Luna has half a heart

Written By Kim Manunui

Every year hundreds of children like Luna are diagnosed with a heart condition.

The news that a child has a heart condition is devastating for families, their lives are turned upside down in an instant as they are immediately faced with an uncertain future. There is no prevention, nor cure for a congenital heart defect (CHD), and it is the most common birth difference in the world. Each week in Aotearoa 12 babies are born with a CHD, and other previously healthy children will develop an acquired heart condition following an illness.

Heart children are often faced with weeks or months in hospital as they receive life-saving treatment at Starship Hospital in Auckland. Parents will often have to leave other children and partners at home as they care for their sick child in hospital. Families going through heart journeys are often faced with separation, isolation, stress, financial hardship and loneliness. These families need support and this is where Heart Kids NZ steps in, offering crucial practical, emotional and social support, free of charge to all those impacted by childhood heart conditions.

No family should ever face the challenges of a heart journey alone. Heart Kids NZ has a dedicated team of family support taituarā based in Starship Hospital and in communities across the country to ensure heart families will feel supported, informed and connected. Heart Kids NZ help at every step of the journey; from diagnosis, through childhood, the teenage years and into adulthood – supporting over 10,000 members nationwide.

Heart Kids NZ receives no government funding and is reliant on the generosity of kind-hearted individuals and sponsors to provide this vital support at no cost to families.

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

The digital world is never static and neither are we.

And I say ‘we’ because I work with an awesome group of talented people who I gather together as required to complete a project.  Whatever your business, not-for-profit or individual needs are we gather the best team to get the job done.

Collaboratively we are creative, share sustainable values and work hard for great outcomes because that’s the buzz of satisfaction that drives us.

If you have an audience and market to reach, we can make that happen. Creative design, words that work and smart behind the scenes stuff that cuts through the online noise. We’ll design your website and then build it. We’ll manage the content as well as all your hosting needs. We can handle your online advertising so you get noticed,
and we’ll manage your social media presence so you get the clicks, likes and engagement to grow your business. All within the budget you set, because none of this needs to cost the earth.  And the job doesn’t stop when your website goes live. We are your virtual business partner.

https://www.korio.co.nz
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