Mike Sanford

A state-of-the-art manikin and a multi-service team of medical professionals are proving invaluable in Southern DHB’s fight against COVID-19. Led by Southern DHB Emergency Department consultant and Otago Clinical Skills Laboratories Director Dr Ohad Dar and Otago Clinical Skills Laboratories Clinica

Drummond woman Jessica Goodwright has been announced as one of four Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) finalists for the 2020 DWN Regional Leader of the Year Award. Jessica is the Dairy Women’s Network Regional Leader for Central Southland, and also farms in equity partnership with another dairy farm in So

Intensive care units at Dunedin and Invercargill hospitals would have been overwhelmed before the end of this month if the worst-case scenario for Covid-19 had played out. And their wards would have been maxed out soon after, according to new modelling figures released by the Southern District Healt

Cabinet has approved the fast tracking of large shovel ready projects, largely by-passing the Resource Management Act. The announcement this morning, from Environment Minister David Parker, comes as the government continues to identify projects which could be begin sooner with a large injection of p

Five years after releasing his debut disc Long Time Coming, Invercargill singer-songwriter John Pringle has dropped his follow-up EP, Another Day. It’s a gorgeously engaging musical statement at a time when the world is recoiling from the turmoil of global health shock. If John was hoping to provide

Even if New Zealanders vote to legalise cannabis in this year’s planned referendum, they will not be allowed to purchase edible products right away. The final legislation – to be considered by the public – has been published this morning and outlines a phased approach to making the drug legal. Only

In a statement, the Ministry said the two cases announced today are linked to the St Margaret’s Hospital and Rest Home cluster in Auckland. Both cases are housedhold contacts of an employee at the rest home, the Ministry said. The total of confirmed and probable cases is 1,487, while the number of c

There are six new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand and one further death today, while two clusters have also closed today. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were six new cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable cases to 1485. Two of the new cases a