Clarisa loves to read books and her favourite author is Paolo Coelho.
Andy asked his parents for a C++ reference for his 16th birthday.
Ben’s dream is to become a carpenter.
Darren is a left-handed web developer who is married to another left handed web developer.
Emma likes to snowboard, paint with oils, play chess and eat yams.
Dave has more fun playing with Lego than his daughter does.
Eddy almost joined the Air Force but couldn’t because of his nose.
Greg has developed a passion for riding peddled and electric one-wheeled devices. Who needs two or even four wheels when one wheel does the job?
Kat is (slowly) learning to speak Italian!
Gus used to sleepwalk when he was younger.
Mette’s dream is to crew on sailing boats around the world.
When James was 21 he went to over 60 live shows and concerts in 12 months.
Nat plays the tambourine like a boss!
One of James’ goals this year is to read 52 books!
Georgia can play multiple instruments. Her favourite is the clarinet!
Monty spent three months backpacking from Santiago, Chile to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (through Peru & Bolivia) with his friend.
Rebecca loves knitting and has a side hustle where she makes toys for kids.
Nathan surfed his way through college.
Sulu is an Elvis Presley fan, and has met his original drummer and backing singers.
Everytime Nick’s wisdom teeth get taken out they grow back again.
Ruka was born in Japan but grew up in Fiji and NZ and now has a strong kiwi accent.
Nick loves all things savoury, cheese is his weakness.
Yinny has about 20 different type of succulents in her tiny apartment.
Olly was an extra in Lord of the Rings. He played a Gondorian and his twin brother played an Orc.
Paul once played tennis with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Richard is the vocalist of a death metal band.
Sean’s hobbies are playing guitar and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Tim is a bit of a music nut. He used to play drums in a band, for a while he was doing photography for local gigs, and he enjoys seeing international bands perform live when he can!
Yar once accidentally left his wife at the markets because he was distracted by soccer.
Here are some of the ways our positive and lasting impacts have been recognised. Some awards are for the unique way we work, and others for the work itself.
2019
Wellington Gold Awards
The award recognises the groundbreaking initiatives we’ve introduced in our mission to make Boost the best place to work in New Zealand.
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WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards
We took out the Top Practice Award for the way we use one-on-one coaching to create an employee-centred culture.
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WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards
Boost CEO Nathan Donaldson was honoured for his decade-long drive to create a freedom-centred culture at Boost, and beyond.
2015
WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards
Recognising Boost’s open, honest, no-blame culture that lets us constantly improve by learning from successes and mistakes alike.
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New Zealand Open Source Awards 2016
Open Source Use in Government
National Digital Forum Awards 2015
New digital exhibition or collection
BoosterSeat 2011
San Francisco innovation residency
TUANZ Awards 2007
Education Award
TUANZ Awards 2005
Best of the Best Award
Education Award
GOVIS Awards 2005
Buzzie Award for Technology in Society
LIANZA Awards 2005
3M Award for Innovation in Libraries
SOLGM Awards 2005
NZ Post Award for Process Management
We started in 2000 as a two-person company designing and building websites and CD-ROMs. We were motivated by our belief that people deserve products they love to use. We quickly became known for our collaboration with clients, strong concept development and focus on the customer's needs.
In 2011, after seeing Agile deliver better teamwork, higher productivity and greater business value at Boost, we began training and coaching in Agile and Lean. Drawing on our years of experience managing software projects, we support our clients to build their own capability to deliver better software, faster.
In 2012, we took collaboration to the next level, becoming the first company in New Zealand to be WorldBlu-certified as a democratic, freedom-centred workplace.
In 2019, we won the Team Gold Award for our drive to make Boost the best place to work in New Zealand.
Today, we specialise in web and mobile application development using collaboration as the means of managing projects and delivering quality.
To make sure we continue to empower people to create positive and lasting impacts, we’ve developed our shared vision for Boost 2026.