Weave Digital Studio
About Us
Partnering with purpose to shape a better digital tomorrow
At Weave Digital Studio, our mission is to partner with clients who share our vision of leaving New Zealand a better place than we found it.
We align with clients who care deeply about their purpose - whether that’s protecting our natural environment, producing food sustainably, supporting wellbeing, or guiding people through life’s hardest moments. By collaborating with like-minded people, we create meaningful digital experiences that inspire connection and drive positive change in our communities and ecosystems.
Our Awards
These awards reflect our passion for delivering high-quality, meaningful digital solutions and our commitment to making a positive impact through our work.
International Web Marketing Awards
Best Family Website 2024
Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors
International Web Marketing Awards
Best Science Website 2022
Resilience to Nature’s Challenges
International Web Marketing Awards
Best Science Website 2020
Our Land and Water
Our Approach
By understanding how people interact online, we craft websites and brands that feel effortless to use, intuitive to navigate, and engaging at every touchpoint. It’s all about designing digital spaces that work beautifully for your audience and your business.
Our Team
We like working with nice people - simple as that!
Our passion for what we do shines through in our projects, and we’re excited to partner with you to create meaningful, impactful work that leaves a positive mark on our communities.
We’re a tight-knit team of creatives, strategists, and digital problem-solvers who love what we do (and do it well). We ditch the jargon, keep things clear, and work as an extension of your team - making big projects feel easy.
You’ll work directly with us. At Weave, you’re working with the partners who own the business - not layers of account managers. That means direct access to the people actually designing, building, and guiding your project. We bring both the experience and the personal investment to make sure your project succeeds.
With a blend of big-agency experience and a personal touch, we create brands and websites that not only look great but work beautifully. If you’re after a team that’s as invested in your success as you are, let’s chat.
Liz Bissland
Creative Director
Liz believes great design should feel effortless – because the best solutions are the ones that just work.
With experience at global agencies in London, Sydney and New Zealand, she brings big-agency thinking with a refreshingly down-to-earth approach. She honed her craft at the Design & Arts College in New Zealand and studied Web Design at Central Saint Martins in London. Since then, she’s built a reputation for creating clear, impactful design that simplifies the complex.
An International Effie Award winner and three-time Web Marketing Award recipient (2020, 2022, 2024), Liz founded Weave in 2008 to work with like-minded clients who want to make a difference.
Most nights you’ll find her in the sauna… with her cat. A self-confessed sauna addict and health and wellness enthusiast, Liz also loves travelling, dancing and being outdoors immersed in nature – wherever in the world that may be.
Gareth Bissland
Digital Strategy & Technical Lead
Transforming technical complexity into business clarity is what Gareth does best.
Gareth has been building for the web since the mid-90s – from the early hand-coded days to leading large ISPs and telcos, and now Weave Digital Studio with his wife, Liz.
At Weave, he helps professional services, science, and agritech organisations turn complex, data-heavy information into clear, compelling digital solutions that engage the right audiences and support informed decision-making.
An advocate for open source, online-privacy, and high-performance hosting, Gareth also manages a custom WordPress hosting stack powering 100's of sites across New Zealand and Australia.
Gareth is fueled by single origin coffee, vinyl records, calisthenics for fitness, and a steady supply of bad dad jokes - plus the occasional game of netball to keep him honest.
Manu Soyer
Senior Developer & Problem Solver
Need a website or brand that truly reflects your team’s expertise? If you’re a marketing or communications professional looking for support, we’re here to make it happen - beautifully and seamlessly.
Let’s get started