Mike Houlahan

The regular Mainland Air flight between Invercargill and Dunedin yesterday was anything but routine for pilot Phil Kean, after one of the engines stopped -in flight.

The Government has ordered a rapid review of the health response to lead contamination in the drinking water supplying Waikouaiti and Karitane.

A small number of difficult patients have been responsible for a dramatic spike in the number of times people had to be restrained in southern hospitals.

An Otago doctor believes the Ministry of Health is trying to use money to entice medical professionals into offering euthanasia services.

Queenstown's shops, restaurants and tourism operators could be boarded up by the time overseas visitors can return to the tourist resort, the district’s mayor fears.

Initiatives by the Southern District Health Board to boost breast-feeding rates have not worked and a fresh approach is needed, the Ministry of Health says.

Last Sunday, with much fanfare, the independent Climate Change Commission released its draft advice to the Government about what it — and by extension all New Zealanders — need to do to meet the...

Safe drinking water is something people take for granted, but that faith has been shaken by a lead contamination scare in Waikouaiti and Karitane this&nbsp...

A French cruise operator’s plans to base a new vessel out of New Zealand later this year are in doubt following its cancellation of all local cruises this season.

Southland Hospital’s emergency department is regularly swamped with patients, and the community and health professionals need to work together to solve the problem, a health board meeting heard...

Almost a quarter of all southern Maori may not be enrolled in the local primary health organisation.

Just one of the five cafes operating on Southern District Health Board premises meets the board’s healthy food and drink policy.

The Southern District Health Board may not submit its draft budget to the Ministry of Health by the due date.

An electric vehicle in your garage and trees as far as the eye can see will be crucial to achieving draft emissions targets released by the Climate Change Commission yesterday.

Southerners who have already endured more than 21 months’ delay receiving an operation are being placed back on waiting lists due to bed block.

Dunedin’s senior MPs had very mixed 2020s, but both David Clark and Michael Woodhouse are approaching 2021 with optimism, Mike Houlahan reports.

National did not have a lot of luck in 2020 and things have not got off to a flying start in 2021.

The Southern District Health Board has been left red-faced after having to withdraw a paper due to be considered on Monday which set out details of changes to radiology services in rural hospitals.