The generation that gave the term "slacker" new meaning is looking with measures of rivalry, regret and tart bewilderment at a movement its successor mobilized in the name of "the 99 percent."
Dunedin City Council contractors moved on to the Octagon yesterday to replace turf damaged by the Occupy Dunedin protest, as one of the more established protesters hinted the occupation may be drawing to a close.
Russia's Vladimir Putin is the latest world leader to feel the chilly breath of democracy's outriders around his usually well-muffed ears.
Christchurch Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a teenage girl at the Occupy Christchurch site in Hagley Park yesterday afternoon.
Police have dismantled a tent city of Occupy protesters in downtown San Francisco, arresting more than 50 people as they shut down the largest remaining Occupy encampment on the West Coast.
Police cracked down on anti-Wall Street protesters in the United States over the weekend, arresting a total of 50 demonstrators in Portland, Oregon and Washington DC.
Occupy Octagon protesters will make room for Santa and his friends on Sunday, just as they would any other group wanting to use the space.
The tents are dwindling at the Occupy Dunedin encampment in the Octagon, but the battle for public opinion continues to rage.
Occupy in Silence organiser Tracey Crampton Smith (centre) sits in silence to show support for the principle of "equity for humanity", in Dunedin yesterday.
Occupy Dunedin protesters camping in the Octagon are joining forces with other protests around New Zealand, as the anti-greed movement attempts to organise itself into an international "revolution".
The Occupy protesters have in large part been pigeonholed as young idealists. So what would a middle-aged property investor be doing there? Hamish McNeilly reports.
A deal that could allow Occupy Dunedin protesters to remain in the Octagon indefinitely aims to avoid a costly court battle or a violent confrontation, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.
A planned march at the Octagon to highlight the cause of the Occupy Dunedin movement did not proceed today.
The first attempt at what its proponents say is an example of "real democracy" developed into a small and sometimes passionate discussion in the Octagon yesterday.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says he is "completely at a loss" after police yesterday ruled out enforcing trespass notices that would have forced Occupy Dunedin protesters to quit their Octagon encampment.
Police are keeping a "watching brief'' on potential conflict between "anti-group'' elements opposed to the Occupy Dunedin movement, after a planned protest against the movement fell through today.
Major bank branches on Dunedin's main street are being targeted by protesters aligning themselves with the Occupy Dunedin movement.
After enduring "the most horrible experience" of her life, Tracey Crampton Smith is offering an alternative to the Occupy Dunedin protest.
The eyes of other New Zealand councils are on Dunedin as the city grapples with the legality of evicting anti-greed protesters occupying the Octagon.
Police are evicting Occupy Brisbane protesters for the second time in as many days.
