Dunedin Hospital Rebuild

More than 200 car parks have been cut from the new Dunedin hospital, while separate plans for a multi-storey parking building appear to have stagnated.

The Government’s decision to launch a lengthy cost-cutting exercise for the new Dunedin hospital is expected to cost it $27 million in consultancy fees and rising costs.

Government ministers were alarmed at the unexpected extent of the redesign work needed to slice $90 million from the new Dunedin hospital just 10 weeks before announcing the cuts last December.

The Dunedin City Council is reducing activity on its "They Save We Pay" campaign against cuts to the new Dunedin hospital, Mayor Jules Radich says.

Dunedin Labour list MP Rachel Brooking has come under fire for trying to have it both ways in her approach to the new Dunedin hospital.

Dunedin's mayor is pursuing a meeting with Minister of Finance Grant Robertson to discuss cuts to the planned new hospital in the city.

Dunedin's planned interprofessional learning centre (ILC) could run into more funding struggles, as the Government looks into third-party financing for the project.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is confident the new Dunedin hospital will be a fine facility.