Many people are spending thousands of dollars on private surgery in Otago because the public system is failing them, Dunedin ear, nose and throat surgeon Martyn Fields says.
The Dunedin City Council-owned Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute building in the Octagon should be classed an historic place, an assessment report from the Historic Places Trust says.
It will take time for Dunedin Hospital's surgery booking system to be able to cope with unforeseen events such as strikes and staff shortages, Otago District Health Board chairman Richard Thomson says.
Patients in Otago can take part of the credit for the record-making success of seven young doctors from Dunedin Hospital in the rigorous Royal Australasian College of Physicians examinations to enter medical specialist training.
Maori Party candidate for Te Tai Tonga, Monte Ohia, who was in Dunedin on Tuesday as part of a southern tour with the party members of Parliament, died suddenly yesterday morning.
The Dunedin City Council paid $2.6 million for the Harbour Cone block it bought in January, Cr Dave Cull revealed yesterday.
Maori had to be brave enough to come down hard on their own people who were not complying with alcohol laws, Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia said in Dunedin yesterday.
On some days, single mother Vanessa Biddle (35) and her three children rely on the generosity of friends and neighbours for food because their cupboard is bare.
Two Dunedin authors, Nigel Latta and Tania Roxborogh are about to add new books to the mix available for people seeking help with parenting - one on raising teenagers and the other on bringing up children to be resilient.
The sooner Otago and Southland district health boards merge the better, departing board regional planning and funding general manager Chris Fraser says.
Few babies in Dunedin have received the pneumococcal vaccine which became available as part of the national immunisation schedule at the start of last week.
Increased use of video-conferencing in meetings may become necessary as members of public bodies try to justify the environmental impact of their car travel , the Otago District Health Board heard this week.
In a move expected to save about $1 million, the Otago District Health Board in a split vote yesterday decided it should stop paying for laboratory tests ordered by specialists for private patients.
Public relations costs accounted for almost a third of the money spent on fluoride referendums held in conjunction with last year's local government elections in Otago and Southland.
Many people wrongly believe people have to lose consciousness to be concussed, Brain Injury Association Otago liaison officer Cathy Matthews says.
More than six months after the Otago District Health Board introduced its controversial policy on public submissions by its staff, it appears many Public Health South staff are still unhappy about it.
Labour's accelerated colorectal screening proposals has Elspeth McLean attempting to separate the facts from the faecal matter.
The Pharmacy Council says it has no jurisdiction to further consider its 2006 investigation into the former Campus Pharmacy over dispensing methadone to a patient who later died of an overdose.
Food hygiene courses using Cantonese and Mandarin translations have been approved by the Dunedin City Council in an attempt to reduce the number of Asian restaurants with low food-safety grades.
Psychologist David Latta is not afraid to fly in the face of fashion and talk about punishment.