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@paparoa.bsky.social
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PAPAROA researches the far right in Aotearoa and works with journalists, academics and activists to counteract their hate. paparoa3@protonmail.com

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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you have any tip offs about the Neo-Nazi group Action Zealandia and its front organisations White New Zealand, the National Socialist Faction and the Southern Rangers Active Club, then feel free to direct message us or email us at paparoa3@protonmail.com
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
While Jack Captein is imprisoned, the Neo-Nazi organisation he co-founded, Action Zealandia, has continued to operate, with its members reconstituting itself into White New Zealand, the National Socialist Faction and the Southern Rangers Active Club: globalextremism.org/new-zealand/...
globalextremism.org
GPAHE report: Far-Right Hate and Extremist Groups in New Zealand
GPAHE Report Lists Hate and Extremist Groups in New Zealand. Similar to trends elsewhere, white nationalist, anti-immigrant, and other extremist groups in NZ have grown in recent years
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jack Captein is not the only Neo-Nazi Action Zealandia member that has been part of the New Zealand military, as fellow AZ members Max Newsome and James Fairburn/Hector were also soldiers before we helped expose them. newsroom.co.nz/2020/03/08/a... and newsroom.co.nz/2020/11/25/f...
newsroom.co.nz
Action Zealandia member planned terror cell
An anonymous member of the white supremacist Action Zealandia organisation discussed purchasing firearms from the black market and creating terror cells in New Zealand.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When Jack Captein was part of the Neo-Nazi group Action Zealandia, the successor to the Dominion Movement, he praised the fascist Christchurch terrorist. x.com/Paparoa3/sta...
x.com
Paparoa (@Paparoa3) on X
The article shows that Action Zealandia's distancing themselves from the Christchurch terrorist are insincere, as AZ member and NZ Army soldier Johann Wolfe, who also goes by Jim Young, praises the Ch...
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jack Captein's extensive history of Neo-Nazi activity prior to his arrest, trial and imprisonment for espionage in Wargus Christi, the Dominion Movement, Stormfront and VK is detailed in this @unicornriot.bsky.social article, which we provided information for. unicornriot.ninja/2019/new-zea...
unicornriot.ninja
New Zealand Soldier With Alleged Nazi Ties Arrested - UNICORN RIOT
New Zealand – On December 14, a soldier in the New Zealand Defense Forces (NZDF) was arrested in an investigation believed to be related to his suspected involvement in neo-nazi groups. According to v...
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seven years on, it's finally public knowledge that Neo-Nazi Wargus Christi, Dominion Movement and Action Zealandia co-founder Jack Captein/Johann Wolfe is the New Zealand Army soldier that is currently imprisoned for attempting espionage. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/jac...
Image description: Picture of Neo-Nazi Jack Captein with the following text above the picture:

"Jack Captein named as former New Zealand Army soldier in attempted espionage case

Tracy Neal
Open Justice multimedia journalist, Nelson-Marlborough·NZ Herald·
6 Oct, 2026 03:00 PM
5 mins to read"
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Some more context for these revelations. bsky.app/profile/nugm...
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thankyou to @whiterosesociety.bsky.social for help with this investigation. Give them a follow!
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
He used firearms as a child but expressed concern he wouldn't be allowed now. "I kinda want to apply for a gun licence though but it is expensive and I don't think I will be allowed"
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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 and David Bennett hanging at Waikato University
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It's hard to tell if this is nazi "humour" or a genuine mistake they keep making.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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 / Newport with a dog and a MAGA hat
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This stunt was during the period Action Zealandia had collapsed due to the leadership's identities being publicly revealed. When the group reconstituted it claimed responsibility for the stunt. AZ renamed itself "White New Zealand" to bring it in line with the Australian prohibited hate group.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Our thread on his pathetic little stunt at a library children's story time is here. bsky.app/profile/papa...
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Nicholas Wells' / Nicholas Newport's X/Twitter account often simply alternated between re-tweets praising Adolf Hitler and Shane Jones.
Nicholas Wells' / Nicholas Newport's X/Twitter account
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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."
Nicholas Wells/Newport protesting a childrens storytime at Hamilton Central Library
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"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."
Nicolas Wells/Newport speaking at an NZ FIrst event
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"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 Wells/Newport speaking at NZ FIrst conference
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"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."
Nicholas Wells just after converting to Catholicism
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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...
Nic Wells (neo-Nazi from NZ First party), and Paul Henry (ordinary racist from ACT party)
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Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition @ponekeantifa.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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.
Two pictures of local bigot,  Klaas van der Oord
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Indeed. We didn't realise this post would go international. We were referring to March 15 2019. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christc...
en.wikipedia.org
Christchurch mosque shootings - Wikipedia
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
There absolutely is. They believe that white women should have as many children as humanly possible.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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.
James Fairburn, the leader of Action Zealandia, and sometime member of the NZ Army Reserve Force
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The espionage soldier spent much of his time under arrest posting hate speech on Telegram, playing video games, and spawning two children. As with many of his fellow neo-Nazis, he formally converted to Traditionalist Catholicism.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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".
Billy Wilson, Wellington artist and Nazi. Is now using the name "Michael Wilson"
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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".
Wellington artist and neo-Nazi Billy Wilson. Member of Action Zealandia and Dominion MovementWellington artist Billy Wilson doing his cynical Nazi-coded art work. If you have ever purchased his artwork, please get in contact with us and tell us about it.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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.
Forum post from "Jim Young", a pseudonym of the espionage soldier about Breton Tarrant. It reads "His letter was so beautiful. He so has my handwriting. And the tour he described that he went on is literally exactly what I'm doing over Christmas. Am I bt. I'm even doing the golden circle tour
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"Wolfe" was a member of the Action Zealandia, Dominion Movement, and Wargus Christi neo-nazi groups. RNZ has incorrectly reported these groups as "nationalist". There is plenty of evidence that all 3 groups are neo-Nazis, with members praising Hitler, the holocaust and March 15.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The soldier had reasonable opsec, but had left enough clues for several anti-fascists to independently and categorically link the codename "Johan Wolfe" with his real-life identity. The intelligence services were more interested in harrassing Muslims and peace activists.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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.
memorial outside Tree of Life synagogue
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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...
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
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...
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
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.
A bigot and a banner in Ōtautahi's Cathedral Square.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
Neo-Nazis are nasty transphobes, but they go further than other transphobic bigots. They believe in a conspiracy that Jewish people are funding and encouraging a transgender movement to undermine a Christian-dominated white supremacist hegemony.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
Notable local antisemites Benn Conner, James Rossiter, and Nick Wells were present.
pictures of the three Kirikiriroa antisemites with colonialist figures
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
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. 🧵
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Aotearoa has a long way to go in challenging incidents of hate and racism. You can read the full report here 👉 glitterpill.io/nz23
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Collective actions against fear and hatred are highlighted, such as this one where wahine came together and used karanga to hit back at a racist attack on the Ōwairaka maunga. waateanews.com/2020/06/21/k...
waateanews.com
Karanga puts ring of fire on Owairaka
Wahine have used karanga to hit back at a racist attack on Ōwairaka-Mount Albert.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
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.
Protesters against the right-wing Canadian's Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux turned out in numbers at Aotea Square even though the event was cancelled in 2018.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Hate crimes and hate speech against Pasifika peoples are underreported in the media and to the police. Antisemitic conspiracies and speech are normalised among the conspiratorial and far-right milieu in Aotearoa.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Julian Batchelor's words are part of a phenomenon known as stochastic terrorism, which is the public demonisation of a group that incites random violence against that group. There is a significant risk to Māori from a follower incited by Batchelor's rhetoric.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Julian Batchelor is singled out for his efforts to increase violent hateful rhetoric. He speaks about a conspiracy of "Māori elite" in the way antisemites talk about Jewish people.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
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.
A graph showing the prevalence of event issues.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
The willingness of individuals to adopt COVID-19 conspiracies created a cognitive opening that extremists and fringe political leaders were keen to capitalise on.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
There has been an ongoing failure by frontline police and station staff to identify hate-motivated incidents accurately. Incidents often initially attract attention because a victim or bystander posts about them on social media, and their post goes viral.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
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.
A graph showing an overview of the geographic spread of violent incidents (blue) by city(red) . Identified key clusters include Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Ōtautahi Christchurch and Ōtepoti Dunedin.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
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:
A network graph indicating the relationship between events (blue), individuals (yellow), groups (green) and cities (red) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
Yes he was released straight away. He's just been on a mysterious trip to Salt Lake City.
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 31/07/2023
Michael Clark has also been sharing in Julian Batchelor's Telegram channel "Europa: The Last Battle", which antisemitically argues that Jews caused both world wars and the Nazis were defending Germany. www.vice.com/en/article/dyv7eq/qano…
vice.com
QAnon’s Antisemitism Is Finally Being Displayed in Full
There’s a power struggle brewing among QAnon’s grifter influencers, and it’s getting extreme and ugly.
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