The real stories from ordinary Kiwis living with respiratory conditions
Luke Watts from Wanganui shares his story about asthma and why he’s decided to fundraise for the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ in the lead up to ...
In 2018, Mel Wharewera from Wellington started her journey to train up for an Ironman, making the huge commitment to complete a 4km swim, 180km bike rid...
Dubbed as the ‘cystic sisters’, Nikki and Kristie from Tauranga both have cystic fibrosis. Find out how they spread awareness of the condition through g...
“Once she hits puberty, she will either get better or worse,” Miranda’s doctor said to her mother Robyn about her childhood bronchiectasis. While it is ...
Exercise can be daunting, however, Linda and the other participants are really enjoying the time doing their circuit twice a week. ...
Tihei Mauri Ora, Tēnā kotou katoa. My name is Charlotte Pooley and I have COPD. I started smoking cigarettes from a young age, I suppose from peer pres...
Barry Vincent from Masterton has had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) since 1980, and stopped smoking 30 years ago. ...
Joshua Kingi from New Plymouth has had asthma since he was young. He plays two sports, soccer and inline hockey which require a lot of physical exertion...
Ella Bartholomew from Blenheim has chronic brittle asthma, which she has suffered from since she was a small child, along with this she also has multipl...
Renee Urlich is the proud mumma of her son Alex, a 13-year-old from Wellington who has asthma. Alex is a keen young sportsman who has been on quite the ...
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