Our mobile blood pressure tester
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Find out where you can get your blood pressure taken for free!
In 2018 we celebrated the 10th birthday of the Big Blood Pressure Check by launching the Big Blood Pressure Check Van! The van was made possible with the incredibly generous support of Ryman Healthcare, who chose us as their charity partner for 2018.
The van is now based in Wellington and will serve the lower North Island (South of New Plymouth and Gisborne).
A secondary van was launched in Auckland, sponsored by Raymond Forbes Wilson Estate and the Estate of Ernest Hyam Davis & The Ted and Mollie Carr Endowment Trust, with support from Perpetual Guardian. We are incredibly pleased we now have two vans on the road to help more people reduce their risk of stroke.
Due to COVID-19, our annual Big Blood Pressure Check campaign has been cancelled and replaced for this year with a ‘road-trip’ using our Big Blood Pressure Check Vans. Over the next few months, the vans will be travelling throughout New Zealand, visiting PAKn’SAVE and New World supermarkets near you!
The ‘road-trip’ will start in the North Island at the end of October 2020, testing blood pressures for free! It's a project that could save lives, as high blood pressure is the number one modifiable risk factor for stroke. Once detected, high blood pressure can be managed and controlled, through regular checks, healthy living and with the help of medication where necessary.
Check out the below to see when you can visit the van and get your free check. Please note, the vans will also visit workplaces and these events are not open to the public.
Northern Region
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When |
Where |
Address |
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Thursday 29th April 10am-4pm |
PAK’nSAVE Papakura |
331 Great South Road Takanini, Auckland |
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Thursday 6th May 10am-4pm |
PAK’nSAVE Botany |
501 Ti Rakau Drive, East Tāmaki, Auckland |
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Saturday 8th May 10am-2pm |
Papakura Streetfest |
Papakura Town Centre |
Midland Region
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When |
Where |
Address |
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Wednesday 16th June – Saturday 19th June 8am-5pm |
Fieldays Hamilton |
125 Mystery Creek Road Hamilton |
Central Region
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When |
Where |
Address |
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Tuesday 1st June 10am-4pm |
New World Wairoa |
41 Queen Street Wairoa |
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Wednesday 2nd June 10am-3pm |
PAK’nSAVE Gisborne |
Childers Road Gisborne |
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Thursday 3rd June 10am-3pm |
Bunnings Warehouse Gisborne |
75 Kahutia Street Gisborne |
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Friday 4th June 10am-3pm |
Mitre10 Mega Gisborne |
24 Derby Street Gisborne |
Lower North Island
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When |
Where |
Address |
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Tuesday 18th May 10am-3pm |
New World Paremata |
93-97 Mana Esplanade Paremata, Porirua |
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Thursday 20th May 10am-3pm |
New World Newlands |
227 Newlands Road Newlands, Wellington |
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Friday 21st May 10am-3pm |
New World Otaki |
155-163 Main Highway Otaki, Wellington |
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Thursday 27th May 10am-3pm |
New World Tawa |
35 Oxford Street Tawa, Wellington |
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Friday 28th May 10am-3pm |
New World Silverstream |
28 Whitemans Road Silverstream, Upper Hutt |
Our sincere thanks to Ryman Healthcare, Raymond Forbes Wilson Estate and the of Ernest Hyam Davis & The Ted and Mollie Carr Endowment Trust for their assistance with this project.
Raymond Forbes Wilson Estate
The Estate of Ernest Hyam Davis & The Ted and Mollie Carr Endowment Trust