Mike Houlahan

A new Dunedin hospital being built makes this the perfect time for the Southern District Health Board to institute a disability strategy, the Disabled Persons Assembly says.

Christchurch construction and demolition firm Ceres Ltd has won the tender to demolish the former Cadbury factory, to make way for the new Dunedin Hospital.

Delayed consultation about where the Southern District Health Board should base Central Lakes primary birthing facilities should begin soon.

The Central Otago District Council has added its voice to calls for the Representation Commission to create an inland seat in Otago.

Dunedin concert venues and event managers are keeping a close watch on public health messages, having raised alert levels due to the coronavirus outbreak coinciding with a huge fortnight of...

The final shape of the new $1.4 billion Dunedin Hospital remains undecided but the planning group steering the project is already thinking about what will go inside its buildings.

Basic hygiene will be a compulsory subject in southern schools as the academic year begins - primary, intermediate and secondary teachers are on alert for any potential signs of coronavirus.

Southern health officials prepared for the possible arrival of the potentially lethal coronavirus as Australia confirmed its first cases of the disease over the weekend.

The Southern District Health Board has questioned whether a new report into its controversial decision to change the Lumsden Maternity Centre from a primary birthing unit to a maternal and child...

The contentious decision to close Lumsden’s primary birthing unit was made using incorrect data and risked the safety of mothers and babies, a new report says.

Consent has been granted for the first stage in the demolition of the former Cadbury factory to make way for the new Dunedin Hospital.

A Scottish genetic study is extending its reach to Dunedin.

Stage two of the redevelopment of Dunedin Hospital’s critical care unit appears to be progressing with few of the dramas of stage one.

Knowledge handed down by the women in his family has been stitched together by Auckland-based fabric artist Areez Katki for his first solo exhibition, now open at Otago Museum.

Many referrals to southern mental health services from primary care fall below the standard specialists can accept, researchers have found.

Dunedin Hospital’s beleaguered neurosurgeon Ahmad Taha may finally be about to receive some much needed help, with the Southern District Health Board poised to appoint a second neurosurgeon.

Security procedures at Wakari Hospital will probably be reviewed again after a patient at the mental health facility was apprehended a fortnight ago following a police pursuit through Central Otago.

A flurry of objections has greeted proposed electorate boundary changes in Otago-Southland for the next two general elections.