Nicholas Wells/Newport objected to the March 15 video being posted in his Telegram channels on strictly legal grounds "pls no. I dont want to get arrest for BT videos"

Nicholas Wells/Newport was aked in the "White Australia First" Telegram channel "Are you in AZ". He responded "Good question I don't actually know lol. I train with the the local guys but I'm not sure if I am in or not"

Nicholas Wells' / Nicholas Newport's X/Twitter account often simply alternated between re-tweets praising Adolf Hitler and Shane Jones.

He posted "Hail Hitler” on X. "Responding to a post by a Holocaust Museum, the account referred to 'wooden doors' — an apparent nod to a claim used by Holocaust deniers to dispute the existence of gas chambers. The account also regularly shared material from New Zealand First."

"The accounts repeatedly posted “Hail Hitler”, used slurs against non-white and gay people and made derogatory comments about women. One invoked a claim commonly circulated by Holocaust deniers. Another described its user as a Nazi."

"He appeared at two protests involving far-right activists and was linked to accounts expressing support for the National Socialist Network (NSN), an Australian neo-Nazi organisation that later rebranded as White Australia."

"Nicholas Newport, 23, was named as a member of the executive of Young New Zealand First in late 2024, and last month spoke at the party’s national convention."

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...

We are deeply concerned about the other accelerationist neo-Nazis in the NZ Defence Force and the lack of political will to remove them. We know of at least four Action Zealandia members who have served or are currently serving in the defence forces.

Billy Wilson aka Saxon is also a rapper. His lyrical themes include his hatred of Samoans, Islanders, Chinese people, Jewish people, Queer people and "mouthy brown girls"; celebrating colonial massacres of Māori, joking about the holocaust, and calls for violence to inspire a "European revival".

He also hosted a neo-nazi podcast with Wellington visual artist and Action Zealandia member, Billy Wilson. Billy Wilson used the name "Darth Rahowa", which is Nazi slang for "Racial Holy War".

The espionage soldier was a founding member of Action Zealandia, and set up their chat groups and recruited for them. He also made fawning posts about the Chch shooter. He was arrested before his planned to trip to Russia, following in the shooter's footsteps.

We did this because we were concerned that the soldier, as an armourer in the NZ army, had access to large amounts of weapons he could use in a copycat "accelerationist" mass murder similar to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

Their banner appears to be created with the same stencils as one outside Tūranga of Christchurch City Libraries last year. This points to a co-ordinated national campaign against LBGTQ in libraries.

Notable local antisemites Benn Conner, James Rossiter, and Nick Wells were present.

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. 🧵

Aotearoa also has a long history of challenging extremism and racism, from the Haka party incident to deplatforming white supremacists Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux through huge public pressure and a fierce but peaceful protest.

There's been a rise in attacks targeting Māori and the Rainbow Community, with roots in conspiracy theories and white supremacist beliefs. There was an absence of events related to public health prior to 2020. These events peaked in 2022 and had nearly vanished by 2023.

Hate speech and hate crimes pose significant threats to society that are broader than the negative impact on individuals. The events were geographically widespread, encompassing 83 different cities and towns.

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.

Chris McCabe also has links with the UK National Front, with him speaking at the group's annual general meeting in 2019.

Chris McCabe currently runs "The European New Zealander" project with Kerry Bolton. They regularly share content with and collaborate with Action Zealandia, with Bolton also being a recurring guest on AZ's podcast.

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.