Rest-home closes doors
Rest-home closes doors
Inlet View Rest Home has closed, the second Dunedin rest-home to close in about three weeks.
Eileen Goodwin
Speight's Brewery revs up production after quake
Speight's Brewery revs up production after quake
Dunedin's Speight's Brewery has nearly doubled production because of the Canterbury quake.
Scheme will reward students helping residents
Scheme will reward students helping residents
Need your lawn mown or firewood carted inside? From next year, University of Otago students can take part in a volunteer scheme student leaders hope will change the university's drinking culture.
Aged-care urgency highlighted
Aged-care urgency highlighted
A survey revealing an urgent need to plan for a huge increase in demand for residential care for the elderly confirms what many in the sector feared, says Otago-Southland Aged Care Association board member Malcolm Hendry.
Strike will increase waiting time
Strike will increase waiting time
Waiting times for non-urgent radiology will increase because of the 24-hour radiographers' strike, Southern District Health Board diagnostic and support services Otago general manager Sonja Dillon says.
Basic grocery supplies take priority
Basic grocery supplies take priority
Dunedin's Foodstuffs South Island distribution centre has been ramped up to deal with extra demand caused by the Christchurch earthquake
Local body candidates meeting shy of questioners
Local body candidates meeting shy of questioners
The phrase desperate and dateless had a new twist on Saturday when Dunedin City Council candidates narrowly outnumbered "speed dating"-style voters at an event devised to put voters face-to-face with those who seek to represent them.
OUSA considers mercy dash
OUSA considers mercy dash
The Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) is considering a mercy dash to Christchurch to help students in the quake-affected city.
Silver linings
Silver linings
The Christchurch earthquake will create economic opportunities for Dunedin and the rest of the South Island, says Otago Chamber of Commerce chief executive John Christie.
Taieri fault lines need research
Taieri fault lines need research
More research is needed on two Taieri fault-lines to determine if they are active, University of Otago geologist Prof Richard Norris says.
Fundraising event to be held at mall
Fundraising event to be held at mall
Dunedin's Golden Centre will host an event this Friday to raise money for the Christchurch earthquake appeal.
Board preparing for strike
Board preparing for strike
The Southern District Health Board is working to manage the likely disruption from tomorrow's 24-hour radiographers' strike, diagnostic and support services Otago general manager Sonja Dillon says.
Concern at maternity review
Concern at maternity review
The Southern District Health Board risked upsetting "young mums" who ought to be consulted about its rural maternity review, board member Kaye Crowther said at the board meeting in Invercargill last week.
No swine flu deaths in Southern region
No swine flu deaths in Southern region
Swine flu has claimed 16 lives in New Zealand this winter, and a further 14 people are fighting it in intensive care units.
Township may keep pumps
Township may keep pumps
Four proposals to operate Waikouaiti's service station are on the table, Waikouaiti Coast Community Board member Gerard Collings says.
Move to extend kerbside recycling
Move to extend kerbside recycling
The Dunedin City Council wants to extend its kerbside recycling scheme.
Key says Govt aware of backlash
Key says Govt aware of backlash
The Government was aware there would be "implications" if the outcome of the neurosurgery process upset people, Prime Minister John Key said in Dunedin yesterday.
Up to 10,000 in neurosurgery march
Up to 10,000 in neurosurgery march
Up to 10,000 marched through central Dunedin at lunchtime today protesting the possible loss of neurosurgery services.
Can they dare ignore this?
Can they dare ignore this?
The Government would be "politically unwise" not to heed the voices of the thousands of protesters who turned out in Dunedin fighting to keep neurosurgery in the city, southern clinical health leader Richard Bunton says.
Five lives a year could be lost
Five lives a year could be lost
Five more people will die a year - and the same number will be severely brain-damaged and need permanent care - if the South loses neurosurgery, a former Dunedin Hospital intensive-care director predicts.