started or planning for growth, we’re here to help your business grow stronger, smarter, and more connected.

📅 Thursday 21 May
📍 Kaitaia Digital Hub
📩 Book your free Discovery Session today via email: [email protected]

14/05/2026

We recently ran into an issue when building out an application for a client... If you've been working with web apps connecting to Xero you would have probably worked with something like accounting.transactions as a scope. As of March 2026 the scopes were updated to more "granular". Scopes like accounting.transactions have been deprecated and replaced. Check out the latest scopes for Xero web apps here:

14/05/2026

Leading on from the May 21st visit, Meg Smith will be visiting with Jasmin Wilson-Panoho, Northland NZ - Business Growth Advisors, to Kaitaia Digital Hub on Wednesday 1 July.

Their visit is an opportunity for our local business and community sector to connect directly with growth advisors, discuss ideas, explore support options, and look at ways to strengthen local initiatives here in Kaitaia and across the Far North.

Nau mai, haere mai — come along, have a kōrero, and find out what support may be available to help grow your kaupapa, business, or organisation.

📍 Kaitaia Digital Hub
📅 Wednesday 1 July