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Admin Collective - Virtual Assistant -Tash Budd Admin Collective is a small team of virtual administrators, offering varied admin support to any size business, not for profit organisations and more.

I am the founder and owner of Admin Collective. A team of Virtual Assisant's to help you start claiming your free time back! If you are a business owner, self employed, CEO, EO or GM, you know your time is best spent on work that adds the most value to your company. Which means you need to offload the pesky administrative tasks that either keep you working late, build up until the end of the week, or don't get done at all. We offer one-off project work, casual support and on-going regular support to a wide range of businesses across all sorts of industries. Including but not limted to:
⧆ Administrative Assistance
⧆ Appointment Scheduling
⧆ Customer Service
⧆ Data Entry
⧆ File Management
⧆ Accounts payable
⧆ Accounts receivable
⧆ Financial Reporting
⧆ Payroll (Xero)
⧆ GST
⧆ Personal Assistance
⧆ Website updates

We know it's important to you that the person you trust with your business is honest, reliable, adaptable, well organised and a great communicator. Get in touch today to find out how we can help your business grow. [email protected]

No one person can be brilliant at everything, and that's exactly why we're a team, not a solo operator.Bookkeeping, admi...
19/10/2026

No one person can be brilliant at everything, and that's exactly why we're a team, not a solo operator.

Bookkeeping, administration, inbox management, funding applications... they all need different skills, different brains, different ways of thinking. Instead of trying to be across everything ourselves, we've built a team where each person brings their own strength to the table.

That means whatever you need, you're getting someone who's actually good at that specific thing, not just doing their best at it.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵?A booking system. A project management tool. Something for forms. ...
15/10/2026

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵?

A booking system. A project management tool. Something for forms. Something else for automation…
Before you add another subscription, it might be worth checking what’s already sitting inside Microsoft 365.

We use Microsoft 365 every day in our own business and with many of our clients, and there are some seriously useful tools hiding beyond Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams.

You may be using external tools for managing projects, taking bookings, creating forms, automating repetitive admin and keeping track of tasks.
But are you paying for them twice?

We’ve put together a blog on some of the Microsoft 365 tools worth exploring, plus a free cheat sheet covering 9 tools you may already have.

Read the blog + grab the free cheat sheet: https://www.admincollective.co.nz/blog/post/170743/before-you-buy-another-business-tool-check-microsoft-365-first/

It’s always nice to hear from a previous client.... and recently we had one come back to us for support. Business has c...
12/10/2026

It’s always nice to hear from a previous client.... and recently we had one come back to us for support. Business has changed for them since we last worked together, and they now need admin support again.

That’s the reality for a lot of organisations. The amount and type of support they need changes.

We’re very happy to be working with them again.

Your organisation has grown. Has your administration grown with it?As an organisation grows, so does the admin.There are...
09/10/2026

Your organisation has grown. Has your administration grown with it?

As an organisation grows, so does the admin.
There are more emails, more reporting, more accounts, more people to coordinate and more things to keep track of. But there isn’t always more admin support.

Instead, the extra work gets picked up by the people who are already there. The CEO does some. A manager does some. Other team members take care of bits and pieces because someone needs to. Before long, people are spending time on admin when they should be doing the jobs they’re actually there to do.

If the organisation has grown, the administration around it needs to grow too.

“Can you just quickly sort my inbox?”“Sure can! Give us a few hours.”Good inbox management isn’t simply deleting emails ...
06/10/2026

“Can you just quickly sort my inbox?”
“Sure can! Give us a few hours.”

Good inbox management isn’t simply deleting emails and filing things into folders.

It’s understanding what’s urgent and what can wait. Knowing who needs a reply today and what needs following up next week. Grouping conversations properly. Creating folders and rules that make sense. And putting a system in place so the inbox stays manageable once it’s been sorted.

A tidy inbox is nice.
An inbox that helps you keep track of what needs to happen for the long term is much more useful.

I'm genuinely curious. Drop it in the comments, and let's see if it's easier than you think to hand that one over.
29/09/2026

I'm genuinely curious. Drop it in the comments, and let's see if it's easier than you think to hand that one over.

One of the highlights of my year is attending the NZVA Awards, held here in Hamilton every year.It's one of the rare cha...
20/09/2026

One of the highlights of my year is attending the NZVA Awards, held here in Hamilton every year.

It's one of the rare chances to actually hang out with VAs from around the country who we usually only see online. And I got to spend the weekend with Jolene in person too, which is always great!.

This year I was a finalist for Community Contributor, and Jolene and Heather were both finalists for Top Performing Team Member. None of us took it home this time, but we still had the best time celebrating others!

A huge congratulations to all the winners on the night. It's always great celebrating, and seeing the work that goes on behind the scenes of many businesses being recognised.
We talk a lot about community over competition, and this is exactly that in action, a room full of people doing the same kind of work, genuinely happy for each other's wins. I love it!!

The best client relationships that we have all feel the same, and it's not about the size of their service plan.It's tru...
10/09/2026

The best client relationships that we have all feel the same, and it's not about the size of their service plan.

It's trust. A client tells us what they need, and we get on with it. They trust that we've got it handled, trust that we'll ask if something's unclear, trust that we'll reach out if something's not working.
We earn that by communicating well and following through on what we say we will.
Once the trust is there, things feel alot easier, for them and for us.

Sometimes life doesn't consider your business plan.For us, we had a couple of clients moved on in May, for various reaso...
03/09/2026

Sometimes life doesn't consider your business plan.

For us, we had a couple of clients moved on in May, for various reasons. It was quiet, no new enquiries, and financially I was nervous.

But in that same period, life had other plans too. I lost my Dad, travelled to Vietnam, and welcomed a new grandbaby into the family (and we know that's a big distraction).

"Hustle, or your business won't survive" is said a lot, and I just don't believe it's true. I couldn't hustle through any of that even if I'd wanted to. I had to step back and trust that the business, and the team, could hold steady without me pushing through every single day.

Now, coming out the other side, we've had a number of enquiries and new clients coming onboard, and I'm fully ready for it.

I believe some things turn out exactly how they're meant to 🌸

Delegation isn't about doing less, it's about building something bigger than what one person can carry alone. It's letti...
26/08/2026

Delegation isn't about doing less, it's about building something bigger than what one person can carry alone.

It's letting go of the idea that everything has to run through you to run well, and trusting the people around you to hold their part of it.

That's when a business actually starts to grow and thrive.

I learned this when I started to grow a team. Together we can support many more organisations, so they can continue to thrive and grow in their own field. So I know, that first step to delegation can be tricky, and a little nerve-wracking, but we're here every step of the way.

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