Northland
Best Start, Maunu Village, Mar 2025 ✅
❤️ BestStart
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Mangonui Primary School, Mar 2025 ✅
❤️ Hato Hone St John Doubtless Bay Area Committee
Auckland
Red Beach Early Learning Centre, July 2025 ✅
❤️ Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Randwick Park School June 2025 ✅
❤️ Hato Hone St John West Auckland Area Committee
Fantails Childcare - Estate, May 2025 ✅
❤️ Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Avondale Intermediate, Mar 2025 ✅
❤️ Hato Hone St John West Auckland Area Committee
Best Start, Bremner Road, Mar 2025 ✅
❤️ BestStart
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Best Start, Paerata Rise, Mar 2025 ✅
❤️ BestStart
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Bay of Plenty
Bellevue School, Tauranga, Sept 2025 ✅
❤️ Private Donations
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Waikato
Wish List
Melville Kindergarten, TBC
Kindercare Fairfield, Sept 2025 ✅
❤️ Private Donations
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Kihikihi School, April 2025 ✅
❤️ Hato Hone St John Te Awamutu Area Committee
❤️School community
Best Start, Cambridge, Mar 2025 ✅
❤️ BestStart
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Korakonui School, Feb 2025 ✅
❤️ Hato Hone St John Te Awamutu Area Committee
❤️School funding for community lockbox
Taranaki
Nominations open
Manawatu
Nominations open
Wellington
Wish List
Naenae College
Wainuiomata High School
Queen Margaret College, 2025, Nov 2025
❤️ QMC Community
❤️ Gazley Motors
❤️ Heartbeat
Imagine Daycare, Hutt Valley, Oct/Nov 2025
❤️ Exceed – We Fix Windows and Doors AED)
❤️ Rupert Kemeys and Scoota Roche, Ray White
❤️ Heartbeat
Wainuioru School, Oct 2025
❤️ Precinct
❤️ Heartbeat
Hutt Central School, Sept 2025 ✅
❤️ Wellington College (AED)
❤️ The Wright Cabins (lockbox)
❤️ Heartbeat
Kenakena School, Sept 2025 ✅
❤️ Pelorus Trust
❤️ Heartbeat
Kapiti College, Aug 2025 ✅
❤️ College Fundraising
❤️ Heartbeat
Tawhai School, June 2025 ✅
❤️ Private Donations
❤️ Wellington College (lockbox)
❤️ Heartbeat
Best Start, Waitangirua, Apr 2025 ✅
❤️ BestStart
❤️ Heartbeat
Maidstone School, Feb 2025 ✅
❤️ Private Donations
❤️ Heartbeat
Nelson/Marlborough
Nominations open
Canterbury
Christchurch AED offer - please apply now
❤️ Exceed - Christchurch East and West
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Wish List
Clarkville Te Kura Ki Waimātao
Our Lady of the Assumption School, TBC
Villa Maria College, TBC
West Melton Kindergarten Nursery and Learning Centre, TBC
AO Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Christchurch, June 2025 ✅
❤️ Pelorus Trust
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Ashburton Christian School, May 2025 ✅
❤️ Advance Ashburton Community Foundation
– Wilkinson Fund
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Best Start, Allenton, Mar 2025 ✅
❤️ BestStart
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Best Start, St Albans, Mar 2025 ✅
❤️ BestStart
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Otago
St Brigids School, Dunedin, Nov 2025
❤️ Exceed – We Fix Windows and Doors AED)
❤️ Property Brokers South Ltd (lockbox)
❤️ Hato Hone St John
Southland
Nominations open
The above working list is subject to change, should the heart child change schools before a donation is made.
However, if an AED has already been given, it remains with the school. We will then add their new school to our working list if they don't have one
To nominate a preschool, school or college, please email embracingkiwihearts@gmail.com with the following information:
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Name of heart kid
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Age of heart kid and years expected to attend
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Parent name and email
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School name, contact person, phone, email and address
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Confirmation that the school doesn’t have an AED and would like to have one
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Family approval for a photo to be shared on our social media and website
Wish List = funding needed!
✅ = AED donated and installed
Date but no ✅ = funded but not fully installed or awaiting photo
TBC = awaiting final confirmation with the school