- 14 November 2024Become a Big Heart Appeal street collector
Big-hearted volunteers will be out in full force in February 2025 as part of the Heart Foundation’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the Big Heart Appeal.
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The Heart Foundation's call for wider access to a heart medication has been successful, with Pharmac announcing today that it will fund a drug used in the treatment of chronic heart failure, a move that will benefit more than 18,000 New Zealanders over the next 12 months.
Read more... - 24 October 2024Bill to allow online charity lotteries passes
The Heart Foundation is delighted to continue our work helping New Zealanders live longer, healthier lives due to permanent legislation allowing charities to operate fundraising lotteries online.
Read more... - 29 September 2024Saving lives through heart research and training – new grants announced
Trialling smartphones to monitor heart conditions, investing in cardiac nurses to enable better patient outcomes, and addressing equity gaps in women’s heart research are just three of the many research projects and training grants awarded funding by the Heart Foundation today.
Read more... - 26 September 2024New international research challenge to tackle critical knowledge gaps in women’s cardiovascular health
This first network grant from the Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum will support transformative research up to a value of US $10 million.
Read more... - 19 September 2024New Board Directors announced
The Heart Foundation has appointed two new Board Directors.
Read more... - 24 July 2024Healthier futures for hundreds of thousands of children thanks to healthy heart programme
The Heart Foundation is celebrating the success of their Tohu Manawa Ora | Healthy Heart Award programme, which has been shown to significantly impact the health and wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of pre-schoolers across New Zealand.
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The Heart Foundation, Coastguard and Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust welcome the Government’s announcement today that temporary legislation allowing charities to operate fundraising lotteries online will be made permanent.
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The Heart Foundation will strengthen ties with New Zealand’s largest Primary Health Organisation, ProCare, to help stop New Zealanders dying prematurely from heart disease and to help those with heart disease live longer, healthier lives.
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The Heart Foundation Board is seeking expressions of interest for Non-Executive Directors.
Read more... - 1 May 2024Go the distance for Kiwi hearts: MyMarathon
Would you like to challenge yourself to stay active this autumn? Registration is free and now open for MyMarathon.
Read more... - 25 March 2024Heart Foundation supports food companies to remove tonnes of sugar from staple low-cost foods
The Heart Foundation’s Food Reformulation programme has had a significant impact on supporting lower sugar levels in a number of everyday, low-cost food items on supermarket shelves. It is estimated that 760 tonnes of sugar per annum have been removed from targeted food categories.
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