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From the Department Of Knock Me Down With A Feather<\/strong> comes Far-right leader Kyle Chapman returns The face of the far-right fringe has reverted to form after publicly claiming to have renounced his extremist ways earlier this year.<\/p>\n Former National Front president Kyle Chapman told a newspaper in May he had made a faith-based decision to quit his leadership roles in far-right groups, and was focused on leading a \u201cnice, peaceful life\u201d in Hamilton with his new wife, a devout Mormon<\/a> who had helped him reconnect with religion.<\/p>\n But just a month earlier, the father of five had founded a new far-right group, the Right Wing Resistance, in an initiation ceremony in Christchurch which involved members dressed in camouflage fatigues being \u201cknighted\u201d with a sword.<\/p>\n The group, which Chapman described as the \u201cstreet arm\u201d of his Nationalist Alliance, now claims to have members in five cities.<\/p>\n Chapman would not discuss the group with the Sunday Star-Times<\/em>, but in postings on a far-right website has praised the Christchurch arm of the group for conducting \u201ccrime watch patrols\u201d in east Christchurch, where some of its members had been attacked by gangs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe police and the system in general has all but given up on the poor areas and it is left to us to sort this out now,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n The 38-year-old, once convicted for fire-bombing a marae<\/em>, has continued to push the growth of his new group since moving to Hamilton from Christchurch in May, most recently co-ordinating a gathering at the Wellington Cenotaph yesterday for the far-right\u2019s annual \u201cFlag Day\u201d observations.<\/p>\n Chapman was among about 30 members of the National Front and Right Wing Resistance in central Wellington yesterday. Left-wing counter-demonstrators stayed away<\/a> this year to avoid giving the marchers a bigger profile.<\/p>\n Chapman has also been continuing his attempts, announced in January, to found a \u201cEuropean Nationalist land base\u201d in Canterbury, appealing for donations.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will win the hearts of the people living there bit by bit,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTo avoid it becomming [sic] a [sausage] fest we will look at supporting some Eastern Euro like minded women for the many single men we have.\u201d<\/p>\n Mike Garrett, a Hamilton bonehead who described himself as belonging to both Chapman\u2019s group and the National Front, said the march had gone smoothly.<\/p>\n \u201cNo opposition turned up, no lefties or Communists. We had a few people drive by and yell out comments.\u201d<\/p>\nshocking<\/strike> stunning<\/strike> news both shocking and stunning:<\/p>\n
\nTim Hume
\nSunday Star Times<\/em>
\nOctober 25, 2009<\/p>\n