
Contractors for the Dunedin City Council replaced turf damaged during the occupation. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN
Protesters against Covid-19 vaccination mandates cleared the upper Octagon of tents on April 11, but left behind damaged turf.
The cost of repairing the lawn was $12,264.65, excluding GST, a council spokesman said.
It would be covered within existing city council budgets, he said.