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13 October 2023
“Our coach told the boys, ‘I don’t care what you do, kick those doors down”.
“After my cardiac arrest there was lots of talk of being lucky. I shouldn’t be lucky. People should know that if something happens at a sports event or somewhere else, there should be someone there trained to save their life”. Heinrich’s day was a…
13 October 2025
Why CPR Matters: How a Community Saved Rick's Life
When 80-year-old Rick set out for his morning walk on 27 January 2025, he had no idea how close he would come to death, or how many members of his community would play a role in saving his life.
25 October 2024
“You never know what someone else is going through, just try and help them.”
On December 17, 2023, Craig, his wife Natalie, and their 7-year-old daughter attended a festive Christmas concert during a few days away in New Plymouth from their home in Whanganui. It was a rainy…
16 October 2024
“If this happened anywhere else, I suppose I’d be dead”.
Neal, known to his friends and Whangarei teammates as "Rubber," has been passionate about hockey since he was a kid. Over the last four or five years, he focused on getting fitter, training “hard…