Mike Houlahan

Dunedin woman Zhian Eli's two-and-a-half year struggle to get her elderly parents out of Canada has taken a tragic twist with the death of her father at the weekend.

Bowel Cancer New Zealand has launched an exercise campaign to highlight the impact even a small amount of daily exercise can have on preventing the deadly disease.

One of the more charming aspects of New Zealand's Parliamentary system is how proposed member's Bills get chosen - a random ballot, conducted by drawing numbers out of an old biscuit tin.

Both sides in the resident doctors dispute hope facilitation talks which begin next week can find a resolution to the long-running and increasingly sour employment contract process.

A Dunedin woman is unsure if she will ever see her parents again, after a string of misfortunes which have resulted in the elderly couple stranded in Canada for two and a-half years.

When the government finalises its medicinal cannabis scheme it needs to clearly define what "medicinal'' cannabis is, University of Otago academics say.

Although Dunedin and Southland hospitals have been busy, the Southern District Health Board says it has been able to deal with all patients during the resident doctors' strike.

Parliaments health select committee has invited Lumsden community representatives to Wellington to explain why maternity services in the Southland town should not be changed.

Southern motorists are being stung by climbing petrol prices.

Self-proclaimed chief of the provinces Shane Jones went just about as provincial as is possible last week, taking in the sights of Gore.

Anzac Day 2019 in Dunedin was a little bit different, but also the same as ever.

It is a day for remembering old wars, but Anzac Day services boast both young and old faces these days.

Dunedin researchers hope to create a lasting memorial to a mass escape from a World War 2 Italian prisoner of war camp. Mike Houlahan reports.

In Julian Faigan's large book collection his two-volume edition of swashbuckling pirate novel Westward Ho! does not especially stand out, but its covers hide an even more remarkable story than that...

A key component in the Southern District Health Board's plan to restore its shaky financial position has been imperilled by the looming five-day resident doctors' strike.

Russell Towns had the good fortune to miss the battle of Monte Cassino, a 1944 fight in Italy in which 343 New Zealanders died and more than 600 were wounded.