Tag: Christchurch Terror Attack

By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Hate speech will become a criminal offence in New Zealand and anyone convicted could face harsher punishment under...

RNZ News Australian actress Rose Byrne is set to play NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a film about the week following the 15 March...

RNZ News Christchurch's Muslim community will today hold private prayers to remember the 51 people killed in the terror attacks on the Masjid Al-Noor and...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The most fundamental obligation of any state is the safety of its citizens. On 15 March 2019, New...

By RNZ News The Christchurch mosque shooter has been designated as a "terrorist entity" by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The designation under New...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk In the middle of the convicted mosque attack terrorist’s sentencing in New Zealand's High Court at Christchurch last week was language...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. At what point in time does an atrocity...

By RNZ News Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. An Auckland University law professor says there is a risk...

By RNZ News Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. A man who confronted a terrorist on the day of...

The attacker behind New Zealand's worst mass shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, without the chance of parole. Video: Wayne Hay, Al...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The man who carried out...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The contrast cannot be more...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The last of the victim...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter Warning: This story includes details of the 15 March 2019 mosque terrorism attacks. New Zealand's High Court will hear from...

By RNZ News Warning: This story includes distressing details of the 15 March 2019 mosque terrorism attacks. The High Court in Christchurch was ringed with heavy...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato There is no death penalty in New Zealand, unlike the United States. But Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, due...

By Tracy Neal of RNZ News A senior journalism lecturer is urging the foreign media to respect New Zealand's strict reporting restrictions for the sentencing of...

By RNZ News The man due to go on trial for the mosque attacks in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 has today pleaded guilty to...

ANALYSIS: By Paul Spoonley of Massey University In the hours after the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 last year, I wrote that I hoped...

By RNZ Pacific Jacinda Ardern has paid tribute to the three Fijians who died in last year's Christchurch mosque shootings. Ardern spoke today at Lautoka Mosque...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media...

FIRST PERSON: By Katie Todd, of RNZ News, reporting outside the High Court in Christchurch The latest chapter in the court proceedings of the accused...