Dunedin Hospital Rebuild

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Hospital costs could rise $10m per quarter: economist

The announced truncation of the proposal to build the new hospital in Dunedin was not supported...

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Hospital costs could rise $10m per quarter: economist

Costs could rise by $10 million every three months while the new Dunedin hospital project languishes, an economist warns.

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Govt denies budget blowout exaggerated

Piles are driven on the site of the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building. The hospital’s new...

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Govt denies budget blowout exaggerated

The government is rejecting suggestions it has exaggerated budget blowouts for building a new hospital in Dunedin or that the prime minister’s mathematics is suspect.

‘We had water in the recovery area’

Last week’s rain event was only the latest example of Dunedin Hospital leaking. Photo: supplied

‘We had water in the recovery area’

Water was coursing down walls over medical equipment while patients recovered from surgery as Dunedin Hospital once again failed to cope with heavy rain, an appalled senior doctor says.

'Clowns': inside the tangled Dunedin hospital project

Hundreds of piles, on the old Cadbury factory site, await their fate while Dunedin people fume....

'Clowns': inside the tangled Dunedin hospital project

Incompetence, infighting and unnecessary delays. Mary Williams uncovers the inside story of how the mega-build of Dunedin's new hospital became a tangled mess.

Old ambo joins bid to save hospital

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich airs out his "They Save We Pay" campaign T-shirt with the ambulance...

Old ambo joins bid to save hospital

If it's a health emergency, you need an ambulance.

Pathology should not be main focus: call

The Grim Reaper took to the streets by the new Dunedin hospital site yesterday to protest...

Pathology should not be main focus: call

The government needs to stop using a pathology building as a "smokescreen" and get on with building a new regional hospital inpatient building in Dunedin as promised, an insider says.

Contractor decision far away: Govt

Contractor decision far away: Govt

The government is tight-lipped over the status of the prospective lead contractor for the new Dunedin hospital project.

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Opinion: How new hospital options stack up

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Opinion: New hospital project: how options stack up

Michael Hundleby was until 2018 the senior Ministry of Health official responsible for the Dunedin hospital project.

District’s healthcare focus, not hospital

District’s healthcare focus, not hospital

The Queenstown Lakes mayor says he remains focused on healthcare in his own backyard but understands angst caused by recent announcements regarding the new Dunedin hospital.

'Creeping privatisation' fears over hospital

Health Minister Dr Shane Reti. File photo: Gregor Richardson

Govt ‘open to exploring alternative funding’

Fears over the 'creeping privatisation' of health have emerged after the government confirmed public-private partnerships were on the table for big projects like the new Dunedin hospital.

Why does Dunedin Hospital cost so much?

Health Minister Dr Shane Reti (right) at the site of the new Dunedin hospital build. PHOTO: RNZ

Why does Dunedin Hospital cost so much?

Problems with Dunedin Hospital highlight that New Zealand needs to develop a more mature approach to large, important projects, Infrastructure NZ says.

Hospital campaign shifts to postcard blitz

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich hands a Save Dunedin Hospital postcard to a former Dunedin resident of...

Hospital campaign shifts to postcard blitz

The focus of the They Save We Pay - Hospital Cuts Hurt campaign has now shifted to flooding government ministers with postcards "urging them to do the right thing", Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says.

Claim of efforts to cut costs - service chops ‘last resort’

Waitaki District Mayor Gary Kircher. PHOTO: ARCHIVE

Claim of efforts to cut costs - service chops ‘last resort’

Health NZ will spend the next three to four weeks frantically trying to bring down the cost of the new Dunedin hospital while avoiding clinical cuts, the ODT has been told.

Penny-pinching today will cost us tomorrow

Thousands of people marched down Dunedin’s George St on Saturday to protest hospital cuts. Photo:...

Penny-pinching today will cost us tomorrow

An open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Dunedin Hospital and the future of healthcare from Sir Ian Taylor.

Southland leaders voice frustration over decision

Rob Scott is the new Southland District Council Mayor.

Southland leaders voice frustration over decision

Southland leaders are joining the chorus and showing their frustration at the government’s decision on the Dunedin Hospital project.

'We're getting told porkies'

Thousands marched in Dunedin on Saturday to protest news that the currently-under way Dunedin...

Hospital build: Mayors assured a fortnight ago, says Cadogan

Clutha mayor Bryan Cadogan says as recently as two weeks ago the Otago Mayoral Forum was being "given the assurances that the promises would be kept" on the Dunedin Hospital project.

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Final hospital design was ‘balanced’

A young protester makes her point during the march on Saturday protesting cuts to the new Dunedin...

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Final hospital design was ‘balanced’

A clinician who helped lead the design for the new Dunedin hospital is shocked at the government’s proposal to scrap their plan.

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Medical school could ‘disappear’ with cuts

A group of Dunedin doctors and nurses perform CPR on a "patient" (representing Dunedin Hospital)...

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Medical school could ‘disappear’ with cuts

Dunedin's medical school could "disappear" in a decade if cuts to the new hospital go ahead, a senior medical academic says.

Photos: no ordinary protest crowd

Protesters make their thoughts known on the plans to downgrade the new hospital. PHOTO: STEPHEN...

Photos: no ordinary protest crowd

Students, grandparents, doctors, farmers — protesters from all walks of life took to central Dunedin on Saturday.

Retrofitting old hospital unworkable: documents

Previous engineering reports have criticised the idea of retrofitting the ageing Dunedin Hospital...

Retrofitting old hospital unworkable: documents

Retrofitting the asbestos-ridden Dunedin Hospital was dismissed by engineers as unworkable and more expensive than starting from scratch, documents show.

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