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June 14, 2019
FIRST PERSON: By Katie Todd, of RNZ News, reporting outside the High Court in Christchurch The latest chapter in the court proceedings of the accused mosque gunman played out in cold, misty weather in Christchurch today. Reporters and camera crews from around the world lined Lichfield Street from 6.30am, with all eyes and lenses on ... <a title="Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/court-appearance-mosque-attack-survivors-and-families-painful-day/" aria-label="Read more about Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2019
By RNZ New Zealand police have laid a terrorism charge against the man accused of murdering 51 people in Christchurch in deadly terror attacks on two Christchurch mosques on March 15. In addition to the murder charges, Brenton Tarrant faces 40 of attempted murder and one charge under the Terrorism Suppression Act. In a statement, ... <a title="Police lay terrorism charge against man accused of mosque shootings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/22/police-lay-terrorism-charge-against-man-accused-of-mosque-shootings/" aria-label="Read more about Police lay terrorism charge against man accused of mosque shootings">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
By Michael Andrew More New Zealand journalists have been seeking ways to “prevent tragedy” through their reporting, shows new research published in Columbia Journalism Review. The research, which analysed domestic and international coverage of last month’s Christchurch terror attacks, found that New Zealand news media preferred to focus on the victims, their relatives and the ... <a title="NZ journalists focusing on ‘tragedy prevention’, says CJR research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/nz-journalists-focusing-on-tragedy-prevention-says-cjr-research/" aria-label="Read more about NZ journalists focusing on ‘tragedy prevention’, says CJR research">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2019
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News National Party MPs crossed the floor of New Zealand’s Parliament to congratulate Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and Police Minister Stuart Nash, after MPs voted near-unanimously to approve the government’s gun ban last night. Senior police officers and members of Nash’s staff were among the few people in the public ... <a title="NZ’s gun law change: ‘One of the most important pieces of legislation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/11/nzs-gun-law-change-one-of-the-most-important-pieces-of-legislation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s gun law change: ‘One of the most important pieces of legislation’">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
Brenton Tarrant at his first court hearing on March 16 in the Christchurch District Court. Image: EveningReportNZ/Screengrab of TVNZ coverage By RNZ News The man charged over the Christchurch mosque shootings last month appeared in the High Court in Christchurch today, accused of killing 50 people. Brenton Tarrant, 28, appeared via a video link from ... <a title="Christchurch mosque attacks: Accused gunman appears in court via video link" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/christchurch-mosque-attacks-accused-gunman-appears-in-court-via-video-link/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque attacks: Accused gunman appears in court via video link">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
“Raise hope not racists” placard at Auckland’s Queen Street march against racism. Image: Del Abcede/PMC By Ben Strang of RNZ News Thousands of New Zealanders do not believe the official version of the mosque terror attacks in Christchurch. About 5 percent of the people are estimated to be hard core conspiracy theorists, some of whom ... <a title="Thousands in NZ don’t believe official Christchurch terror attacks story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/thousands-in-nz-dont-believe-official-christchurch-terror-attacks-story/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands in NZ don’t believe official Christchurch terror attacks story">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
OPINION: By Ramzy Baroud I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that also took me to Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Dunedin. New Zealand is an exceptional country, different from other countries that are often lumped under the generalised designation of the “Western ... <a title="Ramzy Baroud: Can Christchurch heal our collective wounds?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/ramzy-baroud-can-christchurch-heal-our-collective-wounds/" aria-label="Read more about Ramzy Baroud: Can Christchurch heal our collective wounds?">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Fifty Kowhai Intermediate School children sing the waiata at the remembrance service in Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland today. Video: Del Abcede/PMC By Amy Williams and of Brooke Jenner of RNZ News All Black Sonny Bill Williams has challenged hundreds of people at Auckland’s memorial service for those who died in the Christchurch mosque ... <a title="Mosque atrocity remembrance service calls for ‘love, solidarity’ to continue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/mosque-atrocity-remembrance-service-calls-for-love-solidarity-to-continue/" aria-label="Read more about Mosque atrocity remembrance service calls for ‘love, solidarity’ to continue">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch In 2017, the New Zealand media featured 14,349 stories that included the word Islam – nearly 13,000 of those stories mentioned either terrorism or Islamic Jihad. The stats are from an academic article in Pacific Journalism Review by Auckland University of Technology’s senior lecturer and Pacific Media Centre board ... <a title="‘Misconceived hatred’ gives way to Muslim voices finally being heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/misconceived-hatred-gives-way-to-muslim-voices-finally-being-heard/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Misconceived hatred’ gives way to Muslim voices finally being heard">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2019
Black Sheep … an RNZ special on white supremacy. Image: RNZ COMMENTARY: By William Ray Since the mosque attacks in Christchurch earlier this month, many people have called for New Zealand to examine its history of white supremacy. In this special episode of RNZ’s Black Sheep, William Ray looks at the origins of this ideology, ... <a title="Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/26/black-sheep-nzs-story-of-white-supremacy/" aria-label="Read more about Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Pacific Media Centre’s Del Abcede was on the ground for last Sunday’s “love not hate” rally with about 2000 people marching down Auckland’s Queen Street in solidarity with the victims and survivors of the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack earlier this month. Scores of children were among the marchers with placards declaring ... <a title="Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/26/gallery-children-head-nzs-love-not-hate-rally-in-central-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2019
OPINION: By Dr Paul G Buchanan The terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques this month is a watershed moment in New Zealand history. In the days, months and years ahead much soul-searching will be conducted about the social and political factors that contributed to the massacre of 50 people. Here we shall focus on two: ... <a title="Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/24/paul-buchanan-soul-searching-nz-must-own-this-terrorist-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack">Read more</a>
