You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image.
0 Comments
![Doctors on the march. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_1679.jpg?itok=pe5rcxYV)
Doctors on the march. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
![A huge crowd gathered outside the Dental School where the march began. PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_2059.jpg?itok=ntdmbXyH)
Protesters gathered outside the Dental School where the march began. PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS
![PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_2060.jpg?itok=ZKsZsNpv)
PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS
![PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_2056.jpg?itok=FQLY8PZO)
PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS
![PHOTO: BRUCE MUNRO](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_20240928_120055.jpg?itok=FwIvxlG9)
PHOTO: BRUCE MUNRO
![PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_2055.jpg?itok=iJK3UsZY)
PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS
![PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_1657.jpg?itok=VXj4FwIm)
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
![These nurses were ready to protest. DEBBIE PORTEOUS](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_2062.jpg?itok=MCNcQbje)
Nurses make their feelings known. PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS
![PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_2063.jpg?itok=W82F-s7K)
PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS
![A packed bus carries protesters. PHOTO: VAUGHAN ELDER](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_pxl_20240927_234002381.jpg?itok=Qb_qcIVI)
Some people with placards had to be left at bus stops in North East Valley because the bus was already full with protesters. PHOTO: VAUGHAN ELDER
![A big crowd took to the streets to protest cuts planned for Dunedin's new hospital. PHOTO:...](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/big_crowd_jaq.jpg?itok=B1EhJrya)
A huge crowd made its way down Dunedin streets. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
![PHOTO: VAUGHAN ELDER](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_pxl_20240928_000056143.jpg?itok=xv5RDDmo)
PHOTO: VAUGHAN ELDER
![Protesters make their way down George St. PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_2064.jpg?itok=LiyRm1Nn)
Protesters along George St. PHOTO: DEBBIE PORTEOUS
![PHOTO: BRUCE MUNRO](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_20240928_122017_0.jpg?itok=v53YFnOF)
PHOTO: BRUCE MUNRO
![PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_1680.jpg?itok=6MEXe9GB)
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
![PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_1683_0.jpg?itok=gzxw6vuG)
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
![The march ended at the Octagon. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_9144.jpg?itok=MYBGZY9u)
The march ended at the Octagon. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER
![PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_1687.jpg?itok=fo3GCQXx)
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
![PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_9146.jpg?itok=7zi-zfHF)
PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER
![PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_9147.jpg?itok=ScDx2j6K)
PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER
![PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_9145.jpg?itok=XAJCnqs4)
PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER
![PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_9150.jpg?itok=js784gzL)
PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER
![An aerial view of the crowd. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_story_slideshow/public/slideshow/node-3178330/2024/09/thumbnail_img_1686.jpg?itok=ekU1PqH6)
An aerial view of the crowd. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
A huge crowd turned out to protest planned cuts to the new Dunedin hospital build announced by the government this week.
The Otago Daily Times captured the mood of the march. Were you there?