Mike Houlahan

The Omicron variant of Covid will eventually swamp the Delta strain NZ's dealing with, and border security needs to be tightened further to keep it out for as long as possible, Otago Uni epidemiologist Michael Baker says.

The project to build Dunedin’s new hospital could receive a festive fillip, after the independent panel considering the first stage of its consent application moved its decision deadline forward.

A historic mandate for Labour, the first absolute majority government in the MMP era, means Politics in a Pandemic is very much about Jacinda Ardern.

AUDIO🔉: Negotiations are under way to secure a significant expansion of self-isolation spaces in the Queenstown Lakes district.

Otago Daily Times reporter Mike Houlahan takes a drive to Chrystalls Beach in the last of our five road trips around the region.