A man was handcuffed and dragged away by police during the Governor-General's Anzac speech in Wellington today after yelling that "the Earth is flat".
Dame Cindy Kiro took to the podium at the Pukeahu War Memorial during the capital's Anzac ceromony, but before Dame Kiro could get in front of the microphones the man saw his opportunity.
"The earth is flat!" he was heard yelling.
The heckling didn't stop Dame Cindy from speaking, but as she addressed Wellingtonians, footage captured by a Newshub camera operator shows the man surrounded by three police officers in the middle of the crowd.
Attendees can be seen watching on as police put the man's hands behind his back and handcuff them.
Footage shows two police officers on either side of the man escorting him out of the crowd.
A police spokesperson said in a statement that the man was taken into custody earlier today for a breach of peace.
The man has since been released.
