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Organisation

Our Board of Trustees

Heartbeats is a registered Charitable Trust and non-profit organisation with a professionally qualified Board of Trustees.

Trent Lash

B.Sc. (Hons), B.E. (Hons)

Trent is an internationally experienced senior corporate executive and management consultant and has served as an executive and non-executive director on several private, public company and not-for-profit Boards.

He is passionate about improved through-life rehabilitation for cardiac patients and the delivery of world class, optimal healthcare for all New Zealanders.

Kevin Farrell

CA (retired)

Kevin is a retired Chartered Accountant who held senior financial accounting roles in the financial services sector.

He has continued to provide governance and financial accounting expertise to a number of not-for-profit organisations. He fully supports exceptional charitable organisations like Heartbeats for the vision and passion they bring to improving the wellbeing of New Zealanders.

Ross Vincent

NZCE (Elect.) REA

Ross is an operations executive managing a New Zealand cybersecurity company, and a USA based technology start-up business.

He has broad knowledge and a strategic consulting background in IT and digital technologies. His work reflects his strong focus on people and building empowered teams. He is actively involved in local community and helping organisations with fit-for-purpose technologies.

Medical Advisor to the Board

Dr Guy Armstrong

B.Sc. MB.ChB, FRACS, FRACP, FACC, FESC, FCSANZ

Guy is an interventional and imaging cardiologist with interests in angioplasty, pacemakers, echocardiography and preventive cardiology. He chairs the A.H.Couch Charitable Trust, which supports cardiology research and education in the Auckland region. For more information on what the A.H. Couch Trust does click here: https://www.ahcouchtrust.org

Executive Team

Neil Anderson

Atrial Fibrillation Subgroup Convenor

Neil is a heart event survivor who lives north of Auckland after living overseas and working to connect and support relationships with people, corporations and governments. He has been through various stages of Atrial Fibrillation over the last 20 years and is now permanently in AFib, that is being treated with a range of drugs. Heartbeats has been his ‘go-to’ support since going into permanent AFib.

Marydeane Paranihi-Morris

Māori and Pacific Engagement

Marydeane Paranihi is a Māori woman of Tūwharetoa / Ngāti Mutunga descent. She is a retired social worker and heart event survivor, who has recovered from heart surgery three years ago.

Norman Kingston

Norman is a heart-event survivor with AFib and coronary artery disease. He is a retired construction industry tradesman with project management experience,

Norman has strong ties and commitment to the local community and is a passionate member of Heartbeats having seen its positive impact on the lives of Hibiscus Coast members. He loves encouraging and helping others on their heart journeys.

Heartbeats Organisation
Heartbeats holds monthly group meetings across Auckland at the following locations:
Henderson

SturgesWest Community Centre, 58 Summerland Drive, Henderson

First Tuesday of every month
1:00 – 2:00pm
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Eastern Suburbs

St Heliers Church and Community Centre, 100 St Heliers Bay Rd, St Heliers

Third Wednesday of every month
10:00 – 11:30am
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Mt Albert

Mt Albert Community Centre, 774 New North Rd, Mt Albert

Last Thursday of every month
10:00 – 11:30am
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Orewa

Hibiscus Coast Community House, 214 Hibiscus Coast Hwy, Orewa

First Tuesday of every month
10:00 – 11:30am
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Sunnynook

Sunnynook Community Centre, 148 Sycamore Drive, Sunnynook

Last Thursday of every month
7:00 – 8:30pm
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Heartbeats Services

Heartbeats provides support and full wrap around services to heart event survivors, family and whanau.

Heartbeats members have just about every type of heart condition.
Our heart people have interventions that include open-heart surgery, aorta and heart valve replacements, cardioversions, ablations, left atrial appendage closures (LAAC) and stents.

To control their heart conditions and ensure a longer life, they have various implanted devices: pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), and mechanical valves. 

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Heartbeats Programme

Peer-to-peer interaction, advice and support – 11 group meetings in your community, each year. Free, informal, and held monthly.

  • Open welcome to other Heartbeats group meetings outside of your own locality.
  • Personal and private support from Heartbeats Group Facilitators
  • Telephone support 24/7 (Heartbeats Helpline)

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Heartbeats Connections

We will connect you with:

  • Professional healthcare providers and allied health specialists
  • Other heart support organisations and groups
  • Heart event survivors who have the same condition or have had the same surgery – our HeartBUDDY programme.
  • A network of heart health management (a Heart Support Ecosystem) of heart-related services for ALL heart conditions

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We work for you

  • We advocate for improved care for heart patients within the public and primary healthcare systems through representation on the Pharmac Reset Consumer & Patient Working Group, and the Health NZ National Cardiology Clinical Network. 
  • We are committed to raising greater public awareness and understanding of heart disease, its personal and socioeconomic impact, and the pathways for cardiac recovery and rehabilitation, through HeartTALKS and presentations to the public, community organisations, and companies. 

Heartbeats is nationwide, and all about the best possible patient outcomes, for ALL heart people, everywhere.