Mike Houlahan

All eyes are on some things beginning with ‘C’

Winton farmer Blair Vining put cancer treatment high on the political agenda. PHOTO: NEW ZEALAND...

All eyes are on some things beginning with ‘C’

Covid-19 is the dominant health issue at the moment, but there are much wider issues in the health sector for our political parties to debate. Mike Houlahan reports.

Preferred policy will have to be what is achievable

At the last election in 2017, no-one would have thought border security would be an issue in the...

Preferred policy will have to be what is achievable

The 2020 election will almost certainly go down in history as the "Covid-19 election". Mike Houlahan looks at the differing approaches the main political parties would take to managing the pandemic...

Southern electorate seats hotly contested

At a meet the candidates meeting at the Musselburgh Baptist Church last month are Taieri...

Southern electorate seats hotly contested

Although under MMP it is, generally, really only the party vote that matters, that does not mean that parties do not want to win electorate seats.

SDHB spends $9m in Covid-19 battle

SDHB spends $9m in Covid-19 battle

The Southern District Health Board spent $9million in five months combatting Covid-19.

Southern care facilities underprepared for outbreak - report

The Rosewood Rest Home in Christchurch was a site of a significant cluster that proved to be New...

Southern care facilities underprepared for outbreak - report

Substantial work needs to be urgently done to improve the readiness of southern aged residential care facilities for an outbreak of Covid-19, a new report says.

Fired up over Covid, climate

Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern goes head to head with National Party leader Judith Collins in...

Fired up over Covid, climate

A fiery and personal exchange about climate change was the stand-out moment in an at times feisty election debate between Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National leader Judith Collins last night.

Seymour finds plenty of support

ACT leader David Seymour, and MC Tova O'Brien. PHOTO: TRACEY ROXBURGH

Seymour finds plenty of support

Queenstown is right in the middle of one of the safest National electorates in the country, and few political leaders find their way there during campaign season.

Man with $3000 a day habit jailed

Eli Christie appears in the Dunedin District Court yesterday. PHOTO: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Man with $3000 a day habit jailed

A man with an enormous, and enormously expensive, addiction to methamphetamine, will continue his rehabilitation behind bars after being sentenced on a wide variety of charges yesterday.

Young punk probably still lives on, arts laureate award recipient reckons

Young punk probably still lives on, arts laureate award recipient reckons

Shayne Carter has been called many things in his life, but laureate is a new one.

Financial advisers need to act - Faafoi

The financial advice sector needs to do more to protect customers against predatory criminals such as Barry Kloogh, Labour commerce spokesman Kris Faafoi says.

National out of context with quote

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern (left) and National's Judith Collins at last night's debate. Photo:...

National out of context with quote

National Taieri candidate Liam Kernaghan and Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean are among National party figures to have posted material online claiming to quote Labour leader Jacinda Ardern out of context.

Leaders’ debate lukewarm

It was billed as the night the election campaign would heat up, but the first debate between Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National leader Judith Collins struggled to simmer.

Pledge to get Dunedin Hospital built

Pledge to get Dunedin Hospital built

National launched its election campaign in virtual mode yesterday but with a concrete promise for Dunedin.

‘3 challenges’ for next govt

Act New Zealand leader David Seymour addresses party faithful in Dunedin on Saturday night....

‘3 challenges’ for next govt

It is not easy competing with the other entertainment attractions a weekend offers, but Act New Zealand leader David Seymour said he was happy with the attendance, given Covid-19 restrictions, at a...

South waits to learn of Covid-19 alert level

New Zealand is fast approaching 1200 confirmed cases. Photo: Getty Images

South waits to learn of Covid-19 alert level

A new week, another Monday spent waiting for the announcement on whether the South will return to Covid-19 Alert Level 1.

Southern say: When does political art become an ad?

Posters by Dunedin artistic collective Toothfish. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Southern say: When does political art become an ad?

The law governing elections is absolutely riven with inconsistencies, implausibilities and impracticalities, as anyone who has had to grapple with the Electoral Act 1993 can tell you.

NZ First keen on the South

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters address dozen of Tiwai workers during his ‘‘Back Your...

NZ First keen on the South

NZ First leader Winston Peters talks to Mike Houlahan about political longevity, the importance of the provinces, and how he wants to save the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

Doctors still keen to have voices heard

Senior doctors say they will continue to fight for proper services to be provided in the new Dunedin Hospital.

Easing of restrictions ‘boost’ for South

Air NZ's boss says international travel made up two-thirds of the company's revenue and that was...

Easing of restrictions ‘boost’ for South

Full planes will soon be landing at southern airports following yesterday’s announcement that social distancing requirements on aircraft and public transport will be eased.

Labour dedicated to Hillside — Ardern

Peter Buckley, of Hillside Workshops, takes a selfie with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and...

Labour dedicated to Hillside — Ardern

Hillside railway workshops should return to assembly work, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

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