AI training for New Zealand business teams
AI training for New Zealand business teams teaches staff to choose approved tools, draft customer replies and check spreadsheet summaries. thecolab.ai runs sessions on-site anywhere in NZ or remotely. Team workshops start from $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people. Public sessions start from $399 + GST per person; the schedule is coming soon. Free online introductions are available.
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Choose a suitable AI tool, practise everyday staff tasks and check the results. A practical introduction for owners and teams using ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot.
How much does ChatGPT training cost in NZ?
Team workshops start from $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people, with $200 + GST per extra person. Public sessions start from $399 + GST per person; the schedule is coming soon.
How do I choose ChatGPT training for a NZ business?
Start with the work your staff do, their current experience and the accounts they can use. Compare course topics and outcomes, then choose on-site or remote delivery. Use cleared examples and decide who will check the work.
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Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Start with a task and an approved account. Use the table to choose a training exercise, then compare the checked result and the effort needed to review it. thecolab.ai owns all three training sites below and provides the courses; this is our course selection guide.
| Tool and course | Suggested first task | Access to confirm | Training starting point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude foundations | Compare approved documents and draft a brief with source references. | An organisation-approved Claude account and permission to use the selected documents. | Half a day; From $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people. |
| ChatGPT essentials | Draft and check a customer reply, a planning note and a small data summary. | An approved ChatGPT account; confirm the file and workspace features required. | Half a day; From $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people. |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot foundations | Practise an Outlook handover and an Excel exception check. | Microsoft account, app and licence availability. We check before training. | Half a day; From $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people. |
Those are the published starting prices for private team training. +$200 + GST per extra person. Tool subscriptions are separate; final scope, delivery and terms are agreed in the proposal.
How should we make the choice?
- Write the task and a checked example of the output you need.
- Confirm which accounts and information your organisation permits.
- Try the same fictional input in the available tools and record errors and review time.
- Choose the training that fits the workflow and the people responsible for approving its output.
These exercises are suggestions, not a claim that one product is always best. Tell us your task and current accounts for a course recommendation.
- Level
- IntroductoryHalf-day workshop
- Delivery
- On-site or remoteanywhere in New Zealand
- Length
- Half a dayagreed with you first
- Topics
- 6adapted to your team
Who is this AI training for?
Business owners, directors, team leaders, customer-service staff and office administrators who need a shared starting point. You do not need coding experience. Mixed groups can work on different tasks and use the same checking method.
The session starts with a task your team repeats: replying to a customer, summarising a supplier document or explaining a spreadsheet. We agree the tasks before training so the examples match the decisions staff actually make.
Participants compare a normal manual approach with an AI draft and record what still needs a person. The aim is a usable method for everyday work, with clear limits on the information staff may supply and the decisions they may delegate.
We teach the approved tools your team can access. A cross-tool demonstration helps you compare the same task in ChatGPT, Claude and Microsoft 365 Copilot; hands-on exercises use the accounts available to your group. Software subscriptions are separate from the training fee.
Before you start: Bring a laptop and access to an AI tool your organisation permits. Tell us which accounts staff have before booking. We confirm which exercises everyone can complete; nobody needs to buy a subscription just to enquire.
What will staff practise in the workshop?
- Choose a task and an approved toolList recurring jobs and choose one with a clear input and a result someone can check. Use a task-fit sheet to record the required account, allowed information and reviewer. Set aside high-risk decisions for your manager.
- Turn rough notes into a useful promptWrite a request with a purpose, audience, source material and output format. Ask for missing information to be listed. Compare a vague customer-reply request with a version that uses a fictional order history and a supplied returns policy.
- Draft a customer reply and an internal summaryPrepare a reply from the fictional customer case, then produce a handover note for another staff member. Check every promise against the policy and remove anything the source does not support. Keep the final sending decision with a person.
- Ask a question of a small spreadsheetUse invented order rows to ask which categories need follow-up. Ask for the working and compare the answer with a manual total. Discuss how missing rows, inconsistent headings and duplicates change the result.
- Practise safe inputs and output reviewSort example inputs into public, cleared and restricted information. Remove identifiers from a sample brief, then check whether the remaining detail could identify someone. Review an answer with a deliberately unsupported claim and decide who should receive the query.
- Choose a pilot for the following weekWrite a small trial plan with a task owner, reviewer and success criterion. Save the prompt, record corrections and decide when to stop using AI for the task. Share the checking steps with a colleague who missed training.
We adjust the content to your team, and use your own documents and tasks for the exercises.
Should we choose team training, a public workshop or online learning?
Book private team training for exercises based on work your staff share. Delivery can be at your workplace anywhere in New Zealand or live by video. We agree the scope and format with you before booking.
Public workshops are for individuals who want guided practice; the schedule is coming soon. The existing free online introductions are available now. Online study is a separate starting point, rather than a recording of this team workshop.
Should staff learn ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot?
Start with where the task happens and which accounts your organisation allows. Test one cleared task using a common brief and judge the draft against the source. Compare editing effort and whether the result can pass your normal review.
How do training fees and software costs differ?
The workshop fee pays for facilitated training. Software accounts and licences are a separate purchase from the relevant vendor. We check access before the session and agree which tasks staff can practise. Use the prices below as starting prices and request a scoped quote.
What should we learn next?
Choose more practice in your selected tool after the pilot. If staff struggle to write repeatable instructions, use the prompt-engineering workshop. If data decisions and approvals need work, use responsible-AI training.
What does this training cost?
Team training
From $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people
+$200 + GST per extra person. Private training for your staff, with your own work as the exercises.
EnquirePublic workshops
From $399 + GST per person
Schedule coming soon. Register interest and we email you when a day is set near you.
Register interestPrices are in New Zealand dollars and exclude GST.
Who does this kind of work
63.6% of employed New Zealanders, about 1,669,000 people, work in the desk-based occupation groups (in bold) where ChatGPT helps most. Each town page shows the local share, so you can choose the size of a local rollout.
Employed New Zealanders by occupation group, 2023
| Occupation group | Chart | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Managers | 18.3% | |
| Professionals | 26.8% | |
| Technicians and trades workers | 12.5% | |
| Community and personal service workers | 9.0% | |
| Clerical and administrative workers | 10.8% | |
| Sales workers | 7.8% | |
| Machinery operators and drivers | 5.9% | |
| Labourers | 9.0% |
Office, management and sales means four occupation groups: managers, professionals, admin and clerical staff, and sales. These are roles where AI assistance is most applicable. This broad proxy does not measure adoption or predict job change.
Source: Stats NZ, 2023 Census, usually resident employed people; ILO, Generative AI and jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposure (2025).
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- ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot? A guide for NZ businesses
Available in every region, for example Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington. See all locations.
Questions about this course
What is the best AI training for a small NZ business?
Choose training around a recurring task, your staff's experience and the tools you permit. This half-day suits teams needing an introduction across tools. A product-specific foundations course suits a team that has already chosen its platform. Ask us to scope the exercises before booking.
Can AI training help customer-service and admin teams?
Yes. Staff practise drafting a response from a supplied policy, preparing a handover note and checking a spreadsheet summary. The exercises use fictional records. A person checks promises, figures and tone before a draft reaches a customer or becomes an internal decision.
Which AI course suits NZ business owners and directors?
Start here if you need to understand everyday staff use and choose a small pilot. Bring the manager who can approve the task and its information boundary. For workspace administration and wider adoption, consider the business rollout course after the initial workshop.
What is AI ethics?
For the exercises here, it means considering how an AI-assisted task affects people: privacy, fairness, accuracy and who takes responsibility. Participants decide which information to exclude and who reviews an answer. Responsible-AI training gives a fuller session on those decisions and your organisation's policy.
Is there a free AI training course?
Yes. Our existing online introductions to ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot are free and self-paced. They cover basic use and checking, with lessons and quizzes. Private workshops add facilitated practice around your team's work. Public workshop dates are coming soon.
What is the best AI course for business?
Match the course to the work you want staff to complete. This introduction suits teams comparing tools; a dedicated prompt-writing session suits people who need reusable requests. A rollout programme suits managers who need to organise accounts, staff rules and a larger pilot.
How can I learn AI for business?
Choose a familiar, low-risk task and use a free introduction to practise asking for a draft. Compare the result with your source. In this workshop, a facilitator helps the group repeat that process and write a pilot plan with a named reviewer.
Is it acceptable to use AI at work?
Use your organisation's approved tools and follow its rules on information and review. Ask your manager when the task or data is outside those rules. The training exercise is to make that decision explicitly, before putting material into a chat or using the answer.
How can AI be used in HR recruitment?
Staff can practise drafting a generic position description or interview-question list from approved role requirements. Keep applicant records out of introductory exercises. People remain responsible for assessment and selection. Our HR course covers role-specific boundaries in more detail.
What are the top 3 AI skills?
For a business introduction, practise defining a task, providing an appropriate input and checking the output. Those skills form the workshop exercises. Your role may also require privacy review, source tracing or workspace administration; discuss those needs when choosing a follow-on session.
A note from Adam
I've watched hundreds of people at our meetups go from "I'm not technical enough" to building something useful in an afternoon. Knowing where to start helps. So does having someone in the room who's done it.
That's what this course is. We work on your real tasks, with your own data, and we're straight with you about where ChatGPT helps and where it doesn't.
Pick something small. Build it. Show someone.
Adam Holt, co-founder, thecolab.ai · New Zealand's first Claude Ambassador
Ask about AI training for New Zealand business teams
- Send us a few linesHow many people, where you are, and the jobs that eat your week.
- We reply with a planA suggested session and format, plus what to bring: real quotes, emails and questions.
- Your team does the workAt your place or over video. They finish with ChatGPT doing real tasks, not demos.
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