Mike Houlahan

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

Health Minister David Clark says the Government will delay its response to the report of the ...

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

Part of the canopy of the former Cadbury warehouse is pulled down on Saturday, as work begins on...

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

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

The Cadbury building on Cumberland St. Photo: ODT

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

Valda Muller’s nut farm in Bannockburn. PHOTO: GERHARD EGGER

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 shadow is cast over the Dunedin Railway Station garden on Friday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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

Dunedin Hospital project programme director Mike Barns in front of the soon-to-be-demolished...

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

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

Clean slate ... The former Cadbury warehouse has vanished and the next stage of demolishing the...

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

Bracken restaurant owners Jacqueline and David Burt toast the arrival of Covid-19 Alert 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 Paddy Beck and Mary McLeod, who, in their 40s, have each been diagnosed with bowel...

Siblings’ cancer debunks popular myth

Mary McLeod thought the biggest challenge of her 40s would be coping with a toddler.

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

The closure of the Ruby Princess cluster was announced yesterday, bringing the number of closed...

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.

Parties clash over mental health frameworks

David Clark, Michael Woodhouse and Matt Doocey debate the whats, whys and hows of the inchoate...

Parties clash over mental health frameworks

"This is a happy occasion," Dunedin North MP David Clark trilled to the House, as the Health Minister steered the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill through its committee stages.

Hopes artists may return to stages soon

A giant lantern in the shape of a ship. Photos: Stephen Jaquiery/Christine O'Connor

Hopes artists may return to stages soon

Artistic life is starting to return to Dunedin following Covid-19 lockdown, as concert venues prepare to reopen and the cancelled Midwinter Carnival considers an alternative event.

Hub may be in different location

Hub may be in different location

The Southern District Health Board still plans to build a maternal hub in Wanaka, but it may not be in the Gordon Rd location unveiled by the organisation last year.

SDHB staying alert for second wave

SDHB staying alert for second wave

There have been no active cases of Covid-19 in the South since mid May but the Southern District Health Board remains on high alert for cases of the disease, an SDHB meeting was told yesterday.

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