22-07-2025
Destiny Church protesters in court over Pride Festival charges
The protesters are expected to appear in Waitakere District Court on Wednesday.
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Protesters are set to appear in court today over serious charges linked to a protest at a Pride Festival event in Auckland.
The group, linked to Destiny Church, were appearing in relation to disrupting a children's event at Te Atatu Library on 15 February.
Around 30 adults and young children had to be barricaded into a room in when a group tried to drown out a children's event taking place at the centre as part of the annual festival.
The defendants appeared earlier this year individually before community magistrate Fenella Thomas. The youngest person charged is 19-years-old.
The protesters are expected to appear in Waitakere District Court on Wednesday and had pleaded not guilty to charges, including assault.
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