Accused of the indecent assault of the Labor Party camp appears in court

A man accused of indecent assault at a Labor Party summer camp pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court this morning.

The 20-year-old was arrested last month in Auckland.

He faces six counts of indecent assault against four plaintiffs and pleads not guilty to all charges

The accused is guilty of indecent assault against four plaintiffs and pleads not guilty to all charges

. has been granted interim repression and was released later this year. The charges were brought following a police investigation into the allegations of a Labor Party summer camp at Waihi, on the Coromandel Peninsula, in February 1969. Labor Chairman Nigel Haworth said after Arrest: Charges laid against an individual about the allegations of indecent assault in the summer camp of Young Labor early in the year

"The The internal report of the party, prepared by Maria Austen [formerly Berryman] focuses on the policies and procedures around the summer camp, if they were properly applied, and how we should correct the shortcomings.

"L & 39 Maria Austen's investigation is ongoing and distinct from the police actions … We will report her findings once we have "

Allegations of indecent assault against four young people , all suspected of being 16, were brought in March.

The alleged assaults occurred on one evening when detailed reports were released. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had spoken to the group

. The Labor hierarchy failed to inform Ardern of the scandal, while complaints were filed about the treatment of its consequences and the refusal to submit the matter to the police. at the time.