Health NZ will be weighing up the two options for the new Dunedin Hospital.

An independent review has found the current plan for Dunedin Hospital, is 'probably not achievable' within its current budget of $1.88 billion.

The Government has said it either needs to scale back the project's main building or swap it out in favour of a "staged development" on the old site to keep it within the budget.

Health NZ Head of Infrastructure Delivery Blake Lepper old Mike Hosking costs have been creeping up for some time.

He says after construction began on the main outpatients building, the real costs emerged and they realised they had a problem.

Lepper says this is the problem with greenfields projects, when they were trying to do something a bit different and aspirational.

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<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">Health NZ will be weighing up the two options for the new Dunedin Hospital.
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">An independent review has found the current plan for Dunedin Hospital, is 'probably not achievable' within its current budget of $1.88 billion.
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">The Government has said it either needs to scale back the project's main building or swap it out in favour of a "staged development" on the old site to keep it within the budget.
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">Health NZ Head of Infrastructure Delivery Blake Lepper old Mike Hosking costs have been creeping up for some time.
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">He says after construction began on the main outpatients building, the real costs emerged and they realised they had a problem.
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">Lepper says this is the problem with greenfields projects, when they were trying to do something a bit different and aspirational.
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Blake Lepper: Health NZ Head of Infrastructure Delivery on the review into the current plan for Dunedin Hospital

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 27th of September, David Seymour has plans to prosecute parents who take their kids out of school too much and limit the number of teacher-only days.   

In a world first exclusive since signing his contract, Liam Lawson joined the show as a newly minted official F1 driver. 

Mike got the shock of the week when David Walliams popped into the studio for a surprise interview - and Kate played her role perfectly. 

Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 27th of September, <a href="\&quot;https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/david-seymour-associate-education-minister-on-the-new-truancy-policy-banning-teacher-only-days-during-term-time/\&quot;">David Seymour</a> has plans to prosecute parents who take their kids out of school too much and limit the number of teacher-only days.   
In a world first exclusive since signing his contract, <a href="\&quot;https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/liam-lawson-kiwi-motorsport-driver-on-securing-a-formula-one-racing-set-with-racing-bulls/\&quot;">Liam Lawson</a> joined the show as a newly minted official F1 driver. 
Mike got the shock of the week when <a href="\&quot;https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/david-walliams-comedian-surprises-mike-hosking-in-the-studio/\&quot;">David Walliams</a> popped into the studio for a surprise interview - and Kate played her role perfectly. 
Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. 
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Full Show Podcast: 27 September 2024 

The Associate Education Minister says the Government, schools, parents and students all have a part to play in attendance. 

The Government's instructing schools to have Stepped Attendance Response plans by 2026. 

It comes as students around the country ditch school for the School Strike for Climate today. 

Associate Minister David Seymour told Mike Hosking schools should mark that as an unjustified absence. 

He says for people to keep their living standards and emit less, we need a lot of science, and school's a good place to learn that.

Schools have also been instructed not to take teacher-only days in term time, unless authorised by the Minister. 

Seymour told Hosking the Government has a role in introducing more prosecutions and support for schools. 

He says the point of the STAR system is it sets out that the schools have a role - and they need to take that seriously.

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<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">The Associate Education Minister says the Government, schools, parents and students all have a part to play in attendance. 
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">The Government's instructing schools to have Stepped Attendance Response plans by 2026. 
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">It comes as students around the country ditch school for the School Strike for Climate today. 
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">Associate Minister David Seymour told Mike Hosking schools should mark that as an unjustified absence. 
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">He says for people to keep their living standards and emit less, we need a lot of science,&nbsp;and school's a good place to learn that.
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">Schools have also been instructed not to take teacher-only days in term time, unless authorised by the Minister. 
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">Seymour told Hosking the Government has a role in introducing more prosecutions and support for schools. 
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">He says the point of the STAR system is it sets out that the schools have a role - and they need to take that seriously.
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">LISTEN ABOVE

David Seymour: Associate Education Minister on the new truancy policy, banning teacher-only days during term time

Have a look at the report out in Sydney into their new metro line. 

This is the $21b behemoth that opened a few weeks ago that was going to transform Sydney's public transport. 

It seems, at first report, to be working – and in that is the clue to public transport generally and whether or not it is successful. 

The trouble with transport here, and let's be honest, we are really only talking about a couple of cities i.e. Wellington and Auckland that in theory have systems outside of a few random buses. 

Wellington is famously hopeless and with Auckland it is hard to tell whether they are far behind, or quite possibly even more useless. 

Anyway, the early numbers from Sydney show there has been a large drop in numbers through the busiest of the heavy rail stations. 

The trick here is the “build it and they will come” scenario, which is the one that they will claim they use in this country but has never really turned out to be reality. 

The buses famously in Wellington went up the wrong streets, ran out of gas and never turned up in the first place. They will claim they have fixed that, but the trains are still famous for problems.  

Auckland buses have been hit and miss forever and they didn’t have drivers for a while. But they too will claim they have fixed that. Our kids eventually refused to go for the simple reason they literally would not have got to school on time. 

The trains are permanently cancelled for the never-ending schedule of maintenance. 

So the theory has never met the reality. 

In Sydney, where it is working, the question they will need to ask is, is having a new metro taking people off heavy rail actually solving anything? 

And if people are leaving cars at home and taking the metro, how many of them are there? If you are merely shifting one commuter from a train to another train that doesn’t strike me as a big time solution. If you're moving them out of cars you might be onto something. 

It's still early days, but four weeks in the falls in train numbers are as high as 40%. 

But then, their system works. And in that consistency and ensuing reputation for reliability is the real answer to the public transport conundrum. 

Have a look at the report out in Sydney into their new metro line.&nbsp;
This is the $21b behemoth that opened a few weeks ago that was going to transform Sydney's public transport.&nbsp;
It seems, at first report, to be working – and in that is the clue to public transport generally and whether or not it is successful.&nbsp;
The trouble with transport here, and let's be honest, we are really only talking about a couple of cities i.e. Wellington and Auckland that in theory have systems outside of a few random buses.&nbsp;
Wellington is famously hopeless and with Auckland it is hard to tell whether they are far behind, or quite possibly even more useless.&nbsp;
Anyway, the early numbers from Sydney show there has been a large drop in numbers through the busiest of the heavy rail stations.&nbsp;
The trick here is the “build it and they will come” scenario, which is the one that they will claim they use in this country but has never really turned out to be reality.&nbsp;
The buses famously in Wellington went up the wrong streets, ran out of gas and never turned up in the first place. They will claim they have fixed that, but the trains are still famous for problems. &nbsp;
Auckland buses have been hit and miss forever and they didn’t have drivers for a while. But they too will claim they have fixed that. Our kids eventually refused to go for the simple reason they literally would not have got to school on time.&nbsp;
The trains are permanently cancelled for the never-ending schedule of maintenance.&nbsp;
So the theory has never met the reality.&nbsp;
In Sydney, where it is working, the question they will need to ask is, is having a new metro taking people off heavy rail actually solving anything?&nbsp;
And if people are leaving cars at home and taking the metro, how many of them are there? If you are merely shifting one commuter from a train to another train that doesn’t strike me as a big time solution. If you're moving them out of cars you might be onto something.&nbsp;
It's still early days, but four weeks in the falls in train numbers are as high as 40%.&nbsp;
But then, their system works. And in that consistency and ensuing reputation for reliability is the real answer to the public transport conundrum.&nbsp;

Blake Lepper: Health NZ Head of Infrastructure Delivery on the review into the current plan for Dunedin Hospital

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