About 350 adults and children marched through the small town to protest the proposed downgrade of the Lumsden Maternity Centre. Farmers Alastair and Tessa Hamilton, of Lumsden, who took part in the march with their 4-week-old baby Nicholas and have used the centre, were worried about what it meant for their future family. About 350 people marched through Lumsden's streets on Saturday to protest the proposed downgrade of the Lumsden Maternity Centre. The protest route started at the town's community hall in Hill St, went along Garden St and finished at the maternity centre. Farmers Alastair and Tessa Hamilton of Lumsden wanted to see the Lumsden Maternity Centre stay the same.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 18, 2018 15:56 UTC