Kyle Chapman (born April 27, 1971) was the former national director of the New Zealand National Front (NZNF). In 2004, he unsuccessfully contested the mayoralty of Christchurch, placing fifth out of 10 with 1.9 percent of the vote, or 1665 votes. In 2005 he resigned his high-profile 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 of left wing, anti-NZNF groups as a factor in his departure.[1] He has since become a candidate for the Direct Democracy Party.[2] April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The current National Front logo is the same as the British National Fronts logo from the early 1970s. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Christchurch (disambiguation). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand is a New Zealand political party which promotes greater participation in government by ordinary citizens. ...

Chapman was born in Taumarunui, New Zealand. He has said that he wanted to join the National Front from the age of 14, and associated with skinhead gangs during the 1980s, most notably the Hammerskins. He is a qualified social worker, and worked in Christchurch from 1993-97, with funding from the Christchurch city council and the city's crime prevention unit, dealing with youth involved in street subculture. He also served as the youth worker representative on the Saffer Community Council in Christchurch from 1996-97. Taumarunui 38°53. ... Skinheads, named after their shaven heads, are members of a subculture that originated in Britain in the 1960s, where they were closely tied to the Rude boy of the West Indies and the Mods of the UK. English Skinhead on cutdown circa 1991 // Categories There are a number of different... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Hammerskins, or Hammerskin nations is a white supremacist Skinhead gang. ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ...

In 1995, he confessed to a series of racially-motivated arson attacks between 1987 and 1992, including the firebombing of a Marae. A Maori word now common in New Zealand English, marae refers an area of land where the Wharenui or meeting house (literally big house) sits. ...

External link

• Sunday Star Times. National Front leader Chapman resigns for his kids, 29 May 2005. [3]