The Government was aware there would be "implications" if the
outcome of the neurosurgery process upset people, Prime
Minister John Key said in Dunedin yesterday.
Youth victims and witnesses should be treated with the same
flexibility and understanding as youth offenders, Minister of
Justice, Simon Power, told an audience at the University of
Otago yesterday.
"Outrage and anger" are the dominant feelings of southern
radiographers who have declared a 24-hour strike in support
of northern members suspended for taking industrial action,
southern union organiser Bernadette Gourley says.
The Southern District Health Board risked getting into a
"stoush" if a rural maternity review was not handled
correctly, warned two board members at yesterday's disability
support and community and public health advisory committee
meeting in Dunedin.
