Hepatitis C Continues to Plague NZers As Govt Fights Losing Battle

Posted 10:38am Sunday 19th March 2017 by Joe Higham

The Otago Hepatitis C Resource Centre is continuing to struggle to survive amid funding issues from central government. The current six-month contracts are doing little to provide financial security to the centre.  Hepatitis C is a disease that is spread through blood-to-blood contact, an Read more...

Movement for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms on Campus Growing

Posted 10:45am Sunday 19th March 2017 by Joel MacManus

The Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has reassigned 165 on-campus gender-neutral bathrooms in an effort to provide more comfortable arrangements for gender diverse students. According to AUT Rainbow Community manager Audrey Hutcheson, the change was made to ensure students safety on campus, Read more...

Otago University Physicists Make Substantial Breakthrough

Posted 10:49am Sunday 19th March 2017 by Joe Higham

A team of six University of Otago physicists have managed to control individual atoms, causing them to appear wherever they want them to. The success was down to seven lasers, with components from compact disc players, and precision mirrors.  Lead Otago researcher Dr Mikkel Andersen says Read more...

Abortion Law Reform Coming to Forefront of Public Debate

Posted 10:52am Sunday 19th March 2017 by Joe Higham

A resurgence of public debate surrounding abortion reform is currently taking place in New Zealand, just as the United Kingdom has signalled its intent to discuss the possibility of decriminalising women who bring about their own abortion. New Zealand women currently have to adhere to strict Read more...

Health in All Things

Posted 10:56am Sunday 19th March 2017 by David Clark

Every New Zealander deserves access to quality  affordable healthcare, but access is not as affordable as it once was. Last year more than 500,000 people reported cost as a major factor preventing them visiting their GP when they were ill. I recently succeeded Labour’s Annette King as Read more...

One Nation Are Growing Despite Weak WA Results

Posted 11:29am Sunday 19th March 2017 by Tyler West

The recent state election in Western Australia (WA) has swept a new Labour government under Mark McGowan to power, ousting two-term Liberal Premier Colin Barnett. As of writing, Labour is resting on 38 seats in the 59-seat legislative assembly, set to rise as high as 41. It’s one of the Read more...

SKY TV Ripping Off Students

Posted 11:30am Sunday 12th March 2017 by Joel MacManus

Under a new policy from Sky TV, students in the North Dunedin area are being offered significantly worse deals than non-students or residents in other suburbs of Dunedin. In 2016, first-time subscribers were offered a package of $39 a month including Sports, Movies, and MySky. The price this year Read more...

Preloading Pressing Issue for Dunedin Police

Posted 11:33am Sunday 12th March 2017 by Anna Linton

Information released under the Official Information Act last week has highlighted the effect pre-drinking is having on Southerners.  The Alco-Link data reveals that the majority of intoxicated offenders are drinking at home before going out, raising questions about the relationship between Read more...

International Women’s Day 2017

Posted 11:39am Sunday 12th March 2017 by Mikade Barns-Graham

Wednesday 8 March marked 2017’s International Women’s Day; a day that has for over 100 years given people a chance to stand up for issues of gender equality.  This year has encouraged a sense of boldness and action as the #BeBoldForChange campaign focused in particular on gender Read more...

Critic Interviews Don Brash

Posted 12:01pm Sunday 12th March 2017 by Joe Higham

Don Brash is the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Leader of the Opposition, from 2003-2006 (National Party), and, for seven months in 2011, led the ACT party. His return to the political sphere comes as one of the two spokespeople for controversial political lobbying group Read more...