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Thoughts on health data, AI, and building exora.
Chat to AI about your medical records (NZ, 2026)
ChatGPT Health, Perplexity Health and Copilot Health all launched in 2026, and none of them connects to medical records in New Zealand. Here is what you can actually use to ask questions about your own health records, and the one thing worth judging any of them on.
Read moreFamily health records NZ: kids, parents, carers
Caring for someone does not give you a right to see their health records. Here is how access actually works in New Zealand for children, for ageing parents and for partners and carers, including why your portal access to your child's GP record usually ends at 16.
Read moreHow to get your immunisation records in NZ
How to get your own or your child's immunisation record from the Aotearoa Immunisation Register: through My Health Record, by phone, from your GP or pharmacy, or by request. What the register holds, what changed for early learning services and schools in 2026, and what to do if a vaccine is missing.
Read moreHow to understand your medical records (NZ guide)
Health records are written for clinicians, and a Ministry of Health analysis found that many New Zealand adults have limited health literacy. Why that is, a worked example with diabetes, and practical ways to make your own records easier to follow.
Read moreMy Health Record NZ vs a personal health record app
New Zealand has My Health Record, My Health Account and your GP's patient portal. So why keep a health record of your own as well? The tools do different jobs, and the difference comes down to who fills them in and who can see them.
Read moreHow to organise paper medical records and scans (NZ)
A practical order of operations for the shoebox: what to request, usually free, under New Zealand's Health Information Privacy Code, what to scan and at what settings, what to do with imaging CDs and old X-ray films, and how to name and back it all up.
Read moreTest results in your NZ patient portal: what to expect
In New Zealand, lab results go to the clinician who ordered the test, and many reach you through your GP's patient portal. Whether your GP reviews them first, what My Health Record shows, where hospital results go, and what Health New Zealand says to do if a result worries you.
Read moreHow to get medical records translated in NZ
An Immigration New Zealand officer, a new GP and your mum in Shanghai all need your medical records in a language they read, and they do not need the same kind of translation. When it has to be certified, when an interpreter is the better answer, and when reading it in your own language is enough.
Read moreTravelling overseas with a medical condition (NZ guide)
Every travel health guide tells you to carry a letter from your doctor. Fewer explain what New Zealand's agreements with Australia and the UK actually cover, how much medicine you can bring back through Customs, or what to do when a hospital in another language asks what you take.
Read moreWell Child Tamariki Ora checks: a parent's guide
Every family in New Zealand can get free Well Child Tamariki Ora visits from soon after birth to the B4 School Check at four. When each visit happens, what the nurse checks, what the My Health Book is for, who provides the service, and how to read the growth charts.
Read moreCan I access my mental health records in NZ?
Yes, you can usually get your mental health records in New Zealand, including notes from a psychologist, psychiatrist or counsellor. What the law says, when access can be limited, what it can cost, and what to do if you are refused.
Read moreBest apps for organising your health records in New Zealand (2026)
A fair, checkable comparison of the apps New Zealanders can use to see and organise their medical records in 2026 - the GP patient portals, My Health Record, Apple Health and more. Written by the founder of one of them, and it says so up front.
Read moreHow to get a copy of your medical records in New Zealand
In New Zealand you have a legal right to your health information, and it is usually free. How to ask, how long they have, what they can charge, and what to do if you are refused.
Read moreRecord your doctor's appointment and never forget a word
Record your appointment and you never have to remember what was said. exora writes it up in your language, lists your next steps and offers to update your health record - and every line links back to the exact words your doctor used.
Read moreMoving countries with your medical records
There is no international system that moves your medical history between countries. Nothing follows you. This is what to collect before you leave, what a new doctor actually needs on the other side, and why your medicines change name at the border - with Australia worked through as the example.
Read moreAI, the climate question, and exora
AI gets a bad rap on energy and water, and a lot of that worry is well placed. Here is a straight answer on what using exora actually costs the planet, and why for most people it is offset many times over by less wasted care.
Read moreWhat happens to your data if exora shuts down
Most health tech startups fail. Here is what we promise about your data if we ever do, and what we are doing now to make sure you are never trapped.
Read moreHow exora's AI pipeline works
A look under the hood at the multi-pass AI pipeline that turns scattered medical documents into a unified, searchable health record.
Read moreWhy patients have never owned their health data
From paper records in filing cabinets to digital silos behind patient portals - the history of why patients have been locked out of their own health data, and why AI is finally changing that.
Read moreWhy we built exora
Every doctor's office, hospital, and specialist has a piece of your health story. But they don't share with each other - and they barely share with you. Here is why we decided to change that.
Read moreFollow along as we build exora
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