Serious concerns about aspects of the Southern District Health Board's record-keeping practices have been raised by the country's chief archivist, Marilyn Little. Ms Little found no records relating to the dispute were affected by the earthquakes. In her correspondence with the Ministry of Health, Ms Little took issue with recommendations from ministry chief legal adviser Phil Knipe about ``how I should approach recordkeeping concerns''. Ms Little said while some issues could be addressed informally, ``I consider it entirely appropriate to have raised my concerns with you through a direction to report''. The ministry did not respond when asked why it thought it was appropriate to give Ms Little advice on how to do her job.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 22, 2017 04:23 UTC