Eileen Goodwin

The historic $2 billion pay rise for 55,000 care and support workers announced yesterday has been welcomed by unions, workers, and industry leaders.

Otago and Auckland pharmacy schools are joining forces to push the interests of their profession.

The height of an old Cadbury chimney must be reduced to just 3m because it is an earthquake risk, Mondelez says.

A beleagured data collection plan in the NGO sector must be properly rejigged before it goes ahead, a Dunedin sector leader says.

New Southern District Health Board chief executive Chris Fleming is set to put his mark on the organisation with a management restructuring.

Dunedin Hospital clinical leader Dr John Chambers has spoken out in support of nurses’ concerns about workload pressures.

When Kev Bonney visited a GP this week for a head cold, he got a big shock.

Nurses at Dunedin Hospital are unhappy with staffing numbers and will raise the problem with management.

Sending more patients to Dunedin instead of treating them in Oamaru is a ''fiasco'' and a financial failure, Oamaru Hospital's Dr Peter Rodwell says.

National list MP Michael Woodhouse has lashed out at the Dunedin City Council over its hospital rebuild campaign, implying it is a front for the Labour Party.

Motivational seminars for Southern District Health Board staff are a sign the organisation’s attitude is improving, a union organiser says.

Expected savings from outsourcing the Southern District Health Board’s food service have been slashed by $2 million.