The Dunedin Hospital. According to health board chief executive Chris Fleming the spending is essential. The Waikato District Health Board is now rife with allegations of overspending and a lack of oversight. Dunedin Hospital is not keeping up with its surgery demands and Mr Fleming wants to avoid straight outsourcing where possible. National did not cut health funding, but it did not put in as much as other political parties and lobbyists demanded.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 25, 2017 16:18 UTC