Mike Houlahan

Grant Robertson laughs the laugh of someone who has been asked this question many, many times: just what is wellbeing?

Otago Community Hospice is developing a pilot programme where family caregivers will be given training to help care for their loved ones at home.

It is fair to say Lumsden seldom registers on the political Richter scale - a search of Hansard shows the northern Southland township has been mentioned a mere 22 times in the House since 2003.

Dunedin suicide prevention campaigner Corinda Taylor has called on the Government to provide free legal representation for all suicide-bereaved families.

Dunedin man Larry Cooney looks forward to the day when he and fellow patients with Ehlers Danlos syndrome do not have to perform ''party tricks'' to convince people they are unwell.

The Southern District Heath Board has been accused by supporters of the Lumsden Maternity Centre of ''grossly'' misleading Parliament's health select committee.

Health Minister David Clark has been severely reprimanded by Speaker Trevor Mallard over a ''blatant breach'' of requirements to answer parliamentary questions properly.

As New Zealand's population ages, the rate of deaths will rise.

The Southern District Health Board's management controls still need major improvement, the Office of the Auditor-general says.

Staff in southern hospitals will this week be reminded of the critical importance of good hand hygiene, as a recent audit showed the Southern District Health Board region only just achieved the...

Gillian Bremner's retirement as chief executive of Presbyterian Support Otago has been short-lived.

Dunedin woman Zhian Eli's two-and-a-half year struggle to get her elderly parents out of Canada has taken a tragic twist with the death of her father at the weekend.

Bowel Cancer New Zealand has launched an exercise campaign to highlight the impact even a small amount of daily exercise can have on preventing the deadly disease.

One of the more charming aspects of New Zealand's Parliamentary system is how proposed member's Bills get chosen - a random ballot, conducted by drawing numbers out of an old biscuit tin.

Both sides in the resident doctors dispute hope facilitation talks which begin next week can find a resolution to the long-running and increasingly sour employment contract process.

A Dunedin woman is unsure if she will ever see her parents again, after a string of misfortunes which have resulted in the elderly couple stranded in Canada for two and a-half years.

When the government finalises its medicinal cannabis scheme it needs to clearly define what "medicinal'' cannabis is, University of Otago academics say.

Although Dunedin and Southland hospitals have been busy, the Southern District Health Board says it has been able to deal with all patients during the resident doctors' strike.

Parliaments health select committee has invited Lumsden community representatives to Wellington to explain why maternity services in the Southland town should not be changed.