Dunedin Hospital Rebuild

Broken toilets, sinks and lights are a regular nightmare on the largest ward of the creaking Dunedin Hospital, medical staff say.

Public servants have advised ministers a long-promised new inpatient building for Dunedin hospital should get built rather than refurbishing the old one, the Otago Daily Times has learned.

Plans for the new Dunedin hospital project are now in the hands of the government ministers.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon remained quiet yesterday on when his government would make a decision around the new Dunedin hospital.

Health New Zealand officials are not ruling out cutting some specialist services from Dunedin and moving them to Christchurch, as the city awaits the fate of the new Dunedin hospital.

Health Minister Shane Reti has batted away suggestions the new Dunedin hospital’s outpatients building could be sold.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has promised his party will build the new Dunedin hospital to its pre-election campaign specifications if elected in 2026.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has pledged to complete the new Dunedin hospital if his party is elected in 2026. 

Clinicians warned officials about the dangers of scaling down the new Dunedin hospital project just two days before the government announced cutbacks, the Otago Daily Times can reveal.

A former boss of the delayed new Dunedin hospital build has spoken out against repeated leadership changes, saying the tactic doesn’t make sense.

The government has been accused of rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic after another shake-up of the new Dunedin hospital build’s leadership.

Dunedin residents should encourage Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters to push for a suitable hospital in the city, a councillor says.

Pete Hodgson responds to developer Russell Lund’s article in favour of refurbishing the Ward Block.

A leak in Dunedin’s ageing hospital caused a partial ceiling collapse yesterday and left water streaming into a room where sterile surgery equipment is stored.

Wānaka residents turned out in force yesterday to have their say on the Southern Regional Hospital build.

New piles arrived on the new Dunedin hospital site yesterday, despite the government saying it might not even build a hospital there.