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COPD support
COPD support
- Support services and information for people affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and their family/whānau.
Asthma Respiratory Foundation, NZ(external link)
Phone (04) 499 4592. List of COPD support groups.
Asthma New Zealand(external link)
Phone: 0800 227 328 or email [email protected]. Offers free appointments to anyone with Asthma and COPD in North Auckland, Central Auckland, West Auckland, Wellington, and Hutt Valley, or nationally via Telehealth, with no GP referral needed.
North Island
Asthma Waikato(external link)
Phone 07 838 0851 or email [email protected]. Their mission is to free people from asthma through expert education and advocacy to live a life full of possibilities.
Asthma and Respiratory Management BOP(external link)
Phone 07 577 6738 or 0800 ARM BOP (276 267), or email [email protected]. They provide testing, provide management plans, advice on how to get the best from medication, pulmonary rehabilitation for people with COPD and support and advocacy for anyone with a respiratory disorder.
Eastern BOP Asthma and COPD support group
Phone (07) 307 1447 or 0800 227 363 or email [email protected]
Gisborne and East Coast Asthma Society (Inc)
Phone (06) 868 9970 or email [email protected].
Taranaki Asthma Society
Phone (021) 145 6336 (Crystal) or email [email protected].
Breathe Hawke’s Bay (facebook page)(external link)
Hawke’s Bay - including Napier, Hastings, Central Hawke’s Bay and Wairoa. Phone 64 6-878 8109 or email [email protected].
Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust(external link)
Lower Hutt Phone (04) 939 4629 / 0800 939 462. Providing education, support, advocacy and resources in asthma to Māori.
South Island
Asthma Marlborough Inc
Phone (03) 579 1609 / mobile 0272057244
Respiratory Support Nelson(external link) (formerly known as The Nelson Asthma Society)
Supporting people with respiratory conditions (and their whanau) to increase quality of life through information, education, community and advocacy. Phone 027 546 7675 or email [email protected]
Canbreathe, Canterbury(external link)
Phone (03) 386 0278 or email [email protected]. Supporting the community to understand and manage respiratory conditions to improve lives and reduce serious health impacts.
Otago Asthma Society
Phone (03) 471 6167 or email [email protected]
Address: Dunedin Community House, 1st Floor, Cnr Moray and Great King Street, Dunedin 9016
North Otago Asthma Society(external link)
Phone: 03 434 3202 / 027 753 5711 or email [email protected].
Southland Asthma Society
Phone (03) 214 2356 / 0800 800 249 or email [email protected]
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