Tag: Mosque attack
‘Congratulations Mr Terrorist, you have failed,’ girl, 15, tells gunman
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...
NZ mosque terrorist’s sentencing: Gunman looks like ‘shell of person’
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...
Mosque victim’s mother tells terrorist: ‘You killed your own humanity’
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...
Tight security at NZ court for start of mosque attacker sentence...
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...
Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost NZ millions. A prisoner swap...
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...
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...
Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day
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...
Police lay terrorism charge against man accused of mosque shootings
By RNZ
New Zealand police have laid a terrorism charge against the man accused of murdering 51 people in Christchurch in deadly terror attacks on...
NZ journalists focusing on ‘tragedy prevention’, says CJR research
By Michael Andrew
More New Zealand journalists have been seeking ways to “prevent tragedy” through their reporting, shows new research published in Columbia Journalism Review.
The...
NZ’s gun law change: ‘One of the most important pieces of...
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News
National Party MPs crossed the floor of New Zealand's Parliament to congratulate Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and Police Minister...
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...
Ramzy Baroud: Can Christchurch heal our collective wounds?
OPINION: By Ramzy Baroud
I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that...
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...
Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy
COMMENTARY: By William Ray
Since the mosque attacks in Christchurch earlier this month, many people have called for New Zealand to examine its history of...
Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Pacific Media Centre's Del Abcede was on the ground for last Sunday's "love not hate" rally with about 2000 people marching...
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,...