We are a New Zealand telehealth clinic with mental health at the centre, designed for Māori and Pasifika first and open to every New Zealander. Repeat scripts, certificates, weight-loss and GLP-1 consults sit beside the assessments, so the door is the same whether you are coming in for a quick repeat or a careful mental health appointment.
Connect Clinic · Aotearoa New Zealand
The mental health assessment is the heart of the clinical practice. Repeat scripts, medical certificates, and weight-loss consults sit beside it for the in-and-out things a video consult can safely cover.
A careful video assessment for anxiety, low mood, burnout, ADHD screening, or anything that needs a proper clinical look. Patients leave with a working diagnosis, a written plan, and a referral letter where one is needed.
Not a crisis service. If anyone is in mental health crisis right now, call or text 1737, or 111 if there is risk of harm.
Quick repeats for stable medications, with the e-script sent to your pharmacy. Not for opioids, benzodiazepines, ADHD stimulants, or first-time scripts.
Standard sick notes, return-to-work, and short-term off-work certificates. ACC and complex insurance forms need an in-person GP.
An initial consult on Wegovy, Saxenda, or Mounjaro, followed by reviews at week 4 and week 12. Subject to NZ funding rules and clinical eligibility.
Three apps in active build, each shipped under the same principle: a tool a doctor would feel comfortable handing to a patient at the end of a consult. Free or low-cost where possible, no engagement bait, no streaks, no guilt loops.
Identity is a protective factor.
Pacific kids who grow up speaking their heritage language do better at school, sleep better, and stay rooted in family. Language loss is one of the strongest signals of mental health drift in young Pasifika patients. Talanoa teaches five Pacific languages through everyday phrases, daily culture alerts, and progressive lessons.
Patients deserve to understand the pills they take.
A plain-English (and Pacific-language) reference for the medications most often prescribed to NZ Pasifika patients. What the drug does, why it matters, common side-effects, when to call the GP. Built because too many patients leave a consult with a script they don't fully understand.
For all NZers on weight medication.
Patients on Wegovy, Saxenda, or Mounjaro need more than a quick consult and a hand-wave. Side-effect tracking, dose-escalation reminders, lifestyle nudges, and clear escalation triggers. Open to every NZ patient on a GLP-1, not just Pasifika.
Pills work best when they sit inside a wider plan. Every consult assesses what a drug can shift, what behaviour change can shift, and what to do at the same time. The lifestyle column is where most clinics undercook the work. We build it back in by default.
Medication opens the door. Lifestyle keeps it open. Both are required.
Not vague advice. A written plan with the next two steps, the right week to come back, and the things to drop if the plan stops fitting your week.
Talanoa for language and identity. Mahino for CBT exercises a GP would recommend. The GLP-1 Companion for the side-effect logs and dose timing that prescriptions usually leave out.
Brief reviews at week 4, week 12, and quarterly. Whichever is doing the work, drug or behaviour, gets adjusted until the change holds.
Clinical scope grounded in NZ primary-care guidelines (Healthify NZ, Auckland HealthPathways, BPAC).
Each entry sets out what we can do remotely and when an in-person visit is the safer call. Clinical scope grounded in NZ primary-care guidelines (Healthify NZ, Auckland HealthPathways, BPAC NZ).
Assessment, written plan, SSRI initiation where appropriate, brief psychoeducation. Active suicidal thoughts or recent self-harm need urgent in-person care.
Adult ADHD assessment using DIVA-5 plus a collateral history. We provide a referral letter for psychiatrist medication initiation, which is a NZ requirement before stimulants can be prescribed.
Sleep history, behavioural insomnia plan, work-related stress assessment. Melatonin where indicated; zopiclone and zolpidem are not prescribed by video.
Empirical antibiotics for typical lower UTI in non-pregnant adult women. Pregnancy, fever, flank pain, recurrent UTI, or symptoms in men need in-person assessment.
Symptom triage, lab test request through Labtests, and treatment once results return. Pathway aligned with Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa.
Triage for streptococcal pharyngitis, especially for Pasifika and Maori under 35 where rheumatic fever risk is higher. Strep A swab arranged where indicated.
Visual assessment for common rashes, acne, fungal infections, and tinea. Suspected melanoma or any unclear lesion needs in-person review.
HbA1c review, metformin / SGLT2 / GLP-1 titration, and recall reminders for foot, eye, and renal screening.
Annual review and antihypertensive titration. Home BP readings expected; an automated home monitor from your pharmacy is the most reliable source.
Start or change combined oral contraceptive or progesterone-only pill. Referral letter for IUS or implant. Missed-pill advice and emergency contraception guidance.
An initial consult for Wegovy, Saxenda, or Mounjaro. Side-effect tracking and dose escalation handled in follow-ups at week 4 and week 12.
A quick video for stable repeats, with the e-script sent to your pharmacy. Not for opioids, benzodiazepines, ADHD stimulants, or first-time scripts.
Book online, pay through Stripe, get a Zoom link by email within minutes.
Pick a service, pay through Stripe, receive a Zoom link by email in under a minute.
Click the Zoom link at your time. Phone, laptop, tablet. No login required.
You leave with a written plan. Scripts go to your pharmacy. Follow-ups easy to book.
If a question isn't here, the email at the bottom of the page lands in the right place.
Any adult based in NZ. Patients outside Aotearoa cannot be seen. For under-18s, please book through your usual in-person GP.
Examination of ears, throat, or skin lesions usually needs in-person. Controlled drugs (opioids, benzodiazepines, ADHD stimulants, sleep medications) can't be prescribed by telehealth and need an in-person GP relationship. If your issue is outside what a video consult can safely cover, you'll be told in the first few minutes and the consult fee will be refunded.
Within a minute of payment. Most weekdays a same-day slot is available, between 8am and 8pm NZ time.
No. There is no enrolment, no waitlist, no monthly fee. Each consult is paid through Stripe at the time of booking.
No. If you or someone you love is in mental health crisis, call or text 1737, or 111 if there is risk of harm right now. Connect Clinic is a non-urgent telehealth service for everyday mental health and primary care.
Connect Clinic is a New Zealand-registered company. The clinic fee covers the consult, the e-prescription, and the time to write your plan. The apps in development (Talanoa, Pasifika Medication Resource, GLP-1 Companion) are funded separately.
Same-day slots most weekdays, 8am to 8pm NZ time. NZ patients only. No insurance or referral required.
For pricing, see our pricing page. Or call +64 9 873 5039 ext 800. Or email francis.katoa@icloud.com.