The Court of Appeal disagreed and dismissed the challenge, revoking a suppression order first made in the District Court in March 2019. Because of this, the Court of Appeal continued suppression of the political figure's identity for a further 10 working days. If an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court is made within that time, the suppression order will subsist pending further order of the Supreme Court." He said the political figure had been dragged into an "awful conspiracy" to protect a sex offender by a man he described as a "fabulist and fantasist". Their meeting was recorded by Edmonds and throughout the conversation the political figure's name is mentioned.

Source: Stuff June 28, 2022 10:34 UTC