The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today. Speakers: Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health. A livestream of the update will be available on this page later today. Live Updates: There are no new cases of Covid-19 today, but one probable case h

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

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