Pasifika Rise
Access
Cost, devices and data get in the way of digital health. We design for everyday phones, light data use, and free where it matters.
Rise Tech, by Pasifika Rise
Health technology.
Health technology.
Built around our people.
We build technology that bridges the gap for the communities health too often leaves behind, starting with our own Pasifika aiga. Access to technology is the start. Digital literacy is what makes it real. We work on both.
Access
tech in more hands
Literacy
built plain and simple
NZ
clinician led
Why we build
Technology should reach the people who need it most
For Pacific and other high-needs communities, the barrier is rarely just the clinic. It is whether the tools reach you at all, and whether they make sense when they do.
Digital literacy
A tool only helps if you can use it. We write in plain language, keep steps few, and design so the first use is the easy one.
Equity by design
Built with a Pacific and Māori lens, grounded in NZ guidance, so the people most often left behind are the ones we build for first.
How we do it
Two ways we close the gap
App development
Apps for ADHD, medication, developmental play and GLP-1 support, alongside clinical learning for NZ GPs. Designed with clear steps and plain language.
Practice management software
We are developing and shaping practice management software so clinics serving Pacific communities have systems that fit their workflow, their funding and their patients, not the other way around.
Governed and safe
Built by a clinician at the table on AI governance
Rise Tech was founded and is led by a practising New Zealand GP who contributes to AI governance within Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand. The same standards we ask of the system, we hold ourselves to: clinician sign-off before anything reaches a patient, clear intended-use limits, and privacy built in from the start.
Our apps
Health apps for everyday care
Tools for patients, whānau and clinicians. Explore each app for its features, availability and pricing.
On the App Store
RxScanOn the App StoreKeep a clearer medication list: photograph a prescription, set reminders, and bring questions to your pharmacist or clinician.
Scatter ADHDOn the App StoreAdult ADHD self-screen, symptom tracking and review notes to discuss with your doctor.
MedQuestOn the App StoreTurn missed questions into focused revision, check the source and rehearse clinical cases for NZ GP training.
Coming soon
We GlowNot yet availableSupport for GLP-1 medicines: doses, weight, side effects and review notes.
PipIn buildDevelopmental play ideas that help parents and babies build connection through simple, everyday moments.
App names, availability and pricing may change before release. Health apps are screening and support tools, not a diagnosis or a substitute for your own clinician.
Partnerships
Build this with us
This is an area we are committed to and will keep developing. If you fund digital equity, run a PHO or primary care network, or want to build tools that reach Pacific communities, we want to talk.
See the bigger picture: our case for support sets out the equity gap we are closing and how partners and funders can help us close it faster.