Bloxham accused Zee of “pumping up you [sic] ‘aggressive troll’ follower base” over an assumption he was running Guppy’s campaign. “That is defamatory. And I will take steps, legally if necessary if you continue. I hold you ‘Personally’ responsible,” he wrote in an email, copying in a reporter from The Post.
Bloxham did not respond to a request for comment on the trespass notice.
In an official information request for a copy of all council communications mentioning him by name, which was forwarded to a reporter, Bloxham said: “Peri Zees has repeatedly said she feels unsafe around me. I have not done anything to cause this un usual behaviour from a public leader, believe this is done by Zees, to give her worship a victim stage [sic].”
Police arrested Bloxham and two others after a scuffle at a protest against the US military operation in Venezuela in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Lambton Quay in mid-January but did not file charges.
Bloxham live-posted details from a private Wellington City Council media training session last November, when councillor Ray Chung left an open phone line to him for 40 minutes.
He has claimed to have sold Wellington Live, but remained at the forefront of its social media posts. There have been no new posts on its Facebook page since January 13.
The next Upper Hutt council meeting was today at 3.30pm.
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