A military parade featuring tanks, more than 100 soldiers, and war veterans brought central Dunedin to a halt today before the official laying up of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment colours at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.
The ceremony marked the disbandment of the regiment by the handing over the colours to Toitu, their new home.
Leaving from Queen's Gardens, the parade headed down Princes St, and through the Octagon, before heading down lower Stuart St to Toitu for the ceremony.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull said Dunedin was a fitting place for the colours as it was New Zealand's most Scottish city, and the impetus for the regiment's establishment came from Dunedin.
Established in 1939, the regiment drew recruits from around New Zealand, who initially had to prove their Scottish heritage.
