YMCA South, Active Southland and Inclusive Activity Murihiku are teaming up on a two-year initiative that will have a long-term impact for Southland children and young people with disabilities. The project has been supported by Sport New Zealand’s Disability Inclusion Fund and is designed to suppor
Three local organisations are working together to raise awareness and celebrate neurodiversity in our Southland community. Learning Differences Aotearoa Trust, Autism NZ Southland Branch and Parent to Parent are excited to be working with the Invercargill Public Library to hold a range of activities
Long term post-concussion syndrome is mostly avoidable, it has devastating effects for those suffering, and one Southland businesswomen has decided enough is enough. An innovative free event, Baseline, which has the ambitious goal to test New Zealand and to stamp out long-term post-concussion syndro
A passionate group of Southland health professionals have decided to spend their Friday lunch breaks on Hospital corner – to raise awareness about fair pay and equal treatment in the workplace. There would be many more enjoying a picnic on Kew Road, except they often don’t get a lunch break, and he
Want to know more about how you can live a healthier, more balanced lifestyle? A new collaboration between the YMCA and Active Southland’s Active Lifestyles team has created a four-week programme aimed at helping people do exactly that. Called Your Wellness Your Way, the collaboration pairs physical
Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says she believes the Southern District Health Board is using its new orthopaedic outpatient programme as a way to hide the huge numbers of Southland people needing surgery. “As part of the orthopaedic programme physiotherapists are running outreach clinics to reduce t
The Ministry of Health has indicated that the coroner and other agencies are investigating more recent deaths following vaccination, after an autopsy report confirmed Myocarditis in a 26-year-old Dunedin man. Social media has been rife for weeks with information regarding Rory Nairn’s death from Myo
With new community cases of COVID-19 in Auckland, Southern DHB’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr Michael Butchard is reminding Southerners to get tested if they have any cold or flu symptoms. “While there is no information indicating an increased risk in our region from the Auckland cases, it is an im
