Mike Houlahan

Post-natal depression is a well-understood phenomenon but perinatal depression, covering the period from learning you are pregnant and up to and including until a year after giving birth, is less so.

The foundation of the Health and Disability Commissioner system is that clinicians and healthcare providers learn from their mistakes.

The new Dunedin hospital could have 58 fewer beds and two fewer operating theatres because of budget pressures, National Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse claimed yesterday.

Health Minister Andrew Little says he will be consulted before any changes are made to the size and scope of the new Dunedin hospital project.

If all goes according to plan — and this is Parliament so nothing is guaranteed — next week Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean has what will likely be her last chance to legislate.

Cabinet will today consider whether to follow other Commonwealth countries and the United Kingdom and decree a one-off public holiday in memory of Queen Elizabeth.

The South continued its run of days with double-digit new community cases of Covid-19 at the weekend.

Former Southern District Health Board executive Mata Cherrington now has a central role to play in the implementation of the  Government’s health reforms, having been named...

Given her job you would expect Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to know about many things, but she is still capable of springing a surprise.

Nothing is being ruled in or out when Cabinet meets on Monday to discuss the country’s Covid-19 settings, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

The Binu family have contributed enormously to the Dunedin community, and yesterday the country repaid them by granting them New Zealand citizenship.

Dunedin is the only place in the South with more than 100 officially recorded active cases of Covid-19.