Ways for the public to have their say about the future use of the Dunedin City Council's Harbour Cone land on the Otago Peninsula are being explored by the block's steering group.
People tired of flicking through old magazines about Hollywood gossip will have something new to read at doctors' surgeries this week - a 26-page colour booklet telling some of the stories about health research being carried out in Dunedin.
Not succeeding at school does not have to blight people for life. Schools try hard; sometimes they fail. Just like Olympic athletes, observes Elspeth McLean.
The Otago District Health Board is still negotiating with the Ministry of Health over funding for this financial year which is not expected to meet its costs.
Any relaxation of regulations over the use of raw milk in cheesemaking will need to ensure standards apply equally to all cheesemakers, two Otago producers say.
News junior doctors and district health boards will resume negotiations in Auckland today in an attempt to settle their collective contract negotiations, which began more than a year ago, was welcomed by local New Zealand Resident Doctors Association representative Dr Logan Mitchell yesterday.
Increased spending on health research is urgently needed to stop more doctors moving overseas and protect doctor training, the country's two medical schools say.
When submissions relating to a proposal to classify Carisbrook and the Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute building in the Octagon as historic places closed yesterday at 4pm, none had been received from the Dunedin City Council.
It is understood the Otago Community Hospice decided yesterday to go ahead with its plans to cut some services so it can break even.
District health board bulk-funding of community pharmacies would be opting for the second-best way of funding medicines and the ill-will generated could harm the pharmacy sector, Richard Thomson says.
Dunedin man Dr Stanley Paris (70) will try one last time to become the oldest person to swim the English Channel in September.
Government drug-buying agency Pharmac's decision not to fund 12-month courses of the breast cancer drug Herceptin highlights the need for a special funding system for high-cost health care, a Dunedin doctor, who is funding her own cancer treatment says.
One more suspected case of norovirus was found in a staff member at Dunedin Hospital's Ward 5B yesterday, and the ward remains closed until further notice.
Dunedin Hospital is still feeling the squeeze after a "code black" was declared at the weekend and it continues to juggle bed space.
About 9600 young people in Dunedin are missing - missing from the electoral roll.
The Labour Department is investigating an alleged assault on an Otago District Health Board nurse last month which has been classified as a serious harm notification.
It may sound impressive to say that the gloomy greyness that blanketed the city for at least two weeks has given you Seasonal Affective Disorder (Sad), but it is more likely you are just sad.
A decision on possible cuts to Otago Community Hospice services has been delayed for a week while the organisation explores every opportunity for additional funding, chief executive officer Ginny Green says.
A renewed call for a co-ordinated approach for child and youth health in Otago has been welcomed by University of Otago's child health head Prof Barry Taylor.
While influenza rates in Otago are not at the level expected at this time of year, Dunedin Hospital's emergency department has been seeing more gastroenteritis patients than usual.
