Navigation for News Categories
Featured Christchurch Terror Attacks stories
They are us: A memorial to the lost
They were grandparents and spouses, parents of new babies and grown adults, and they were children. These are the people we lost in the Christchurch terror attacks.
Christchurch Terror Attacks headlines with summaries.
-
Terror attack aftermath: 'Free speech' is great, but has its limits
19 Mar 2019Opinion - Fascists argue to normalise their views and to stop society from dealing with the real issues, writes Paul Brislen, after analysing why someone called him a fascist.
-
Opinion: Four things we can do after the attacks
19 Mar 2019Among the messages of sympathy, love and solidarity I've been asked numerous times 'what can we do?' It is perhaps the most essential question of our time, writes Saziah Bashir.
-
Opinion: 'I cannot forgive the rhetoric that got us here'
19 Mar 2019I looked at my NZ passport with pride and told myself I came from a country that was more compassionate and kind than the US, but the words of 'respectable racists' like those in the media and…
-
Police named wrong person as being killed in Christchurch terror attack
21 Mar 2019A person police recorded as being allegedly murdered by the Christchurch terror attack shooter is not dead.
-
People allowed to return to Linwood Mosque tomorrow
22 Mar 2019People will be allowed back into the Linwood mosque tomorrow for the first time since the attacks last Friday.
-
18,000 at Dunedin vigil to remember terror attack victims
21 Mar 2019A Dunedin Muslim leader has told a crowd of 18,000 at a vigil this evening the Christchurch terror attacks were designed to divide New Zealand, but had failed.
-
Christchurch terror shooting: Gun laws change, wrong man named dead
21 Mar 2019In the aftermath of last Friday's Christchurch terror attacks, today saw all victims identified, sweeping changes to gun laws in New Zealand, and the revelation of a police mistake.
-
Live updates: Christchurch mosque attacks - Tributes offered to man who confronted alleged killer
21 Mar 2019Floral tributes and signs are building up outside the shop of Abdul Aziz, who threw an eftpos machine at the Christchurch mosque attacker on Friday.
-
Alleged failings in police vetting of accused's firearms licence application
21 Mar 2019Police are investigating allegations of serious breaches in their vetting of the accused Christchurch killer for his firearms licence.
-
Absence of race relations boss impacting on ethnic communities, says advocate
21 Mar 2019The Christchurch terror attacks highlight the pressing need for a new race relations commissioner to be appointed as soon as possible, some ethnic communities say.
-
Dunedin students wear hijabs in solidarity with Muslim women
21 Mar 2019University of Otago students have donned hijabs in a show of solidarity for Muslim women in Dunedin today
-
Trump says 'fake news media' trying to blame him for Christchurch shootings
19 Mar 2019United States President Donald Trump says the "fake news media" is unfairly trying to blame him for that Christchurch shootings that killed at least 50 Muslim worshippers.
-
Turkish PM cites Christchurch attack in political campaign
19 Mar 2019President Tayyip Erdogan described the mass shooting at two Christchurch mosques as part of a wider attack on Turkey and threatened to send back "in caskets" anyone who tried to take the battle to…
-
Facebook and govt to hold talks 'at some point'
20 Mar 2019Facebook has been in touch with the government, including the Prime Minister's office, and it's likely a meeting will take place between the social media giant and politicians soon.
-
Peters defends past statements on Muslims and extremism
19 Mar 2019The New Zealand First leader says no politician is blameless when it comes to past political comments.
-
MPs pay tribute to Chch victims: 'We will surround you with aroha'
19 Mar 2019MPs in Parliament have paid tribute to the victims of the Christchurch terror attacks this afternoon, opening today's session with a Muslim prayer.
-
National's UN migration petition removed by 'emotional' staff member
19 Mar 2019The National Party says a petition opposing a United Nations migration agreement was removed from its website after Friday's mosque attack by an "emotional" junior staff member.
-
Christchurch terror attacks: Firearms law changes 'today or tomorrow'
19 Mar 2019The government is preparing to unveil its full proposal on changes to firearms law either today or tomorrow.
-
Party leaders giving no details on planned gun law reform
19 Mar 2019Governing party leaders are giving no clues on how the country's gun laws will change until they are announced.
-
PM on gun law reforms: 'We are absolutely united'
18 Mar 2019Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says details of reforms to New Zealand's gun laws will be announced within 10 days of Friday's Christchurch mosque attacks.
-
PM opens book of condolences: 'They are us'
18 Mar 2019Jacinda Ardern has opened an official book of condolences for the victims of the Christchurch attacks with the words "they are us".
-
NZ investment funds call for social media giants to be responsible
20 Mar 2019New Zealand's investment funds, like New Zealand Super and ACC, are condemning the role of social media giants in spreading terror following Friday's attacks in Christchurch.
-
Mosque killings highlight gaps in New Zealand's arms laws
18 Mar 2019Opinion - The tragic mass killing that occurred in Christchurch on Friday has highlighted some serious gaps in New Zealand's Arms legislation, John Battersby writes.
-
PM's words 'they are us' the reassurance NZ needed
17 Mar 2019Opinion - It is not our laws or government that should be put at fault - the focus of our condemnation should be the coward that did this, Brigitte Morten writes.
Top News stories
- Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon wraps up five-day US trip
- The Chase's Shaun Wallace: How the 'Dark Destroyer' became a lifelong All Blacks fan
- Alec Baldwin's Rust trial dismissed amid claims of hidden evidence
- Shots fired at Whangārei grandmother's house
- NZTA reviews police, council access to state highway CCTV cameras
Subscribe
Get the top 8 headlines each day at 8am with our daily email newsletter.