Permission for footpath barriers around the Dainty Dairy building in Stuart St is temporary and they are not to be in place indefinitely, Dunedin City Council resource consents manager Alan Worthington says.
Garden preparation teacher Peta Hudson, of Otago Peninsula, showed volunteers how to create a no-dig garden using hay and cardboard at the North East Valley Community Garden working bee on Saturday morning.
Dunedin musician Lesley Paris presented of her favourite Flying Nun band music videos and studio clips at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery on Saturday.
Pedestrian barriers around the former Dainty Dairy building will remain despite the work carried out to make it safe, co-owner Alistair Broad says.
Despite dramatic cuts, the Southern District Health Board still provides about 15% more assistance at home to the elderly than the national average, finance and funding general manager Robert Mackway-Jones says.
Turning patients with minor ailments away from the emergency department is unsafe and unethical, New Zealand Nurses Organisation professional nursing adviser Suzanne Rolls says.
The Southern District Health Board has generated the lowest number of complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) for at least five years.
Dunedin Urgent Doctors and Accident Centre operates with a single GP during the day as part of changes introduced to cope with the economic downturn, but the situation is closely monitored, chairman Dr Kim Maiai says.
The Dainty Dairy building in Stuart St appears to be more unsafe than first thought, co-owner Alistair Broad says.
With extra maternity funding to be delivered in the Budget, Plunket Society would be able to extend and strengthen a postnatal depression support service in the South, Otago and Southland area manager Barb Long says.
The Dunedin-based chairman of pharmaceutical-buying agency Pharmac says he is aware the "drumbeat" of the United States pharmaceutical lobby has intensified because of free trade talks between the United States and New Zealand.
The Ministry of Health has named appointees to a panel advising whether Dunedin Hospital remains the sole provider of a special radiation treatment.
With polished wood floors, natural light, and fashionable furniture, Pact's new drop-in centre in Dunedin resembles a swanky studio or inner-city apartment.
Admitting people when they are well rather than sick has been key to reducing admissions at Dunedin Hospital's acute mental health ward for those who harm themselves, clinical psychologist and primary investigator Dr Kumari Fernando says.
Two hundred MRI scans will be contracted to the private sector to help clear a backlog at Dunedin Hospital, a report to today's Southern District Health Board hospital advisory committee says.
People complain if "holes" appear in the city centre, which is why the Dunedin City Council requires building owners to retain or replace building structures, city development manager Anna Johnson says.
The Dunedin City Council should allow the Dainty Dairy building in Stuart St to be demolished instead of in effect creating a "truly ugly building", co-owner Alistair Broad says.
Otago Bride of the Year Rebecca Watt says one of the special moments of her big day was when her usually "manly" groom whispered "you look beautiful" as she joined him at the altar.
Retaining Dunedin as the sole provider of the radiation treatment radiosurgery would strengthen the South Island neurosurgery service, South Island neurosurgical service implementation manager Joy Farley says.
Blinking in the bright sunshine and a bit wobbly on his feet, battery hen protester Carl Scott yesterday left the cage where he has spent a month.
