Kyle Chapman
| Kyle Chapman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 April 1971 Taumarunui, New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Clifford (m. 2009) |
Kyle Chapman (born 27 April 1971) is a former national director of the New Zealand National Front (NZNF), a white nationalist political party. He has stood unsuccessfully three times for the Christchurch mayoralty, first for the National Front and then for the National Democrats Party.
Chapman was born in Taumarunui, New Zealand. He has said that he wanted to join the National Front from the age of 14, and that he was a skinhead during the 1980s and early 1990s. As a teenager, he was a member of several skinhead gangs. He was the founding member of the New Zealand Hammerskins.
In May 2009 Chapman married Claire Clifford, a Mormon, but they separated in October of the same year, reportedly due to his failure to fulfill his promise of abandoning his involvement in white supremacy groups.
He was convicted of fire-bombing a marae. He has admitted to hurling Molotov cocktails at various buildings, including Ngāi Tahu Murihiku Marae and a school.
In 2004, he unsuccessfully contested the mayoralty of Christchurch, New Zealand, placing fifth out of 10 with 1.9 percent of the vote (1665 votes). In 2005, he resigned his role as the leader of the National Front. He said in interviews that his children were being shunned at school due to his activities. He also cited the harassment by left wing anti-NZNF groups as a factor in his departure. That same year, he was the tenth-ranked list candidate for the Direct Democracy Party. The party did not achieve representation and only contested that single election.
He unsuccessfully contested the Christchurch mayoralty again in 2007, running this time under the National Democrats ticket.
In 2013, Chapman ran again for the Christchurch mayoralty, but was unsuccessful, securing 499 votes. He also ran for the Ferrymead-Pegasus Local Board, securing 641 votes, but was also unsuccessful there.
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