Kakahu and korowai shown on special day
Kakahu and korowai shown on special day
There was no frippery about the feathers in a rare fashion parade at Otago Museum yesterday.
Elspeth McLean
'Excellent' choice for health body
'Excellent' choice for health body
The appointment of Associate Prof Anne Kolbe as chairwoman of the National Health Committee has been welcomed by neurosurgery campaigner Richard Thomson.
Broad Bay cluster proposal not supported in draft plan
Broad Bay cluster proposal not supported in draft plan
Proposals for the controversial housing cluster at the end of Broad Bay's Bacon St will not be supported in the draft management plan for the Harbour Cone property.
'Incredible' that CTV will resume screening tonight
'Incredible' that CTV will resume screening tonight
Canterbury Television should be back on air tonight for the first time since the February 22 earthquake took 16 of its staff and its home.
Services issue 'will test Ryall'
Services issue 'will test Ryall'
The outcome of the controversy over health services in the Wakatipu will test and clarify the sincerity of Health Minister Tony Ryall's commitment to clinical leadership, Ian Powell says.
Research highlights stillbirth risk factors
Research highlights stillbirth risk factors
Births in New Zealand could be reduced by up to a third if mothers were non-smokers, not overweight and under the age of 35, health researchers say.
Neurosurgeon timeline
Neurosurgeon timeline
By July, the South Island Neurosurgical Service should have some indication of the success of its quest to fill two Dunedin neurosurgeon positions.
Still some gaps in use of mouth guards: survey
Still some gaps in use of mouth guards: survey
A survey of young Otago rugby players showed most wore mouthguards for games, but placed less importance on their use for practices.
ED staff express concerns for safety
ED staff express concerns for safety
Senior and junior Dunedin Hospital emergency department doctors are worried that staffing levels are unsafe.
Blood sample store subject of debate
Blood sample store subject of debate
The Government decided last year millions of cards containing droplets of newborns' blood will be stored indefinitely, but the decision was never publicised.
Opinion split over screening kits
Opinion split over screening kits
News about the availability of over-the-counter bowel cancer screening kits attracted both support and criticism yesterday.
Neurosurgery job deadline looming
Neurosurgery job deadline looming
Applications close this month for two of the three proposed Dunedin-based neurosurgeon positions in the South Island Neurosurgery Service.
No capacity for extra ops
No capacity for extra ops
Southern District Health Board says it will not be taking up funding available for extra gastric bypass operations this year because it does not have the capacity.
Improvement requires movement: ED leader
Improvement requires movement: ED leader
Dunedin Hospital's emergency department clinical leader, Dr Tim Kerruish, does not share the confidence of Southern District Health Board chairman Joe Butterfield that staying times for patients will have improved by the end of June.
Mobile GP system might ease burden
Mobile GP system might ease burden
Greater collaboration between doctors working in rural hospitals is something Gore Hospital manager Karl Metzler believes could ease the staffing burden.
Quake undoes health deficit
Quake undoes health deficit
Hopes the Southern District Health Board end-of-year deficit could be less than half the original $14.9 million expected could be dashed by earthquake costs.
Three meetings in resort in first health board outing
Three meetings in resort in first health board outing
The Southern District Health Board's presence will be more obvious than usual in Queenstown in the next two days as the resort hosts a public meeting, an advisory committee meeting and a board meeting.
Royal wedding an excuse to dress up
Royal wedding an excuse to dress up
Even though the royal wedding is still some weeks away, I am getting prepared.
Locum neurosurgeon kept on
Locum neurosurgeon kept on
The contract for a locum neurosurgeon at the Southern District Health Board has been extended, as permanent appointments to the South Island Neurosurgical Service are still some time away.
Confusion on call for extra surgery
Confusion on call for extra surgery
Southern District Health Board seems unlikely to comply with a National Health Board call to carry out an extra 400 elective procedures before the end of June.