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The Heart Foundation has launched a new free online heart health check, called My Heart Check.

Mark Taylor is blind, has lost the use of both of his legs and a portion of strength in his right arm, but despite this the Kiwi is attempting to row 100km in under just eight hours.

The Heart Foundation is hosting a special two-day Pan Pasifika Fono with a common goal of working towards achieving equity for the health and wellbeing of Pacific people.

The Heart Foundation today released new recommendations on how much red meat and chicken New Zealanders should be eating as part of a heart healthy diet.

The Heart Foundation today announced $4.2 million dollars of funding for heart research and specialist training for New Zealand cardiologists, bringing the total awarded by the charity since its formation in 1968, to more than $78 million dollars.

The Heart Foundation has today announced funding for a kaupapa Māori action research project to support Māori communities to lead nutrition initiatives to support healthy hearts.

Premature babies and their mothers are at higher risk of developing heart disease, but new research could change New Zealand's national guidelines for cardiovascular screening for mothers and babies.

The Heart Foundation is proud to support leaders across all areas of medicine in Aotearoa, such as Waikato Hospital staff nurse Edel Schick, whose work will focus on patient education and heart disease prevention at a grass-roots level in the community.

The Heart Foundation is aware of recent email approaches to local businesses in the Rotorua Region, requesting sponsorship and asking for donations in an online auction.

Toi Te Kupu is a renewed Māori-to-English and English-to-Māori dictionary about kai, cooking, our body and our mind.

The Heart Foundation says there is an urgent need for a national action plan for heart health and is calling for cross-party support for Government to develop one.

About 21,000 years of life are lost by women to heart disease each year, and research shows heart attacks are misdiagnosed more often in women than men.