Eileen Goodwin

Medical radiation technologists (MRTs) at Dunedin Hospital and Invercargill's Southland Hospital are again taking industrial action over the long-running pay dispute with District Health Boards New Zealand (DHBNZ).

Four people were injured after a three-car smash in central Dunedin last night.

A heritage orchard planned for the Truby King Reserve in Seacliff heralds a move back to simpler times when people foraged and cooked their own food, says Seacliff community member Juliet Novena Sorrel.

Everyone knows nuts are good for you, but just how many you need to get the health benefit is the basis of a University of Otago study.

The Dunedin detective sergeant depicted in a television drama about the investigation of a once-respected medical figure who poisoned his wife to death, says he does not want to watch it.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had a strong genetic basis and was not the "too-much-sweets disorder", Prof Anita Thapar told a one-day genetics symposium at the University of Otago yesterday.

Some psychiatric staff at Dunedin's Wakari Hospital did not want to prevent locked-in psychiatric patients smoking, while some patients used a toaster to light up during a ban, internal Southern District Health Board meeting notes and emails reveal.

Living with dementia is difficult but it helps to have a positive outlook, says a Dunedin sufferer.

Waitati School's Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has been granted $900 by the Waikouaiti Coast Community Board for an "experiment" whereby a fireworks display will be held in September rather than November.

The trains have long since stopped running, but history lives on in the Hyde Railway Station, which is for sale. Eileen Goodwin reports.