Occupy protest

Thousands of Spaniards fed up with economic misery and waving banners against bankers have marched to mark the first anniversary of the grassroots "Indignados" movement that has sparked similar protests around the world.

Bailiffs began evicting British anti-capitalism activists from a protest camp outside St Paul's Cathedral in London in the early hours of this morning.

Prof Robert Patman puts planned assets sales into an international context and warns that the Key Government must be wary of the growing questioning of the global economic system and disparities of wealth.

Occupiers may have been absent from the Octagon yesterday, but it is expected they will return, and when they do the Dunedin City Council will be watching, Mayor Dave Cull says.

The power to do something about protesters occupying Dunedin's Octagon lies with the city council, not police, and the council now has the ammunition it needs to act, an Otago University law professor believes.

Police are investigating a complaint from the Dunedin City Council relating to the wilful damage of grass under repair in the Octagon.

The Dunedin City Council is having an easier time controlling daisies than it is tents that randomly pop up on an area of lawn it is trying to repair.

Two protesters have been arrested for refusing to leave the Occupy Auckland protest site at Aotea Square.

A protester was arrested and his tent removed by police, after the Occupy Dunedin group sprang back into action yesterday in "solidarity" with its Auckland counterparts.

The reoccupation of the Octagon in Dunedin looks set to continue indefinitely, although tents will come out only when there is a big point to make.

The Octagon's occupation may be over but Occupy Dunedin protesters are promising a new phase to highlight their cause.

Occupy Octagon protesters attended a general assembly in the Octagon, Dunedin last night.