It is a case of back to the future for Queen Mary Maternity Centre, which is about to temporarily reopen one of its original theatres as part of a $1.6 million refurbishment.
Health officials are awaiting confirmation of a $20 million capital injection for the Southern DHB to ensure deteriorating Dunedin Hospital buildings are functional until they’re replaced.
OPINION: Normally, times of emergency are non-contentious and non-political; it is not regarded as the done thing to try to score points from a government grappling with potential or actual...
Both sides in the row over possible redevelopment of Wanaka Airport argue that the other has acted unreasonably, court documents released to the Otago Daily Times show.
A new Central Otago-Queenstown Lakes district electorate is inevitable but its time has not yet come, Representation Commission member Roger Sowry says.
There will be a race to replace retiring Labour MP Clare Curran in Dunedin South, the party confirming there will be a contested selection to be its candidate in the general election.
The new Southern District Health Board held its first public meetings this week, closely watched by two crown monitors. Health reporter Mike Houlahan talks to Roger Jarrold and Andrew Connolly...
Mataura is about to say goodbye to the almost 10,000 tonnes of ouvea premix stored in its former paper mill, but the potentially toxic chemical will remain in Southland.
Having ‘‘dodged a bullet’’ when flood waters this week threatened to inundate dangerous chemicals stored in Mataura, Gore District Council has acted swiftly to move the substance elsewhere.
The South’s depleted neurosurgery ranks may receive urgently needed reinforcement, with the Southern District Health Board hopeful it can recruit a additional locum surgeon.