Focus on Kloogh property
Focus on Kloogh property
The Barry Kloogh fraud case may soon return to court as his liquidators seek funds from the sale of a property possibly bought with stolen money.
Mike Houlahan
Hospital site ready for next stages
Hospital site ready for next stages
The big crane has left town and the diggers have been parked up where one day the new Dunedin Hospital will stand.
Maternity care returns to normal
Maternity care returns to normal
Queen Mary maternity ward returned to business as usual yesterday after weekend staff shortages meant postnatal patients in the Dunedin ward had to be moved elsewhere.
Omicron triggers new plans
Omicron triggers new plans
Southern health officials have rewritten their pandemic preparedness plans in the expectation they will soon have to manage an outbreak of the Omicron rather than the Delta variant of Covid-19.
Not all bad news for southern health in 2021
Not all bad news for southern health in 2021
Covid-19 refused to go away, but the pandemic was far from the only reason the southern health system hit the headlines in 2021. Health reporter Mike Houlahan looks back on the year that was.
Southern say: Report cards for MPs
Report cards for Southern MPs
There are many things by which the success, or otherwise, of a Member of Parliament can be measured, but the fundamental one is whether they are still an MP at the end of the year, or not.
Omicron: Call for tighter borders
Omicron: Call for tighter borders
The Omicron variant of Covid will eventually swamp the Delta strain NZ's dealing with, and border security needs to be tightened further to keep it out for as long as possible, Otago Uni epidemiologist Michael Baker says.
MPs set to grapple with Plant Variety Rights Bill
MPs set to grapple with Plant Variety Rights Bill
A busy last sitting week in the House did not overly tax our southern MPs, but a quick glance at the final order paper of the year suggests 2022 will begin with a hiss and a roar for Dr David Clark.
Hospital groundworks consent decision brought forward
Hospital groundworks consent decision brought forward
The project to build Dunedin’s new hospital could receive a festive fillip, after the independent panel considering the first stage of its consent application moved its decision deadline forward.
Government funds to assist upgrades to health facilities
Government funds to assist upgrades to health facilities
Both Dunedin and Southland Hospitals are to benefit from a nationwide $644 million investment in regional hospitals announced by the Government today.
Mammographers take stand on pay
Mammographers take stand on pay
Striking southern breast cancer screening mammographers say they would far prefer to be at work today but their employer left them with no choice.
The anatomy of a landslide win
The anatomy of a landslide win
A historic mandate for Labour, the first absolute majority government in the MMP era, means Politics in a Pandemic is very much about Jacinda Ardern.
Brooking in her element in housing Bill process
Brooking in her element in housing Bill process
Parliament has been in a state of high excitement in recent weeks, as leaders got rolled, replaced, and then recalibrated their party line-ups.
Some hospital patients not getting data: survey
Some hospital patients not getting data: survey
An unscientific survey of Dunedin Hospital patients suggests about a third may either not be properly informed of some details of their care or fail to understand what they are told.
SDHB increases isolation capacity
SDHB increases isolation capacity
The latest possible southern Covid-19 case has been confirmed as a historic infection, but health organisations in Otago and Southland are continuing to increase preparations for the expected...
Hospital consent decision date extended
Hospital consent decision date extended
Planners building Dunedin’s new hospital will need to wait a little bit longer before learning whether they have been given resource consent for the new building’s foundation and groundworks.
Isolation spaces being secured in Queenstown Lakes
Isolation spaces being secured in Queenstown Lakes
AUDIO🔉: Negotiations are under way to secure a significant expansion of self-isolation spaces in the Queenstown Lakes district.
Deficit worse than predicted
Deficit worse than predicted
The Southern District Health Board’s deficit is creeping up again, to more than double what was budgeted.
Staffing still a struggle: DHB
Staffing still a struggle: DHB
Nurse shortages continue to hinder the Southern District Health Board’s efforts to achieve safe staffing requirements, despite its plans to do so being audited and approved.
Code Black narrowly avoided
Code Black narrowly avoided
Dunedin Hospital came perilously close to a "Code Black" situation a fortnight ago, the Southern District Health Board heard yesterday.