Mike Houlahan

Smokers who get their cigarette fix from Rob Roy Dairy will have an extra incentive to quit the habit today: the store is going tobacco-free for 24 hours.

Jo Rowe began her career in aged care, and has come almost full circle after being appointed chief executive of Presbyterian Support Otago (PSO), one of the region's major social service providers.

This day two years ago, overseas postal voting for the 2017 election had just started.

New Zealanders should know early next year when the 2020 election will be held, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Accountants combing through the wreckage of Barry Kloogh's financial advisory businesses cannot find any evidence of millions of dollars of supposed investments.

The university should continue to play a role in recruiting neurosurgeons for Dunedin Hospital, the South Island Neurosurgery Service and the University of Otago say.

The current funding model for aged residential care does not meet people's needs and should be changed, a major new report says.

Barry Kloogh's career as a financial adviser is over after the Financial Markets Authority yesterday cancelled his authorisation.

New Zealand's rapidly ageing population must be considered when new hospitals, such as the coming $1.2 billion new Dunedin Hospital, are built, a newly released report on New Zealand's health...

Dunedin's neurosurgery service's staffing levels are ''inherently unsafe'', an independent report of the service says.

The Omarama parents of a West Australian flight instructor who fell unconscious mid-flight, forcing his inexperienced pupil to land the plane, say they are hugely relieved the drama ended without...

The Government's new cancer care plan needs to have real targets, timeframes and accountability, the Cancer Society says.

It is a long way from Winton to Auckland, but it is nothing compared with the journey Blair Vining and his family have undertaken in recent months.

The Government's new cancer care plan needs to have real targets, timeframes and accountability, the Cancer Society says.

The soon-to-be-elected Southern District Health Board will work under the scrutiny of a crown monitor, Health Minister David Clark said in a surprise announcement yesterday.

It is a long way from Winton to Auckland, but it is nothing compared with the journey Blair Vining and his family have undertaken in recent months.

Nisha Vijayan is a well-liked and highly-skilled theatre nurse at Dunedin Hospital.