Past Highlights
Students measuring their blood pressure at our outreach session at Waitakere College, June 2023
“I really enjoyed the practical side of everything and the tutors taking us were really welcoming and made us feel really included. I specifically enjoyed getting taught more on the specific details of the heart for example how it beats and also getting my blood pressure taken was quite a cool experience cause I had never done that before. Overall, I really enjoyed the whole thing.”
(Student feedback)
Outreach Lead Dr Anuj Bhargava discussing heart structure and function with students at Pūhoro STEMM wānanga held in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland, in March 2023.
“My highlight was seeing someone’s heart on the ultrasound thing even if it looked disgusting. I learnt that hearts have 4 chambers and what a beating heart looks like in a human.”
(Student feedback)
Listening to the heartbeat at Heart2Heart Outreach event with Amanaki STEM Academy, Palmerston North, April 2023.
“I enjoyed it because there was so much to learn and enjoy about it. And I learnt so much new things that were important to me and my/others human bodies/hearts.” Favourite activity: Stethoscope “Because we got to hear our own heartbeats.”
(Student feedback)
Neil Ieremia, with some of the dancers from his Black Grace dance company, shares his experience of living with rheumatic heart disease with Pūtahi Manawa members at our Te Ahi Manawa | Occasion for Celebration in February 2023.
Outreach activities with Pūhoro STEMM students, in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland, 2022.
“To be able to see the spark in the eyes of our rangatahi, having the opportunity to interact with medical devices / models and eagerly learn about the complexities of the heart makes these outreach activities incredibly personally rewarding.”
(OnE team volunteer feedback)
Genomics in Schools hui with teachers at the University of Auckland Fale Pasifica, July 2023. Organised by the Pūtahi Manawa Ō tātou ngākau, ō tātou ira, ō tātou korero | Our heart, our genes, our story Integrated Research Module team.