A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has been linked to a neo-Nazi group and online accounts that praised Adolf Hitler. Great work from @comingupcharlie.bsky.social www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361...

The Press have just published a great article by Charlie Mitchell that reveals the identity of the lead "Remigration" bigot. He is Klaas van der Oord, a Palmerston North labourer and the son of a Dutch immigrant.

Yesterday, New Zealand Police revealed they didn't start investigating the espionage soldier until after March 15. Several anti-fascist researchers reported his online activity to the New Zealand Defence Force prior to the Christchurch massacre. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/marc...

Marc Daalder@marcdaalder.bsky.social · 12mo ago

ICYMI: A soldier who founded a white nationalist group and self-identified as a Nazi has pleaded guilty to attempted espionage. He provided maps of military facilities and defence system login details to an undercover officer posing as an agent of a foreign country. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/18/f...

In a version of photo outside library posted to AZ’s Telegram account, also notable that individual in it (on, literally, the far-right!) makes same white power/supremacist hand gesture as ChCh perpetrator did when he appeared in court. It is a hate symbol, openly shown. www.adl.org/resources/ha...

Yesterday, young men disrupted a family-friendly event at Hamilton Libraries featuring a visiting cartoonist. They yelled obscenities and assaulted a small child. They then provided videos and photos to the person running Action Zealandia's Telegram account. 🧵

The Khalifa Ihler Institute Aotearoa Hate Map Report has analysed over 1000 events in NZ to leverage insights to predict and counteract future threats. Key points are:

In anti-Māori racist Julian Batchelor's Stop Co-Governance Tour Telegram channel, NZ far-right Sovereign Citizen Michael Clark has been distributing the Christchurch terrorist's livestream of the 15th March 2019 mosque attacks, an objectionable publication that's banned.

Julian Batchelor has been relying on former leaders of the Neo-Nazi National Front to provide security throughout his racist tour. Chris McCabe was in charge of security in Papaioea, and Kyle Chapman was in Ōtautahi.