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Our purpose: to stop all people in New Zealand dying prematurely from heart disease and enable people with heart disease to live full lives

195,000
people in New Zealand are currently living with heart disease

That's more than one in 23 adults [1]

30%
Almost 30% of deaths in NZ are caused by cardiovascular disease

It is the leading cause of death in New Zealand and includes heart, stroke and blood vessel disease [2]

90 mins
Every 90 minutes a New Zealander dies from heart disease

Many of these deaths are premature and preventable [2]

$99m
The Heart Foundation has invested into research since 1968

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15 May 2026 in Stories

How high blood pressure led to a devastating aortic dissection

Sue had always thought she was doing the right things for her health. She didn’t smoke, rarely drank alcohol, and had followed a vegetarian diet for nearly 50 years. But beneath the surface, high blood pressure was quietly building, with devastating consequences.

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4 May 2026 in Stories

Kiwi woman’s powerful reason for taking on Great Wall of China marathon

When Canterbury physiotherapist Jessica Douglas-Withers laces up her shoes on 16 May, she won’t just be tackling 21 kilometres of one of the world’s toughest half marathons - she’ll be taking thousands of steps for heart health

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1 May 2026 in Media Releases

High blood pressure – a silent killer. Get your numbers checked

High blood pressure is quietly putting more than a million New Zealanders at risk of heart disease - and many don’t know it.

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