I’m Morg. I design things I want to exist — sometimes a product, sometimes a business, sometimes a flavour and a label.
I ran operations at an open-banking payments company before going all-in on Golden — a New Zealand honey soda I took from idea to shelf: low-calorie, real ingredients, actual purpose. The rest of my time goes to ideas I can’t leave alone — building-report software, events for older New Zealanders, a merino base layer. Reader, lapsed anthropologist, mostly off social. I run, sail, read and garden.
morg@staygolden.co.nzGolden
A New Zealand honey soda — low-calorie, real ingredients, actual purpose. I made the whole thing: the recipe, the brand, the label, and the platform that runs it.
staygolden.co.nzFinal
Building-inspection marketplace for New Zealand — homebuyers and independent inspectors, in one place.
Houseparty
Flatmate finance on open banking — rent splits, bills, and bond, sorted.
Dolla
Peer-to-peer payments on open banking. Pay and get paid, no card networks.
Homerun
Getting older New Zealanders out to events and outings — easy to find, book, and share.
Crop Circle
Tokenised equity for New Zealand farms. Ag-tech, ownership rethought.
Parked
Fleet-parking platform — a full-stack showcase, end to end.
Chch Trees
Seasonal Christmas-tree ordering for a Christchurch grower. Shipped.
Love You Bye
An active build. More to show soon.
Long Jons
A merino base layer, done properly. Premium New Zealand wool.
In Case
Emergency-preparedness kits for New Zealand households.
New Here
A settlement guide for refugees arriving in Aotearoa — 25 languages.
Marty+
A strategy for New Zealand’s discount supermarkets.
Open Saver
Savings, optimised through open banking.
Powermoves
Switching New Zealand’s power, reimagined.
Dream Bug
A merino eyemask designed for real sleep.
Peachy
Real-fruit ice cream from a New Zealand institution.
Portions
Pawtions — real dog food made from real ingredients.
Log
Log what you own, protect what matters.
Knots
A book and a world, still being built.
Loneliness is a Logistics Problem
We treat loneliness like an emotional problem. But for tens of thousands of New Zealanders, the real barrier isn’t feelings—it’s that nobody’s picking them up.
On Design Systems and the Tyranny of Choice
Every decision you don’t make is a decision your future self has to make under pressure.
Building in Public in New Zealand
What it’s like shipping products from the edge of the world.
The Case for Dark Defaults
Darkness isn’t absence—it’s canvas.