Accounting software
MYOB is the most commonly used accounting software in NZ.
For a small services based business, you will find it just as easy to use an ordinary spreadsheet.
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Office Software
You can buy the industry standard MS Office software, or you can use the free source "open office suite" which will open and edit most document formats used in business. Note that there may be some display differences between different applications.
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