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Christchurch shooter emotionless as victims’ families address sentencing hearing

Australian national Brenton Tarrant, 29, has pleaded guilty to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and one charge of committing a terrorist act

Livestreamed killings test social media measures

Online message board 8chan was used by mass shooters to announce attacks three times in 2019, including the posting of a four-page statement by the gunman behind the attack

UN Chief Guterres urges curbing hate speech in Christchurch visit

"Hate speech is spreading like wildfire in social media. We must extinguish it," the Portuguese diplomat said.

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern gets engaged to long-time partner

A spokesman for Ardern and Gayford said the couple agreed to tie the knot over the Easter break.

Christchurch mosque toll rises to 51 after man dies

"The man... had been in a critical condition in Christchurch Hospital since the terror attack," police said, adding that he died late Thursday.

Prince William visits mosques attacked by gunman in Christchurch, meets survivors

Extremist ideology must be defeated, Britain’s Prince William said during a visit to a New Zealand mosque

Survivors of Christchurch shootings to be given permanent residency

Applicants must have been living in New Zealand on the day of the attack, so the visa will not be available to tourists or short-term visitors.

Prince William to visit Christchurch in aftermath of mosques attacks

He will represent his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, the official head of state of the former British colony of New Zealand.

New Zealand attacker charged with 49 more mosque murders

Tarrant was then remanded to custody until June 14.

Accused Christchurch gunman to face 50 murder charges: NZ police

The 28-year-old will appear via video link in the Christchurch court from a maximum-security prison in Auckland.

Facebook looks to place restrictions on who can go live

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said on Friday the company was looking to place restrictions on who can go live on its platform

‘I am choosing peace and I have forgiven’: Christchurch survivor tells remembrance service

"I am choosing peace and I have forgiven," wheelchair-bound Farid Ahmed told tens of thousands gathered in the grieving southern city,

Financial link between Christchurch attacker, far-right movement: Austria’s Kurz

“We can now confirm that there was financial support and so a link between the New Zealand attacker and the Identitarian Movement in Austria,” Kurz said.

New Zealand police probe if man who died in standoff linked to mosque attacks

New Zealand police are investigating whether a man who died from a stab wound in a standoff on Wednesday had any connection with the March 15 shooting attack on two mosques in Christchurch,

NZ to hold national remembrance for Christchurch next Friday

'The national remembrance service provides an opportunity for Cantabrians (Christchurch-area residents), New Zealanders and people all around the world to come together as one to honour the victims of the terrorist attack'

Muslims return to Christchurch mosque as NZ works to move on

Among the first to enter was massacre survivor Vohra Mohammad Huzef, who said two of his roommates were killed and that he managed to live only by hiding under bodies

Terror attacks in Christchurch stun world: FM Qureshi

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on the sideline of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) emergency summit, met with New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters on Friday.

Christchurch attack: Bodies of seven Pakistanis handed to heirs

Pakistan’s deputy high commissioner said efforts are underway to send the mortal remains of one Pakistani martyr back to Pakistan at the earliest

Syrian refugee father and son buried as New Zealand funerals begin

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Cashmere High School

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