27 Sep 2024

Minister for Infrastructure speaks on Dunedin Hospital rebuild freeze

From Checkpoint, 5:15 pm on 27 September 2024

Waitaki mayor Gary Kircher said the discontent over the freeze on the Dunedin Hospital rebuild is "a pig's breakfast." He said the south has not been served well and the hospital's needed to deliver the tertiary care that Oamaru hospital isn't resourced for. Tomorrow, thousands are expected to protest over the delay to the project.Yesterday the Government released a report saying Dunedin's new hospital could not be delivered within the current 1.88 billion dollar budget - and it could balloon out to three billion, Minister for Infrastructure Chris Bishop spoke to Lisa Owen.