Residents of Dunedin and the South listen to speakers during the Octagon rally which followed the giant march up George St on Saturday, protesting the government’s savage cuts to Dunedin’s new hospital build. PHOTO: BRENDA HARWOOD
Protesters hold up signs opposing the government’s proposed cuts to the new Dunedin hospital project during the Octagon rally on Saturday. PHOTO: BRENDA HARWOOD
Former health board chairman, city councillor, clinical psychologist and neurosurgery campaigner Richard Thomson. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON
Former minister of health Pete Hodgson. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON
Retired head of the Dunedin Emergency Department Dr John Chambers. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON
Dunedin mayor Jules Radich and Dunedin city councillors lead a march on Saturday along George St to the Octagon, before key speakers addressed the crowd. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON
Dunedin City Mayor Jules Radich. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON
New Zealand Nurses Organisation Dunedin delegate Linda Smillie. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON
Former Te Ao Māori officer for Te Oranga ki Ōtākou / Māori Medical Students Association Piri Tohu-Hapati. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON
Clinical transformation group chairwoman Dr Sheila Barnett. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON
Photos by Brenda Harwood and Simon Henderson
