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Why we built this

The local internet is broken. We're rebuilding it as one guide that lives in your pocket.

Open Locally is a local guide that knows your neighbourhood. Type a question — "best brunch near Sumner", "any deals tonight", "three-bed houses under $900k" — and you get real local answers, not ten ad-funded blogs and a SERP. No app to download. No login. No tracking. Just a conversation.

We started with cafes and shops in Christchurch. Now there are 33,000+ businesses, property, events, jobs, classifieds, area guides and digital loyalty cards. All in one place — on the web, in your wallet, and in the chat if you want it. Owners list for free, customers ask for free.

"The local internet should feel like a friend who's been there, not a tab full of ads."
See it in action

Type the way you'd ask a friend.

No menus, no filters, no app to learn. Just ask — right here on the page, or in the chat. It pulls from 33,000+ live listings and tells you what's actually open, what's on, and what's worth your time.

  • "Best brunch near Sumner?" — three picks with photos, hours, and a tap-to-call.
  • "Any deals tonight?" — live offers from local businesses you've followed.
  • "Houses under $900k?" — listings, mortgage maths, open-home reminders.
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Best brunch near Sumner?
Three I'd send a friend to:
Cafe · Sumner
Grana Cafe
★ 4.8 · open till 3pm · $$
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Also worth a look: The Village (Redcliffs) and Hello Sunday (Sydenham).
@OpenLocallyNZBot
Any deals tonight?
🏷 Two-for-one pizza at Pomeroys till 9pm.
🍺 $8 craft beers at Cassels & Sons happy hour 5–7pm.
What's on this weekend?
🛒 Christchurch Farmers Market — Sat 9am · Riccarton House
🎵 Live jazz at Darkroom — Fri & Sat from 8pm
See it working

Live demos — no sign-up, nothing to install.

Real pages running off the live database. Tap through them the way a customer would.

For shops · Loyalty cards

The stamp card they can't lose.

Nine coffees, tenth free — sitting in your customers' Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, next to their bank cards. Your staff scan, the stamp lands, the reward fires itself. No hardware to buy, nothing for the customer to install, and no per-customer fees, ever.

  • Free for 3 months for the first 10 shops — then US$19 a month for 6 months, then standard
  • About ten minutes to set up — card, scanner, printable QR
  • Any business, anywhere — cafe, barber, bakery, garage
Today on the bot
Featured business
Featured · Sumner

Grana Cafe

★ 4.8 · Cafe · $$

A small marine-parade cafe with the kind of cardamom bun you remember on Tuesday. Sunday-only pistachio croissants, outdoor heaters facing the Norfolk pines, and they know your name by your third visit.

Cardamom bun Sunday croissant Outdoor heaters
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Three steps. That's it.

No app to download, no signup, no account.

01 — FIND

Open Telegram

Tap the button. The bot opens. You're already in. Works on phone, tablet, laptop — wherever you have Telegram.

02 — ASK

Ask anything local

"Best brunch near Sumner?" "Houses under $800k?" "What's on this weekend?" Type it the way you'd ask a friend.

03 — GO

Get real answers

Business cards, menus, maps, deals, listings — right in the chat. Tap to call, tap for directions, tap to book.

Also inside the bot · Property

House-hunt without the spam.

Listings, mortgage maths, open-home reminders and saved searches — all inside Telegram. No agent forms, no email lists, no drip-fed newsletters. Ask the bot, get the property card.

  • 🏠
    Live listings3-bed houses under $900k in Sumner, with photos, beds/baths, open-home dates.
  • 💰
    Mortgage on tapType a price, get monthly cost, total interest, deposit needed. Built into the chat.
  • Save and watchStar a listing, get pinged when the price drops or an open-home is set.
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Featured · Sumner
$895,000
🛏 3 bed 🚿 2 bath 📐 450 sqm 📅 Open Sat 1pm
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