4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (380+ words) Drastic short-staffing at Southland Hospital in Invercargill is evidence of a "broken and unfair" health system, says Southland's mayor. But the national health body claims a move towards "district-based" decision-making will improve decision-making for the regions. Southland District Mayor Rob…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (727+ words) I have spent a lifetime focusing on the constitutional nuances that shape nations. My interest was partly formed in the United States, where government operates as a devolved pyramid with conflicting sovereignties between states and the federal centre, and shaped…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (737+ words) It may have been a lot closer than anticipated, but Well Written's victory in Saturday's $4 million NZB Kiwi was one for the books. The unbeaten group 1-winning filly was installed a hot favourite in the southern hemisphere's richest race for…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (212+ words) The owls are calling, Orion descends towards the Rock and Pillar Range and the Milky Way arches from horizon to horizon like a pale river. It feels ancient. Intimate. Personal. Yet, these days, the sky above my farmlet is being…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (606+ words) The United States has a long history of interfering in the governance of other states, with disastrous results. In Chile the CIA helped to overthrow the democratically elected Salvador Allende and bring the terrorist dictator Augusto Pinoche to power. In…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (297+ words) The Australian began his role as Southern Football South Canterbury and Waitaki football and futsal development officer earlier this year after serving in a similar position in Southland in 2025. He also spent two decades working for Football South Australia across…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (301+ words) The appeal is a collection of handbags filled with essentials and luxuries for women affected by domestic violence and was established in memory of Grace Millane, a British tourist murdered in New Zealand in 2018. Between Valentine's Day and International Women's…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (890+ words) Like many locals I voted for a new council to have more fiscally adroit members onboard who can see the difference between something more beneficial to a larger majority of residents of Dunedin and something that only caters for a…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (450+ words) The Sending You Happiness Project fundraising gala this month at the Loan and Merc in Oamaru forms part of Endometriosis New Zealand's (ENZ) national awareness month, its founders say. The gala aims to raise vital funds for education programmes while…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1088+ words) Unsung heroines in the community were the focus of the International Women's Day breakfast at Parliament this week. So it is a good time to sing the praises of Dunedin woman Harriet Morison, the unsung heroine of the suffrage campaign....