The new Dunedin Hospital build site. Photo: RNZThe approved budget for the new Dunedin Hospital (NDH) is just over $2 billion, though the government continues to use a figure $174 million less than that. The report gave the 'approved budget' at Dunedin as $1.614b for the inpatients block and $440m for outpatients - $2.054b altogether. A spokesperson for Health Minister Simeon Brown said the project had an "approved total budget" of $1.88b. The hospital project was bedevilled early on by bad oversight, official reviews showed.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 06, 2026 18:18 UTC