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Story Nikki Cystic Fibrosis

Nikki's story: How a new pair of lungs changed her life

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...

Miranda Bronchiectasis

Miranda's story: Chronic childhood illness to healthy adult

“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 ...

Linda Christchurch Portrait

Linda's story: Positive benefits from group exercise

Exercise can be daunting, however, Linda and the other participants are really enjoying the time doing their circuit twice a week. ...

Charlotte Pooley 2

Charlotte's story: Living with COPD

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 2

Barry's story: Dedicated to family and community

Barry Vincent from Masterton has had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) since 1980, and stopped smoking 30 years ago. ...

Joshua Kingi

Joshua's story: inline hockey and soccer fanatic

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 1

Ella's story: Gymnastic champ lives life to the full

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...

Alex Urlich 2

Alex’s story: Constantly setting new challenges despite asthma

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 ...

Gail Vincent

Gail's story: be the best you can be

Gail Vincent from Tauranga has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She has what is called extensive ‘emphysematous bullous’ which means the al...

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Sarah’s story: Premature twins with chronic lung disease

Sarah Chamberlain has two beautiful twins, Mila and Sakura Montgomery who were born prematurely. Sarah says, “They were born at 26 weeks and five days i...