Health minister Simeon Brown announced today that the new Dunedin hospital build would go ahead on the previously-selected former-Cadbury site.
The new plan has fifty-nine fewer beds than originally planned, though the government ensured the finished space would have flexibility to add on facilities to match demand when the hospital opens, which is scheduled for 2031.
Pete Hodgson is the former MP for Dunedin, former minister of health, and was was Chairperson of the Southern Partnership Group providing governance for the New Dunedin Hospital from 2017 until May of 2024.
He joins Emile Donovan.
The project management office for the new Dunedin Hospital. Photo: RNZ / Delphine Herbert
