The opening of the new, expanded gastroenterology unit at Dunedin Hospital is set to coincide with the roll-out of the national bowel screening programme across the southern region.
People in the South are being urged to ensure their GPs have their correct contact details as the national bowel screening programme continues its roll-out. Screening letters going out
People visiting Toitu Otago Settlers Museum for a hot cuppa after the dawn service on Anzac Day will also be able to view artefacts from 1918 in the museum's military section.
The dawn service on Anzac Day will be especially poignant this year, as New Zealand moves into the final year of the World War centenary commemorations.
A guide instructing Southern district police officers to remain tight-lipped to media about the nationality of drivers involved in fatal crashes remains active, despite its creator leaving the force.
North Korea says it will suspend nuclear and missile tests effective immediately and abolish a nuclear test site in a bid to pursue economic growth and peace on the Korean peninsula.
European and US airline regulators have ordered mandatory inspections within 20 days of aircraft engines similar to one involved in a fatal Southwest Airlines accident this week.
US actress Allison Mack has been arrested on charges that she recruited women into a secret society led by self-help guru Keith Raniere in which they were forced to have sex with him.