Brown gets health, Meager handed 'South Island' in PM's reshuffle
Rangitata MP James Meager has been named Minister for the South Island in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's portfolio reshuffle
mike.houlahan@odt.co.nz
Can new minister solve hospital challenges?
Can new minister solve hospital challenges?
New Health Minister Simeon Brown was repeatedly hailed by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday as being someone who gets things done.
Quality night of hard rock
Quality night of hard rock
From Tear Down Those Names to Factory, Shihad took about 2000 fans for a spin back through their history in Wānaka at the weekend.
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Past lessons still ring true today
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Past lessons still ring true today
In a six-part series, Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear.
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Celebrity lectures excite Dunedin
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Celebrity lectures excite Dunedin
Today we look back at the NZ tour of famed free thinker Annie Besant as part of our series on how the ODT covered the burning issues of yesteryear.
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Duncan’s well-earned reputation
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Duncan’s well-earned reputation
Mike Houlahan looks back at how the ODT covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today we look back at the rise of Kaikorai rugby great James Duncan to his sport’s pinnacle in 1901.
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The ins, outs, twists and turns of the political year that was
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The ins, outs, twists and turns of the political year that was
It has been a busy year in southern politics but one thing has loomed large — or not loomed at all — the new Dunedin hospital.
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A Houlahan and his hogsheads
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A Houlahan and his hogsheads
In a six-part series, Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today he considers the perils of searching one’s own name in back issues of the...
Flood put city residents to the test in 1923
Flood put city residents to the test in 1923
In a six-part series, Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. Today we look back at the 1923 Dunedin floods, a...
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Kicking up a fuss over dance craze
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Kicking up a fuss over dance craze
In a six-part series Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. We begin by considering the moral panic which ensued in some quarters when the Charleston hit the South.
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Chapter and verse
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Chapter and verse
It is one of the very biggest stories in New Zealand rock’n’roll history, and Mike Houlahan was there to record it.
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Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap
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Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap
There are not many occasions when Energy Minister Simeon Brown and Green Taieri list MP Scott Willis agree on an infrastructure policy.
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Going slowly along the fast track legislation
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Going slowly along the fast track legislation
Rachel Brooking was somewhere between heaven and hell this week.
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Seeking precision and finding equivocation
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Seeking precision and finding equivocation
There are few things more appealing than some time spent talking about health sector infrastructure and investment.
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Southern Say: In the red corner
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In the red corner
There have been many great parliamentary rivalries over the years ... Muldoon vs Lange, Clark vs Brash, Michael Cullen vs anybody.
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Abandon the razor, and the dangling ETS sword
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Abandon the razor, and the dangling ETS sword
A minor change or a surrender in the fight against climate change: take your pick on what the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme Agricultural Obligations) Amendment Bill actually does.
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Looking forward to confronting the past
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Looking forward to confronting the past
With due respect to the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill — let alone the Contracts of Insurance Bill and Contracts of Insurance (Repeals and Amendments) Bill — the biggest show at...
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Hipkins up for the fight: ‘I still love my job’
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Hipkins up for the fight: ‘I still love my job’
A year on from the 2023 election, Labour leader Chris Hipkins reflects on his prime ministership with ODT political editor Mike Houlahan and considers how he can get the job back.
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You won’t see nothing like the mighty Cliff
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Come all within, you won’t see nothing like the mighty Cliff
Parliamentary security is not overly fond of seeing vehicles on the forecourt - it still has nightmares about former National MP Shane Ardern driving Myrtle the tractor up the stairs in 2003.
A man who made things happen
A man who made things happen
The bands which came to define what is now known as ‘‘the Dunedin sound’’ would probably have formed, composed and created without the work of Douglas Henry Hood.