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New gun laws expected to pass by end of next week - minister
1 Apr 2019The government expects to pass legislation banning most semi-automatic rifles by the end of next week.
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Hamilton councillor's comments 'something I said in anger at the time'
1 Apr 2019A Hamilton City Councillor under fire for a Facebook post criticising the country's response to the Christchurch mosque attacks says he will apologise to the Muslim community. Video
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Muslim women still fear wearing hijab in public - welfare group
1 Apr 2019Some Muslim women are still too scared to wear a hijab in public, a migrant woman's organisation says.
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Mosque terror attack could upset people for years, experts warn
1 Apr 2019Mental health services expect demand stemming from the Christchurch shootings to tail off this week but warn the after-effects of trauma could last for years.
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Mark Zuckerberg asks governments to help control internet content
31 Mar 2019Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants governments and regulators to play a more active role in controlling what is published on the internet.
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MPs from across the political divide previously stymied gun control
27 Mar 2019As recently as last year, New Zealand First MP Ron Mark boasted in Parliament about having repeatedly obstructed attempts to bolster gun control. Audio
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Meat industry steps up to support Muslim community
1 Apr 2019New Zealand's four main meat processors and the Meat Industry Association have launched the Halal Community Response Trust.
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Chief Censor wants action on 'weaponization of social media'
31 Mar 2019The Chief Censor is questioning whether changes announced by Facebook will be enough to combat harmful use of social media.
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Alleged mosque gunman lodges complaint - report
31 Mar 2019The gunman accused of the Christchurch mosque attacks is being denied contact with the outside world.
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'Afterwards there does tend to be talk of retaliation ... copycats' - PM
26 Mar 2019It is prudent for New Zealand to remain on high alert because of international evidence that talk of copycats and retaliation persists for weeks after an attack, the PM says. Audio
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PM cool on chance of cyber-snooping project stopping mosque terrorism
26 Mar 2019The Prime Minister is downplaying a suggestion from National that a surveillance programme known as Project Speargun could have helped prevent the Christchurch terror attacks. Audio
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PM announces Royal Commission of Inquiry into Christchurch attacks
25 Mar 2019Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that there will be a Royal Commission of Inquiry into security agencies following the Christchurch terrorist attacks.
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Māori Council backs probe into security agencies operations prior to attacks
25 Mar 2019The Māori Council is welcoming a Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's security agencies following the Christchurch terror attacks.
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Facebook ban: Stop me if you've heard this one before
28 Mar 2019If Facebook's announcement that it'll ban praise and support for white nationalism and separatism sounds familiar, that's because it is, Paul Brislen writes.
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New Zealand's darkest day
25 Mar 2019It took just 21 minutes of mayhem to end 50 lives and change others forever. Here is a timeline of events from last Friday's attacks.
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Were NZ's intelligence agencies looking in the wrong direction?
27 Mar 2019Analysis- We were promised a moment of truth and now it has arrived, writes Guyon Espiner.
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'We thought he was missing': family's anxious wait for news of terror victim
30 Mar 2019The family of one of the victims of the Christchurch terror attacks struggled to get information until they landed in New Zealand, and it was not until five days later they found out the 17-year-old…
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Christchurch mosque attack casualties: 21 still in hospital
30 Mar 2019A four-year-old girl remains in a critical but stable condition in Auckland's Starship Hospital, and there are three others still in intensive care.
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'Evil must not take root and flourish in our land again'
29 Mar 2019At today's National Remembrance Service there were staunch blokes in flannel shirts, mums and babies, school kids in uniform and dreadlocked sandal wearers. All standing together.
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In pictures: Two weeks that have changed NZ forever
29 Mar 2019Look back at the past two weeks after the mosque terror attack with some of the strongest - and saddest - images captured by RNZ.
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Auckland service: 'Let's keep being that light in stormy waters'
29 Mar 2019All Black Sonny Bill Williams has challenged hundreds of people at Auckland's memorial service to reach out to Muslims in their community.
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'Tears avenge death' - NZ mourns victims killed in mosque attacks
29 Mar 2019Heads were bowed and tears shed in silence as the names of the 50 victims of the terror attacks two weeks ago were read out at a remembrance service attended by tens of thousand in Christchurch and…
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Timeline: Before the Christchurch mosque attacks
29 Mar 2019Read a timeline of the actions by New Zealand's security services, government and the country's Muslim community in the years leading up to the Christchurch mosque attacks.
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Mosque attack survivor: 'I have chosen love and I have forgiven'
29 Mar 2019One of the survivors of the Christchurch terror attack, Farid Ahmed, told the crowd at the remembrance service today he had forgiven the shooter who killed his wife.
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