Good news for Dunedin:
Labour matches National’s promise of new Dunedin hospital – fully funded by the taxpayer
Last week National leader Bill English visited the city, and pledged to rebuild the facility for $1.4 billlion within 7-10 years.
He said National would look at co-funding the project with the private sector and was greeted at the hospital by protesters, rallying against health care cuts.
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says her party would build a new hospital without using PPP (public private partnership) – and says they would relocate it to the city centre. …
Note that National promised a hospital rebuild in 2014 and it never happened. This time round let’s hope Labour is in a position to deliver! Labour’s pledge to fully fund it is a real point of difference between the two promises. The receptions that they both received is another. While English and Coleman ran away out a back door to escape equal pay protestors, Jacinda Ardern’s reception was – enthusiastic…
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