There’s no doubt that the past couple of years have been tough for Southlanders. From postponed weddings, to funerals where the numbers were limited, cancelled school and community events and business owners under financial pressure. Local people have done the right thing for a long time – but I now
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
Labour’s Invercargill MP Liz Craig needs to reflect on who she’s representing in Parliament as she blocks a briefing into Government mental health funding, in her role as chair of the Health Select Committee, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “As Health Select Committee chair this was Dr Craig’s
Labour’s Invercargill MP Liz Craig needs to reflect on who she’s representing in Parliament as she blocks a briefing into Government mental health funding, in her role as chair of the Health Select Committee, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “As Health Select Committee chair this was Dr Craig’s
There’s no doubt that the past couple of years have been tough for Southlanders. From postponed weddings, to funerals where the numbers were limited, cancelled school and community events and business owners under financial pressure. Local people have done the right thing for a long time – but I now
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
It’s frightening that in the middle of a pandemic we are facing a nursing shortage in Southland. Actually there are huge nurse shortages right across the country. Data recently released to the National Party shows that there are currently 2200 vacant nursing positions around New Zealand – including
It’s 2022 – let’s hope this year brings us better things. Over the past 18 months, Southland’s economy has been hammered by Covid-19. Businesses have suffered and events have been cancelled. The closure of the border slashed $20 billion from NZ’s economy almost overnight with the loss of internation
Sometimes I think I’ve woken up and found myself transported into the movie Groundhog Day. The years and the decades roll by, and as they do, new generations of young journalists are hatched and raised, until they are big enough to crane their heads above the edge of the nest, seeing for the first t
On April 9th Airways announced on its website that it was “considering withdrawing air traffic services at seven regional aerodromes”, Invercargill being one. This went largely unreported as it quietly slipped under the radar with stories of Covid-19 swamping the main-stream media. It wasn’t till Ap
Opinion: While all non-essential workers are at home, trying to keep busy around the house, many of us are left wondering what effects Covid-19 is going to have on the local housing market. Whether your livelihood is directly involved with the property market, like ours. Or indirectly like many; you
