Security of personal health information questioned
Security of personal health information questioned
A Southland man is questioning how secure personal health information is after an unsuccessful complaint to the Privacy Commissioner.
Mike Houlahan
Virtual health campus plan still afloat
Virtual health campus plan still afloat
A mooted new virtual school for rural health remains a live proposition despite Health Minister David Clark yesterday rejecting a bid to set up a school of rural medicine.
'They have no bloody idea': Nursing call centre slammed
'They have no bloody idea': Nursing call centre slammed
Without the district nursing system, Mike and Marjorie Beath literally cannot live their lives.
First stage of new Dunedin ICU opens
First stage of new Dunedin ICU opens
Stage one of Dunedin hospital's new intensive care unit (ICU) has had its official opening and an official name change, to Te Puna Wai Ora-Southern Critical Care.
Chance to help reform ACC
Chance to help reform ACC
Dunedin barrister Warren Forster has launched a nationwide survey as part of research aimed at reforming the accident compensation system.
Armistice Day: Counting human cost of war
Armistice Day: Counting human cost of World War 1
Finally, after four years of death and destruction, on November 11, 1918, the guns fell silent. Mike Houlahan looks back at the cost of WW1 on Otago and Southland, and its legacy.
Diagnosis a warning to others
Diagnosis a warning to others
When Sonia Gillan went for a scan she expected would find she had arthritis, she laughingly suggested the doctors would instead find she had cancer.
'We can’t do everything at once'
'We can’t do everything at once'
"Be patient." That was the New Zealand Labour Party’s message to members during its annual conference, held in Dunedin over the weekend.
Wellbeing measure for success
Wellbeing measure for success
Finance Minister Grant Robertson says his plans to change how economic performance is measured are intended to be bold.
Dignified and dependable, but missing a chance to be daring?
Dignified and dependable, but missing a chance to be daring?
Labour will leave Dunedin well satisfied with its first party conference in the city for 30 years, writes Mike Houlahan.
600 신규 직원 : PM은 학교의 특별한 바카라 카지노에
600 new staff: PM announces boost for special needs in schools
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the Labour Party Conference in Dunedin. Photo: Facebook/Labour Party
'Wellbeing' focus for next Budget
Focus for next Budget signalled
Finance Minister Grant Robertson anointed next year’s Budget as the "Wellbeing Budget’’ in a speech to the Labour Party conference in Dunedin this morning.
Price paid for hospital site fair: Clark
Price paid for hospital site fair: Clark
The $11.6 million paid for the former Cadbury factory site for the Dunedin Hospital rebuild was a reasonable one, Health Minister David Clark believes.
PM's message: 'thanks, but more to do'
PM's message: 'thanks, but more to do'
This weekend's Labour Party conference in Dunedin was to thank party faithful, but also to recognise there was much more still to be done, the Prime Minister said last night.
'There is much more to do': PM opens Labour conference
'There is much more to do': PM opens Labour conference
The bagpiper started a minute too soon, but otherwise the Dunedin Labour Party conference began without a hitch tonight.
One last battle left to fight
One last battle left to fight
November 5, 1918, was the last day the Otago Regiment fought in World War 1. Mike Houlahan looks back at a day which almost resulted in the death of a famed Southlander.
Direct descendant proven youngest
Direct descendant proven youngest
There is a new leader in the "race" to be the youngest direct descendant of a war veteran at events marking the centenary of the battle of Le Quesnoy.
Labourites return to South
Labourites return to South
With pipers, a haggis ceremony, cheese rolls and Chills frontman Martin Phillipps, the Labour Party conference in Dunedin this weekend is intended to double as a celebration of the South.
Conference performances important
Conference performances important
In theory, Dunedin should afford Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern a rousing reception at her leader's speech at this weekend's Labour Party conference.
Minister taken for a ride
Minister taken for a ride
Fresh from signing off on service provision agreements for air ambulance services, Health Minister David Clark has had a taste of the work they do.