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Households · built for New Zealand

assembl OS for households.

DO Home: one place for the family’s school notices, bills, rates, renting and meals, with official New Zealand sources cited and nothing sent or paid without your yes.

Simulated · DO Home is on a waitlist; this runs on a fictional Example householdExampleSimulatedDraft
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The shell

Try it on the Example. Nothing here is real.

This is household OS running on The Example household, a fictional business. Move between the tabs with the arrow keys, and approve a draft to see what changes. Nothing is sent.

assembl OS for households

Simulated · DO Home is on a waitlist; this runs on a fictional Example household

ExampleThe Example household · Fictional, Dunedin. Two adults and two primary-school children (fictional, never named) sharing the life admin for a rented house. Every record here is simulated: no real business, people or data.

Today

Simulated

What needs you today: drafts awaiting approval, dates coming up and what the team did overnight.

Waiting for you

3drafts need your yes

In draft

1being prepared by the team

Specialists

3DO · Tenancy helper · Power bill helper

Official sources

25last checked 2026-11-08

The business, as the team sees it

The Example household

Example · illustrative model
  • DOHousehold life admin and school notices
  • Tenancy helperRenting questions, the tenant’s side
  • Power bill helperPower bills and switching

Agent team · in the Example

Who is doing what.

  • DOWaiting for you

    Household life admin and school notices · Level 2 · Draft

    NowRoom 9 museum trip: permission slip due Tuesday 17 November

    Reads 10 official sources

    Ask DO
  • Tenancy helperWaiting for you

    Renting questions, the tenant’s side · Level 2 · Draft

    NowRent increase notice arrived: notice period checked

    Reads 7 official sources

    Ask Tenancy helper
  • Power bill helperDone

    Power bills and switching · Level 2 · Draft

    NowOctober power bill read: most of it is usage, a fair share is the daily charge

    Reads 5 official sources

    Ask Power bill helper

Waiting for a person · 3

Drafts for your call.

  • Awaiting approvalSimulatedDO

    Room 9 museum trip: permission slip due Tuesday 17 November

    DO read the notice on this device: four dates (one has no year, so it asks you to confirm), a bring-list of five things and a reply draft with placeholders. Nothing sent.

    Source: Principle 4: manner of collection

  • Awaiting approvalSimulatedDO

    Rates instalment due Monday 30 November

    From the council notice you uploaded. A reminder is set for a week before.

    Source: Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

  • DraftSimulatedDO

    WoF on the family hatchback expires Friday 4 December

    From 1 November 2026 many cars 4 to 14 years old move to a WoF every 2 years; the label decides when the next one is due.

    Source: Changes to light vehicle inspections from 1 November 2026

  • DoneSimulatedPower bill helper

    October power bill read: most of it is usage, a fair share is the daily charge

    The Power bill helper showed the working and suggested checking Billy before the fixed term ends.

    Source: Your power bill, Billy: power plan comparison

  • Awaiting approvalSimulatedTenancy helper

    Rent increase notice arrived: notice period checked

    The Tenancy helper compared it with Tenancy Services’ 60-day and 12-month rules and drafted a polite question for the property manager.

    Source: Rent increases and reductions

  • DoneSimulatedDO

    Term 4 ends no later than Friday 18 December 2026

    From the Ministry of Education’s term dates page. Your school sets its own last day within that.

    Source: School terms and holidays dates

Trace · every step

What the team just did.

  1. Read

    DO School terms and holidays dates

  2. Approved

    Power bill helper October power bill read: most of it is usage, a fair share is the daily charge

  3. Read

    Power bill helper Your power bill

  4. Waiting

    Tenancy helper Rent increase notice arrived: notice period checked

  5. Read

    Tenancy helper Key rights and responsibilities

  6. Approved

    DO Term 4 ends no later than Friday 18 December 2026

  7. Drafted

    DO WoF on the family hatchback expires Friday 4 December

Built from the Example’s own tasks and the official sources each specialist cites. Simulated timing.

What this OS does

Experimental · reads on this device; term dates fetched liveExampleDraft

School notices

Paste a school notice and DO picks out the dates, what to bring and what needs a reply. It reads on this device, follows DO’s school rules (it never guesses a missing year) and asks nothing about your child. Leave children’s full names out of what you paste.

School terms, from the Ministry of Education

Reading…

Reading education.govt.nz…

Source: School terms and holidays dates (Ministry of Education, checked 8 Nov 2026)

Read a notice

Dates

Friday 20 November 2026 · 09:15
Kia ora whānau, Room 9 is visiting the museum on Friday 20 November 2026, leaving school at 9:15am and back by 2.30pm.
Tuesday 17 November 2026
Please sign and return the permission slip by Tuesday 17 November 2026.
Wednesday 18 November
Year not stated. The trip contribution can be paid online by Wednesday 18 November.
Monday 30 November 2026 · 11:00
Swimming starts Monday 30 November 2026 at 11:00am for the rest of term.
Confirm the year for dates without one:

Some dates have no year. DO does not guess it: confirm the year before adding a reminder.

Bring-list

  • Named drink bottle
  • Sunhat
  • Packed lunch
  • Comfortable shoes
  • School jacket

Needs a reply

  • Please sign and return the permission slip by Tuesday 17 November 2026. (due Tuesday 17 November 2026)
  • The trip contribution can be paid online by Wednesday 18 November.
  • Parent helpers: let us know if you can come by replying to the office.

Reply draft

Kia ora [teacher or school office], [Child’s first name] ([class or room]) will be coming to “Room 9 trip to the Otago Museum” on Friday 20 November 2026. The signed permission slip is coming back with them. Ngā mihi, [Your name]

Placeholders stay in square brackets. You send it; DO never does.

Through the DO school pipeline

Dated, timed events become DO school rows, checked by DO’s own parser in Pacific/Auckland time. DO compares rows like these when a school sends a revised notice, so a changed time or place is caught.

Room 9 is visiting the museum | Whole school | 20/11/2026 | 09:15 | ? | scheduled
Swimming starts | Whole school | 30/11/2026 | 11:00 | ? | scheduled

DO’s parser read 2 rows; 2 dates left out (no time, or year not confirmed).

See DO compare two versions of a fictional notice

Privacy: Principle 1: purpose for collection of personal information (Privacy Commissioner, checked 8 Nov 2026) · Principle 4: manner of collection (Privacy Commissioner, checked 8 Nov 2026) · Children’s Privacy Project (Privacy Commissioner, checked 8 Nov 2026)

The pack

What this OS adds for your industry.

Each module shows what it can do today. Proposed means designed, not built.

Experimental · reads on this device; term dates fetched liveExampleDraft

School notices

Paste a school notice and get its dates, a bring-list and an RSVP draft, read on your device with DO’s school rules, alongside this year’s term dates fetched live from the Ministry of Education.

Leave children’s full names out of what you paste. DO never guesses a missing year.

Run by DO

Fed by school notice reader · by DO

Official sources

Experimental · saved on this device onlyExample

Life admin

Passport, licence, WoF, rego, rates and insurance dates in one list, with a calendar file you keep. Only the item and the date, never a document number.

Reminders stay in this browser. Download the calendar file to keep them.

Run by DO

Official sources

Experimental · reads on this device; no account connectedExample

Bills and power

Reads a power bill on your device, shows how much is the daily charge and how much is usage, and compares another plan on the same usage. Links Billy, the Electricity Authority’s comparison site.

An estimate on this bill’s usage, not a quote. Powerswitch is Consumer NZ’s site, linked as a third party.

Run by Power bill helper

Fed by energy switch calculator

Official sources

ExperimentalExampleDraft

Renting

The tenant version of the healthy homes check, a rent increase notice check, and plain explainers from Tenancy Services.

Information, not legal advice. Tenancy Services or the Tenancy Tribunal decides.

Run by Tenancy helper

Fed by healthy homes check

Official sources

Live · planner at /kitchen

Kitchen Machine

Plans the week’s meals and the shopping list, and reads a receipt or list on your device. Fridge to list now lives here.

The receipt picture stays in your browser.

Fed by fridge to list

The Workforce

Specialist agents, grounded in official sources.

Workforce is the agent team inside the OS. Each specialist reads official New Zealand pages live, cites the source and date for every claim and fact-checks its own draft. Drafts are not legal advice.

ExperimentalLevel 2 · Draft

DO Household life admin and school notices

Turns school notices and expiry dates into dated reminders and reply drafts, with term dates from the Ministry of Education and privacy care for children’s details.

Skills: School notices, Life admin reminders, Rates notice

Drafts only. It cites the source and date for every claim, and nothing is sent without your yes. Not legal advice.

Official sources

Talk to DO

ExperimentalLevel 2 · Draft

Tenancy helper Renting questions, the tenant’s side

Answers renting questions with Tenancy Services pages and the Residential Tenancies Act cited, and drafts polite messages to a landlord. Never says who is right.

Skills: Tenancy rights

Drafts only. It cites the source and date for every claim, and nothing is sent without your yes. Not legal advice.

Official sources

ExperimentalLevel 2 · Draft

Power bill helper Power bills and switching

Explains what is on a power bill and how to compare plans, using Electricity Authority and EECA pages, and points to Billy for the comparison itself.

Skills: Power bill reading

Drafts only. It cites the source and date for every claim, and nothing is sent without your yes. Not legal advice.

Official sources

Official New Zealand sources this OS cites

Price

What it would cost when it opens.

DO Home

NZ$8 a month

or NZ$80 a year (2 months free)

Proposed · waitlist only

Modules for this OS

  • Household admin

    +NZ$3 a month

    Turns school notices, rates bills and car reminders into dated checklists you review.

    Experimental

  • Bills & Power

    +NZ$3 a month

    Reads a power or phone bill, compares providers’ published plans where prices are available and estimates electrification costs, with the working shown.

    Experimental · review build

  • Kitchen Machine

    +NZ$3 a month

    Plans the week’s meals and the shopping list, and reads a receipt or list on your device.

    Available · planner at assembl.co.nz/kitchen

New Zealand dollars, including GST. This plan is on a waitlist only: nothing monthly can be bought yet. Any 3 modules: pay for 2. The cheapest of every three priced modules you pick is free. (Proposed)

What the labels on this page mean

Example
A fictional business. No real client data.
Simulated
The screen works on fictional data only.
Draft
Written by an agent for a person to check. Not advice.

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