Project Whakatuputupu
New Dunedin Hospital

The New Dunedin Hospital will benefit generations of people across the Southern region. The state of the art, fit for purpose facility is currently the largest ever health infrastructure investment in New Zealand.

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Revolutionising healthcare:

Smarter and more efficient

The New Dunedin Hospital will be a modern, efficient and patient-centred teaching hospital. With a five Green Star sustainability rating, the building's design and use of latest technology will mean greater efficiency, including patient flow around the hospital and better access to diagnostics and treatment spaces, reducing unnecessary delays.

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Concept for how the inside of the New Dunedin Hospital Outpatient Building could look

Bed numbers

367

Current

410

New

(22 will be shelled)

Theatres

(includes Endoscopy and Interventional rooms)

17

Current

26

New

(3 will be shelled)

CT, MRI & PET Scanners

5

Current

9

New

(2 will be shelled)

ED beds

31

Current

53

New

23-hour ward

0

Current

20

New

What’s happening onsite?

Outpatient Building

Opening date

2023
2026

Inpatient Building

Opening date

2023
2029

Opens 2026, construction in progress

2023
2026

Stage 1: Outpatient Building

The building will include:

  • Outpatient services
  • Clinic rooms
  • Day Surgery facilities
  • Planned radiology
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Opens 2029, design in progress

2023
2029

Stage 2: Inpatient Building

The building will include:

  • Expanded Emergency Department
  • Operating Theatre Suite and short stay surgical unit
  • Intensive care unit (ICU)
  • Inpatient wards
  • Dedicated Primary Birthing Unit

Our key stakeholders

Te Whatu Ora is responsible for delivering the new hospital. Project Whakatuputupu, the New Dunedin Hospital, is overseen by a Project Steering Group and a Clinical Transformation Group. Otago’s University, Polytechnic, Workforce Central Dunedin and a local Advisory Group are also involved.

Meet the project team

Doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health staff, technicians, orderlies and clinical administrators are all involved in group sessions led by health planners to design the new hospital.

Stay informed about the latest progress of the New Dunedin Hospital by visiting our News & Updates page.

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