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Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma SocietyOrganisational ProfileTu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust was formed in 1995 as a result of feedback from whanau and Maori providers in the Wellington rohe. The membership consisted of the Maori asthma providers and marae in the Wellington region. It became the first Maori Asthma Society in New Zealand. In 1997, Tu Kotahi was contracted by the Asthma Foundation of New Zealand to provide regional asthma coordination and training services for Maori in the wider Wellington rohe. In 1999, Tu Kotahi was contracted by the Hutt Valley District Health Board to provide asthma education and advocacy services to whanau in the wider Wellington rohe. Tu Kotahi was contracted by Piki Te Ora ki te Awakairangi Primary Health Organisation to deliver asthma education and advocacy services to Maori affected by asthma. Tu Kotahi was set up specifically to meet the needs of Maori by providing education, support, advocacy and resources in asthma. Over the past five years Tu Kotahi has provided Kaupapa Maori Asthma Training to whanau in the Loer North Island. However some training has reached as far as the Chatam Islands. In 2008 the Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust Correspondence Course will offer to community health workers, nurses and asthma educators working in the community with Maori who suffer from asthma, a distance learning package. This Correspondence Course enables students to develop skills, knowledge and the attributes required to support their work in the Maori community with whanau who have asthma. Governance StructureTu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust is governed by a Board (the Trust Board), appointed at the annual general meeting. The Trust Board are responsible for the overall governance of the organisation, including strategic direction and financial performance. The current Trust Board has members who include consumers, community health providers, marae and staff representatives. The 2006 Tu Kotahi Trust Board are:
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