The sun wasn't even over the yardarm... in fact, the sun had barely risen, but that wasn't going to stop revellers at the annual Hyde St party from getting into the spirit of the Dunedin event.
The annual Hyde St party officially began at 9am today, but when No 15 resident Jack Manning was woken at 5am today the festivities had already started.
Lumsden Maternity Centre will cease to be a primary birthing unit on Monday, as scheduled, despite Parliament's health select committee still considering a petition seeking to maintain the centre's...
Rural mothers and babies are being put at risk by the Southern District Health Board's decision to downgrade the status of the Lumsden Maternity Centre, local MP Hamish Walker told MPs yesterday.
Tomorrow's the last throw of the dice for supporters of the Lumsden Maternity Centre, as a parliamentary select committee considers a petition calling for a planned downgrade of services to be stopped.
The Southern District Health Board was approaching the legal limit of its overdraft and facing insolvency before it received extra Government funding, documents released under the Official...
Many older people looking to downsize sell their home and move to a retirement village. The ODT series on ageing continues with health reporter Mike Houlahan looking at some of the options.
Facebook, which the Prime Minister has sternly criticised for tardiness in removing livestreamed footage of the Christchurch terror attack, was used this week to livestream public submissions on new firearms laws.
Delivering the new primary and community care strategy was a decisive factor for recently appointed WellSouth chief executive Andrew Swanson-Dobbs in taking up the role.