Protesters jostled with police tonight as they tried to disrupt a National Party fundraising event in Dunedin.
The Trans Pacific Partnership protesters hoped Prime Minister John Key would attempt to walk through one of the public entrances to the Savoy, but he did not appear.
Protesters linked arms to keep party supporters out of the restaurant.
At the Princes St entrance, some supporters pushed their way in or managed to side-step protesters. Others repaired to the Japanese restaurant next door to watch the melee or tried the Moray Pl entrance.
Many were annoyed they could not enter, one telling the Otago Daily Times he respected the right to protest, but "I also have a right to go and have dinner''.
