Activities
On 23 October 2004, the National Front held a protest in Wellington in support of retaining the current New Zealand flag, which was attended by an estimated 45 persons. An 800-strong counter-demonstration was organised by the MultiCultural Aotearoa coalition as well as many anarchists to expose the sympathies of the National Front. According to the New Zealand Herald, Chapman complained the following day of "insufficient police protection". This "Flag Day Rally" has now become an annual event, with NF members and protesters squaring off outside parliament every year since.
In 2004 the NZNF reformed the National Front Australia].
The National Front claimed to have benefitted from favourable media coverage, with Kyle Chapman telling the Dominion newspaper that "the media is our best recruiter". National Radio host Linda Clark, claiming the need to "give a voice to all New Zealanders", has interviewed Chapman and Australian One Nation founder Pauline Hanson.
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