The government with all the answers to bungling on the Dunedin hospital rebuild remains unconvincing. The situation was so dire, they said, work had to be paused on the inpatient building while they reconsidered the project’s scope. The Treasury figure is made up of $1.614 billion for the inpatient building and $440 million for the outpatient one due to open later this year. Even more concerning last week was our reporting of the HNZ report which highlighted the paucity of planning around how the new outpatient building is going to work. Both of the new buildings should have opened around the same time, but the delays mean there will be a lag of about five years until the inpatient building opens in 2031.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 08, 2026 21:37 UTC