Stories

Winning the Heart Foundation Lottery on May 8 was particularly special for Betty Dix. 

Kris McLeish is raising money for the Heart Foundation after losing his much-loved brother to a heart attack early last year.

There is an old saying that "it takes a whole village to raise a child" and this proverb sits at the heart of Abacus Montessori’s approach to raising heart-healthy children.

Stuart Armstrong decided early this year that he needed to make some big changes in his life – which is exactly what he’s done.

How would you feel if you won $10,000 in the Heart Foundation Lottery? For Rose, it was an overwhelming sense of disbelief and gratitude.

Sarah Lockett was told her symptoms were probably the result of too much coffee or stress. She now knows she should have listened more closely to her body.

No two heart attacks are the same, and women can experience different symptoms to men. Dunedin woman June Aerakis knows that all too well.

Nikki Tod just wants to be able to jump on the trampoline with her children without feeling exhausted and breathless.

Rachel Turner says one of the hardest things about having a heart attack so young is that most people don’t believe she had one.

Amanda Simkin's heart decided to stop working three weeks after her wedding day. When the 26-year-old emerged dazed from a coma three days later, she didn't even recognise her new husband.

I felt like a proud Aunty when I watched a confident Freda delivering a nutrition session to the participants of an eight week challenge at Nine27 gym in Manukau recently.