Hopes are high Dunedin’s live music scene can be revived with the appointment of a blended band of experienced, young, passionate and knowledgeable people for the DCC's Ōtepoti music advisory panel.
They may have just been named one of the top Sweet Adelines choruses in the world, but Dunedin singer Robyn Abernethy is pretty sure that won’t qualify them to make superstar dressing room demands.
NIWA wanted to acquire competitor MetService because it had a "sound understanding" of the way it operated, a Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment report says.
Health Minister Shane Reti has told senior doctors and dentists he wants to work more closely with the private sector to cut waiting lists - but insists that is not a step towards privatisation.
A review of the Healthy Homes Initiative shows every dollar spent led to five dollars in health savings in the following five years, fewer hospitalisations and less school absenteeism.
Health New Zealand spent $72 million on contractors and consultants for a single IT project, in the lead-up to moving to get rid of over 1000 positions for IT employees.