About 22 000 Waikato kids live with asthma

Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 4:00 pm
Press Release: Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Media Statement
For immediate release
6 May 2009

About 22 000 Waikato kids live with asthma

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation’s message that about 1 in 4 Kiwi kids has asthma translates into about 22 000 Waikato kids under 15 living with the illness, says Foundation Executive Director, Jane Patterson.

‘That’s the populations of Cambridge and Morrinsville combined, which is huge,’ says Jane.

Jane was commenting on these shocking asthma statistics during Asthma Awareness Week, 4-10 May, 2009. The Week is part of the Foundation’s Balloon Day asthma awareness and fundraising campaign.

Asthma and Respiratory Services Waikato and the Foundation are raising asthma awareness and funds for child asthma research.

One aspect of this year’s Balloon Day campaign is a focus on what asthma means to communities in terms of the number kids – and therefore families – affected and the negative impacts on education.

’22 000 that is a lot of young lives. Also, if we take the 500 000 school days lost to asthma annually across Aotearoa, we are talking something like 45 000 school days lost in this region to asthma, ‘Jane says.

If people want to help Kiwi kids breathe easier they can support the Balloon Day campaign at: www.asthmafoundation.org.nz

ENDS

Culture Headlines | Health Headlines | Education Headlines

LIFESTYLE > >

Charity Travel: Three Kiwis Skateboard Through The Andes And Atacama Desert

Three young Kiwis have become the first people to ever skateboard through the driest desert in the world... More>>

"Mood Of The Nation": Nation Moody

Although 2011’s mood was above the historical average, it was substantially down on the preceding two years, and would have been down further if it were not for an improvement around the time of the Rugby World Cup. More>>

Werewolf: Nature’s Boy - On Terence Malik

It’s easy to think of Malick films coming in pairs. In the 1970s: Badlands and Days of Heaven. Before those, he grew up in Oklahoma and Texas as the eldest of three brothers, studied philosophy at Harvard and Oxford but quit before finishing his doctorate. Then he studied film-making and got Badlands out just before he was 30. More>>

Werewolf: Classics - Tom’s Midnight Garden (1958)

For anyone trying to write about it, Tom’s Midnight Garden poses a significant problem. The twist ending will be well known to anyone who has read the book, but first time readers would justifiably want to kill anyone who spoils the surprise, which provides one of the most satisfying and moving resolutions in children’s fiction. More>>

ALSO:

Werewolf issue 28

Get Your Programme Here: Wellington Fringe Festival Begins

"We’ve got three weeks celebrating weird and wonderful expressions of art – around 60 dance, music, comedy, visual arts and theatre performances in 30 sites around the city featuring hundreds of participants…" More>>

At The Weekend:

The Fringe Lounge Hosted by Adam Page
Comedy - Battle of WITs 2012
Theatre (out-links) - Dancing in the Wake - Kitch in Synch - Lovers Walk - You be the Angel I be the Ghost - The Adventure of Wendy the Wonderful...
Visual Arts - Two new Video Works: Brighter Future and Feature-Less - More visual arts
Image: NZ Fringe Festival - NZ Fringe Festival 2012 Programme Launched into Wellington!
Out-Link - Rocking the poets • Hard News • Public Address

Best Prize Ever: All Blacks Score Big At Westpac Halberg Awards

Rugby was the big winner at the 2011 Westpac Halberg Awards, with the World Cup winning All Blacks scoring three of the major Award categories, before capping it off by claiming the supreme Halberg Award. More>>

ALSO:

Labour - Halberg winners cap off remarkable year
Earlier Westpac Halberg Awards - Stars Come Out To Play For Halberg Disability Sport Session
Image Graham Love - Video: Lego Animation For Rugby World Cup

Scoop Images: Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 Part III - Even more Photos Of Sevens Costumes

Scoop is running low on ideas for seven-costume-related blurbs, but has to say that the undead have a high average awesomeness this year. More>>
Day Two 94 arrested during Sevens weekend, and 68 evicted from stadium ... oh and New Zealand won.

ALSO:

NZ Police - Sevens fans well-behaved overnight
Scoop Images - Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 Part 2
Scoop Images - Costumes part one
Scoop Images - Sevens Parade 2012

Wellington City Council - Hertz Sevens and Waitangi Day
NZ Police - Police and emergency services gearing up for busy Sevens
WECC - Wellington Businesses Look Forward to Sevens
HSB Sevens - England v Scotland coffee making
ALAC - ALAC Welcomes Initiatives To Keep Sevens Fans Sober
MetService - MetService predicts fine weather for the Sevens
LAST YEAR - Sevens Parade Before - And During - Costumes - II - III - IV

AIDS Foundation: New Study Shows 1 In 5 With HIV Don’t Know It

On the eve of the Get it On! Big Gay Out, a ground-breaking study has revealed that 1 in 5 gay and bisexual men with HIV in Auckland don’t know they have it. The study is the first time that a measure of undiagnosed HIV has been recorded in New Zealand. More>>