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South Auckland entrepreneur Motekiai Tangi transforms personal diabetes struggle into Fitness Sci-Tec, an AI platform integrating fitness, clinical checks, and technology to prevent and manage type two diabetes and other chronic conditions. The platform tracks real-time data like blood sugar levels, body composition, and mental health, aiding patients and doctors in making informed daily decisions. Partnering with Health New Zealand, Pacific Health Group, and local GPs, Fitness Sci-Tec offers a gym, mobile clinic, and software solution serving Auckland communities. Tangis journey resonates, as he was a pre-diabetic teen, witnessed his mothers heart attacks, and found no lifestyle solutions in hospitals. Despite dropping out at fourteen, he returned to college for a sports science degree and launched the venture with thirty-five thousand dollars from selling his truck. Diabetes affects over three hundred thousand New Zealanders, disproportionately impacting Māori, Pacific, and Indian communities. Tangis approach targets these groups with culturally tailored care, starting locally but aiming for rapid expansion. Backed by GridAKLs mentoring, Tangi plans to extend the initiative to India, where ninety million people battle diabetes, positioning Auckland innovation as a global game-changer that benefits health and job creation locally.

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