Stories

When Tracey Rudduck-Gudsell was advised to write goodbye letters to her two children, heart disease suddenly became a very real threat. 

As a fit and active man, Kalyn De Castro was shocked when diagnosed with heart disease two years ago. But he's faced it head-on and now bravely shares his story with us.

Last year we bought you the inspiring story of Eseta  Nicholls who successfully completed our Certificate in Pacific Nutrition course and made some remarkable lifestyle changes in the process. Now she’s taking on the challenge of completing the 2016 New York Marathon.

Being fit enough to get a black belt in Tae Kwon Do didn’t stop Paul Foley from having a heart attack – but it certainly helped him survive.

As a survivor of heart disease, Brian Halton hopes his booklet will help and inspire others with heart conditions to keep living a full life while taking good care of themselves.

A team of Riverton Primary School students are so passionate about sharing healthy eating messages that even their teachers have been in the firing line.  

A strong passion for promoting healthy eating and physical activity has earned Little Oaks Early Learning Centre a gold star award from the Heart Foundation.

Winning the Heart Foundation Lottery couldn’t bring back their son, but it did help to distract Graeme and Irene Percy in their time of grief. 

Meet a man who's walking 3000km to raise money for Kiwis affected by heart disease. 

Meet a big-hearted Christchurch woman whose hard work at a sewing machine has benefited countless heart surgery patients.

Despite suffering a near-fatal heart attack just six months ago, Karen Grainger is feeling the best she has in years.

Truck driver Eddie Davies might have dismissed the pesky ‘heart burn’ that woke him up one night in September – if it wasn’t for the heart attack awareness campaign he’d seen on TV that evening.