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Cardiac and Respiratory Foundation NZ is dedicated to improving heart and lung health outcomes. It brings together the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, Kia Manawanui Trust – The Heart of Aotearoa, Lung Foundation NZ, and the Bronchiectasis Foundation NZ.

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Chemotherapy Treatment Factsheet

This brochure explains chemotherapy as a treatment for lung cancer, including how it works, when it is used, and how it may be given.

Lung Cancer English Health professionals
chemotherapy

The Normal Lung

How the lungs work, including how we breathe, how oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged, and how blood circulates through the lungs.

Lung Cancer English Patients
normal lung

Diagnosing and Testing for Lung Cancer

This brochure explains how lung cancer is diagnosed and tested, including imaging scans, biopsies, lung function tests, staging, and tumour testing.

Lung Cancer English Health professionals
diagnosing and testing for lung cancr

Lung Cancer Symptoms

This brochure outlines the common symptoms of lung cancer, including early signs, symptoms of advanced cancer, and when to seek medical advice.

Lung Cancer English Patients
lung cancer symtpoms

Lung Cancer - Know The Symptoms

This poster demonstrates the symptoms of lung cancer.

Lung Cancer English Health professionals Patients
Lung Cancer know the symptoms poster

Living with Bronchiectasis – Things to Know

This comprehensive ‘checklist’ is for adults with bronchiectasis. It contains information that will help you manage and understand your bronchiectasis symptoms.

Bronchiectasis English Health professionals
bronchiectasis things to know

Fact Sheet | What is Bronchiectasis?

This fact sheet is for people with Bronchiectasis. It explains what Bronchectasis is, the causes, risk factors, symptoms and how it is diagnosed and treated.

Bronchiectasis English Patients
what is bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis Patient Booklet

This booklet provides information for adults with bronchiectasis. It will help you and your whānau to understand more about bronchiectasis, from risk factors and diagnosis, to how it's treated.

Bronchiectasis English Patients
bronchiectasis patient information

Bronchiectasis Action Plan

​This self-management plan is for adults with bronchiectasis and is to be completed by healthcare practitioners, together with their patients.

Bronchiectasis English Health professionals Patients
bronchiectasis action plan

How to Use Inhaler Device Chart

An inhaler device use chart, with step-by-step instructions on how to use all of the commonly prescribed inhaler devices in New Zealand.

Asthma English Health professionals Patients
How to use your inhaler device

COPD Action Plan

This self-management plan for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is to be completed by healthcare practitioners, together with their patient

COPD English Te reo Māori Samoan Tongan Simplified Chinese Health professionals Patients
copd action plan

COPD Patient Handbook

​This handbook provides information about COPD, from the various symptoms you may experience, to the different types of medication you may be prescribed.

COPD English Health professionals Patients
COPD Patient Handbook-

NZ COPD Guidelines: 2025 Update – Quick Reference Guide

A quick reference guide to the NZ COPD Guidelines: 2025 Update. This concise summary resource is designed for health practitioners working in everyday practice in primary and secondary care settings

COPD English Health professionals
copd guidelines

NZ COPD Guidelines: 2025 Update

The NZ COPD Guidelines: 2025 Update revises the NZ COPD Guidelines, published in the New Zealand Medical Journal in February 2021.

COPD English Health professionals
copd guidelines

Asthma First Aid in School

Simple asthma first aid steps for children at school.

English Patients Educators
asthma first aid in school

Asthma First Aid - 12 years and over

An asthma first aid poster for 12 years and over.

English Te reo Māori Patients Educators
asthma first aid

NZ Asthma Guidelines - Quick Reference Guide

A quick reference to all the algorithms, tables, and charts published in both the NZ Child Asthma Guidelines and the NZ Adolescent and Adult Asthma Guidelines in one easy-to-read guide.

Asthma English Health professionals
nz asthma guidelines quick ref guide

NZ Adolescent and Adult Asthma Guidelines

These guidelines are designed to aid health professionals in delivering asthma care in the community and in emergency departments, providing simple, practical and evidence-based guidance.

Asthma English Health professionals
nz adolescent and adult asthma guidelines

Managing your child's asthma

This resource teaches parents and whānau about asthma, including how to help prevent an asthma attack.

Asthma English Te reo Māori Samoan Patients
Managing your child's asthma - Cover image

Peak Flow and Symptom Diary

This diary is a useful tool to help patients identify asthma symptoms and triggers, and better understand their asthma.

Asthma English Health professionals Patients
Peak Flow & Symptom Diary