Byron C Clark: researcher and author takes a look at New Zealand's far right underworld in Fear: New Zealand’s Hostile World of Extremists

Alt-right extremism may seem like a new phenomenon to New Zealanders, but new research says otherwise. New Zealand's far-right community first rose to prominence after the 2019 mosque attack and received more exposure during the Covid-19 pandemic. Researcher and author Byron C Clark has been studying this community since 2015 and written about its development in Fear: New Zealand’s Hostile World of Extremists. Byron C Clark says these kinds of far right extremists have been around for at least two decades and evolved from traditional skinhead gangs to recruiting disenfranchised people through the internet. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.