Tag: Christchurch
NZ terror attacks anniversary: A letter to my son – ‘Never...
OPEN LETTER: By Mahvash Ikram
Three years on from the Christchurch terror attacks on 15 March 2019, Mahvash Ikram writes an open letter to her...
Muslim community to pray in private on anniversary of NZ attacks
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...
NZ mosque massacre: Gunman pleads guilty to all charges
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...
PM Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to Fijians killed in Christchurch attacks
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...
Christchurch mosque attacks: Accused gunman appears in court via video link
By RNZ News
The man charged over the Christchurch mosque shootings last month appeared in the High Court in Christchurch today, accused of killing 50...
Thousands in NZ don’t believe official Christchurch terror attacks story
By Ben Strang of RNZ News
Thousands of New Zealanders do not believe the official version of the mosque terror attacks in Christchurch.
About 5 percent...
Mediawatch NZ: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3
Al Noor Mosque imam Gamal Fouda speaking to Christchurch, New Zealand, and the watching world. He says despite the terrorist's intentions, New Zealand remains...
Mosque atrocity remembrance service calls for ‘love, solidarity’ to continue
Fifty Kowhai Intermediate School children sing the waiata at the remembrance service in Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland today. Video: Del Abcede/PMC
By Amy...
‘Misconceived hatred’ gives way to Muslim voices finally being heard
By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch
In 2017, the New Zealand media featured 14,349 stories that included the word Islam - nearly 13,000 of those...
Christchurch terror in context: Media as accessory to the crime?
Listening Post's report on Islamophobia in the Western media. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
It has now been almost two weeks since 50 people...
NZ Royal Commission to probe security agencies, says Ardern
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand will hold a Royal Commission of Inquiry into security agencies following the Christchurch...
Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack
ANALYSIS: By Dr Paul G Buchanan
The terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques this month is a watershed moment in New Zealand history.
In the days,...
Thousands take part in Auckland ‘love Aotearoa’ rally, reject race terror
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Thousands flocked to the "Love Aotearoa Hate Racism" rally at Aotea Square in central Auckland today in solidarity with the Muslim...
Gallery: Christchurch terror: Prayers and hijabs for peace at Ponsonby
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The massive gathering in Christchurch's Hagley Park has reassured and uplifted their shocked community, say New Zealand Muslim leaders.
About 20,000 people...
New Zealander’s image of togetherness chosen for Time magazine
By Tim Miller of the Otago Daily Times
A former Dunedin artist has been chosen to illustrate the cover of Time magazine's international edition for...
Dear PM: ‘It breaks my heart that a sense of belonging...
Summer Joyan's open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:
Dear Prime Minister Ardern,
I am a 13-year-old Muslim girl from Australia and I would like to...
Former PMW reporter talks to SA media on mosque massacre
Rahul Bhattarai talks to eNCA News of South Africa live from New Zealand. Video: eNCA News
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Former Pacific Media Watch project reporter...
NZ marks call to prayer, two-minute silence to honour mosque dead
By RNZ News
New Zealand today observed the Muslim call to prayer and two minutes of silence in Christchurch and across the country, one week...
How to move beyond simplistic debates that demonise Islam
By Professor Edwina Pio
New Zealand is a religiously and ethnically diverse country with an almost negligible global terrorism index. Muslims have lived in New...
AUT students: ‘We want to stay as a country, unified, always’
By Michael Andrew
Muslim students at Auckland University of Technology have praised the gestures of kindness they have received from fellow students and the New...
NZ bans military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced a New Zealand ban on all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles
She pledged the day...