PremiumShayne CurrieNZME Editor-at-Large·NZ Herald·28 May, 2026 07:00 AM10 mins to read‌Anti-co-governance campaigner Julian Batchelor (inset right) unsuccessfully sued TVNZ over an online article in 2023. He revealed that businessman Jim Grenon (inset left) helped fund his case.Is businessman Jim Grenon liable for up to $300,000 costs in a defamation case that TVNZ successfully defended against anti-co-governance campaigner Julian Batchelor? A court has heard the arguments.

Businessman Jim Grenon’s lawyer stood early in Auckland District Court room 9.2, eyeing the TVNZ news camera - the state broadcaster