1 May 2023

Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 1 May 2023
St George's Hospital, Christchurch.

St George's Hospital, Christchurch. Photo: Google Maps

Newsroom's South Island correspondent David Williams joins Kathryn to talk about protests over the closure of St George's Hospital maternity unit, as the Canterbury region is plagued by bad headlines about the state of its health services. Meanwhile morale is still "very low" at the Christchurch City Council according to a staff survey and there's been a number of resignations at Lyttleton Port.

David Williams is a South Island reporter for Newsroom 

Get the RNZ app

for easy access to all your favourite programmes

Subscribe to Nine To Noon

Podcast (MP3) Oggcast (Vorbis)