Parents need to nurture their children's mental health from a young age as half of all cases of mental disorder start before the age of 14, a psychologist says.
An external agency will bring eye specialists from around New Zealand to Dunedin to tackle a backlog of 768 patients with "significantly overdue" appointments.
Accountability for a Mataura man going blind in one eye lies with SDHB management, a highly critical report by the Health and Disability Commissioner says.
Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand is to go in to "hibernation", but chairman Martin London is pessimistic about the organisation’s prospects of survival.
The board of the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand meets urgently today to consider the organisation's future after failing to secure a promise of taxpayer funding.
Government proposals to reform the polytechnic sector should not come at the cost of high-performing schools such as Otago Polytechnic, its chief executive Phil Ker says.
Better diagnosis and treatment of foetal alcohol spectrum disorde could prevent miscarriages of justice like the Teina Pora case, a University of Otago researcher says.
Private and public investors, including Ngai Tahu, should consider putting money into housing developments for workers employed to build the new Dunedin Hospital, rebuild convener Pete Hodgson says.