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The man appointed to run the South Canterbury District Health Board over the next year says his biggest job will be to ensure the $30 million redevelopment of Timaru Hospital stays on track.

"We can protect ourselves and our loved ones from this by sharing and resharing the reliable sources of information such as the IMAC (Immunisation Advisory Centre) website and Unite Against Covid-19 website. We need to encourage people to have questions and to seek answers through these reliable channels.” He said IMAC had been provided a local source of independent, factual information based on scientific research since 1997 and was honest about the benefits and risks of immunisations. �...

John Bisset/Stuff Former South Canterbury District chairman Murray Cleverley is surprised the Government is disestablishing all the district health boards. (File photo) Cleverley, who said other centralised services such as Police worked quite well, was concerned smaller areas such as South Canterbury would become the poor relation as the budget would gravitate to the largest areas. “Over the last 20 years the SCDHB has been effective and efficient, it stayed in the black and has amazing s...

South Canterbury's first Covid vaccinations have been administered.

Operators had shown “resilience” through the rolling lockdowns, Phillips said. “They’re in these industries because they love working with people. “But Government support doesnt kick in for us, or anybody, until a week of restrictions – and some may need that support sooner than a week.’ Phillips implored customers to be patient and respectful of level two guidelines, so operators could continue serving them. “We are just so lucky to be where we are in the country, but our ...

Bejon Haswell/Stuff South Canterbury District Health Board members, staff and Arowhenua Runanga, with junior doctors who stayed at Arowhenua Marae. Six junior doctors were immersed in Māori culture on Monday at the Arowhenua Marae near Temuka to help inform their practice. It is the third year the South Canterbury District Health Board (SCDHB) and Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua have collaborated to introduce the doctors fresh out of university to the Māori community and its culture. On Monday nigh...

The simple announcement of a show for children sparked two petitions, a series of articles and plenty of community comment that stretched nearly two months, Doug Sail discovered when he reviewed the news that made headlines in August 2020 as part of our series looking back on the year that was. A Timaru woman launched a petition calling on the town’s library to cancel an event which would have seen a drag queen duo address children on diversity. Taranaki-based drag queens Erika and Coco Fla...

John Bisset/Stuff One of the few big fireworks that worked during the Caroline Bay New Year display early on New Years Day 2020. The year began with a fizzer in South Canterbury but it was not Coronavirus/Covid-19 related writes Doug Sail in the first of our series looking back on the year that was – one in which our world changed dramatically. 2020 was just minutes old when thousands gathered at Caroline Bay in Timaru were unknowingly given an early insight of a year ahead which would be fu...