Your members keep calling. Let them help themselves.
A secure portal your members and customers sign in to. Their information, their requests and their updates in one place, wired into the systems you already run.
Sounds like you if your members and customers call and email for things they should be able to self-serve.
- Wired into the systems you already run
- Live in weeks, not quarters
- NZ-owned, your data stays yours
The inbox became the product. It was never meant to be.
You were sold a portal once, and your people went back to email. Here is why: most portals can show a person their information but can’t actually do anything with it, because they were never wired into the systems that hold the answer. So a member reads about a request they still have to phone in, and staff re-key the same detail between systems all day. RIVER builds the portal into what you already run, so self-service actually completes.
Your inbox today
With a RIVER portal
Members call and email for things they could do themselves.
They sign in, see their status, and do it themselves.
Staff re-key the same detail between three systems.
It's wired into your systems, so it's entered once and shows everywhere.
Read from and written back to the systems you already run - no second copy to keep in sync.
A member can't see where their request got to, so they ring to ask.
They watch it move, and don't need to chase.
The portal you were sold could show information but not act on it.
Every action runs against the real system, so what they start actually finishes.
Every routine request lands in the same inbox as the ones that need a person.
The routine clears itself; your team gets the few that need judgement.
The inbox stops being the product. Your people help themselves.
Start with what they keep calling about. Let them do it themselves.
A branded portal your members or customers sign in to, wired into the systems you run so it stays current without double entry, and built so self-service actually completes.
One place they see themselves
It only works if what they see is true. We wire the portal into the systems you already run, so a person's information is current the moment they look - no double entry, no stale copy.
Kauri Ridge Golf Club · signed in as Mere W.
Live from your membership and finance systems.
Self-service for what floods the inbox
Take the requests that fill your inbox and let a person handle them end to end - not read about them, actually complete them against your real workflow.
Low-risk and self-verifying, so it cleared without your team. A membership tier change would wait for a person.
You don't start from scratch. We tailor what's proven to your members.
RIVER is over 100 prebuilt modules, so a portal tailors to your systems in weeks - not a year-long build - and it is built to pass the procurement review that comes next.
Everything a procurement or legal team needs is in our Trust Centre
- 100% New Zealand built, Māori and Pacific owned, under New Zealand law.
- You own your data, your workflows and your IP - always, not at the end of a term.
- Audit-ready: role-based access, an audit trail, and the security documentation a procurement review asks for.
Our online tools have transformed the way we manage bookings and support our members, making everything simpler and more efficient.
Wilfred GeerlingRegional Branch Manager, UFG · 2020Start with one audience, then grow.
Discover
Weeks 1-2
We look at what your members and customers actually contact you about, and which systems hold the answers.
Launch
Weeks 3-6
Your first audience signs in - their information live, and the top few self-service requests working end to end.
Grow
Weeks 7-12
More requests move to self-service and more systems get wired in, a month at a time.
The investment
One audience signs in, sees their own information, and self-serves a couple of common requests.
Or start on the Retainer from $5,000 a month. If something isn’t delivered, that month is free.
Every portal includes
- A map of what your members and customers actually contact you about
- A branded portal, on your domain, that signs in against your systems
- Their own information, live from the systems you run - no double entry
- Self-service for the requests that flood your inbox, handled end to end
- Role-based access, an audit trail, and the security documentation procurement asks for
- Hosted in your cloud or NZ-hosted, and yours to keep
The questions people ask when they’re ready to move.
Easy to start. Fast to prove. Built to scale.
Tell us about your portal, and we’ll take it from there. Prefer to look first? Ask Moana, or take the free Readiness Check.
Ideas from the field.
Guides and research from a team that ships it.
Guide
Patient Portals That Patients Actually Use
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Perspective
The Redesign That Doubled Adoption
A client portal redesign where users went from avoiding the system to choosing it over email. What changed and why it mattered.
Take
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Enterprise portals look terrible because design is treated as a skin applied at the end. It doesn't have to be this way.
Teams like yours, in their own words.
A decade of work, across health, sport, finance and the public good.
RIVER learnt our business inside out, and found growth we hadn't seen ourselves. That is what changed our ability to scale.
Jay HarrisonFounder, Edison Health · 2022We crunch through complex data to generate insights, and RIVER made it simple to work through, while keeping everyone aligned on our core value proposition.
Alex OsbornCTO, trev · 2024Our business runs on what RIVER built. They have been central to our technology and our growth, and it keeps driving results.
Mark BramwellDirector, Commercial Realty · 2024RIVER listens, understands what we actually need, and gives us our time back. That is what a good partnership looks like.
Tony NaiduDevelopment Manager, Auckland Badminton Association · 2025RIVER helped us validate our market and launch our platform, and they haven't stopped since. They've been with us every step.
Mike CollinsFounder, iMatch Sport · 2025RIVER has been a trusted partner from the start, and they exceeded what we expected. We're already seeing the difference their work is making.
Ellen LekkaProgramme Specialist, UNESCO & SVSG · 2025The team at RIVER has been an incredible partner from day one. Their ongoing support helped make our success possible.
Scott TownshendFounder, trev · 2022RIVER approached every detail with care. Every decision was made with consideration and purpose.
Daemon CoyleGM, Mental Health Foundation · 2021Our new brand is bold and effective, and customers love it. The website has driven a real increase in leads.
Marcus SinGM, Cleanly · 2020We have always been ambitious about what our site should do, and RIVER take on the hardest parts of it. They make it happen, no matter how complex.
Chris HartFounder, Real Groovy · 2021RIVER are responsive and always ready to adapt. We have never had to chase them, and their support has been critical as our needs changed.
Supriya Kulkarni-PadhyeM&E Coordinator, Oceania Football Confederation · 2020We love our new brand. It reflects who we are as a team and resonates with our customers. Thank you for bringing our vision to life.
Tracy BergeGM, Greentree Advisers · 2021