Matthew Littlewood

"Confusion" over proposed planning rules in the Gore district outlining areas of Māori significance has led to the farming lobby considering a meeting with local iwi to "clear the air".

Publicly funded radiology in the South is so stretched that only outsourcing could meet the demand, a lead clinician says.

It could be months before the effectiveness of a wide-ranging pest control programme is known.

The Prime Minister should weigh in on the new Dunedin Hospital after more uncertainty from the new health czar, a city councillor says.

All of Te Pukenga’s polytechnic regions, including Otago, recorded an operating deficit last year as the embattled mega-polytechnic prepares to break up.

Cabinet has put the new Dunedin hospital project under further oversight amid concerns it could be "downscaled".

A Dunedin city councillor is calling on Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s (HNZ) boss to stop "flip-flopping" on the new Dunedin hospital building and get it done.

People who park their cars illegally in the newly redeveloped George St will be slapped with a fine.

Otago Polytechnic staff are confident the institution can "stand on its own" as one of the strongest polytechnics to emerge from the latest government shake-up.

The dire state of radiology services in the South will force 90,000 procedures to be outsourced, the most of any district in New Zealand.

Nurses are prepared to take their fight to Parliament to get the government to keep its promises and not "downscale" Dunedin’s new hospital.