Mike Houlahan

National playing a dangerous game over virus

Clutha mayor Bryan Cadogan at Representation Commission hearings in Dunedin this week. PHOTO:...

National playing a dangerous game over virus

OPINION: Normally, times of emergency are non-contentious and non-political; it is not regarded as the done thing to try to score points from a government grappling with potential or actual...

Parties at legal loggerheads over airport future

A social impact assessment for the Queenstown and Wanaka communities would be carried out to...

Parties at legal loggerheads over airport future

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.

20th Fringe Festival to include multi-ethnic event

Roller derby competitors (from left) Annette King, Shanna Verhoef and Ella Strong distribute...

20th Fringe Festival to include multi-ethnic event

The Dunedin Fringe Festival is back in the great outdoors this year, holding a major event in the Octagon to mark International Race Relations Day.

Board denies hospital business case rejected

Southern DHB chief executive Chris Fleming. Photo: ODT files

Board denies hospital business case rejected

A claim Treasury has rebuffed the business case for the new Dunedin hospital has been rejected by the Southern District Health Board.

Some electorates not possible — commission

Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean makes her points at yesterday’s Representation Commission hearing in...

Some electorates not possible — commission

A new Central Otago-Queenstown Lakes district electorate is inevitable but its time has not yet come, Representation Commission member Roger Sowry says.

Clutha electorate plan: 'Fragmented for no good reason'

Clutha mayor Bryan Cadogan. Photo: ODT files

Clutha electorate plan: 'Fragmented for no good reason'

Clutha residents are being left dizzy by regularly being shuffled between electorates, Clutha District mayor Bryan Cadogan says.

Candidate selection to be contested

Dunedin South MP Clare Curran. Photo: Peter McIntosh

Candidate selection to be contested

There will be a race to replace retiring Labour MP Clare Curran in Dunedin South, the party confirming there will be a contested selection to be its candidate in the general election.

DHB budget deadline not aligned with funding data

The Southern District Health Board is unlikely to submit its budget to the Ministry of Health for approval by an early March deadline.

Te Tai Tonga looks intriguing contest

Rino Tirikatene looks on from the back as colleagues David Parker, Jacinda Ardern, Clare Curran...

Te Tai Tonga looks intriguing contest

New does not really have political dynasties, but the Tirikatene family comes pretty close to the definition.

Oversight with expertise on tap

Roger Jarrold (left) and Andrew Connolly, crown monitors appointed to the Southern District...

Oversight with expertise on tap

The new Southern District Health Board held its first public meetings this week, closely watched by two crown monitors. Health reporter Mike Houlahan talks to Roger Jarrold and Andrew Connolly...

Ammonia threat to be shifted

Mataura is about to say goodbye to the almost 10,000 tonnes of ouvea premix stored in its former paper mill, but the potentially toxic chemical will remain in Southland.

Water rules ‘stuff up’ an institutional failure

Water plan changes were "stuffed up" by the Otago Regional Council and were an institutional failure on its part, councillor Michael Laws says.

Council acts to move premix from Mataura

The flooded Mataura River rips past the former Mataura paper mill. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Council acts to move hazardous substance from Mataura

Having ‘‘dodged a bullet’’ when flood waters this week threatened to inundate dangerous chemicals stored in Mataura, Gore District Council has acted swiftly to move the substance elsewhere.

Well prepared in the South and three tested

Reviewing coronavirus preparations are (from left) WellSouth medical director Stephen Graham,...

Well prepared in the South and three tested

The South is well prepared should the new coronavirus reach New Zealand, the region’s leading public health physicians say.

Maternity services consultation starts

Maternity services consultation starts

Public consultation on Central Lakes maternity services has opened, but the health board is warning it might not meet its proposed June 30 deadline.

SDHB to make case for extra CT scanner

SDHB to make case for extra CT scanner

The Government will be asked to fund an urgently needed new CT scanner for Dunedin Hospital.

Keen to appoint neuro locum

The South’s depleted neurosurgery ranks may receive urgently needed reinforcement, with the Southern District Health Board hopeful it can recruit a additional locum surgeon.

Two suspected legionnaire’s disease deaths in the southern region in recent months and a spate of other cases of the ailment have prompted a new public health campaign by the Southern District Health Board.

Finance on new SDHB agenda

Health Minister David Clark says the Government has already significantly increased Pharmac's...

Finance on new SDHB agenda

Shorter waiting times for CT scans and a new linear accelerator to administer radiation therapy are on the agenda for the new Southern District Health Board to consider when it sits for the first time today.

Radio One veteran retiring from jazz show

Long-serving Radio One Jazz Junction host Richard Good is set to hang up the headphones after 30...

Radio One veteran retiring from jazz show

Jazz legend Duke Ellington said there were two kinds of music: "Good music, and the other kind."

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