Climate change Bill keeps MPs on their toes
Climate change Bill keeps MPs on their toes
As any MP will tell you, you only have to say one word on, say, 1080 or water fluoridation and your email inbox will clog up within minutes.
Mike Houlahan
Pupils connect with Anne Frank's story
Pupils connect with Anne Frank's story
A group of Otago teenagers have been given the task of guiding their peers and the public through some of the most famous teenage writings of all time.
Medical imaging staff plan two stop-works
Medical imaging staff plan two stop-works
Some elective surgery and outpatient appointments throughout the southern region may be postponed if a planned strike by medical imaging technologists goes ahead.
Measles 'watching brief' after contagious case
Measles 'watching brief' after contagious case
Arana College and the University of Otago say they are working closely with health authorities after a contagious measles patient spent time on campus last weekend.
Midwife-cover system issues remain: GP
Midwife-cover system issues remain: GP
The latest emergency birth at the Lumsden maternal and child hub shows the system put in place to provide midwife cover is still not working effectively, a local GP says.
Advocate says it's about listening
Advocate says it's about listening
Although he is officially on a speaking tour, mental health advocate Mike King says talking will not take up too much of his time in Dunedin.
Nursing care not at fault: review
Nursing care not at fault: review
An external review has found no fault with the nursing care Wakari patient Gordon McLean received prior to his disappearance almost two years ago.
Measles case contacts sought
Measles case contacts sought
Health authorities are trying to trace people who may have been in contact with a measles patient who visited Wanaka, Queenstown and Winton, and to a concert and student hall of residence in Dunedin.
Herculean task awaits new health board
Herculean task awaits new health board
It's been six years since people have been able to vote to elect a Southern DHB, a circumstance which demonstrates just what the successful candidates in the 2019 election will be up against.
Two killed, one critical in Outram crash
Two killed, one critical in Outram crash
Two people were killed and a third is in critical condition in Dunedin Hospital after a two-car crash near Outram late this afternoon.
Fire in Dunedin hills 'suspicious'
Fire in Dunedin hills 'suspicious'
A large scrub fire that tore across hills above central Dunedin yesterday is being treated as suspicious.
Blaze under control: Families can return home
Blaze under control: Families can return home
Families evacuated as a large scrub fire tore across Flagstaff Hill, in Dunedin, have been allowed to return home tonight after the fire was brought under control.
Screening detects 101 cancer cases
Screening detects 101 cancer cases
The Southern District Health Board's national bowel cancer screening programme has become the first in the country to detect more than 100 cancer cases.
Phillipps film draws attention of `Lancet'
Phillipps film draws attention of `Lancet'
Dunedin musical great Martin Phillipps has been featured in newspapers and magazines throughout the world, but he probably never envisaged appearing in the pages of the world's most prestigious...
Prospective home buyers cautioned
Prospective home buyers cautioned
A Dunedin property sale gone wrong has led to a Court of Appeal judgement that cautions would-be house buyers to do all they can to fulfil their side of the deal.
Another Lumsden birth crisis
Another Lumsden birth crisis
Lumsden's maternal and child hub had another emergency birth on Friday night, as locals continue to argue childbirth facilities in Northern Southland are inadequate and unsafe.
Cancer plan 'going to take time'
Cancer plan 'going to take time'
Diana Sarfati’s life work has been to improve cancer treatment. Now the University of Otago, Wellington academic has six months to make a lasting difference.
There's a storm brewing over fresh water
There's a storm brewing over fresh water
One of the enduring quirks of politics is that people can agree 100% on a fundamental point, but still be diametrically opposed on an issue.
Facebook use by midwives explained
Facebook use by midwives explained
Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks has defended the use of Facebook Messenger to co-ordinate the region's midwifery team as a "contemporary, reliable and accessible" tool.
NZ lagging on disability rights
NZ lagging on disability rights
If Disability Rights Commissioner Paula Tesoriero had her way, she would be out of a job.