Building Open Source Communities
Locale is an open community platform serving the needs of local communities within New Zealand. It’s free to join, contribute and take part within the collective whilst having a say in the future direction and development of Locale.
We enforce 2 Factor Authentication. If you don’t have a 3rd party TOTP security app on your phone please download one of the apps suggested here.
Hosts You Can Trust!
Trust, integrity, intent, openness, transparency are all core fundamental principles that become the foundation of all lasting relationships. It starts at home with ourselves, between individuals, family, friends, groups, communities, corporations and governments. It must flow in all directions otherwise no relationship will last.
We live in a digital age where our information is more valuable than oil and gold. AI & behavioral psychologists use it so that advertisers, businesses and corporate entities use it to sell product & services to drive profit margins. Lobbyists, governments and unelected globalists use it to sell ideologies to control and socially engineer the minds, groups, societies and nations with greater effect than their ancestors could have ever dreamed of.
The bigger things become the less they can be trusted because actions have forever spoken louder than words. There’s less in Big Banks, Big Corporations, Big Government, Big Media, Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Tech and so on. Yet with the advent of social media the Big Tech companies have become a gold mine for all of the above.
Nothing is free or private in this world as those so called “free” services all come at a price. It costs billions to run these huge server farms offering you infinite amount of storage space until you die. Yet they are littered with AI bots, farming, selling and censoring as much data as they can whilst monitoring, recording and analyzing your every move for profit, manipulation or age control.
There’s no conspiracy when you understand the world has always been this way throughout history, modern technology simply offers better and more effective tools.
Say NO! to ads, AI algorithms, back doors, backhanders, bots, censorship and government hotlines!!
That’s A Big Tech Thing! – Not Us Guaranteed!!!
Current Services
DIRECTORY SERVICES
DIRECTORY LISTINGS LIKE NO OTHER
comprehensive online directory where you can list and find anything that that comes to mind. If you can’t find a category you’re looking for we’ll just add it for you.
EVENT MANAGEMENT
EVENTS & TICKETING
Our event listing platform comes complete with seating plans, web hosting, event management, social networking and ticket selling that cuts out the middle man.
MARKETPLACE
BUY & SELL PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Online marketplace, customize your own online shop selling your products and services. With one global shop people can buy products direct from you.
LOCALExCHANGE
ALTERNATIVE MONETARY SYSTEM
A form of local, complementary, community currency to encourage people to spend their money with local, independent businesses.
PEOPLES ASSEMBLY
POLITCAL GROUPS & FORUMS
Developed for the general public, political activists, campaigners & movements with 1700+ groups for every electorate, politician and government departments.
Our Commitment
We’re dedicated to the cause of providing a wide range of services that will benefit our members and their communities. If there’s something you would like to see added that will benefit you and your community simply drop us a line and we’ll look transforming it into reality.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Social networking platform developed with project management in mind with groups, forums, documents, HR, ERP, CRM and video conferencing.
SOCIAL HOSTING
COURSE, COMMUNITY, MEMBERSHIP
Manage your own social groups with built in courses, directories, events, groups, forums, membership, private messaging, web hosting & video conferencing.
WEB HOSTING
FULLY MANAGED WEB HOSTING
With nothing in to install, update or maintain our feature packed fully managed hosting platform allows you to focus on what’s important to you, content & visitors.
WIKI DOCUMENTS
DOCUMENT & VIDEO SHARING
Whether you’re a blogger, reporter, writer or simple want to share useful information with other members, our searchable open knowledge platform is the place to do it.
HELP & SUPPORT
FORUMS, TICKETS, & TUTORIALS
Use our central hub for all help & support which included activity streams, groups, forums, FAQ’s, support tickets, written step by step tutorials including videos.
100% Self-Funded
Locale will never bombard you with ads few people are interested in, nor will we never sell or share your data for any price or any reason. Thus, the only source of funding to keep our services operational is through our members and the services we offer.
We’re fully aware of the cost-of-living crisis and the potential of things to get even tighter in the future. Hence our dedication to keep prices as low as possible is absolute along with our dedication to our members and their communities. Hence, most of our services we offer are free but limited in features and upload capabilities which can be unlock through our low-cost upgrades, plans and packages. This allows all members to benefit from the services we offer no matter how tight things become for them.
As our member base grows, so will our time, energy and expense upgrading our network/server infrastructure along with developing the services our members would like to see in the future. We’ve already made huge personal & financial sacrifices to develop Locale and get it where it is today with the sole purpose of offering an alternative from the big monopolies that serve their own interests and outrageous profit margins.
we take security seriously
We Use A Range Of Security Products & Features To Keep Our Services Secure
SERVER SIDE PROTECTION
We own and operate our own servers which are located in a private and secure location only we have access to. They are built with multiple levels of security from the ground up using world renown network, server and web based protection.
reCAPTCHA SPAM PROTECTION
We use Google reCAPTCHA Helps protect our services and your sites from spam bots and suspicious behavior. It’s designed to keep login, registration and custom forms and essential features to various plugins safe & secure.
TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
We enforce two fact authentication on each of the services we provide giving you another level of security to secure your account. Just download the open source FreeOTP app to your phone and copy the QR from your profile and you’re away.
Contact Us
If you need to contact us for whatever reason, you can do so by using the form below.