St Andrew’s Day outing a sure thing
St Andrew’s Day outing a sure thing
Under Robbie Burns’ benevolent gaze, Dunedin’s Scottish community gathered in the Octagon on Saturday to mark St Andrew’s Day.
Mike Houlahan
Christmas event draws big crowds
Christmas event draws big crowds
It might not have been December yet, but that was no deterrent to hundreds of families who flocked to Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday to begin their festive season.
Maintaining the health of the system
Maintaining the health of the system
The Southern district is soon to have an elected health board once more. Four years after commissioner Kathy Grant was installed, along with deputy Richard Thomson, health reporter Mike Houlahan...
Gun debate well reasoned on both sides
Gun debate well reasoned on both sides
Room two at the Dunedin Centre is an unlikely venue for an ideological struggle.
Decision flawed: reviews no excuse
Decision flawed: reviews no excuse
Official documents released this week show the Southern District Health Board should never have closed the Lumsden primary birthing clinic and the service ought to be restored, the trust...
Plans afoot to ease issues in overloaded ED
Plans afoot to ease issues in overloaded ED
Help may be on the way for the Southern District Health Board’s under-siege emergency departments.
Submissions heard in Dunedin on gun law proposals
Submissions heard in Dunedin on gun law proposals
Otago and Southland firearms owners acted in self-defence yesterday, several making submissions to a Parliamentary select committee considering gun control legislation.
Firms gain $513,000 of PGF funding
Firms gain $513,000 of PGF funding
Otago engineering firms have received a further half million dollars of Provincial Growth Fund support.
Waiting lists are growing
Waiting lists are growing
The Southern District Health Board’s (SDHB) waiting lists for radiation oncology treatment are growing again.
SDHB has money to 'reflect community wishes’
SDHB has money to 'reflect community wishes’
Money is available for the Southern District Health Board to ‘‘reflect the wishes of the community’’ regarding maternity services, Associate Health Minister Julie Anne Genter says.
Elected board poised to take DHB reins
Elected board poised to take DHB reins
Southern District Health Board commissioner Kathy Grant chairs her final board meeting today.
Inventive pupil aims for the stars
Inventive pupil aims for the stars
Gore teenager Max Balloch has a busy life; studying for NCEA exams, working at his after-school job, and in his spare time co-ordinating an international effort to launch two satellites into space.
Not too much football over mental health
Not too much football over mental health
In December, when the long-awaited report on mental health and addiction services was released, its authors included within its 219 pages a plea to politicians not use the subject as a political...
Eight deaths among DHB adverse events
Eight deaths among DHB adverse events
Eight people's deaths while in the care of the Southern District Health Board are among 48 cases recorded in the organisation's latest adverse events report.
'Huge implications' in boundary changes
'Huge implications' in boundary changes
Much of the Clutha River will no longer be in the Clutha-Southland electorate under draft electorate boundary changes released.
Enough to make a red seat blue?
Could boundary changes make a red Dunedin seat blue?
The southern electoral map is likely to be completely redrawn following the release of draft electorate boundary changes.
Boundary changes likely for the South
Boundary changes likely for the South
Draft electorate boundary changes due to be announced today will result in major changes proposed for the Dunedin seats, the Otago Daily Times understands.
'Crocodile tears' and excuses
'Crocodile tears' and excuses
''Crocodile tears and pathetic excuses''. That is how one man who lost his life savings through investing with failed financial adviser Barry Kloogh has reacted to an exclusive ODT interview with Mr Kloogh.
'If I was able to repay all that money I absolutely would'
'If I was able to repay all that money I absolutely would'
Earlier this year, Barry Kloogh hoped to buy one of Dunedin's most prestigious houses. Yesterday, he lodged the paperwork to file for personal bankruptcy.
'Ashamed': Kloogh breaks silence
'Ashamed': Kloogh breaks silence
Failed investment adviser Barry Kloogh has broken his silence, telling the Otago Daily Times he has filed for personal bankruptcy and that he was aware he had betrayed people's trust.