“During Covid we basically got together a group of creatives and they were all talking about how we could pull together all the different things we can do in the region and get that out there,” Bourke, who owns property management company Bach Break Taranaki, said. “I went away from that meeting and thought we need a platform.” Bourke did some research and found the app Hello Auckland, developed by Auckland company McLaren Brown Media. They got in touch with the business, which has since helped the trio produce a similar product specific to Taranaki. The teams believe it is the only app of its kind in the region.