カテゴリー: Christchurch
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…
The moral case for the former Manus island detainee becoming a citizen is as simple as ‘asylum is a human right’I wonder if it winds up Peter Dutton to know that Behrouz Boochani, the Kurdish-Iranian journalist, award-winning author and former Manus Is…
As an election year approaches, several key themes emerged from questions you sent in for the prime ministerWe are expanding our coverage of New Zealand. Please help us by supporting our independent journalismAs New Zealanders count down to the end of …
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 Zealand PM says she hopes artificial intelligence may one day stop attacks being live streamedJacinda Ardern has said she will do all she can to stop a man accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers from spreading his message of hate at his trial, a…
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…
Official reception highlights New Zealand’s differences with Australia over immigrationThe city of Christchurch has welcomed Behrouz Boochani with a civic reception and a traditional Māori mihi whakatau – a formal welcome – as his presence, and liberty…
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 …