Southern quarantine an option
Southern quarantine an option
The Ministry of Health is not ruling out using Dunedin or Queenstown as sites for Covid-19 quarantine facilities.
Mike Houlahan
Patterson confirms tilt for Taieri
NZ First's Patterson confirms tilt for Taieri
New Zealand First list MP Mark Patterson will stand in the Taieri electorate in September’s general election.
Labour selects candidate for Southland electorate
Labour selects candidate for Southland electorate
Queenstown native Jon Mitchell has been selected as the Labour Party candidate for the Southland electorate in this year’s election.
Two-building hospital despite pressure
Two-building hospital despite pressure
The new Dunedin Hospital remains a two-building project despite both the Ministry of Health and the Southern District Health Board pushing for a single building, the Otago Daily Times can reveal.
Lawmakers grapple with sharks, lasers
Lawmakers grapple with sharks, lasers
Politicians are often likened to sharks, but on Wednesday the actual animals had their time in the spotlight in Parliament as Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie’s member’s Bill to permit shark cage diving...
Clark resists calls to resign
Clark resists calls to resign
Embattled health minister David Clark is standing his ground, dismissing calls for his resignation and saying he is "purely focused" on fixing problems with the Covid-19 quarantine system.
Cadbury demolition noise expectations outlined
Cadbury demolition noise expectations outlined
Excessive noise from the proposed demolition of the former Cadbury factory should be limited to short periods of a few days at a time, the Ministry of Health says.
Concern at reports sailors disembarked
Concern at reports sailors disembarked
Reports ships’ crews may have ventured into Dunedin are news to Port Otago.
Glimpse of new hospital offered in documents
Glimpse of new hospital offered in documents
A glimpse of what Dunedin’s new hospital might look like has been offered in documents supporting the Ministry of Health’s application to demolish the former Cadbury factory.
Millions to preserve Cadbury facades
Millions to preserve Cadbury facades
Preserving the Cadbury factory facades as part of the new Dunedin Hospital rebuild would cost between $32 and $74 million, newly released documents claim.
Bill’s semantics can affect industry a lot
Bill’s semantics can affect industry a lot
The law of unintended consequences is a given in most of life’s endeavours, but never more so than in politics.
A little light shed on plan
A little light shed on plan
Design tweaks have been made to the new Dunedin Hospital to avoid shadows falling across the gardens outside Dunedin Railway Station.
New hospital informed by experience
New hospital informed by experience
He has been building hospitals in the desert. Now Mike Barns is building one in Dunedin.
Wakari Hospital mental health unit one of 4 rated ‘very poor’
Wakari Hospital mental health unit one of 4 rated ‘very poor’
Wakari Hospital is one of the worst-designed mental health facilities in New Zealand, an audit has found.
Feedback call after baby died
Feedback call after baby died
A family grieving over the death of their baby girl in hospital suffered further distress when an unwitting Southern DHB staff member rang to ask for feedback on its care.
Demolition of Cadbury facades sought
Demolition of Cadbury facades sought
The heritage facades of the former Cadbury factory are a step closer to demolition after the Ministry of Health lodged consents for them to be levelled to make way for the new Dunedin Hospital.
We did it! Businesses welcome Level 1
We did it! Businesses welcome Level 1
It really is business as usual in Otago and Southland today.
Siblings’ cancer debunks popular myth
Siblings’ cancer debunks popular myth
Mary McLeod thought the biggest challenge of her 40s would be coping with a toddler.
Lamotrigine concerns not addressed
Lamotrigine concerns not addressed
A Dunedin mother whose son died soon after his usual epilepsy drug was replaced by a controversial alternative medication is disappointed by a new report into drug supply agency Pharmac’s decision...
Pressure mounts for move to Alert Level 1
Pressure mounts for move to Alert Level 1
The Cabinet today considers whether to drop New Zealand’s Covid-19 alert level status to 1, as a 16th day in a row with no new cases of the pandemic disease was recorded yesterday.