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Hospital plans 'worst decision possible' for elderly - specialist

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and consultant psychogeriatrician Yoram Barak says the proposal...

Hospital plans 'worst decision possible' for elderly - specialist

The government is being unrealistic and ignoring the needs of an ageing population by cutting psychogeriatric beds by 50%, an associate professor of psychiatry says.

Pacific Cultures Gallery to be closed for a refresh

Tūhura Otago Museum Pasifika engagement co-ordinators Leota Meredith and Jonika Edgecombe prepare...

Pacific Cultures Gallery to be closed for a refresh

For about 60 years, Tūhura Otago Museum's Pacific Cultures Gallery has been the "go-to" place to learn about island life down under.

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Rates rises exceeding 10% mooted after debt increased

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Rates rises exceeding 10% mooted after debt increased

Councillors have pushed projected rates rises in Dunedin above 10%.

Police step in as protesters block Brown

Police force protesters back as Health Minister Simeon Brown leaves the Hospital Project...

Police step in as protesters block Health Minister

Police were required to clear the way for Health Minister Simeon Brown to exit the building following his announcement on the new Dunedin hospital this morning.

Hospital a 'big win' for South: Mayor

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich speaks after this morning’s announcement on the new hospital. Photo:...

Mayor hails southerners' efforts after hospital 'big win'

The people of the South deserve ‘‘a great pat on the back’’ for forcing the government to listen to its demands for a new hospital, Mayor Jules Radich says.

Members disappointed Town Belt programme stopped

Members of the Logan Park High School Town Belt Kaitiaki team (from left) Anya McKinney, Felix...

Members disappointed Town Belt programme stopped

A group of Dunedin students are disappointed an educational environmental programme has gone into hibernation due to a lack of funding.

'Good announcement' on way for hospital

Labour's Ingrid Leary questions if the Suicide Prevention Office is really staying open when it...

Hospital decision expected

Labour's Taieri MP Ingrid Leary is expecting a "good announcement" regarding the new Dunedin hospital from Health Minister Simeon Brown today.

Sunflowers bloom as cancer found gone

Riversdale mother Jenna Waite takes a picture of her three sons (from left) Bayden, 10, Reid, 7,...

Sunflowers bloom as cancer found gone

As 120,000 sunflowers planted in Susanne Volkers' honour started to bloom, she found out her brain cancer was gone.

Govt targets date for scaled-back hospital

Dunedin will get a new hospital, now expected to open in 2031, but the government's cutback plan means it will have fewer beds on opening than previously planned.

Cancer patient calls for a fair decision by govt

A cancer patient who spent months in Dunedin Hospital says staff were great but the hospital was not.

Teenager hit in head with hammer

Teenager hit in head with hammer

A teenager is in Dunedin Hospital after being hit in the head with a hammer following an alleged road rage incident in Mornington.

Proposal to charge international visitors entry fees

Proposal to charge international visitors entry fees

Dunedin should not be giving away its history to international visitors for free, a councillor says.

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Overnight patrol seeking volunteers

North Dunedin community patrol volunteer Murray Randall and chairman Vince Jones discuss the need...

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Overnight patrol seeking volunteers

A group of North Dunedin volunteers are some of the very few who have a stamp of approval from police to slink around at night looking for trouble.

Women allegedly violated during tramp

A jury is deciding whether or not a man groped a sleeping woman and forcefully violated another while on a tramping trip.

Fast ice thickness trends focus of study

Fast ice researcher Maren Richter on the fast ice next to a measurement site from which a core...

Fast ice thickness trends focus of study

An analysis of more than 30 years of data on the thickness of landfast sea-ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound has revealed climate change does not yet appear to be having an effect on its thickness.

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Council looking at steps to stop avian botulism outbreaks

800 molting paradise shelduck on this Central Otago irrigation dam. PHOTO: BRUCE QUIREY, OTAGO...

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Council looking at steps to stop avian botulism outbreaks

Steps to prevent another outbreak of avian botulism at an Otago wastewater treatment plant could involve discouraging birds from moulting on the property.

Medical school looking for volunteers to meet students

Medical school looking for volunteers to meet students

If you have a long-term medical condition and you want to give back to the medical profession for all the help and support practitioners have given, the Otago Medical School needs you.