Anti-stadium group to meet Rodney Hide

Local Government Minister Rodney Hide is to meet Stop the Stadium representatives when he visits Dunedin in two weeks but no-one is saying what topics are on the agenda.

Mr Hide will meet Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin and other Dunedin City Council representatives early on June 17 before meeting the anti-stadium people.

Stop the Stadium president Bev Butler said the June 17 meeting was private and she would not reveal agenda topics, except to say they related to the stadium.

Asked if it was too late for Mr Hide to do anything to stop the building of the Forsyth Barr Stadium, Ms Butler said it could still be stopped.

"We haven't given up. It is not built until it is built."

Mr Hide will visit Dunedin as part of his programme of meeting as many local authorities as possible.

On the previous day, he will meet council representatives in Invercargill and Gore.