Nestling in a gift hamper is the newborn son of Georgina Hampton, of Dunedin. The yet-to-be-named baby, born at Queen Mary Maternity in Dunedin at 7.17am yesterday, was presented with the gift by the Dunedin South Inner Wheel Club. Club president Kathy Wyatt said giving a hamper to the first baby born at the hospital yesterday marked the women's organisation's international day.
Lucky visitors to Orokonui Ecosanctuary, near Dunedin, may spot two young tuatara relaxing in the centre's new tuatara viewing pen.
The Department of Conservation (Doc) says it is surprised by a Dunedin woman's difficulty obtaining its help on New Year's Day for an injured seagull.
A worker for Dunedin mental health provider Pact did not have a personal grievance for unjustified dismissal, the Employment Relations Authority has found.
Mental health provider Pact has been awarded a contract to house mental health patients, after Southern District Health Board quit Hulme House, in High St, a year ago because it was not earthquake-safe.
General surgeons in Dunedin and Invercargill will start taking some acute urology calls this year to relieve pressure on the centres' two permanent urologists. The move was revealed in a newsletter to Otago GPs yesterday.
Jim Holley is determined nothing will slow him down. He spoke to reporter Eileen Goodwin about his return to stock car racing.
The highest-paid employee at Southern District Health Board received between $650,000 and $660,000 in the last financial year, the board's 2012 annual report shows.
An Australian-owned, Auckland-based organisation has secured one of three contracts to provide home-based services for elderly people in the South.
A prominent English sculptor is creating a statue to honour pioneering plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe, who grew up in Dunedin.
A poorly understood condition suffered by up to one in five New Zealanders finally gained its own scope of practice last month when the Medical Council formally recognised pain medicine. Dunedin anaesthetist and pain medicine specialist Dr David Jones had led a six-year campaign to ensure the specialty achieved the status it has in Australia, where it has been recognised since 2005.
Nicky Jackson loves the converted church she has owned since 2009, and is preparing for her family to move in full-time. She spoke to reporter Eileen Goodwin.
The Ministry of Health is encouraging people gathering for the festive season to protect babies from whooping cough. New Zealand is in the middle of a whooping cough outbreak, with more than 6700 cases since August 2011. Babies are the most vulnerable, and could catch the disease from siblings, parents, family members and friends.
A person adept at avoiding ''land mines'' is sought to lead the Southern District Health Board to financial health.
Presbyterian Support Otago (PSO) has suffered a ''huge shock'' from being dumped as the provider of a $5.5 million annual contract providing home-based services to older people, chief executive Gillian Bremner says.
An art print in Dunedin Hospital has been ''obliterated'' by vending machines ''plonked'' either side, art advisory committee acting chairwoman Barbara Brinsley says.
An exhibition opened at the Dunedin Chinese Garden yesterday celebrating the sister city relationship with Shanghai.
There is little support for young people who suffer a life-changing stroke, says survivor Maria Fredatovich.
It feels as if the Southern District Health Board is going ''around in circles'' trying to find a solution to after-hours medical care, a board member says.
