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Christchurch cafe cancels booking by controversial campaigner Billy Te Kahika – Stuff.co.nz
The failed political candidate known for pushing conspiracy theories wanted to a stage a meeting of “freedom fighters”, but was shut down when word spread.
It might seem like an unlikely place to stage a meeting of freedom fighters, but a quiet Christchurch cafe has found itself at the centre of a social media spat after the owner cancelled a booking by political firebrand Billy Te Kahika.
Te Kahika, who, according to RNZ, has said Covid-19 is no more fatal than the winter flu, was hoping to stage talks at The Birdwood in Beckenham. However, when word spread around the community, locals aired their opposition.
In a Facebook video, Te Kahika known…
