An additional 290 million dollars has been put towards the project, bringing total funding to 1.88 billion dollars.

It will have 424 overnight beds, including 43 reserved for future upgrades and 10 ICU beds fitted out as temporary workspace.

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says it will be transformative.

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29 May: Two people are injured - one seriously - following a crash on Dunedin's Southern Motorway

26 May: The Mystics will look to take back top spot in netball's ANZ Premiership when they face the Steel in the final match of round three in Dunedin tonight

26 May: A woman's been charged in Dunedin with threatening to stab police, at the notorious Kensington Oval makeshift homeless camp

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