Could be 4 weeks before mayors get Dunedin Hospital prognosis

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It could be up to four weeks before a group of southern mayors get the final financial prognosis for the Dunedin Hospital project. At a meeting on Monday Te Whatu Ora told them the numbers are being frantically crunched after the government anounced the project could blow out to 3 billion dollars but must completed within the current budget of about 1.9 billion. That's just two weeks after the Mayors were reassured the Dunedin rebuild was going to plan. Prior to being elected, National campaigned on delivering Dunedin a hospital that would be fit for purpose for generations, not just a patch-up job.Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher was in Monday's meeting and has described the government funding u-turn as a pigs breakfast, he spoke to Lisa Owen.