Fiona Ellis

The union for senior doctors is backing the call for better cultural integration as a University of Otago study finds international recruits struggle to adapt.

The Retirement Villages Residents Association is urging the government to set a timeframe for a review it hopes will bring "fairness, consumer protection and consistency".

A Dunedin hotel set to be plunged into darkness on Monday night says it is "ridiculous" Aurora Energy will not pay for an emergency generator.

The government was left in the dark as delays for the new Dunedin hospital project ballooned during a controversial redesign, a new document shows.

The massive Australasian construction company building the new Dunedin hospital's inpatient block could be dumped from the project, the Otago Daily Times has learned.

Significant breaches of contracted work hours have been revealed as Awanui Labs undertakes restructuring in Invercargill.

Rural southern hospitals are calling for more funding amid "canary in the coal mine" negotiations to return Oamaru Hospital to government ownership.

Dunedin's mayor should be on the plane to Wellington to demand answers from the government about the new hospital, a councillor says.

The European artist behind a vanished central Dunedin mural says she was saddened to learn of its removal.

A workers’ union is calling for a staffing boost at Dunedin Hospital to help deal with a new booking system they say is endangering patients and leaving staff exhausted.

Patients are missing appointments and information is being lost due to a chaotic new booking system, staff at Dunedin Hospital warn.