Mike Houlahan

Neurologist David Gow has accepted one of the most difficult roles in the southern health system, having been named Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Southern’s  new chief medical officer.

It is not every week that Parliament enacts legislation which has constitutional ramifications, which made Wednesday a red-letter day for public law devotees.

The twice-weekly updates of Covid-19 cases in Otago and Southland are to end because of the declining impact of the Omicron wave in the region.

Back in 1967, Owen Woodhouse released his landmark report which recommended that New Zealand set up a no-fault compensation scheme for unintended injury.

Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash will either achieve great things for southern engineering firms, or have to come back to Otago and explain why not.

The number of people in hospital in the South who have Covid-19 has plunged in the past week, providing a much-needed easing of the workload of clinicians, especially in rural hospitals.

The Ministry of Health says it is relieved that resource consent has been granted for the outpatient building of the new Dunedin hospital.

Covid cases and hospital admissions have both now passed their peak, the Ministry of Health believes.

Active cases of Covid-19 in Dunedin have dropped below 1000 for the first time since late February.

Christchurch firm Southbase Construction has been selected as preferred contractor to build the outpatient building of the new Dunedin hospital.

The latest wastewater test results from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research appear to confirm what daily case numbers have suggested: that Covid-19 is on the wane in Otago and...

Southern surgical waiting lists seem unlikely to be cleared any time soon, despite the region’s clinicians striving to keep some level of elective surgery going during a difficult winter.