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Christchurch mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant during his sentencing hearing on Thursday. The terrorist has been jailed for life without parole.

Muted hearing of Christchurch mosque killer all part of the plan

The self-professed white supremacist behind the terror attack in 2019 wanted online fame, but New Zealand’s justice system is doing everything possible to make him invisible.

  • Charlotte Graham-McLay

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Brenton Tarrant on the final day of his sentencing hearing in 2020.

Christchurch gunman fights to overturn guilty pleas, says prison made him irrational

The Australian, who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in 2019, is also seeking to appeal his sentence of life without the chance of parole, which had never been imposed in New Zealand before.

  • Charlotte Graham-McLay
Terrorism experts say the relationship between the father and son may have fed their spiral into darkness.

A father, a son and the radical world of terror

The final days of the Bondi Beach shooters were spent in bare, rented rooms and off the radar of authorities.

  • Jordan Baker, Michael McGowan and Michael Bachelard
Elon Musk’s X has dismissed take down orders from Australia’s eSafety commissioner.

‘MechaHitler’: Why Elon Musk’s chatbot is at the centre of an Australian legal dispute

Elon Musk’s X and Australia’s online safety watchdog are back in court. Here’s what to know.

  • David Swan
Winston Peters was Jacinda Ardern’s deputy PM in a coalition, but has now accused her office of not acting when needed.

‘Completely inaccurate’: Peters slammed after NZ terror gaffe

The 2019 attack, in which 51 worshippers were killed by Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant, is the subject of a coronial inquest which began this week.

  • Ben McKay
Jacinda Ardern in the House of Representatives in Wellington on Wednesday.

‘Tired’ Ardern exits politics with look back at maiden speech, IVF and climate fight

A teary former NZ and Labour leader addressed colleagues for the final time, with former PMs and other luminaries watching from packed public galleries.

  • Ben McKay
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Brenton Tarrant previously told his lawyer his admissions were made under duress.

Christchurch mosque terrorist appeals conviction and sentence

The Australian gunman carried out NZ’s worst ever terrorist attack, killing 51 people during Friday prayers.

  • Marine Lourens
People embrace outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket a day earlier, in Buffalo, New York.

‘All this hate! For what?’: Anger and heartbreak as Buffalo grieves the dead

“I thought there was a bomb or something going off: boom, boom, boom,” says Buffalo resident Cecelia Williams. “But this was a terrorist act. ”

  • Farrah Tomazin
Mariam Veiszadeh is the founder of Islamophobia Register Australia.

My ‘third child’ made me a target for Islamophobes, but has delivered powerful insights

Despite the death threats, I am immensely proud of the Islamophobia Register Australia and the data it has produced.

  • Mariam Veiszadeh
Brenton Tarrant has told his lawyer his admissions were made under duress.

Victims’ family anger over Christchurch shooting killer’s plan to appeal

Australian Brenton Tarrant, currently serving a life sentence for killing 51 people, has told his lawyer his guilty pleas were obtained under duress.

  • Jody O'Callaghan