Voices for Freedom are promoting a "summit". Voices' Claire Deeks is contributing.

Let's look at some of her posts from early in the pandemic to get an idea of what passes as credible to her, starting with the hoax that Bill Gates is part of a world depopulation agenda . 1/x

There was also enthusiasm for the unscientific nonsense views of climate change non-expert David DuByne.

Covid, climate change, Great Reset. It seems it's hard to find a "free thinker" who hasn't embraced every hokey theory where vague associations with the UN can be found. 2/x

In January 2020, a #conspiracy about the Rockerfeller Foundation appeared on a FB page called "Exposing Satanic World Government". It was obvious nonsense but by April it had found a home among wellness ppl as they sought out #covid19nz conspiracies . 3/x https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/14/fact-check-operation-lockstep-covid-19-conspiracy-theory/6567231002/

In April 2020 in the lead-up to Billy Te Kahika becoming the Trump of the NZ political scene and Deeks joining his team posts were a series of well-debunked content such as this famously false claims/bad science video Dr Erickson (more on this below). 4/x

It's hard to reconcile how ppl who expect to be taken seriously now could have said that there's evidence that Covid-19 is a "bio weapon", or suggest that Covid tests might be used to "reactivate a virus later" as if to invoke another daft conspiracy line.

But it happened. 5/x

"Who started this, what's behind it.." WHO/Agenda 21, Wuhan lab, Rockerfeller/Lockstep. This list, expanded, ends at fake moon landings and Bill Gates tracking old ladies. There really is no middle ground for assessing how truly ridiculous some of the ideas mentioned are. 6/n

April 2020: "Besides all of this is a distraction. A cover up." We waited for 6 months for Billy Te Kahika and co to pull the veil aside and show us a cover-up. More than a year later we're still waiting.

The same ppl peddling obvious nonsense have just rebranded. 7/n