Supporting millions of Kiwis affected by lung and heart disease
- 1 in 5
- die from heart disease
- 1 in 5
- live with respiratory disease
- $20b
- cost to the country every year
Our work
Read moreWorld Heart Day
Each World Heart Day, we raise awareness and advocate for better treatment and care for heart patients.
Lung cancer screening
Lung cancer is New Zealand's deadliest cancer, yet we have no national screening programme. We're calling on the Government to change that.
Train-the-Trainers vaping education
Develop practical skills to deliver trusted youth vaping education through our Train-the-Trainers programme.
Asthma in schools
Support safer schools with asthma emergency kits, school inhaler guidance and practical education resources.
Latest news
See allHeart devices don't work like pills, so why do we try to fund them that way?
Heart tech moves as fast as consumer electronics, but NZ still assesses and funds it through a process built for pills.
Robert’s journey: a missed opportunity
At 83, Robert was denied a safer, non-invasive heart valve option because only open-heart surgery was publicly funded.
Mobile lung cancer screening trial marks first step toward national programme
Govt's trial lung cancer screening programme, launching mid-2027 in select regions, is a step we've long pushed for.