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There are more than 180,000 people living with some form of heart disease in New Zealand. Read and watch some of their stories, learn from others' life experiences, and find tips to help you and your family/whānau on your journey.
Find out why DJ Sela Alo and others like him are sharing their personal heart health stories
When first diagnosed with heart disease, Chess struggled with denial. She’s been through stages of grief, but now faces her new reality with optimism.
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Angina, Heart attack, High blood pressure
It was more than a month before Nalda found out that the severe breathlessness she’d had one night...
Arrhythmia, Congenital heart disease
Born with a rare congenital heart condition, doctors didn't think Emma-Kate would survive into ...
Aortic aneurysm
When Margaret suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm in a small town on the East Cape, she had to be ...
Cardiac arrest, Heart valve problems
Kate was visiting her newborn daughter in hospital when she felt pain in her chest and collapsed. ...
Cardiac arrest, SCAD
Trudy was doing chores at home when she felt weird sensations in her arms and pain in her chest. As ...
Cardiac arrest
Jim had just hit a winning shot on the tennis court when he collapsed after suffering a cardiac ...
Atrial fibrillation
Owen had his first atrial fibrillation (AF) episode in his twenties, but with his active lifestyle ...
Atrial fibrillation, Heart valve problems
Georgina has lost both parents and seven of her siblings to heart disease. Here she talks about her ...
Heart attack
Leonie found that talking to other survivors helped her regain her confidence after her heart attack...
Alastair’s atrial fibrillation (AF), was diagnosed in October 2016 when his racing heart caused ...
What started as the road to recovery after a heart attack and bypass surgery, became a journey that ...
Working as a receptionist in a GP practice Wendy was familiar with heart disease and cardiac ...
