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A famous song from 1961 by The Tokens has made Invercargill’s WellSouth team YouTube stars. Making a Covid-19 dance video out of ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ – the community-based assessment centre (CBAC) has proven you can still move in the restrictive PPE gear. Lyrics were written by Helen Ramsay and

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

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

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

The government will now be providing 12-month interest free loans to small businesses impacted by Covid-19. The Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme will provide assistance of up to a $100,000 dollars to firms employing 50 or fewer full time employees. Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the scheme