Media Releases

Dr Ben Wilkins’ Heart Foundation overseas fellowship has a two-fold benefit – he will return home with new skills and a greater understanding of valve procedure research, both of which will help improve the heart health of New Zealanders.

Heart Foundation’s ‘Big Heart Appeal’ kicks off this Friday 22 February.

Food and nutrition/technology classes at schools around New Zealand can now access an exciting range of resources that are available online through the Heart Foundation.

Vector Lights on the Auckland Harbour Bridge will shine red on Thursday 21 February and Friday 22 February 2019 in recognition of the more than 186,000 people living with heart disease in New Zealand.

Pacific people need to focus more on improving nutrition if they are to reverse the alarming life expectancy statistics which is seeing them dying younger and having higher rates of chronic diseases than all other New Zealanders.

Food and nutrition/technology classes at schools around New Zealand are being offered contemporary, visually appealing and online tools, following the launch today of the Heart Foundation’s new Food Curriculum Project resources.

With one in five Kiwis dying from heart disease, the Heart Foundation is calling for people to join with it and help tackle the sobering health statistic, by volunteering as a street collector for its Big Heart Appeal 2019.

The Heart Foundation’s new Whole grains and the heart evidence paper confirms that eating whole grain foods can reduce your risk of heart disease by up to 30%.

The Heart Foundation in New Zealand will be the first to light a landmark for World Heart Day this Saturday, 29 September, as they ask the people of New Zealand to make a promise for their individual heart health.

Dave Monro, Heart Foundation Food and Nutrition Manager, was recently awarded the Dietitians New Zealand Award of Excellence at the organisation’s 75th Jubilee conference in Auckland.

The Heart Foundation announced funding today, for further development of a vaccine that could see Kiwi kids visiting the doctor for a teaspoon of yoghurt to protect against rheumatic fever-related heart damage or premature death, as part of its $4.3 million 2018 funding round.