More than 200 people have been placed in seclusion by Southern mental health services in the past three years, despite calls for the practice to be done away with by 2020.
Back in 2010, to mark its 50th anniversary and to shake up its cast, Coronation Street’s writers scripted an explosion and tram crash which took out two prominent characters.
Dunedin and Southland hospitals have postponed dozens of elective surgeries, procedures and admissions after unprecedented demand in southern emergency departments.
Imprisoned Dunedin fraudster Barry Kloogh has partially succeeded in his appeal against sentence for stealing more than $12 million from his former financial advice clients.
Disgraced financial adviser Barry Kloogh should have been given more credit for coming face to face with the people whose life savings he stole, his lawyer has argued.
A hypothetical Covid-19 case at the Rhythm and Alps music festival in Wanaka is to be played out by Southern health officials today as they prepare to keep the region disease-free this summer.
The sentence imposed on fraudster Barry Kloogh for stealing more than $12 million from his clients was manifestly unjust, his lawyer argued in the High Court at Dunedin today.
If all you want for Christmas is your two front teeth — and all the rest of them, for that matter — the University of Otago Dental School has a deal for you.
Financial issues continue to beset the Southern District Health Board, which has had to submit new forecasts to the Ministry of Health after rising clinical costs and Covid-19 expenditure mean it...