The demolition of the former Cadbury building in Dunedin - believed to be the biggest ground demolition contract to have been let in NZ - is due to begin next week.
A workplace safety complaint concerning Wakari Hospital has been dismissed, but the Southern District Health Board has welcomed the scrutiny of its procedures.
An extraordinary number of Dunedin women are missing out on midwifery care and urgent action needs to be taken, National Party health spokesman Michael Woodhouse says.
Southern health planners are continuing to develop protocols and plans should a case of Covid-19 coronavirus occur in the region, medical officer of health Susan Jack says.
It is a case of back to the future for Queen Mary Maternity Centre, which is about to temporarily reopen one of its original theatres as part of a $1.6 million refurbishment.
Health officials are awaiting confirmation of a $20 million capital injection for the Southern DHB to ensure deteriorating Dunedin Hospital buildings are functional until they’re replaced.
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Both sides in the row over possible redevelopment of Wanaka Airport argue that the other has acted unreasonably, court documents released to the Otago Daily Times show.
A new Central Otago-Queenstown Lakes district electorate is inevitable but its time has not yet come, Representation Commission member Roger Sowry says.