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Age and enthusiasm drive three Auckland motor app founders

Motorfy’s young founders keep company costs down by working from home, while they target Auckland and then wider New Zealand growth.

Friends and family have contributed to the set-up costs of $300,000 to help build the app.

Motorfy started out life after some frustration, a broken car, and three teenagers thinking: “Surely, there’s a better way”.

Fast forward two and a half years, and Zavier Coulam, Jai Patel, and Harrison Messenger, now 21, have commercialised their motoring servicing and maintenance app to

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Jonathan Mitchell Mon, 04 Aug 2025
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