Gemmologist Russell Beck shows an audience at Otago Museum the mechanics of one of the adzes he has made in the traditional Maori style. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.
Pounamu is "not just a pretty stone" gemmologist Russell Beck told more than 50 people at Otago Museum yesterday in a demonstration about the properties of the stone and traditional Maori tool-making.
Assumptions too much money is being spent at Lakes District Hospital have been criticised by Southland Hospital medical division director Dr Alasdair Millar.
A group of Dunedin psychotherapists is concerned there is no counselling service for cancer patients at Dunedin Hospital following a staff resignation, but a limited service will be available from mid-February.
Customs officials might breathe a collective sigh of relief that these days, as Emeritus Prof Martin Ferguson's luggage likely contains nothing more alarming than a special grade of oatmeal.
Dunedin nurse Barbara Turnbull might not have achieved her childhood wish of being a Red Cross nurse in Biafra, but she is living her dream in other places.
Wakatipu Health Trust executive officer Maria Cole says a recommendation for a Central Otago regional governance model for Lakes District and Dunstan Hospitals would be "foolhardy".
Dunedin staff will lead the project to develop an Otago and Southland shared gastroenterology service.
Dunedin Hospital has increased the number of elective colonoscopies available, but it is understood some general practitioners continue to be concerned about the level of access.
The cruise ship industry is a brilliant business model, but it would be hard to find a more environmentally destructive form of transport, Canadian academic David Brown says.
Is it cool for young rugby players to wear mouthguards and who is responsible for making sure they do?
Outspoken Dr John Chambers has stood down after 17 years as Dunedin Hospital emergency department clinical leader, but he has not finished yet. He is looking forward to being a full-time specialist without the leadership role. Dr Chambers reflects on his time in charge of emergency medicine with ODT health reporter Elspeth McLean.
Dr Tim Kerruish is the new clinical leader of Dunedin Hospital's emergency department, succeeding Dr John Chambers, who has spent 17 years in the role.
New Zealand's proposed four-year bowel cancer screening pilot could be called off early if participation is much lower than expected.
Kavanagh College pupil Alex Gorrie (18) was among almost 144,000 secondary school pupils able to see their 2010 NCEA results online yesterday.
The make-up of the Southern District Health Board advisory committees will be settled at the board's first meeting for the year, on February 3.
A Queenstown woman is surprised she is the only person to suggest a possible new vision statement for the Southern District Health Board following an Otago Daily Times article last week.
Kneeling beside the toilet recently, I thought of royalty.
A free taxi ride was an unexpected bonus for Anne Mannion on the occasion of her 50th birthday celebrations.
"Doc, could you have a shufti at this? My knee's been a bit crook since I dinged it the other day. I keep thinking I'll go arse over tit.
The Southern District Health Board's highest-earning employee last year was a medical person who received between $620,000 and $630,000.
