Oscar Francis

Medsafe came under scrutiny over how it communicated a rare side effect of the Covid-19 vaccine in a tense exchange on the final day of a coronial inquest into the death of a Dunedin man.

The inquest into the death of a Dunedin man after he received the Covid-19 vaccine has been concluded with a reminder that Rory Nairn's death has not been forgotten.

A large fire that raged through a forestry plantation in Taieri Beach could be suspicious, Fire and Emergency New Zealand says.

Vulnerable workers at a massage centre in the Meridian Mall, in Dunedin, have been vindicated after the Employment Relations Authority found they were harassed, underpaid, threatened, misled,...

Emergency services are responding to a collision between two cars in Invercargill.

Scores of people evacuated the Civic Centre in central Dunedin after a fire alarm went off early this afternoon.

A large blaze that threatened to tear through a forestry plantation south of Dunedin last night was "possibly suspicious".

Dunedin hospitality businesses are excited by the prospect that mask mandates at bars and restaurants could end soon.

A death in Kaka Point is being treated as a workplace accident, police say.

Emergency services responded to a one-car crash that left one person seriously injured just south of Balclutha this afternoon.

Extra security measures will be put in place around construction works in Dunedin’s George St after an increase in abuse directed towards council staff and contractors in recent weeks.

A review has been completed after an Otago prison inmate claimed he was hit in the head by a pellet from an shotgun discharge, fired by an off duty Corrections staffer.

Information on a serious vaccine side effect had been collected since April last year, the Ministry of Health has told a coronial inquiry into the death of a Dunedin man.

The Ministry of Health has defended its processes, telling an inquiry into the death of a man that Covid-19 vaccinators were adequately informed about the risks of a rare side-effect.

The Ministry of Health has told an inquiry into the death of a Dunedin man that Covid-19 vaccinators were adequately informed about the risks of a rare side effect.

There were tears, along with a photo of happier times, at the inquest into the death of a man who died of a rare heart condition after being vaccinated for Covid-19.