Parliaments health select committee has invited Lumsden community representatives to Wellington to explain why maternity services in the Southland town should not be changed.
PM Jacinda Ardern has reprimanded resident doctors for continuing their five-day national strike, despite facilitation talks between their union and DHBs being scheduled for early May.
For many, a residential care facility is their final home - but as the number of elderly New Zealanders increases, will there be enough beds to meet demand?
In Julian Faigan's large book collection his two-volume edition of swashbuckling pirate novel Westward Ho! does not especially stand out, but its covers hide an even more remarkable story than that...
A key component in the Southern District Health Board's plan to restore its shaky financial position has been imperilled by the looming five-day resident doctors' strike.
Russell Towns had the good fortune to miss the battle of Monte Cassino, a 1944 fight in Italy in which 343 New Zealanders died and more than 600 were wounded.
The sun wasn't even over the yardarm... in fact, the sun had barely risen, but that wasn't going to stop revellers at the annual Hyde St party from getting into the spirit of the Dunedin event.
The annual Hyde St party officially began at 9am today, but when No 15 resident Jack Manning was woken at 5am today the festivities had already started.