Matthew Littlewood

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Call for action on creating more health roles for Māori

Donna Matahaere-Atariki. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Call for action on creating more health roles for Māori

Calls for the government to create more roles for Māori in health in the Southern region will mean nothing if they are not followed by action, the leader of a major Māori health organisation says.

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Capable NZ set to lose 20 jobs

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Capable NZ set to lose 20 jobs

Otago Polytechnic staff are feeling "like stunned mullets" after the institution cut 20 jobs from a ground-breaking department.

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Waikato University pressing on with med school plan

The University of Waikato. Photo: Supplied

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Waikato University pressing on with med school plan

The University of Waikato is pressing ahead with its third medical school proposal, despite all indications it is now on life support.

Cut-back in facilities alarms midwifery body

Parliament looks set to pass a Bill to expand ACC eligibility to include maternal birth injuries....

Cut-back in facilities alarms midwifery body

Slashing the number of birthing rooms by 40% at the new Dunedin hospital is worrying midwives, concerned there may not be enough beds for expectant mothers.

Student pub still wanted: referendum

A new student pub gets a big tick, but a boycott on products with ties to the Israeli government proved less favourable among the student populace.

Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

Mark Henaghan. File photo: Linda Robertson

Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

A Dunedin secondary school was likely right to not go to police after having $365,000 misappropriated by a staff member, a legal expert says.

Port Chalmers near-miss 'could have been far worse'

People at work on the railway marshalling yard at Port Otago in Port Chalmers yesterday. PHOTO:...

Port Chalmers near-miss 'could have been far worse'

A near-miss incident at a railway yard at Port Chalmers is a reminder that things cannot return to the "bad old days" of non-compliance and even workplace deaths, the railways union says.

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Council votes to get behind Nuggets, Hoiho

Otago Nuggets forward Jaylen Sebree trains at the Edgar Centre. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Council votes to get behind Nuggets, Hoiho

Call it an assist — but the Dunedin City Council has offered $50,000 a year for the next three years to help keep the Otago Nuggets and Southern Hoiho basketball teams bouncing.

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Call for better support, advice for tenants

Andrew Henderson and Raewyn Bungard, of Dunedin Budget Advisory Service, want to see better...

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Call for better support, advice for tenants

Dunedin's budget advice services are calling for better protection for tenants in the wake of reports of ‘‘horror stories’’ in the city.

Costs cut despite Treasury warning

Costs cut despite Treasury warning

The government ploughed ahead with cost-cutting at the new Dunedin hospital despite a warning from Treasury that the plan risked backfiring.

Politicians attacked on billboards

Politicians attacked on billboards

A retired doctor has put his money where his mouth is, declaring a plague on both Labour and National parties for their failure to deliver the new Dunedin hospital as promised.

Well-represented German dept alumni to hold reunion

Well-represented German dept alumni to hold reunion

Nearly 100 former students of the University of Otago German language department will be saying "auf wiedersehen" to the department for one final time on Saturday.

Attack on politicians placed in large print

A retired Dunedin doctor has put his money where his mouth is, declaring a plague on both Labour and National parties for their failure to deliver the new Dunedin hospital as promised.

Fear hospital contractor may quit

Fear hospital contractor may quit

One of the former leaders of the new Dunedin hospital project is worried the protracted negotiations will convince the lead contractor to "walk away".

Flat of horrors 'terrifying' for student

A student who took on a notorious Dunedin landlord is sharing her "traumatising" ordeal over fears others could end up trapped in the same situation.

Tenants scarred by flat of horrors

Zoe Eckhoff is speaking out about her tenancy ordeal involving a notorious Dunedin landlord....

Tenants scarred by flat of horrors

A student who took on a notorious Dunedin landlord is sharing her "traumatising" ordeal over fears others could end up trapped in the same situation.

Fear hospital contractor may quit

Fear contractor may quit if HNZ still ‘changing minds’

One of the former leaders of the new Dunedin hospital project is worried the protracted negotiations will convince the lead contractor to "walk away".

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Teddies grin and bear it at hospital

Isaac Kim, 17 months, and second-year University of Otago medical student Ruchika Tandon, look...

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Teddies grin and bear it at hospital

Soft toys got their medical check-up at Carisbrook School on Saturday, and it might become a semi-regular thing.

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South Island grand committee proposed

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South Island grand committee proposed

A special parliamentary committee for the entire South Island could lead to the island getting its fair share.

Further cuts slammed

Further cuts slammed

Cutting rehabilitation beds in the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building by more than half could have drastic consequences for the ageing population, the leader of the nurses’ union says.

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