What does Five NZ do?

Five NZ is a management consulting firm that helps NZ executive teams align leadership, culture, people and technology to deliver strategy with certainty, speed and ROI.

Is Five NZ a WalkMe partner in New Zealand?

Yes. Five NZ is New Zealand's most experienced WalkMe delivery partner, specialising in digital adoption to maximise software ROI and transformation outcomes.

What services does Five NZ offer?

Five NZ offers consulting in Strategy & Leadership, Performance, Culture, People development, and Technology including WalkMe digital adoption and AI Compass.

Technology

UX standards and design systems

Design consistent, scalable digital experiences that align to your strategy — through UX standards and design systems that make your technology work harder for your people.

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Why you'd want this

If your digital products feel inconsistent, your teams are reinventing the wheel every time they build something, or your users are struggling to navigate the tools you've invested in, you've got a UX standards problem.

At Five, we help organisations create design systems and UX standards that bring consistency, efficiency, and quality to their digital experiences. Whether that's internal tools your people use every day, or customer-facing platforms that represent your brand, we design systems that scale.

This is where strategy meets design meets technology. A good design system isn't just about aesthetics — it's about creating a shared language that accelerates development, reduces rework, and ensures every digital touchpoint reinforces your strategy.

Where we support

UX Audit & Standards Assessment: We evaluate your current digital experiences against best practice, identifying inconsistencies, usability issues, and opportunities for improvement.

Design System Creation: We build comprehensive design systems with reusable components, interaction patterns, and visual standards that your teams can adopt immediately.

Component Library Development: We create and document component libraries that accelerate development, reduce duplication, and ensure consistency across products and platforms.

Design Governance: We establish governance frameworks that keep your design system alive and evolving — so it doesn't become another abandoned initiative.

User Research & Usability Testing: We ground everything in real user behaviour, ensuring your standards actually work for the people using your products.

How it will benefit you

Consistency at Scale: Every digital touchpoint looks, feels, and works the same way — building trust with users and reinforcing your brand.

Faster Delivery: Reusable components and clear standards mean your development teams spend less time on decisions and more time building.

Less Rework: A shared design language eliminates the back-and-forth between design and development, reducing costly rework and design debt.

Better Adoption: When your internal tools are intuitive and consistent, your people actually use them — driving the return on your technology investment.

Future-Proof Foundation: A well-built design system scales with your organisation, providing a solid foundation for every digital initiative that follows.