Delphine Herbert

A leading virologist says she will not be surprised if the Otago bird flu outbreak continues to spread similar to a devastating outbreak in Australia. Audio

A leak has caused a partial ceiling collapse in Dunedin Hospital where sterilisation equipment is stored.

"It doesn't make sense for schools to be selling sickness to kids, in the form of sugary drinks," a dental expert says.

About 1000 people turned up to hear why building the hospital as planned, was important. Audio

Cooling and reheating meat caused the students to become ill.

The father of a student who died at an overcrowded flat party is calling for the alcohol industry to help make Dunedin safer.

More than 100 students fell ill on Sunday night after eating what they described as a "bad chicken souvlaki". Audio

Dunedin's students doubt proposed changes will lower rates of harmful drinking with one saying the culture has got worse.

Pregnant staff in Christchurch Hospital's radiology team have been offered advice after inhaling toxic fumes from a construction site.

Some are moving from motel to motel every few days after being pushed out of their homes.

Christchurch's Port Hill residents are disappointed Fire and Emergency can not say what started the 14 February fire.

Ninety-two percent of the 2019 Wellbeing Budget's $1.9 billion in mental health funding had been spent or committed by 30 June 2023, a new report indicates.

The number of medical registrars working this past weekend was 40 percent of normal.

The vessel is regularly deployed to the Pacific but is currently travelling around NZ training junior officers.

The iReX Project was initially estimated to cost $775m when KiwiRail submitted its business case in 2018.

Te Whata Ora has been unable to recruit more senior doctors to Taupō hospital and the ED there has multiple roster gaps.

A third of Tonga's population has had no internet for more than two weeks, with officials blaming an earthquake.

Diabetes Fiji is calling for immediate action to prevent further tragedies and improve the quality of life for people diagnosed with diabetes. Audio

The Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection says financially sustaining social welfare recipients is not the government's sole responsibility.

The dance company director Sachiko Soro says the performers have been training for more than a year with the help of coaches from Cuba. Audio

A raft of new initiatives to strengthen Papua New Guinea's security, law and justice priorities have been revealed.

The competition is entering its sixth day with softball, volleyball, track and basketball taking place this week.

Hundreds are thought to have been buried in their sleep when it hit Yambali Village in the early hours of 24 May. Audio

A governance professor in Fiji and a former Electoral Commission member says the resignation of the founding members of the country's largest political party in parliament is a "shocker". Audio

Saipan Chamber of Commerce director Ron Smith says a minimum of 12 international flights need to be arriving daily to keep the economy above water.