Hot DeskConsultancy Services

New Zealand product and consultancy company

Products and consultancy for high-trust work

Hot Desk develops Parapet and Pūnaha and helps New Zealand organisations make confident decisions across integrated risk, AI, security, legislation and complex change.

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New Zealand ownedEstablished in 2012

Products and consultancyUnder one company

Implementation-aware adviceFor government and regulated work

Technology and advice, connected

Complex, regulated work rarely needs software alone. It needs a clear view of the current environment, practical judgement and people who can carry decisions through to implementation.

Hot Desk develops and owns two technology products: Parapet, a mature integrated risk management platform, and Pūnaha, an enterprise AI search and workflow platform planned for launch in September 2026. We combine product experience with focused consultancy in integrated risk, AI, security, legislation, regulation and complex change.

More than a product vendor

We can help assess the problem before a platform is selected, recommend a product-neutral path, support implementation and bring in specialist capability where the work requires it. The goal is not to sell technology into every situation. It is to help your organisation make a sound decision and put it to work.

Products developed and owned by Hot Desk

Built for work that needs trust and control

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Integrated risk management

Parapet

Connect enterprise and technology risk, governance, compliance, audit, assurance, continuity and remediation in one mature platform.

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Enterprise AI search and workflows

Pūnaha

A developing platform for trusted enterprise search and governed AI workflows, planned for launch in September 2026.

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Focused consultancy

Start with the environment as it is

Clear recommendations across technology, obligations, processes and people.

Integrated risk management

Assess maturity, define requirements, evaluate platforms and plan an enterprise-wide IRM approach without assuming a product outcome.

Cyber security and assurance

Understand material security risk, assess controls and create an evidence-based path to stronger assurance.

Government and legislation

Connect legislative and policy obligations to capabilities, services, processes, systems and implementation decisions.

Regulation and business process

Turn obligations into workable controls, evidence and operating practices, supported by process and technology change.

Technical project recovery

Restore an evidence-based view of delivery and define a credible route to recover, re-scope or reset complex technology work.

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Why Hot Desk

Product insight with practical consultancy around it

01We develop products and understand the work around implementation.

02We connect integrated risk, AI and security instead of treating them as isolated topics.

03We translate legislation and regulation into processes, controls and technology decisions.

04We can remain product-neutral and bring in specialist capability when the engagement needs it.

Parapet offers a seamless risk management experience. It is easy to implement and provides great oversight of our governance, compliance and risk transformation efforts.

Mei LingParapet customer

Across New Zealand

Our offices

Dedicated Hot Desk locations with staff, permanent signage and meeting rooms.

Meetings are by prior appointment. To protect scheduled client work, our offices do not accept walk-in job applications or printed CVs. Please use the website enquiry form.

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Bring us the challenge, not a finished specification.

We will help clarify the current state, the decisions that matter and a practical next step.

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