Eileen Goodwin

Being a young mum is tough for anyone, but it can be just about impossible with a head injury.

The Southern District Health Board has declined to release submissions that changed its mind about cutting back the number of top managers.

A Dunedin day centre providing help for the mentally ill and long-term unemployed has confirmed it will close.

Elder abuse and neglect is "thriving" in Dunedin, despite many people not accepting it could even happen in the South, says Age Concern Otago elder abuse and neglect prevention co-ordinator Marie Bennett.

Monique Rutene (21) hopes winning a national competition will encourage others in the South to follow in her footsteps.

A proposal for a cremator in South Dunedin has been declined on grounds it could be detrimental to air quality and breach cultural, spiritual and amenity values.

The Southern District Health Board has backed down on a proposal to reduce the number of top managers.

A new geological map of Fiordland has thrown up a few surprises, GNS Science geologist Dr Ian Turnbull says.

Removing the right of some locked-in psychiatric patients to smoke at Wakari Hospital breaches human rights and should not have been implemented without the say-so of the health board, Southern District Health Board member Richard Thomson says.