Mike Houlahan

Nurses and district health boards yesterday abided by Health Minister David Clark’s advice to take time for "pause and reflection" over their employment contract, but the rancorous dispute is set...

Health Minster David Clark stressed this morning that the Government would offer no more money to try and settle the long-running nurses pay dispute.

Dispute resolution providers FairWay have hit back at allegations by lawyers that the ACC review system lacks independence.

To borrow a line from Peter Finch in the movie Network, nurses are as mad as hell and they aren't going to take this any more.

The Southern District Health Board has started contacting hundreds of patients to cancel and reschedule appointments booked for tomorrow, after nurses voted to strike.

The curtain hasn't quite fallen on the Fortune Theatre but its descent gathered pace last night with a formal resolution to wind up the stricken performance venue and appoint liquidators.

The Accident Compensation Corporation's relationship with the firm it has contracted to review ACC decisions is ethically wrong and may turn out to be legally wrong as well, a leading ACC lawyer says.

Concerns about the independence of the ACC review process "are not rocket science", an injured persons’ advocacy group says.

A leading Dunedin ACC lawyer says he cannot recommend clients take disputed claims to a tribunal to be resolved because of concerns about the independence of the process.

Technology already means people could become parents after their death, but New Zealand law needs to be reviewed to decide whether they should, an ethics committee says.

A Dunedin surgeon has backed Air New Zealand adding a meatless burger to its menu, saying eating excessive amounts of meat causes increased rates of cancer, heart disease, obesity and premature death.

A report detailing claims of sexual harassment and bullying at a major law firm is "nothing short of abominable" the Otago Women Lawyers' Society says.

Technology already means people could become parents after their death, but New Zealand law needs to be reviewed to decide whether they should, an ethics committee says.