More than a hundred people turned out to two different memorial services in Ashburton last night to pay their respects to the two women who were shot dead in Ashburton on Monday, Radio New Zealand reports.
The Thursday night members of the Ashburton RSA observed a minute's silence and people attended a candle-lit ceremony at the scene of the shootings.
Work and Income staff members Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland died when John Tully allegedly walked into the local office and open fired.
The usual hundred or so people turned out to the Ashburton RSA last night, but just before 6pm the room stood for a minute's silence to pay tribute to Peggy Noble who was a Thursday night regular.