Ka tīmata te Kuratini o Otago, he āpitihanga nō NZIST, ki te hanga i tētahi Whare Whakangungu Ringarehe i to rātou kura i te Tiriti o Forth.
Nā Dr David Clark, Reipa MP mō Dunedin North, rāua ko Dr Megan Gibbons, Kaiwhakahaere Mātāmua o te Kuratini o Otago, i hura te kaupapa nei i tētahi huihuinga tūmataiti i te Kuratini i te Paraire 24 o Hūrae.
He mea tāpae atu e te Kuratini o Otago tā rātou kaupapa hei hanga Kura Whakangungu Ringarehe e $31.7 miriona te ritenga utu hei urupare ki tā te Kāwantanga karanga kia whanake kaupapa “hāwara-rite’ e mea ana ki te whakahihiri, ki te hāpai hoki i ngā mahinga ohaoha i te tāone me te rohe anō.