Dunedin Hospital campaign ready for the road

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich is ready to take the city council’s Dunedin Hospital campaign on the road.

Mayor Radich has borrowed an old ambulance from a friend to use for the They Save We Pay campaign against the government’s proposed downgrade of new hospital plans. 

“It’s fair to say it needs a bit of work – a bit like our current health system – but the plan is to dress it up with some new branding and then hit the road, travelling to centres around the South and maybe even Wellington, to deliver our campaign message in an unmistakable way,” a Dunedin City Council spokesperson said.

 “We need to get cracking, but we also need a name – which is why we’re also today launching a public competition to come up with a clever name for our new ambulance.

 “The competition runs until 11.59pm on Sunday and we’ll announce the winner soon after.

“Anyone can enter by commenting under our Facebook post or emailing us at [email protected] .”

The campaign was launched to oppose the government’s plans to build a new hospital in Dunedin for $1.88 billion instead of the $3 billion, the original plans the government estimates will now cost.

Main image: (Supplied / Dunedin City Council) Mayor Jules Radich with the new They Save We Pay campaign ambulance.