Video / Cameron PitneyAnti-lockdown activist and former political candidate Billy Te Kahika Jr is facing fraud and Electoral Act charges. Te Kahika is charged with causing loss by deception, and with breaches of the Electoral Act. His lawyer Paul Borich QC said Te Kahika would no longer pursue any name suppression requests. Te Kahika has elected a trial by jury on the charges. Te Kahika was charged with obtaining more than $1000 by deception, causing a loss of more than $1000 by deception, and four charges of breaching the Electoral Act.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 03, 2021 22:18 UTC