Arrest after guard threatened at Dunedin supermarket
Arrest after guard threatened at Dunedin supermarket
A person has been arrested at Pak'n Save supermarket after a security guard at the South Dunedin store was threatened.
Mike Houlahan
Fast-track consent process given approval
Fast-track consent process given approval
Fast-track consent documents for the new Dunedin Hospital have been lodged and are being considered by an independent panel.
Plans to address ICU issues ready soon: DHB
Plans to address ICU issues ready soon: DHB
Plans for resuscitating the second stage of Dunedin Hospital’s problem-plagued new intensive care unit are close to being completed.
Southern medical staff volunteer for Auckland
Southern medical staff volunteer for Auckland
Southern health organisations are sending reinforcements north to help Auckland colleagues battling to contain the outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19.
PM vows to reassess risk in South
PM vows to reassess risk in South
The South starts back at Alert Level 3 today, accompanied by a promise from the PM to ‘‘very genuinely reassess’’ next Monday whether the island can drop back to Level 2.
Redesign of MIQ transfer system mooted
Redesign of MIQ transfer system mooted
The Government is seeking to revamp how passengers and crew arriving in New Zealand are transferred to managed isolation and quarantine.
Businesses gearing up
Businesses gearing up
Southern businesses are preparing for a return to work amid a drop in the number of Covid-19 close contacts in the South, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is wary about talk of freedom.
‘It is so frustrating’: doctors sound warning about staff projections
‘It is so frustrating’: doctors sound warning about staff projections
Projected staffing levels for the new Dunedin Hospital will likely be inadequate, doctors warn.
Woodhouse lands shadow Leader of House role
Woodhouse lands shadow Leader of House role
Dunedin National list MP Michael Woodhouse, demoted by party leader Judith Collins just over a year ago, is back in the good books and has been named shadow Leader of the House.
Vaccines might be ‘managed’
Vaccines might be ‘managed’
Just as demand for the Covid-19 vaccine hits record levels, supplies may have to be managed over the next month to ensure no-one misses out, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
Campion trailer released
Campion trailer released
Netflix has released a trailer of Jane Campion’s Western shot in Otago.
Lockdown for Clark less fraught this time
Lockdown for Clark less fraught this time
As the saying has it, what goes around comes around.
Hopes alert level drop now possible
Hopes alert level drop now possible
New Zealand’s abrupt shift to Covid-19 Alert Level 4 a week ago has worked, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
Ongoing staffing concerns at ED despite new hires
Ongoing staffing concerns at ED despite new hires
Dunedin Hospital’s emergency department has lost four nursing staff members in recent weeks, but seven staff have been newly recruited to work in the department.
Walk-in vaccination clinic at stadium for students
Walk-in vaccination clinic at stadium for students
Mass vaccination next week will become the newest attraction at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.
Mercy Hospital helping keep health services running
Mercy Hospital helping keep health services running
Mercy Hospital has started to re-admit a limited number of patients, as the health system attempts to make more services available than during the previous Alert Level 4 lockdown.
Minister tempers expectations over level change for South
Minister tempers expectations over level change for South
Another day without any Covid-19 cases in the South Island may not be enough for a change of alert level status, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has warned.
Hospital business case now released
Hospital business case now released
The new Dunedin hospital will be 2000sqm smaller than originally proposed.
Woodhouse questions hospital size again
Woodhouse questions hospital size again
Size is one thing but the services offered outside the new Dunedin hospital will be the key its success, National Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse says.
No reason to confuse allergies with Covid-19, specialist says
No reason to confuse allergies with Covid-19, specialist says
The imminent onset of allergy season should not result in seasonal afflictions being confused with Covid-19, an allergy specialist says.