Shayne CurrieNZME Editor-at-Large·NZ Herald·3 Jul, 2026 01:10 AM5 mins to read‌Anti-co-governance campaigner Julian Batchelor (inset right) unsuccessfully sued TVNZ over an online article in 2023. Businessman Jim Grenon (inset left) helped fund the case.Businessman Jim Grenon and anti-co-Governance campaigner Julian Batchelor have been ordered to jointly pay TVNZ and an academic more than $230,000 in costs arising from a failed defamation case.

In a decision today, District Court Judge David Clark has criticised Batchelor’s actions in court, labelling his early non-disclosure of Grenon’s