New Zealand's 16 polytechnics will be merged into one national campus as part of vocational education reforms announced by Education Minister Chris Hipkins today.
The waiting list for radiation oncology treatment at the Southern District Health Board is on its way back down after blowing out to about 150 people earlier this year.
Parliament's health select committee has rejected calls from National for an inquiry into the Southern DHB's decision to change Lumsden Maternity Centre's status to a maternal and child hub.
Parliament's health select committee has refused a bid by National health spokesman Michael Woodhouse for an inquiry into the decision to change Lumsden Maternity Centre's status.
The Green Party holds its annual meeting in Dunedin next weekend, and the party will be focusing on both local and national issues, co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson tell political reporter Mike Houlahan.
If a treatment programme is proven to work money will be available to fund it, Health Minister David Clark told a gathering of mental health professionals in Dunedin yesterday.
In Yes Minister, Jim Hacker famously rose to the premiership on the strength of his defence of the humble British banger over the threat posed by the "Euro Sausage."
A year ago Alex Yarnall wanted to take part in the annual Stadium Climb Dunedin fundraiser for blood cancer patients, but was himself confined to bed as he battled leukaemia.
Northern Southland residents remain on tenterhooks waiting for Parliament's health select committee to decide the fate of a petition calling for the Lumsden Maternity Centre to be saved.
The South is a step closer to once more having an elected health board, after former Southern District Health Board medical officer of health Marion Poore became the first person to confirm they...
On May 21 and 22 this year a Dunedin man transferred a six-figure sum in two tranches to the care of his financial adviser, Barry Kloogh, feeling secure in the knowledge he was set for retirement.
Parliament's health select committee has again delayed a decision on whether to progress a petition calling for the Lumsden Maternity Centre to be saved.
Having had 222 applications this year for training, work as a family doctor remains an attractive proposition, the president of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners says.