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Taking part in the Healthy Heart Award has made Little Oaks Alexandra a big hit with its kids and their parents. 

As a fit young medical professional, Kateshe Clark couldn't believe it when she had a heart attack after a workout in November last year.

After losing her dad to a sudden and devastating heart attack, Dorothy Cutts made a decision to keep other families together for longer.

Karyn Bush and her sisters will be donning Star Wars costumes at the Auckland Marathon this year, in loving memory of their dad. 

It was Sunday night in Wellington and the Heart Foundation’s new heart attack awareness campaign had just gone live on national television. Watching at home was father-of-two Ian Lancaster, who had no idea the message he was hearing would save his life.

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.