カテゴリー: Christchurch shooting
Authorities say nearly 3,000 guns made lawful under new scheme, as expiry to hand over firearms ended at midnight on FridayNew Zealand police have confirmed that more than 56,000 guns were handed in as part of the buyback and have praised gun owners fo…
The program, introduced after the Christchurch massacre in March, has removed 56,000 guns from circulationNew Zealand’s ambitious firearm amnesty ends on Friday with questions over its success, as critics say the police only managed to collect about a …
New Zealanders who refuse to hand in their now illegal weapons may alienate the community and expose themselves to prosecutionThe New Zealand gun buy back ends today. The very fact that semi-automatic weapons are now prohibited and the buyback took pla…
Police admit that at least one person had been able to access other firearm owners’ personal information onlineNew Zealand’s high profile gun buyback scheme, enacted by the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, after the Christchurch mosque attacks, has been…
The injured and bereaved face financial stress, life-long physical issues and mental trauma and want a more flexible response from government“What happened is unusual, and for unusual things, there should be unusual rules.”Hisham al Zarzour survived th…
The mosque attacks rocked New Zealand but good deeds and generosity will help keep us togetherThe day of 15 March 2019 will stay with me forever. I was working in my bedroom, listening to radio and drawing. The on-air chat and music was interrupted as …
Minister says inquiry into whether New Zealand mosque attacks could have been prevented will get an extra $3m in fundingA major investigation into whether the Christchurch mosque attacks could have been prevented will be given months longer to produce …
Move comes seven months after 51 people were killed at two mosques in the country’s worst peacetime shootingNew Zealand officials have said armed police will patrol parts of the country in a trial project following heightened security concerns after th…
Jacinda Ardern says government will double its investigative operation and track down content in a similar manner to child abuse materialThe New Zealand government will create a dedicated investigative team to find and prosecute terrorist and extremist…
Broadcasting Standards Authority issues NZ$4,000 penalty for airing footage that had ‘potential to cause significant distress’Sky Network Television in New Zealand has been fined by the country’s broadcasting watchdog for airing clips of live footage o…
Fresh atrocities in El Paso and Norway bring back the pain of New Zealand’s worst mass-shooting It’s just gone lunch time at al Noor mosque in central Christchurch and a handful of men gather to pray. They bend down on a thick blue carpet, newly instal…
Survivors not consulted and reporters shut out of royal commission hearings into March attack that killed 51 peopleConcern is growing that New Zealand’s royal inquiry into the Christchurch massacre is lacking teeth and transparency with survivors, the …
Gun City, which sold weapons to man accused of mosque attack, plans new outletThe New Zealand retailer Gun City, which sold weapons to the man accused of shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 51 people and injured dozens, has sparked conce…
Government has set aside more than NZ$200m to remove military-style firearms from circulationDozens of Christchurch gun owners have handed over their weapons in exchange for cash in the first of more than 250 planned buyback events around New Zealand a…
On visit to UK, Lianne Dalziel tells of her city’s resilience in aftermath of mosque attacksThe mayor of Christchurch has refused to commit to memory the name of the man who carried out mosque shootings in the city, in a decision that she says is echoe…