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Non-swimmers will be required to pay 50c to enter Moana Pool, in Dunedin, from the end of this month, but while the fee is half that paid in the past, it will apply across the board.

The number of council chief executives in Dunedin will increase by 37 today as the local government chief officers group meeting is held in Dunedin for the first time.

Dunedin City Council Civil Defence manager Neil Brown yesterday owned up to "dropping the ball" over one aspect of Sunday's tsunami alert.

Beefing up Dunedin City Council rules on keeping poultry in residential areas created outbursts of mirth at the council's planning and environment committee meeting yesterday.

Sculpture comprising six large wisdom teeth constructed from concrete and Oamaru stone and paid for by the Dunedin City Council will soon grace Dunedin's harbourside.