Southland

A review to be discussed tomorrow has found one Dunedin Hospital ward was regularly understaffed by 20 percent or more during day shifts between July 2018 and October 2020.

New Zealand could become the world's first large-scale producer of green hydrogen if Contact Energy and Meridian Energy's plans pan out.

Southern DHB is today celebrating administering 100,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine across Otago and Southland.

Two crew members onboard the Mattina container ship currently in quarantine in Bluff have tested positive for Covid-19.

Community leaders say there has been scant information about when vulnerable populations in remote areas can expect to have Covid-19 vaccines.

Motorists around Otago and Southland are urged to drive to the conditions with a batch of bad weather on the horizon.

Despite ongoing difficulties with Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt, independent observers say the council has ploughed ahead with its goal of turning dysfunction into results.

An animal welfare advocate expects to visit Southland to monitor winter grazing practices again this year.

All 10,000 tonnes of aluminium dross by-product stored in Mataura's old paper mill has been removed.

The government offered to pay millions of dollars to Rio Tinto just months after promising in the election campaign it would not give a direct subsidy.

The review comes after significant governance issues and will investigate what the council has done to deal with those problems.

One hotelier's bookings for 1 July have gone from being fully booked a week ago, to being under 30 percent booked today.