Unlucky break for motorist
Fallen branch an unlucky break for motorist
An unpleasant surprise awaited a Dunedin motorist today after a large tree branch fell on to their vehicle.
Mike Houlahan
Timing not really with National
Timing not really with National
National really hasn’t had the best of luck with the release of its policy discussion documents: eight have been put out so far, and several times the news cycle the party hoped to dominate has...
CEO defends DHB culture
CEO defends DHB culture
Southern District Health Board chief executive Chris Fleming has fired back at senior doctors’ union head Ian Powell, saying some of Dr Powell’s statements in an opinion piece published in the...
SDHB survey of hours riles senior medical staff
SDHB survey of hours riles senior medical staff
A survey by Southern DHB senior medical staff and the hours worked has riled specialists, who believe the process is expensive, unnecessary, and designed to cut costs and claw back existing work conditions.
Dawn marks 105th birthday with eponymous drop
Dawn marks 105th birthday with eponymous drop
Winemaker Neal Ibbotson has just had to reprint the labels for St Clair vineyard’s "Dawn" sparkling wine, and he does not mind the inconvenience one bit.
Steam trains could return to city
Steam trains could return to city
More than 60 years after the last locally-made steam locomotive rolled out of Hillside workshop, a Christchurch firm wants to wind the clock back and return steam power to Dunedin’s railways.
Damp start to phosphate ship protest
Damp start to phosphate ship protest
A pair of Environmental Justice Otepoti members battled to get their protest against phosphate carrier Federal Crimson under way as the vessel neared Ravensbourne wharf yesterday.
Medical staff cautioned about boundaries
Medical staff cautioned about boundaries
All Southern District Health Board senior medical and dental officers have been warned to maintain ‘‘scrupulous adherence’’ to the boundaries between their private and public work.
SDHB staff 'seething' over management's performance
SDHB staff 'seething' over management's performance
Senior Southern DHB medical staff have ‘‘seething anger’’ over the conduct and performance of the organisation’s management - and their organisation is at ‘‘teetering point’’, a veteran health unionist says.
Entonox ‘required’ in two of six cases: GP
Entonox ‘required’ in two of six cases: GP
A third of urgent cases seen at the Lumsden maternal and child hub in the weeks after it opened involved mothers who needed nitrous oxide for pain relief, newly released emails show.
Plea from GP for pain relief drug at maternal and child hub
Plea from GP for pain relief drug at maternal and child hub
A plea from a Te Anau GP that the Southern District Health Board add a common pain relief drug to the medicines available at the Lumsden maternal and child hub will be considered.
Electorate jigsaw a tricky one to work out
Electorate jigsaw a tricky one to work out
Where in the world does it make sense that the Clutha district is not in the Clutha electorate, that a decent chunk of Dunedin’s southern suburbs are in Dunedin North, and that the deeply inland...
Petition handed to MP
Petition handed to MP
A Dunedin-instigated petition which aims to level the playing field when the courts consider legal issues relating to suicide is about to be presented to Parliament.
St Andrew’s Day outing a sure thing
St Andrew’s Day outing a sure thing
Under Robbie Burns’ benevolent gaze, Dunedin’s Scottish community gathered in the Octagon on Saturday to mark St Andrew’s Day.
Christmas event draws big crowds
Christmas event draws big crowds
It might not have been December yet, but that was no deterrent to hundreds of families who flocked to Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday to begin their festive season.
Maintaining the health of the system
Maintaining the health of the system
The Southern district is soon to have an elected health board once more. Four years after commissioner Kathy Grant was installed, along with deputy Richard Thomson, health reporter Mike Houlahan...
Gun debate well reasoned on both sides
Gun debate well reasoned on both sides
Room two at the Dunedin Centre is an unlikely venue for an ideological struggle.
Decision flawed: reviews no excuse
Decision flawed: reviews no excuse
Official documents released this week show the Southern District Health Board should never have closed the Lumsden primary birthing clinic and the service ought to be restored, the trust...
Plans afoot to ease issues in overloaded ED
Plans afoot to ease issues in overloaded ED
Help may be on the way for the Southern District Health Board’s under-siege emergency departments.
Submissions heard in Dunedin on gun law proposals
Submissions heard in Dunedin on gun law proposals
Otago and Southland firearms owners acted in self-defence yesterday, several making submissions to a Parliamentary select committee considering gun control legislation.