Two young National Party members have resigned, and the party launched an investigation into allegations a Young Nat was behind an abusive and relentless campaign against Christchurch-based women politicians.
Bryce Beattie was revealed as the holder of the household IP address after city councillor Sara Templeton made an application to the District Court under the Harmful Digital Communications Act.
In a statement on Facebook, Beattie says while he accepts the activity came from his property, he had no knowledge of the behaviour and has had multiple flatmates in the past year.
RNZ understands he has now resigned from the party, as has another person who's taken responsibility.
Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson.
