Couple make day ‘meaningful’
Couple make day ‘meaningful’
Lori and Dave Tepper will never forget the Christmas they spent helping others in Dunedin.
Eileen Goodwin
Compass ‘proud’ of hospital patient satisfaction result
Compass ‘proud’ of hospital patient satisfaction result
Food provider Compass says its contract with the Southern District Health Board "remains strong" and it wants to see out the 15-year deal.
Asbestos approach criticised
Asbestos approach criticised
A "cumbersome" and costly way of managing asbestos at Dunedin Hospital has been criticised in an independent report.
Manager praises 80 departing Cadbury staff
Manager praises 80 departing Cadbury staff
Another 80 Cadbury staff leave the Dunedin factory today.
Hospital rescue package planned
Hospital rescue package planned
A $100 million rescue package is being drawn up for Dunedin Hospital.
Legal heavyweights for court reopening
Legal heavyweights for court reopening
Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias and other senior judges will preside over a special sitting in the Dunedin Courthouse to mark its official reopening next month.
Umbrella group in disarray
Umbrella group in disarray
Dunedin's social service umbrella group is on the verge of collapse after four staff resigned amid reports of tension between them and some members of its board.
Distress, anger after cancer misdiagnosis
Distress, anger after cancer misdiagnosis
After saying goodbye to her grandchildren and planning her funeral, Jan Scott did not expect to see another Christmas.
'Really sad': Agency in disarray
'Really sad': Social service agency in disarray
Dunedin's umbrella social service agency is pulling out of Community House and four of its seven staff have quit in the past month.
Hospital site list shortens
Hospital site list shortens
The site for the new Dunedin Hospital has been narrowed down to "just a few flat sites", which all lie between the Octagon and the University of Otago.
$400k payout in 'difficult year'
SDHB’s report card shows up ‘difficult year’
A Dunedin Hospital senior doctor was paid $408,000 in a severance payment in 2016-17, it has emerged.
Mental health inquiry details out imminently
Mental health inquiry details out imminently
Details of Labour’s promised mental health inquiry will be out within days, Dunedin campaigner Corinda Taylor says.
Down from the mountain
Down from the mountain
Relieved participants celebrate finishing a 24-hour Mt Cargill run yesterday which raised about $2000 for The Valley Project.
Driver sought after bus shelter crash
Driver sought after bus shelter crash
Police are looking for a person who drove off after crashing into an Albany St bus shelter in Dunedin this morning.
UK varsity pay rises based on NZ
UK varsity pay rises based on NZ
British universities are pointing to their New Zealand counterparts to justify pay increases amid a backlash against top salaries.
Cadbury site on the market in new year
Cadbury site on the market in new year
The Cadbury factory site in Dunedin will be marketed by the Christchurch office of an international commercial real estate firm.
Cafe worker unfairly given the chop
Cafe worker unfairly given the chop, authority rules
A hospitality worker who was fired after her boss took issue with how she chopped parsley has won her case in the Employment Relations Authority.
SDHB ordered into mediation over backpay
SDHB ordered into mediation over backpay
The SDHB has been ordered into mediation to find out how much it owes an employee after it was found the board had not been paying her enough.
Top-end salaries 'too high'
Top-end salaries 'too high'
A report into public sector pay rates has been accompanied by a stern warning that top salaries are ''too high'' and will be reined in.
On balance, a tricky tour
On balance, a tricky tour
A group of unicyclists on tour in the South Island made a visit to Dunedin this week.