- Healthy Living
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Healthy Eating
- Eating healthier often sounds more complicated than it needs to be here is some more...
Healthy Recipes
- Sweet and savoury treats for a few or a crowd, some old favourites madeover, or...
Exercise and Fitness
- Being active is key for having a healthy heart. Doing just 30 minutes of moderate...
A Healthy Weight for Life
- Losing weight and keeping it off is about eating well, moving more, and instilling...
Quitting Smoking
- Quitting smoking is hard but there’s lots of help and support available to help...
Managing Blood Pressure
- Tips on how to change your lifestyle to manage your blood pressure
Managing Stress
- There are lots of ways you can manage stress in a healthy way.
Know Your Heart Risk
- Take time to find out what factors put you at risk of developing heart disease or...
Control Your Cholesterol
- High cholesterol is one of the main risk factors for heart disease.
Heart Foundation Tick
- The symbol you can trust to make healthier food choices
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- Know the Facts
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Statistics
- General heart statistics for New Zealand
Your Heart
- Your heart is a muscle. It's located a little to the left of the middle of your...
Food and Drink
- The food and drink you choose to eat can play a huge part in looking after your...
Risks and Causes
- There are known risks and causes for heart disease. Some are lifestyle factors you...
Conditions
- Find out more about different types of heart conditions
Tests
- Tests help your doctor decide how best you can be treated; they can also help...
Treatments
- There are many different treatments for heart disease. Find out more about heart...
Living with Heart Disease
- Are you or is someone in your family living with heart disease?
Heart Words Glossary A-Z
- A heart glossary for definition for the heart terms or words you're unsure of
Know Your Numbers
- Forecast your risk of a heart attack and stroke now
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- Get Involved
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Make a donation today
- The Heart Foundation is a charity and we need your donation to stop New Zealander's...
Online Shop
- Looking for something for yourself or someone else? a Heart Foundation gift is a...
Heart Foundation Lottery
- Be in to win over $560,000 worth of prizes including a captivating Jennian dream...
Volunteer
- Support us by joining our inspirational team of volunteers.
Fundraising
- Raise funds for the Heart Foundation and help our work. There are lots of ways to...
Corporate Support
- The Heart Foundation has great support from the corporate community. Find out how...
Go Red for Women
- Go Red for Women is the Heart Foundation's rallying call to the women of New Zealand...
Events
- Courses, classes, seminars, sporting events and much more from the Heart Foundation...
Take Action
- Thousands of New Zealand families endure the pain, loss and immeasurable suffering...
Donate Now
- Heart disease is the single biggest killer of men and women in New Zealand. By...
Alumni and Friends
- Information for those who have received a research grant or fellowship in the past...
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- Our Work
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How We Help
- We help with research and grants, improving pacific health, providing heart health...
About Us
- We are a not-for-profit, non-government organisation that funds research and...
Careers
- Your opportunity to build a rewarding career.
Research
- We provide a strong, supportive scientific voice on clinical, bio-medical and...
Grants
- Every year, we fund research that will improve the heart health of New Zealanders....
Our Locations
- We have 19 Heart Foundation branches across the country. Get in touch if there is...
Positions, Submissions and Policy
- Our positions, submissions and policy on New Zealand health and well being issues
Heart Life Newsletter
- Hot off the press, Heart Life is our quarterly newsletter designed to keep you up to...
AGM
- Notice of the Heart Foundation's annual general meeting - 29 November 2012, 4.00pm,...
About Us
- We are a not-for-profit, non-government organisation that funds research and...
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- Programmes & Resources
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Schools and ECE services
- Our successful programmes have been running in schools and ECE services for over 25...
Food Industry and Hospitality
- Find out more about the work that we do with food manufacturers and the food and...
Health Professionals
- Information on the programmes, courses and guidelines available from the Heart...
Pacific Health
- The Heart Foundation is committed to improving the Pacific heart health, find out...
Order Resources
- Heart health resources, presentation aids, guides, booklets and posters
Your Heart Forecast
- The Your Heart Forecast tool helps communicate cardiovascular risk to your patients
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- Blogs & Stories
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Circulate Blog
- Stay up to date with our latest news, views and opinions
Stories
- Read stories of everyday New Zealanders beating Heart Disease
Ask a Question
- Have a question about heart health? Ask us
Plain packaging for tobacco products
- The Heart Foundation congratulates the New Zealand government for its decision to...
Jacqui's Story
- I always new there was a history of heart disease in my family, but I thought I was...
Ask a Question
- Have a question about heart health? Ask us
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Treatments
Angioplasty and Stents
Coronary angioplasty is a technique used for treating coronary heart disease and angina.
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is an operation which is used to restore blood flow to the heart muscle.
Valve Surgery
Heart valve disease can cause your heart to pump less efficiently
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is an emergency lifesaving proceedure that is performed when a person's own breathing or heartbeat have stopped
Pacemakers
Pacemakers are used to treat arrhythmias . Arrhythmias are problems with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast,
Medications
If you have been prescribed pills for your heart condition, it is important to know what you are taking, why you are taking it, how to take it and the effect it
