https://www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360787040/ghost-party-centre-bitter-political-feud
Charlie Mitchell’s so-called “journalism” in The Press – that pathetic hit piece masquerading as news – is nothing but a recycled pack of lies from Liz Gunn, twisted into a narrative to distract from real issues facing New Zealanders. Let’s dismantle this farce point by point, with facts, not fantasy. Mitchell, you took my direct responses and buried them under Gunn’s delusions. Time to set the record straight – hard and unapologetic.
First, the “ghost party” nonsense. NZ Loyal isn’t dead; it’s alive and kicking as an organization. Gunn’s unconstitutional stunt – ordering former secretary Michele Smith to deregister without board approval or a proper meeting – doesn’t erase us. We’re re-registering with the Electoral Commission, and my use of the name, logo, and branding is legitimate because they belong to the party, not her ego.
Why not start a new party? Because this one isn’t broken; it’s just been sabotaged by a fraud. I’ve sued Gunn and Smith in Manukau District Court – the evidence there shreds their charade. Mitchell, you ignored this lawsuit because it exposes the truth you won’t print.
Gunn’s whine about “misleading voters” and “theft”? Pure projection from a con artist. Every NZ Loyal policy? I wrote them. Her teleprompter speeches? My words, tweaked by Amy Benjamin, then spun by Gunn’s theatrics. The party’s name and tagline “Loyal to you – Not to them”? Born in a group effort – Rob suggested “Loyal,” I crafted the tagline. Gunn tried to steal it all via a trademark application (stalled for a year – check IPONZ yourself). She’s the thief, hoarding donations in secret accounts with zero records, bolting with the database and assets while the board – which never even met under her – opposed her every move. We’ve eviscerated her lies in a two-hour Counterspin Media rebuttal: watch it on Rumble and see the receipts.
Why did our “relationship deteriorate”? Simple: challenge Gunn’s opacity, demand accountability, and she ghosts you, then unleashes a torrent of victim-playing slander. Classic playbook from someone exposed as a sham. Mitchell, your fixation on this feud reeks of agenda – why amplify a disgraced has-been’s rants instead of my by-election platform in Tāmaki Makaurau? Voters deserve focus on economic betrayal, sovereignty threats, and real solutions, not your archaeological digs into fabricated drama.
NZ Loyal, Counterspin Media, and I have already obliterated Gunn’s fiction. This isn’t a feud; it’s accountability.
Mitchell and The Press, your “reporting” is utter bullshit – the system is shitting bricks because you all know we’re coming for you. Within a weeks time, I’ll make my intentions so perfectly clear that even half-wits like you won’t miss the messaging.
New Zealanders, join the fight for truth at the ballot box.
Loyal to you, not them.
