カテゴリー: Christchurch shooting
Wife of Zekeriya Tuyan, who was murdered in the Christchurch mosque massacre, spoke at the sentencing of the gunmanChristchurch shooting: mosque gunman sentenced to life without parole The victim impact statements of those bereaved by the Christchurch …
Australian terrorist did not oppose the unprecedented sentence, which comes after three days of emotional victim impact statements The terrorist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, will spend the rest of his li…
The massacre drew authorities’ attention to Australian extremists, but Covid has given the toxic movements fresh impetusIn the weeks after the New Zealand Christchurch massacre, the attention of the international media turned to a small town on the New…
More than 60 of those wounded or bereaved to read statements in court and the gunman – facing life without parole – will be given the chance to speakIn a high security and physically distanced courtroom on Monday will begin an end, of sorts, to one of …
Australian man who pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder will be sentenced in AugustThe Australian man who pleaded guilty to killing 51 Muslims in a terrorist attack in Christchurch in March 2019 has chosen to represent himself at his sentencing next m…
Anjum Rahman and Aliya Danzeisen have devoted their lives to raising awareness of the warning signs before the terror attackIt was another long drive, another night away from home and another morning thinking nervously about what they would say, hoping…
A three-day court sitting will be held on August 24, after delays related to the coronavirus pandemicThe Australian man convicted of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings will be sentenced during an expected three-day court sitting beginning August 24…
Despite attempts to address online hate speech in New Zealand and global praise at the response, an estimated 60-70 far-right groups still exist“They are us. The person who has perpetuated this violence against us is not,” said Jacinda Ardern, New Zeal…
New Zealand PM says people have become more engaged with the Muslim community Jacinda Ardern says New Zealanders have become more engaged with the Muslim community in the year since a gunman killed 51 people at two mosques.The prime minister is in Chri…
Second round of laws, including national firearms register, in limbo as ‘election-year politics’ hinder progress of changesNew Zealand will commemorate the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosques terror attack without a promised second tranche of…
I worry we don’t have enough resources and skills locally to adequately monitor threats in our communityIn the hours after the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 last year, I wrote that I hoped New Zealand would finally stop believing it was immun…
As the first anniversary of the atrocity that shocked New Zealand looms, victims struggle with enduring trauma – but also carry a sense of hopeAt first, Hisham al Zarzour couldn’t remember what had happened. Later, he tried to forget. Lying beneath the…
The New Zealand prime minister was lauded for her handling of the Christchurch massacre and climate issues. But she faces a stiff test to meet pledges on affordable housing and Māori rightsJacinda Ardern sets September election dateHandling of Christch…
One supermarket has shut and another is struggling to stay viableOne supermarket that served the Muslim community in Christchurch has been forced to close and the other is facing an uncertain future amid plummeting sales, 10 months after the deadly ter…
Through Christchurch, Whakaari, the murder of Grace Millane, it is the Māori rituals, and each other, that sustain usThe phrase “a year that was bookended by tragedy” is too neat, somehow.Tragedy moves through time differently from other events. Time s…