Public Launch Imminent
International education,
end to end.
The new Harbor goes live across NZ and Australia.
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Live 10:00 AM NZT · 12 May 2026
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The new Harbor goes live across NZ and Australia.
Built in New Zealand for the international education community. We exist to give schools, agents and host families the platform the sector deserves - so more time goes to students, not spreadsheets.
For two decades, international student programmes have been run on a patchwork - spreadsheets, email chains, paper forms, and the coordinator's memory. The tools haven't kept up with what's actually happening in schools, in homestay homes, or with the families overseas trying to navigate it all.
Harbor started with a simple question: what would the operating system for an international programme look like if you built it today? When AI exists. When families expect 24/7 self-service. When auditors want evidence chains. When schools need real data residency answers.
We talked to International Directors, Homestay Coordinators, Principals, Education Agents, and the host families themselves. We listened to the friction. We built around it.
Today Harbor is live - replacing patchworks, freeing coordinators from mundane admin, and giving the sector something it has waited a long time for.
Not a feature bolted on. The audit chain has to be a system property - or it's not real.
Coordinators, host parents, agents. Not data scientists. The platform has to fit how they actually work.
The sector serves families from dozens of countries. Language access isn't an upgrade - it's the baseline.
Schools hold authority over every decision. Harbor connects the ecosystem - it doesn't replace school judgement.
Designed in collaboration with International Directors, Homestay Coordinators, and education agents across New Zealand.
Powering the Schools International Education Business Association of New Zealand member tools across the sector.
HarborOS in production across NZ secondary schools. Hundreds of host families and education agents already on the platform. Australia launch scheduled May 2026.
Adapting Harbor for ESOS, CRICOS and CAAW requirements. Bringing the same evidence-by-default approach across the Tasman. Launch scheduled May 2026.
Schools don't have to take on the full operating system on day one. Harbor's tiers let schools start where the impact is biggest - and grow into the full platform when the time's right.
Trained on your school's policies and documents. Embed on your website. Answers staff and families in their language, 24/7. Captures enquiries while you sleep. Available standalone, no full-platform commitment.
Everything in Harry, plus a searchable knowledge hub of school policies, sector resources, and the documents your team needs to find fast. Powering SIEBA SmartSearch and the Resource Centre today across NZ member schools.
The full platform. Admissions, agents, host families, pastoral care, payments, compliance - end to end. Four connected portals plus magic-link family pages. Available now across NZ schools, with Australia launching May 2026.
Harbor builds and runs SIEBA SmartSearch and the Resource Centre, used by SIEBA members across New Zealand - making it easy for member schools to spend less time searching, and more time supporting their students.
More products for the sector are in active build. We work closely with schools to learn what actually shifts the dial - then we build it. If you have an idea, we'd love to hear it.
Come and see us at the SIEBA Hui this week →Whether you're a school evaluating Harbor, an agent who wants to bring partner schools on, or a host family asking your school about it - we'd love to talk.
