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Teen charged with assaulting reporter

20:46 pm on 19 June 2013

A teenager charged with assaulting an Australian television reporter has appeared in Rotorua District Court.

Tristan Barker, 18, was being interviewed by the reporter when the incident took place in March this year.

She has been remanded on bail and will next appear in court for a discharge without conviction application hearing on 7 August.