Healthcare Protests and Community Resilience

This chapter explores the public outcry in response to healthcare access issues in regions such as Dunedin, Reefton, and Westport, particularly focusing on protests against hospital service cuts. Highlighting community discontent, it discusses the overwhelming turnout of 35,000 participants in Dunedin demanding healthcare accountability and government action. The chapter also examines the local media's critical role in the protests and how recent flooding has challenged ongoing coverage of both healthcare concerns and urgent community emergencies.