Mike Houlahan

The savings of dozens of people hang in the balance after the interim liquidation of two companies associated with a Dunedin financial adviser, the founder of an affected investors group says.

Authorities are trying to establish whether all funds placed with under-investigation Dunedin financial adviser Barry Kloogh were properly passed on to a managed fund.

The decision to hire a new midwife for the Lumsden maternal and child hub shows the SDHB made a mistake when it downgraded its status as a primary birthing unit, Clutha Southland MP Hamish Walker says.