Far North hunger striker Sam Kuha has pleaded guilty to smashing windows at Kaikohe's Work and Income office.
Kuha appeared in the Kaikohe District Court today on a charge of wilful damage relating to his protest on September 18 when he travelled 4km into town in his electric wheelchair and used a sledgehammer to shatter two windows.
Kuha said he did it to draw attention to his hunger strike, a protest against Work and Income's rules around issuing emergency food grants.
He entered a guilty plea via his lawyer Steve Nicholson, who will seek a discharge without conviction when Kuha appears for sentencing on January 18.
The 59-year-old invalid beneficiary lifted his hunger strike on October 12 when Social Development Minister Paula Bennett agreed to meet him and hear his concerns.
