Heart Foundation NZ

Heart Foundation NZ The Heart Foundation is New Zealand’s heart charity, leading the fight against our country’s single biggest killer – heart disease.

We rely on the generosity and goodwill of people like you to support our work. The Heart Foundation is New Zealand’s leading independent funder of heart research and, since 1968, has funded more than $85 million in research and specialist training for cardiologists. Across New Zealand we provide support, care and advice for people and their whānau affected by heart disease. Our education and prevention programmes tackle heart disease head-on in the community and, through our work with children, we create a foundation for keeping hearts healthy into the future. The Heart Foundation works closely with health professionals to share evidence-based guidelines, materials, and resources to support quality practice and heart healthcare. We also run several courses to help with professional development. We provide a range of resources that help professionals provide support, care, and advice for people and their whānau affected by heart disease. As a charity, the Heart Foundation relies on the generosity and goodwill of everyday Kiwis to support our life-saving work.

29/10/2025

Watch the Heart Foundation's Jane Liggins, Clinical Nurse Specialist – Cardiology, Consultant Health Psychologist Iris Fontanilla, and storyteller Eugene Tuhaka discuss mental wellbeing after a heart event or diagnosis, followed by a live Q&A with the audience.

29/10/2025

It’s Teacher’s Day in Aotearoa New Zealand and we want to acknowledge the incredible work of our teachers 🙌 Every day, our team of Nutrition Advisors work with teachers in schools and early learning services across the country. Thank you for everything you do for New Zealand’s youngest hearts. 💖 Please share this with a wonderful teacher that you know.

24/10/2025

Join our next Heart Help Live on mental wellbeing after a heart attack or diagnosis. We will be joined by Iris Fontanilla, a highly experienced health psychologist in the cardiac field, who will share practical tips and suggestions. Click ‘Going’ to stay updated! See you there!💞 https://hfnz.org/4770opl

23/10/2025

This week is Sport New Zealand Play Week Aotearoa 2025. It celebrates the value play brings to children, family and communities. Our challenge to you is to make play part of your everyday routine, no matter what your age!

✨ Choose activities you enjoy from dancing in the lounge to biking at the park.
🌧️ Have indoor and outdoor options ready (the forecast is a bit mixed).
💓 Use playtime as a chance for the whole whānau to get active together.

Get some inspiration from the images above, or check out the resources below for more things you can do with the tamariki.

A huge congratulations to a lucky supporter from Hamilton who, right now, is jumping for joy. We’ve just told them they ...
22/10/2025

A huge congratulations to a lucky supporter from Hamilton who, right now, is jumping for joy. We’ve just told them they have won $10,000!

You can still buy tickets to win the first-prize home in Lottery No. 158. Situated in Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty. It's perfect for enjoying the summertime. https://hfnz.org/3L33vpJ

🎃👻 Looking to avoid the sugar overload with your kids, or grandkids, this Halloween? Spook up your night in a heart-heal...
22/10/2025

🎃👻 Looking to avoid the sugar overload with your kids, or grandkids, this Halloween? Spook up your night in a heart-healthy way with festive ideas that go beyond just lollies!

✨ Switch trick-or-treating for a party with active games like a spider-web obstacle course, ghost sack race and Halloween yoga freezes.
🥕 Serve up spooky snacks that are good for your heart, think jack-o-lantern mandarins, veggie-stick filled capsicums, and monster toasts.
🚶‍♀️ If you’re going trick-or-treating, try simple swaps: eat a satisfying meal before you go, use smaller treat bags, pick one or two favourite sweets then donate the rest, and walk between houses instead of driving.

For more heart-healthy Halloween ideas, click the link below.

Join our upcoming Heart Help Live session - a webinar on mental wellbeing after a heart event or diagnosis. We will be j...
21/10/2025

Join our upcoming Heart Help Live session - a webinar on mental wellbeing after a heart event or diagnosis. We will be joined by Iris Fontanilla, a highly experienced health psychologist working with people who’ve had heart events or a heart diagnosis. She will share practical tips and answer your questions. Don’t forget to hit ‘Going’ to stay updated! We hope to see you there! 💖 https://www.facebook.com/share/15Z8VyBYcA/

Just two weeks till the Auckland Marathon on Sunday 2 November 2025. It's not too late to sign up and take part in the R...
20/10/2025

Just two weeks till the Auckland Marathon on Sunday 2 November 2025. It's not too late to sign up and take part in the Run the City Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Marathon. Show your big heart and join the Heart Foundation team - run or walk while raising money to help beat heart disease. 🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️💖 https://hfnz.org/439F4Nh

Today is Restart a Heart Day and we need your help sharing the following message 🙏📢 Restart a Heart Day aims to empowe...
16/10/2025

Today is Restart a Heart Day and we need your help sharing the following message 🙏📢

Restart a Heart Day aims to empower all New Zealanders to recognise and respond to a cardiac arrest. Each year in New Zealand, emergency services attempt resuscitation in over 2000 cardiac arrests. Survival rate is 11%. But when CPR is started and an AED is attached in the first few minutes, survival is double or tripled.

Responding to a cardiac arrest is as simple as:

Call - Call 111 immediately
Push - Start CPR
Shock - Use an AED if possible

So remember: Call, Push, Shock. Please share this message - you could save a life❤️‍🩹

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16/10/2025

Place your order in Lottery No. 158 by 11:59pm, Friday, 17 October to secure your chance in the special Early-Buy draw. Only tickets purchased by then are eligible to win a fantastic $10,000 prize. Tickets are just $15 each.

Buy tickets now: https://hfnz.org/47blIIW

15/10/2025

Test yourself on these heart myths. For more information on this question, see the comments below 💓

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We've come a long way over the last 50 years. Heart disease and stroke death rates have fallen considerably since we started our work in 1968. With the support of generous donors, we have invested more than $70 million into heart health research, cardiac rehabilitation programmes, education programmes, and had some significant improvements within the food industry around developing and promoting healthier foods. We also provide valuable heart health resources to health professionals and the general public, and worked with at-risk groups. But despite these tremendous advances, heart disease is still New Zealand’s single biggest killer, claiming more than one life every 90 minutes. Many of these deaths are premature and preventable. Our work remains as important and urgent as ever. With your help we can continue the fight against heart disease – New Zealand’s single biggest killer.