7:50 am today

Cliff the Ambulance hits the road

From Saturday Morning, 7:50 am today
Dunedin mayor Jules Radich in the Dunedin City Council's new campaign ambulance, named Cliff.

Dunedin mayor Jules Radich in the Dunedin City Council's new campaign ambulance, named Cliff. Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton

A campaign is starting this morning to push for the fit-for-purpose hospital in Dunedin that the government had promised.

Mayor Jules Radich says the hospital project is vital to the whole Southern region.

The city council has dubbed a new awareness-raising campaign "Ambulance Cliff" as a reminder of what local communities want to avoid.

The ambulance, called Cliff, will travel through the lower South Island to spread the campaign's message , with Wellington as its final destination.

Mayor Radich spoke to Mihi and Susie.