16 Aug 2025
After years of uncertainty, pathology services could find a home in the new Dunedin hospital, the Otago Daily Times understands.
08 Aug 2025
An omission from the original Dunedin hospital plans needs to be put right, Terry Taylor writes.
07 Aug 2025
The government has cancelled a tender for work on the foundations of Dunedin’s new hospital due to "substantive" design changes.
12 Jul 2025
A fast-rising bureaucrat brought in to helm the government’s reset of the new Dunedin hospital project has been dumped from the inpatient build, the Otago Daily Times understands.
04 Jul 2025
The government has been accused of reheating old announcements as the health minister was on site yesterday at the new Dunedin hospital.
03 Jul 2025
Another day and another visit by a health minister to the site of the new Dunedin Hospital.
03 Jul 2025
Health Minister Simeon Brown confirms work is back underway on Dunedin's new hospital inpatient building, after years of delays and controversy.
03 Jul 2025
Construction on a new hospital in Dunedin is resuming after the project was paused last year amid a series of challenges and public backlash.
03 Jul 2025
A six-month job capping piles and pouring concrete will kick off the resumption of work this month on the new Dunedin Hospital inpatient building.
03 Jul 2025
Work has restarted on Dunedin’s new $1.88 billion hospital, after a series of delays and public backlash.
03 Jul 2025
Australian construction giant CPB is set to build the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building after years of fraught negotiations and government dithering.
02 Jul 2025
Evan Davies might be just what the new Dunedin hospital project needs, Pete Hodgson writes.
02 Jul 2025
Planned changes to Dunedin’s one-way system ahead of the new hospital build include a Barnes Dance crossing and a pair of traffic light-controlled pedestrian crossings.
28 Jun 2025
After years of delay, the government is finally edging closer to a contract with an Australian construction giant to build the new Dunedin hospital, the ODT understands.
23 Jun 2025
The government bungled the opportunity to crack on with the new Dunedin hospital’s in-patient building last year by blowing up contract negotiations in sight of the finish line, sources say.
20 Jun 2025
The high-powered troubleshooter brought in to fix Dunedin’s plagued hospital build previously quit the project because he was too busy with his day job.
19 Jun 2025
A corporate troubleshooter is being paid $2500 a day to lead the new Dunedin hospital’s build due to ministerial claims the project could drag down Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (HNZ) without his leadership.
14 Jun 2025
Contractors from Christchurch-based construction company Ceres work on the site of the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building on Thursday.
03 Jun 2025
Slashing the number of birthing rooms by 40% at the new Dunedin hospital is worrying midwives, concerned there may not be enough beds for expectant mothers.
29 May 2025
Slashing the number of birthing rooms by 40% at the new Dunedin hospital is worrying midwives, concerned there may not be enough beds for expectant mothers.
27 May 2025
One of the former leaders of the new Dunedin hospital project is worried the protracted negotiations will convince the lead contractor to "walk away", resulting in the project’s costs spiralling out of control.
24 May 2025
A lawyer at CPB Contractors, the Australian construction giant set to build the new Dunedin hospital, has gone public to slam the government’s "disastrous" approach to contracting major infrastructure projects.
24 May 2025
Cutting rehabilitation beds in the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building by more than half could have drastic consequences for the ageing population, the leader of the nurses’ union says.
23 May 2025
The configuration of the new Dunedin Hospital, one of the country’s largest infrastructure projects, has been confirmed.
23 May 2025
Health New Zealand has finally revealed the full scale of cuts to the new Dunedin Hospital, which include cutting the number of rehabilitation beds in half.
14 May 2025
Is this the first sign of life from the previously abandoned new Dunedin hospital project's inpatient building?
10 May 2025
Contractors tendering for work on the new Dunedin hospital build have been warned about "significant" cuts.
06 May 2025
"Discord" among doctors and the community about the Dunedin Hospital cut-backs are regarded as an "extreme" risk by health authorities.
04 May 2025
The Labour Party says Dunedin locals are concerned and fearful after further reported bed number cuts for the city's new hospital.
03 May 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday defended progress on the new Dunedin hospital project, despite rising clinician concern about possible cuts to planned beds in the facility.
03 May 2025
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has heard the chorus of concern about planned cuts to the new Dunedin hospital, but will not be reigniting protest action.
01 May 2025
It is hard to take Health Minister Simeon Brown seriously when he claims the new Dunedin Hospital is not losing intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
01 May 2025
It is hard to take Health Minister Simeon Brown seriously when he claims the new Dunedin Hospital is not losing intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
30 Apr 2025
Health Minister Simeon Brown has been accused of being "disingenuous" and "doubling down" after claiming the new Dunedin hospital was not losing intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
29 Apr 2025
A former health chief said cutting the number of intensive care beds planned for the new Dunedin Hospital is taking chances with the region's health.
17 Apr 2025
News that work on the new Dunedin hospital’s inpatients building is about to start is "overdue" and won’t make up for months of delays, a former project leader says.
16 Apr 2025
Following months of delays and public backlash, work on the new Dunedin hospital’s inpatient building will resume mid-year.
16 Apr 2025
Wakari hospital is to be redeveloped and work is about to get underway on the foundations of the new Dunedin hospital, the government announced this morning.
04 Apr 2025
The scaled-back new Dunedin hospital will lead to longer emergency department wait times, health officials warned.
04 Apr 2025
The costs of protecting a Dunedin Hospital building outweigh any benefits a heritage listing would bring, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (HNZ) has told the city council.
01 Apr 2025
Mac Gardner berates both parties over their failures in getting the new hospital up and running.
29 Mar 2025
A public-private partnership for the new Dunedin hospital remains in play after the government refused to rule it out.
27 Mar 2025
The Dunedin hospital rebuild should be the opportunity for the government to shine.
21 Mar 2025
Almost a quarter of the new Dunedin hospital’s budget has been spent before work on the main building even gets off the ground, the Otago Daily Times can now reveal.
21 Mar 2025
Dunedin's mayor says he's frustrated the building of Dunedin's new hospital has progressed slowly despite figures showing almost a quarter of the budget has already been spent.
08 Mar 2025
A revamp at Health New Zealand could help prevent debacles such as the problem-plagued new Dunedin hospital project from happening again, a leading health advocate says.
01 Mar 2025
The outpatient building of the new Dunedin Hospital is facing significant delays which risk blowing the budget, Treasury is warning.
27 Feb 2025
Access to timely, quality healthcare is essential for Southlanders, and the Government remains committed to meeting these needs.
27 Feb 2025
It’s a relief for all residents of Dunedin, and indeed the wider South, to finally have a decision on the final scope of the new Dunedin Hospital.
21 Feb 2025
Work is continuing on the concrete structure in front of the new Dunedin hospital’s inpatient building.
21 Feb 2025
There are serious concerns about the earthquake-resistant status of the new Dunedin hospital project, a city councillor warns
21 Feb 2025
In 2023 National promised growth; the growth of the Dunedin hospital. But a year later there was a major backtrack.
12 Feb 2025
The cost of keeping Dunedin's ageing hospital running spiralled to $3.5 million last year amid concerns it will fall apart before the new one opens.
12 Feb 2025
Complacency cannot be allowed to creep in when it comes to ensuring a suitable hospital is built in Dunedin, city councillors have declared.
04 Feb 2025
The senior doctors' union is frustrated the government won't say which departments at Dunedin Hospital will have fewer beds under the new plan, unveiled last week. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Sarah Dalton spoke to Charlotte Cook.
03 Feb 2025
Dunedin's pathologists feel they have been "once again ... left in the lurch" after the government’s announcement about the new hospital failed to provide answers for the department, a leading clinician says.
03 Feb 2025
Health Minister Simeon Brown came to Dunedin on Friday to announce the fate of the new Dunedin hospital project. This is a lightly edited version of what he announced.
01 Feb 2025
Southerners, pat yourselves on the back. You have been heard. That is worth celebrating and comes as a victory of sorts.
01 Feb 2025
The new Dunedin hospital will meet the needs of the South and is the "best we could have hoped for", the leading clinician on the project says.
01 Feb 2025
Dunedin marched and the government listened in what was a "big win" for the region, the city’s Mayor, Jules Radich, says.
01 Feb 2025
The Dunedin hospital inpatient building is going ahead and there will be activity on site by the middle of this year, the government has announced.
01 Feb 2025
Health Minister Simeon Brown’s main talking point yesterday - and you know it was his main talking point because he said it about a dozen times - was the government had listened to the people of the South and decided to go ahead with the new Dunedin hospital project.
31 Jan 2025
Analysis: When considering calamity, the rule of thumb is to favour mismanagement over conspiracy.
31 Jan 2025
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.
31 Jan 2025
Health Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed the new inpatient building for Dunedin Hospital will be built on the site of the former Cadbury factory.
31 Jan 2025
The government announced in September that the Dunedin Hospital project would need to be scaled back or done in stages, because the cost was predicted to balloon to 3 billion dollars which it said at the time was unaffordable. But after months of heated community protests and a lot of criticism, newly appointed Health Minister Simeon Brown said the government has listened and the revised hospital build will go ahead at the old Cadbury factory site, the same site the government had previously said was unsuitable. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and consultant in Geriatric Mental Health at Dunedin hospital, Dr Yoram Barak spoke to Lisa Owen.
31 Jan 2025
Simeon Brown has confirmed plans for Dunedin's new hospital, unveiling details of the project, which will cost 1.88 billion dollars to complete.
31 Jan 2025
The government is being unrealistic and ignoring the needs of an ageing population, an associate professor of psychiatry says.
31 Jan 2025
The government's freshly announced plans for the Dunedin Hospital shows the rebuild will initially have fewer beds than the current hospital. Reporter Delphine Herbert spoke to Charlotte Cook.
31 Jan 2025
"We have listened," this said by newly minted Health Minister, Simeon Brown as he unveiled the government's revised plans for Dunedin's new hospital. The rebuild was paused last year after a report estimated costs could climb to 3 billion dollars; the government's budget is about 1.9 million dollars. The move outraged many locals, and hospital specialists. Today, the government confirmed the build will go ahead at the Cadbury Factory site - despite its criticism of the site. Blake Lepper, the Head of Infrastructure Delivery at Health New Zealand spoke to Lisa Owen.
31 Jan 2025
Dunedin will get a new hospital on the Cadbury site, but the government's cutback plan means it will have fewer beds on opening than previously planned.
31 Jan 2025
The government announced in September that the Dunedin Hospital project would need to be scaled back or done in stages, because the cost was predicted to balloon to 3 billion dollars which it said at the time was unaffordable. But after months of heated community protests and a lot of criticism, newly appointed Health Minister Simeon Brown said the government has listened and the revised hospital build will go ahead at the old Cadbury factory site, the same site the government had previously said was unsuitable. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and consultant in Geriatric Mental Health at Dunedin hospital, Dr Yoram Barak spoke to Lisa Owen.
31 Jan 2025
The health minister was confronted on Friday by noisy protesters after his announcement about the new Dunedin Hospital, with one protester hitting his car with their placard.
27 Jan 2025
In a continuing series on the importance of Dunedin Hospital, Jo Millar pays tribute to its staff.
24 Jan 2025
Contractors working on the new Dunedin hospital have been given an indication that the Cadbury site will be built on.
22 Jan 2025
The new Dunedin hospital project "remains important", the government’s new advocate for the South Island says.
21 Jan 2025
The minister in charge of overseeing the new Dunedin hospital project has declined to speak to the Otago Daily Times.
21 Jan 2025
Amid reports of leaky operating theatres, millions have been left unspent keeping the lights on at Dunedin’s ageing hospital, making it New Zealand’s most delayed major health project.
17 Jan 2025
In the second of a three-part series, Pete Hodgson argues that the new Dunedin hospital project needs a culture change.
16 Jan 2025
In the first of a three-part series, Pete Hodgson asks what can be learnt from the new Dunedin hospital debacle?
15 Jan 2025
Build the new southern hospital once and build it right, Jules Radich writes.
13 Jan 2025
Southerners with Christmas carol tunes still on the brain might be tempted to burst into some angry choruses of "Why are we waiting" this month.
11 Jan 2025
The government has been accused of a "blatant disregard for transparency" as unanswered questions continue to mount while the South waits for a decision on the new Dunedin hospital.
10 Jan 2025
In a continuing series on the importance of Dunedin Hospital, Bryan Cadogan writes from personal experience of how vital it is to regional Otago and Southland.
09 Jan 2025
Residents in the lower South Island remain in the dark about the future of the new Dunedin Hospital as costs continue to rise.
07 Jan 2025
We need to stand for more than paring back budgets, Peter Matheson writes.
03 Jan 2025
In the second of a series highlighting the importance of a new Dunedin hospital Sophie Barker writes about how the facility has been a lifesaver for her and her family.
30 Dec 2024
The South deserves nothing less than a tertiary-level teaching hospital, Brigid Loughnan writes.
30 Dec 2024
Dunedin's leaking hospital has been described as "third world" by a Central Otago man who visited his mother there over the holidays.
22 Dec 2024
"Just build the damn hospital." That's one Dunedin nurse's straightforward appeal to the government - rejecting a "mind-boggling" proposal to the existing Dunedin Hospital.
19 Dec 2024
What a terrible year 2024 has been for government decisions affecting Dunedin. The scaling back of the Dunedin Hospital rebuild is appalling and has rightly been met with community outrage.
19 Dec 2024
Presbyterian Support Otago buddy co-ordinator Steph Finnie (left) and team leader Jollene Warrington help Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich unload donations from Cliff the Ambulance.
18 Dec 2024
Consultants for Dunedin’s new hospital project have cost over $121 million, including $86m on a site which features only piles.
17 Dec 2024
Analysis – Health authorities sat on information about the new Dunedin hospital for months as the project spiralled out of control, emails show.
17 Dec 2024
Dunedin city councillors Sophie Barker (left) and Mandy Mayhem rode Cliff the Ambulance through the streets of Sawyers Bay, Port Chalmers and Careys Bay, and then Caversham and Clyde Hill, last night, delivering meals as they went.
16 Dec 2024
The cost of delays to the Dunedin Hospital rebuild had already reached $5 million a month before Te Whatu Ora took over, former health boss Chris Fleming says.
13 Dec 2024
The new Dunedin hospital will be built, as promised, under Labour, Dr Tracey McLellan writes.
13 Dec 2024
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti sets out the government’s case for its management of the new Dunedin hospital project.
13 Dec 2024
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.
10 Dec 2024
Government ministers are remaining tight-lipped over when it will make an announcement about the new Dunedin hospital.