Eileen Goodwin

Extra money for high-tech scans for cancer allows greater access to a procedure that gives more detailed information, says Southern District Health Board chief medical officer Richard Bunton.

The Otago University Students Association has criticised the Dunedin City Council for opting not to organise an event for students on June 19 to take the focus off the night the Gardens Tavern shuts its doors.

A 25-year-old Dunedin man was airlifted from the sea near Taieri Mouth yesterday afternoon.

Hundreds of households in Macandrew Bay and Company Bay were without water for several hours yesterday after a main burst.

Hundreds of households in Macandrew Bay and Company Bay were without water for several hours yesterday after a main burst.

An Invercargill teenager with meningococcal disease has had her legs amputated below the knee.

Ocean Beach Scout Group Hall scouts and scout leaders celebrate the reopening of their hall on Thursday night after an arson last September.

A service club's donation is helping Wakari Hospital patients get out and about without having to call a taxi.

The science of silence will be under the microscope today and tomorrow as a team of 13 scientists hold their tongues for a good cause.

Waiting times for semi-urgent cardiac specialist services in Otago are at least double what they ought to be, and GPs have been issued guidelines to keep less serious complaints out of specialist services.