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Asthma and home heating

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Asthma and home heating

Natasha Campbell (left), her mother Alane Golding (centre) and her sister Kendra Campbell all had asthma. After a heat pump and insulation was installed in their home in 2005 it was much warmer over winter, and their breathing and general health improved significantly.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 3 May 2007, p. 2

by Linda Robertson

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Kerryn Pollock, Child and youth health – Cot death, obesity and other child-health issues, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30326/asthma-and-home-heating (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 2 May 2011.