Mike Houlahan

A Maniototo sheep farmer was a leading figure in one of the greatest disasters to  strike Western Samoa — the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed a fifth of the population. Mike Houlahan reviews...

Longstanding Dunedin GP Kathy Powell has sold her Meridian Medical Centre practice.

After the reflection, the racket.

The site of the first and only permanent commemoration of New Zealand's part in the Western Front battles of World War 1 will be unveiled next week, in the medieval town of Le Quesnoy.

The shooting stopped on November 11, 1918, but World War 1 continued to kill New Zealanders for years afterwards, new research says.

The Southern District Health Board is one of four DHBs to have racked up deficits of more than $10 million in the 2016-17 financial year.

Turmoil was the theme last time the Labour Party held its annual conference in Dunedin, but the city’s Labour MPs expect next weekend’s event to be triumphant.

The Southern District Health Board is running out of time in 2018 to complete its 2018-21 Health Emergency Plan.

The Southern District Health Board's overseas recruiting drive is continuing.

Government drug-buying agency Pharmac has confirmed any move to make new hepatitis C drugs available will not occur until next year.

Southland Hospital patients may find their operations unexpectedly cancelled today, as anaesthetic technicians walk off the job.

The Ministry of Health will press ahead with changes to the cervical cancer screening programme, despite new University of Otago research raising doubts about the effectiveness of its plans.

Intended changes to the cervical cancer screening programme could harm women and leave them more at risk from the disease, University of Otago researchers say.

The Te Rauone community still has plenty of questions about plans to restore its local beach, Otago Peninsula Community Board chairman Paul Pope says.

Local body elections next year will see the return of an elected Southern District Health Board.

A festival intended to create a sense of community has achieved its aim for Dunedin’s Bengali community.