Disgraced financial adviser Barry Kloogh should have been given more credit for coming face to face with the people whose life savings he stole, his lawyer has argued.
A hypothetical Covid-19 case at the Rhythm and Alps music festival in Wanaka is to be played out by Southern health officials today as they prepare to keep the region disease-free this summer.
The sentence imposed on fraudster Barry Kloogh for stealing more than $12 million from his clients was manifestly unjust, his lawyer argued in the High Court at Dunedin today.
If all you want for Christmas is your two front teeth — and all the rest of them, for that matter — the University of Otago Dental School has a deal for you.
Financial issues continue to beset the Southern District Health Board, which has had to submit new forecasts to the Ministry of Health after rising clinical costs and Covid-19 expenditure mean it...
A record-equalling number of reported medical mishaps in the South in the past year included the death of a new-born baby after delays in transferring them.
An impending independent review of the Southern District Health Board’s mental health and addiction services should be seen as an opportunity for improvement, the psychiatrist steering the work says.