But as of yesterday, there were 20 pallets of them, sitting in the central courtyard at Dunedin's former prison building, just waiting to be laid. A large crane lifts one of 20 pallets of Spanish roofing slates into the central courtyard of Dunedin’s former prison building. "These slates have been purchased by the trust and come from Spain via a United Kingdom roofing company. "They are the start of our stage 2 project - to complete the re-roofing of the three remaining cell block roofs." He said the trust would now begin fundraising the estimated $450,000 needed to install the slates on the cell blocks.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 24, 2019 16:36 UTC