Christchurch
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Christchurch: Treasures arise from cathedral ruins, 10 years after earthquake
Finds include 1980s time capsules, old collection boxes and a nativity scene with figures heads ‘taken clean o…
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Livestreaming bill introduced after Christchurch could criminalise innocent people | Anjum Rahman
The government’s proposal on criminalising the streaming of offensive content is open to misuse and could lead…
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Fund communities, not the agencies that failed to anticipate the Christchurch shooting | Faisal Al-Asaad
History shows that granting further powers to state bodies generally hurts minorities more than othersLast yea…
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‘They are us’: Christchurch shooting victims remembered two years on
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern pledges to fight racism as she joins around 1,000 people to mark the second anni…
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‘I can never ever forget’: sister of Christchurch mosque victim on grief and acceptance
Aya Al-Umari desperately misses her brother Hussein, who was killed in the 2019 massacre, with 50 othersA few …
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Before and after: how the 2011 earthquake changed Christchurch
Many parts of central Christchurch are unrecognisable nowChristchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel was born and raised…
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Jacinda Ardern pays tribute as Christchurch commemorates earthquake victims
A minute’s silence was observed at 12.51pm, exactly 10 years after the quake struck the New Zealand cityThe vi…
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Healing the heart of the city: the battle to restore Christchurch’s cathedral
While new buildings have sprung up around it, the ruined cathedral has long been a painful reminder of the ear…
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Trauma and transformation: Christchurch earthquake survivors ten years on
On 22 February, 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit, killing 185 people. Those left behind have spent a decad…
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Singapore teenager inspired by Christchurch massacre arrested for allegedly planning attack on mosques, authorities say
The 16-year-old is the first person in the country to be detained for being ‘inspired by far-right extremist i…
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Christchurch shooting: security agencies were focused on Islamist terror, inquiry finds
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern apologises for police and security failings but says they would not …
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New Zealanders coming home for Christmas warned quarantine hotels may be full
Military says Kiwis will be disappointed if they haven’t prebooked a place as hotels approach capacityNew Zeal…
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The Christchurch testimonies: survivors and the bereaved give their accounts of New Zealand’s worst terror attack
More than 90 people – the wounded, the mourning, the defiant – spoke at the sentencing hearing for the gunman …
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Christchurch massacre survivors call for Australia to pay gunman’s prison bill
Jacinda Ardern will talk to families of those killed, who say New Zealand should not pay for keeping the Austr…
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New Zealand’s darkest chapter ends but questions – and grief – endure
The sentencing of the Christchurch gunman delivered a mood of catharsis and jubilation for manyNoraini Abbas M…