Christchurch mosque shootings

{{Short description|2019 terrorist attacks in New Zealand}} {{protection padlock|reason=Persistent disruptive editing; this page has been protected so many times that indefinite protection seems in order|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox civilian attack | title = Christchurch mosque shootings | image = {{multiple image | align = center | direction = horizontal | width = 150 |image_style = border:none | image1 = Christchurch Mosque, New Zealand.jpg | alt1 = View of a mosque | caption1 = The Al Noor Mosque in August 2019 | image2 = Linwood_Islamic_Centre,_March_2020.jpg | alt2 = View of a residential building used as a mosque | caption2 = Linwood Islamic Centre in March 2020 }} | map = {{switcher |{{Location map many | New Zealand Christchurch | float = center | width = 200 | alt = The mosques are located in Christchurch, New Zealand | label1 = Al Noor Mosque | coordinates1 = {{Coord|-43.5329|172.6118}} | pos1 = left | label2 = Linwood Islamic Centre | coordinates2 = {{Coord|-43.5324|172.6726}} | pos2 = right }} |Show map of Christchurch, New Zealand |{{Location map | New Zealand | float = center | width = 200 | label = Christchurch | coordinates = {{Coord|-43.5329|172.6118}} }} |Show map of New Zealand }} | location = Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | target = Muslims and Immigrants | coordinates = {{unbulleted list|{{Coord|-43.5329|172.6118|type:landmark_region:NZ-CAN|display=inline}}|(Al Noor Mosque)|{{Coord|-43.5324|172.6726|type:landmark_region:NZ-CAN|display=inline}}|(Linwood Islamic Centre)}} | date = {{start date and age|15 March 2019}} | time-begin = 1:40 | time-end = 1:59{{nbsp}}p.m. | timezone = NZDT; UTC+13 | type = Mass shooting | fatalities = 51{{efn|44 at the Al Noor Mosque including one that died on 3 May, and 7 at the Linwood Islamic Centre.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mosque attack sentencing: Gunman's plan of terror outlined in court |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-terror-attack-sentencing-gunman-brenton-tarrant-planned-to-attack-three-mosques/Y5ROAIRQY6TJTU7XI63YHBT7YI/?c_id=1&objectid=12358347 |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=13 February 2024 |language=en-NZ |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115032659/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-terror-attack-sentencing-gunman-brenton-tarrant-planned-to-attack-three-mosques/Y5ROAIRQY6TJTU7XI63YHBT7YI/?c_id=1&objectid=12358347 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} | injuries = 89{{efn|40 by gunfire, including 35 at the Al Noor Mosque and 5 at the Linwood Islamic Centre; 49 others by other causes.<ref name=OperationDeans/>}} | perp = Brenton Harrison Tarrant | dfens = *Naeem Rashid *Abdul Aziz Wahabzada | accused = | weapons = * Windham Weaponry WW-15 AR-15–style rifle * Ruger AR-556 AR-15–style rifle * 12-gauge Mossberg 930 semi-automatic shotgun * 12-gauge Ranger 870 pump-action shotgun * .357 Magnum Uberti lever-action rifle * .223 Remington Mossberg Predator bolt-action rifle | motive = * Islamophobia * White supremacy<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Billy|last=Perrigo|access-date=22 March 2019|title=The New Zealand Attack Exposed How White Supremacy Has Long Flourished Online|url=https://time.com/5554783/white-supremacy-online-christchurch/|magazine=Time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321105735/http://time.com/5554783/white-supremacy-online-christchurch/|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * Belief in the white genocide and Great Replacement conspiracy theory<ref name="Gilsinan"/> | coroner = | convicted = | verdict = Pleaded guilty to all charges | convictions = Murder (51 counts)<br />Attempted murder (40 counts)<br />Committing a terrorist act{{Infobox event | title = | child = yes | sentence = Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole<ref name="R v Tarrant" /> }} }} On 15 March 2019, two consecutive terrorist mass shootings took place in Christchurch, New Zealand. They were committed during Friday prayer, first at the Al Noor Mosque in Riccarton at 1:40{{nbsp}}p.m., and shortly afterwards at 1:52{{nbsp}}p.m. at the Linwood Islamic Centre. In total, 51 people were killed and 89 others were injured, including 40 by gunfire.<ref name=OperationDeans>{{cite web|url=https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/history-and-museum/museum/exhibitions/place-many-brave-deeds/2019-operation-deans-targeted|title=2019 – Operation Deans Targeted Terrorist Attacks, Christchurch, 15 March|publisher=New Zealand Police|access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> The perpetrator was identified as Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian man at the time.

Tarrant was arrested after his vehicle was rammed by a police car as he was driving to a third mosque in Ashburton. He live-streamed the first shooting on Facebook, marking the first successfully live-streamed far-right terror attack, and had published a manifesto online before the attack. On 26 March 2020, he pleaded guilty<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Ensor|first1=Blair|last2=Sherwood|first2=Sam|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/120565800/christchurch-mosque-attacks-accused-pleads-guilty-to-murder-attempted-murder-and-terrorism|title=Christchurch mosque attacks: Accused pleads guilty to murder, attempted murder and terrorism|work=Stuff|access-date=25 March 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708033232/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/120565800/christchurch-mosque-attacks-accused-pleads-guilty-to-murder-attempted-murder-and-terrorism|archive-date=8 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bayer|first=Kurt|date=3 July 2020|title=Christchurch mosque shooting: Gunman's sentencing confirmed to start on August 24|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12345091|access-date=3 July 2020|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703035144/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12345091|url-status=live}}</ref> to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders, and engaging in a terrorist act,<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Quinlivan|first1=Mark|last2=McCarron|first2=Heather|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/christchurch-shooting-alleged-gunman-brenton-tarrant-s-trial-delayed.html|title=Christchurch shooting: Alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant's trial delayed|work=Newshub|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613064106/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/christchurch-shooting-alleged-gunman-brenton-tarrant-s-trial-delayed.html|archive-date=13 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="third_appearance" /> and in August was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole{{snd}}the first such sentence in New Zealand.<ref name="R v Tarrant" /><ref name="Stuff last gasp">{{Cite news|last=Lourens|first=Mariné|date=27 August 2020|title=Christchurch mosque gunman jailed 'until his last gasp'|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/122577663/christchurch-mosque-gunman-jailed-until-his-last-gasp|access-date=27 August 2020|website=Stuff|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827202459/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/122577663/christchurch-mosque-gunman-jailed-until-his-last-gasp|archive-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Reuters life sentence">{{Cite news|date=27 August 2020|title=New Zealand mosque shooter given life in prison for 'wicked' crimes|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-idUSKBN25M2QF|access-date=27 August 2020|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827200055/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-idUSKBN25M2QF |archive-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>

The attacks were mainly motivated by&nbsp;white nationalism,&nbsp;anti-immigrant sentiment, and&nbsp;white supremacist&nbsp;beliefs. Tarrant described himself as an ecofascist and professed belief in the&nbsp;far-right&nbsp;"Great Replacement"&nbsp;conspiracy theory&nbsp;in the context of a "white genocide".

The attack was linked to an increase in white supremacy and alt-right extremism globally<ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand terrorism threat environment following the Christchurch attack |url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/16251/response/61136/attach/4/2019%2004%2016%20New%20Zealand%20terrorism%20threat%20environment%20following%20the%20Christchurch%20attack.pdf |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=Combined Threat Assessment Group |date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030040929/https://fyi.org.nz/request/16251/response/61136/attach/4/2019%2004%2016%20New%20Zealand%20terrorism%20threat%20environment%20following%20the%20Christchurch%20attack.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/christchurch-shooting-live-questions-over-alt-right-hate-monitoring-following-shooting-20190317-p514zk.html|title=Christchurch shooting live: questions over alt-right hate monitoring following shooting|last=Clun|first=Rachel|date=18 March 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318012738/https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/christchurch-shooting-live-questions-over-alt-right-hate-monitoring-following-shooting-20190317-p514zk.html|archive-date=18 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Cameron|last1=Houston|first2=Shane|last2=Wright|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/alt-right-extremists-are-not-being-monitored-effectively-20190317-p514y0.html|title=Alt-right extremists are not being monitored effectively|date=17 March 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318093517/https://www.smh.com.au/national/alt-right-extremists-are-not-being-monitored-effectively-20190317-p514y0.html|archive-date=18 March 2019|access-date=3 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> observed since about 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/christchurch-mass-shooting-extremism.html|title=New Zealand Massacre Highlights Global Reach of White Extremism|date=17 March 2019|website=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317075728/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/christchurch-mass-shooting-extremism.html|archive-date=17 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/17/the-observer-view-on-the-christchurch-shootings-weve-been-too-slow-to-see-deadly-far-right-threat|title=The Observer view on the Christchurch shootings: we've been too slow to see the far right threat|author=Observer editorial|date=17 March 2019|website=The Guardian |access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429195853/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/17/the-observer-view-on-the-christchurch-shootings-weve-been-too-slow-to-see-deadly-far-right-threat|url-status=live}}</ref> Politicians and world leaders condemned it,<ref name="stuffcondems">{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111321325/australian-prime-minister-horrified-by-christchurch-shootings |title=World leaders condemn Christchurch mosque terrorism attack |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421235220/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111321325/australian-prime-minister-horrified-by-christchurch-shootings |url-status=live }}</ref> and the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, described it as "one of New Zealand's darkest days".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/jacinda-ardern-on-mosque-shooting-one-of-new-zealands-darkest-days/ |title=PM on mosque shooting: 'One of New Zealand's darkest days' |date=15 March 2019 |work=Newstalk ZB |access-date=2 April 2019 |archive-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712165101/https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/jacinda-ardern-on-mosque-shooting-one-of-new-zealands-darkest-days/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The government established a royal commission into its security agencies in the wake of the shootings, which were the deadliest in modern New Zealand history and the worst ever committed by an Australian national.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/pakistan-honour-christchurch-mosque-hero-national-award-190317073949724.html |title=Pakistan to honour Christchurch mosque 'hero' with national award |publisher=Al Jazeera|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320003244/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/pakistan-honour-christchurch-mosque-hero-national-award-190317073949724.html|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=20 March 2019|quote=It was the deadliest mass shooting in the country's modern history.}}</ref><ref name="Royal Commission Announced" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Graham-McLay|first=Charlotte|date=27 August 2020|title=Christchurch shooting: mosque gunman sentenced to life without parole|work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/christchurch-shooting-mosque-gunman-sentenced-to|access-date=27 August 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827023002/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/christchurch-shooting-mosque-gunman-sentenced-to|url-status=live}}</ref> The commission submitted its report to the government on 26 November 2020,<ref name=Guardian.Hands>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/christchurch-attacks-royal-commission-hands-in-report-on-new-zealand-mosque-shootings|title=Christchurch attacks: royal commission hands in report on New Zealand mosque shootings|work=The Guardian|last=Roy|first=Eleanor Roy|date=25 November 2020|access-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208010629/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/christchurch-attacks-royal-commission-hands-in-report-on-new-zealand-mosque-shootings|archive-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> the details of which were made public on 7 December.<ref name=AP.Eluded>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/intelligence-agencies-shootings-brenton-tarrant-new-zealand-new-zealand-mosque-attacks-d8217fa30fe4eeba45fb001b77857385|title=Report shows how New Zealand mosque shooter eluded detection|work=Associated Press News|last=Perry|first=Nick|date=7 December 2020|access-date=7 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208200943/https://apnews.com/article/intelligence-agencies-shootings-brenton-tarrant-new-zealand-new-zealand-mosque-attacks-d8217fa30fe4eeba45fb001b77857385|archive-date=8 December 2020}}</ref>

The shooting has inspired multiple copycat attacks,{{efn|Copycat attacks include: the Poway synagogue shooting, 2019 El Paso shooting, Bærum mosque shooting, Halle synagogue shooting, 2021 London, Ontario truck attack, Eslöv school stabbing, Kristianstad school stabbing, 2022 Buffalo shooting, 2022 Bratislava shooting, 2023 Jacksonville shooting, 2024 Eskisehir mosque stabbing, and the Antioch High School shooting.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hummel |first1=Kristina |title=The Christchurch Attacks: Livestream Terror in the Viral Video Age |url=https://ctc.westpoint.edu/christchurch-attacks-livestream-terror-viral-video-age/ |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=Combating Terrorism Center at West Point |date=18 July 2019 |archive-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504111058/https://ctc.westpoint.edu/christchurch-attacks-livestream-terror-viral-video-age/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Dr Suraj |title=The Gamification of Violent Extremism: An Empirical Exploration of the Christchurch Attack |url=https://gnet-research.org/2022/06/10/the-gamification-of-violent-extremism-an-empirical-exploration-of-the-christchurch-attack/ |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=GNET |date=10 June 2022}}</ref>}} especially due to its live-streamed nature. In response to this incident, the United Nations designated 15 March as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.<ref>{{cite news |title=International Day to Combat Islamophobia |newspaper=United Nations |date=15 March 2025 |url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/anti-islamophobia-day}}</ref> {{TOC limit|3}}

== Background == === Locations === The gunman first attacked the Al Noor Mosque on Deans Avenue in the suburb of Riccarton, opposite Hagley Park. It was opened in 1985, the first mosque in the South Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111343035/welcome-brother-a-community-that-stressed-peace-is-undone-by-violence|title='Welcome, brother': A community that stressed peace is undone by violence|website=Stuff |date=17 March 2019|access-date=8 April 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613091011/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111343035/welcome-brother-a-community-that-stressed-peace-is-undone-by-violence|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 June 1985 |title=Photos |pages=1 |work=The Press |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1985/06/22/1 |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503085418/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1985/06/22/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Shortly after, he attacked the Linwood Islamic Centre on Linwood Avenue, 6 km away in the suburb of Linwood: it was opened in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/linwood-mosque-reflects-a-growing-muslim-community/news-story/b68147a5269e38810815a499b7ca0928 |title=Linwood mosque reflects a growing Muslim community |last=Akerman |first=Tessa |date=16 March 2019 |work=The Australian |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106002626/https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up?adv=vrges6n&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DTAWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%252Fnews%252Fnation%252Flinwood-mosque-reflects-a-growing-muslim-community%252Fnews-story%252Fb68147a5269e38810815a499b7ca0928%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium%26v21%3DGROUPB-Segment-1-NOSCORE%26V21spcbehaviour%3Dappend&upid=rjdl4pv&upv=1.1.0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Perpetrator === [[File:Brenton Tarrant in Turkiye.png|thumb|The perpetrator, Brenton Tarrant, in a 2016 airport camera photo when he entered Turkey<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/yeni-zelandada-camiye-saldiran-teroristin-2016da-turkiyeye-geldigi-belirlendi/1419904|title=Yeni Zelanda'da camiye saldıran teröristin 2016'da Türkiye'ye geldiği belirlendi|language=tr|date=16 March 2019|first=Tuğçenur |last=Yılmaz|trans-title=It has been determined that the terrorist who attacked the mosque in New Zealand came to Türkiye in 2016|website=Anadolu Agency}}</ref>]]

Brenton Harrison Tarrant (born 27 October 1990),<ref>{{Cite web |title='A loner with a lot of money': A look into mosque gunman's past |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-attacks-a-look-into-gunman-brenton-tarrants-past/VNWHH3PPQ72N3JVQ5VHLN2UKFA/ |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=20 August 2020 |language=en-NZ |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411175228/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-attacks-a-look-into-gunman-brenton-tarrants-past/VNWHH3PPQ72N3JVQ5VHLN2UKFA/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/brenton-tarrant-how-christchurch-terrorist-spent-final-months-before-attack/ca366435-03c8-4981-b382-051abec79f56|title=How Australian terrorist spent his final months before Christchurch mosque attack|website=9news.com.au|date=8 December 2020|access-date=18 February 2023|archive-date=18 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218122114/https://www.9news.com.au/world/brenton-tarrant-how-christchurch-terrorist-spent-final-months-before-attack/ca366435-03c8-4981-b382-051abec79f56|url-status=live}}</ref> a white Australian man from Grafton, New South Wales, was 28 years old at the time of the shootings.<ref name=Reuters16Mar>{{cite news|first1=Byron|last1=Kaye|accessdate=26 January 2021|title=In New Zealand, a journey around the world and into darkness|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shootout-profile-idUSKCN1QX0GQ|agency=Reuters|date=16 March 2019|work=Reuters.com|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207032231/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shootout-profile-idUSKCN1QX0GQ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Executive summary|url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/executive-summary-2/executive-summary/|access-date=27 August 2021|website=Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019|language=en-NZ|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918164227/https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/executive-summary-2/executive-summary/|url-status=live}}</ref> After his arrest, Tarrant told investigators that he frequented right-wing discussion boards on 4chan and 8chan and also found YouTube to be "a significant source of information and inspiration".<ref name="AP.Eluded" />

Tarrant arrived in New Zealand in August 2017 and lived in Andersons Bay in Dunedin until the shootings.<ref>{{cite book |title=Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019 |page=24 |url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |access-date=3 November 2023 |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713110513/https://www.christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="AP.Eluded" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/fruit-loop-dunedin-hunters-reveal-how-brenton-tarrant-acted-at-rifle-range/news-story/63b2eef1aac281ddbd9e8526943096e5|title=Christchurch massacre: Brenton Tarrant's life in Dunedin, NZ|newspaper=News.com.au|date=17 March 2019|access-date=2 April 2019|last1=Dunedin|first1=Candace Sutton in|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401193957/https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/fruit-loop-dunedin-hunters-reveal-how-brenton-tarrant-acted-at-rifle-range/news-story/63b2eef1aac281ddbd9e8526943096e5|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a member of a South Otago gun club, where he practised shooting at its range.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Melanie |last2=Jennings |first2=Mark |title=Shooter trained at Otago gun club |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/shooter-trained-at-otago-gun-club |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=Newsroom |date=25 March 2019 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104212442/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/shooter-trained-at-otago-gun-club |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213738|title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Bruce Rifle Club closes in wake of terror|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=17 March 2019|access-date=19 March 2019|issn=1170-0777|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318194824/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213738|archive-date=18 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Manifesto === Tarrant wrote a 74-page manifesto entitled ''The Great Replacement'', a reference to the "Great Replacement" and "white genocide" conspiracy theories.<ref name="Gilsinan">{{cite news |last1=Gilsinan |first1=Kathy |title=How White-Supremacist Violence Echoes Other Forms of Terrorism |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/violence-new-zealand-echoes-past-terrorist-patterns/585043/ |access-date=17 March 2019 |work=The Atlantic |date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317140936/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/violence-new-zealand-echoes-past-terrorist-patterns/585043/ |archive-date=17 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Darby |first=Luke |title=How the 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory has inspired white supremacist killers |work=The Telegraph |date=5 August 2019 |location=London |id={{ProQuest|<!-- Add ProQuest data here -->}} }}</ref> Minutes before the attacks began, the manifesto was emailed to more than 30 recipients, including the prime minister's office and several media outlets,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-17/jacinda-ardern-christchurch-shooter-manifesto-email/10909874 |title=Jacinda Ardern's office received manifesto from Christchurch shooter minutes before attack |newspaper=ABC News |date=17 March 2019 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317072758/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-17/jacinda-ardern-christchurch-shooter-manifesto-email/10909874 |archive-date=17 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> and links were shared on Twitter and 8chan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://observer.news/featured/the-manifesto-of-brenton-tarrant-a-right-wing-terrorist-on-a-crusade/|title=The Manifesto of Brenton Tarrant – a right-wing terrorist on a Crusade|last=Wong|first=Charlene|date=15 March 2019|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315144811/https://observer.news/featured/the-manifesto-of-brenton-tarrant-a-right-wing-terrorist-on-a-crusade/|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/terrorism/australian-man-brenton-tarrant-named-as-christchurch-gunman-as-four-taken-into-custody-ng-b881137083z|title=Australian man named as NZ mosque gunman|date=15 March 2019|work=The West Australian|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419225706/https://thewest.com.au/news/terrorism/australian-man-brenton-tarrant-named-as-christchurch-gunman-as-four-taken-into-custody-ng-b881137083z|url-status=live}}</ref> Seven minutes after Tarrant sent the email containing the manifesto to parliament, it was forwarded to the parliament security team, who instantly called the police communication centre at 1:40{{nbsp}}p.m., around the same time the first 111 calls were made from the Al Noor Mosque.<ref name="Operation Deans">{{cite web |title=Operation Deans / Evidential Overview |url=https://coronialservices.justice.govt.nz/assets/d836SD43-Evidential-Overview-for-Christchurch-Masjid-attacks.pdf |publisher=New Zealand Police |access-date=21 August 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727035219/https://coronialservices.justice.govt.nz/assets/d836SD43-Evidential-Overview-for-Christchurch-Masjid-attacks.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the manifesto, several anti-immigrant sentiments are expressed, including hate speech against migrants, white supremacist rhetoric, and calls for all non-European immigrants in Europe whom he claimed to be "invading his land" to be removed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gelineau |first1=Kristen |last2=Gambrell |first2=Jon |title=New Zealand mosque shooter is a white nationalist who hates immigrants, documents and video reveal |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mosque-killer-white-supremacy-20190315-story.html |agency=Associated Press |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-date=2 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602054023/https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-mosque-killer-white-supremacy-20190315-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The manifesto displays neo-Nazi symbols though he denies being a Nazi,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/new-zealand-christchurch-mosque-attack-white-genocide-conspiracy-theory-a8824671.html|title=New Zealand attack: How nonsensical white genocide conspiracy theory cited by gunman is spreading poison around the world|last1=Dearden|first1=Lizzie|date=16 March 2019|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316233021/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/new-zealand-christchurch-mosque-attack-white-genocide-conspiracy-theory-a8824671.html|archive-date=16 March 2019|url-status=live|website=Independent}}</ref> describing himself instead as an "ethno-nationalist",<ref name="Zivanovic">{{cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/15/new-zealand-mosque-gunman-inspired-by-balkan-nationalists/|title=New Zealand Mosque Gunman 'Inspired by Balkan Nationalists'|last=Zivanovic|first=Maja|website=Balkaninsight.com|date=15 March 2019|publisher=Balkaninsight|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922142828/https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/15/new-zealand-mosque-gunman-inspired-by-balkan-nationalists//|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/invaders-from-india-enemies-in-east-new-zealand-shooters-racist-post-after-a-qa-session-with-himself-2068333.html|title=Invaders from India, Enemies in East: New Zealand Shooter's Post After a Q&A Session With Himself|website=News18|date=16 March 2019|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091350/https://www.news18.com/news/world/invaders-from-india-enemies-in-east-new-zealand-shooters-racist-post-after-a-qa-session-with-himself-2068333.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl#h_d311bee77f1e9671f04fc3a16c3b2002|title=Attacker posted 87-page "anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim" manifesto|date=15 March 2019|publisher=CNN |access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327092352/https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/h_d311bee77f1e9671f04fc3a16c3b2002|url-status=live}}</ref> and an "eco-fascist".<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite news |last=Achenbach |first=Joel |title=Two mass killings a world apart share a common theme: 'ecofascism' |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=18 August 2019 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/science/two-mass-murders-a-world-apart-share-a-common-theme-ecofascism/2019/08/18/0079a676-bec4-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html |access-date=19 September 2019 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622181533/https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/two-mass-murders-a-world-apart-share-a-common-theme-ecofascism/2019/08/18/0079a676-bec4-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html |url-status=live }} * {{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-15/new-zealand-suspect-says-he-is-racist-eco-fascist-who-is-mostly-introverted/|title=New Zealand suspect Brenton Tarrant 'says he is racist eco-fascist who is mostly introverted'|website=ITV News|date=15 March 2019|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331020130/https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-15/new-zealand-suspect-says-he-is-racist-eco-fascist-who-is-mostly-introverted/|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/what-the-christchurch-attackers-manifesto-tells-us.html|title=What the Christchurch Attacker's Manifesto Tells Us|last=Weissmann|first=Jordan|date=15 March 2019|website=Slate|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522191851/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/what-the-christchurch-attackers-manifesto-tells-us.html|url-status=live}} * {{cite news|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/mosque-shooting-in-new-zealand-many-dead/news-story/ceac4d0c5f92a32d2c62754c74d4ca30|title=Mosque Shooting in New Zealand. Many Dead|last1=Bolt|first1=Andrew|website=Herald Sun|date=15 March 2019|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217053138/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/mosque-shooting-in-new-zealand-many-dead/news-story/ceac4d0c5f92a32d2c62754c74d4ca30|url-status=live}}</ref>

The manifesto was described by some media outlets as "shitposting"—a form of trolling designed to derail conversations and provoke strong reactions from people not in the know.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/the-shooters-manifesto-was-designed-to-troll/585058/|title=The Shooter's Manifesto Was Designed to Troll|last=Lorenz|first=Taylor|date=18 March 2019|work=The Atlantic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315173610/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/the-shooters-manifesto-was-designed-to-troll/585058/|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=18 March 2019}} * {{cite web | url = https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/a-mass-murder-for-the-age-of-shposting/ | title = A Mass Murder for the Age of Sh**posting | first = Theodore | last = Kupfer | date = 15 March 2019 | access-date = 18 March 2019 | work = National Review | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190318080150/https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/a-mass-murder-for-the-age-of-shposting/ | archive-date = 18 March 2019 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }} * {{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-gunman-christchurch.html | title = In Christchurch, Signs Point to a Gunman Steeped in Internet Trolling | first = Daniel | last = Victor | date = 15 March 2019 | access-date = 15 March 2019 | work = The New York Times | archive-date = 15 March 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190315134725/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-gunman-christchurch.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Readers of the manifesto described it as containing deliberately provocative and absurd statements, such as sarcastically claiming to have been turned into a killer by playing violent video games.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web |last1=Groll |first1=Elias |title=How the Christchurch Shooter Played the World's Media |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/15/how-the-christchurch-shooter-played-the-worlds-media/ |website=Foreign Policy |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728144509/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/15/how-the-christchurch-shooter-played-the-worlds-media/ |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=David |title=Massacre Suspect Traveled the World but Lived on the Internet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-shooting-brenton-tarrant.html |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705013721/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-shooting-brenton-tarrant.html |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Lerman |first1=Rachel |title='Fortnite trained me to be a killer': Twisted humor of dark internet culture in focus after another attack |url=https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/03/16/fortnite-trained-me-be-killer-twisted-humor-dark-internet-culture-focus-after-another-attack/ |publisher=KFDA |agency=Associated Press |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702224731/https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/03/16/fortnite-trained-me-be-killer-twisted-humor-dark-internet-culture-focus-after-another-attack/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 23 March 2019, the manifesto was deemed "objectionable" by the Chief Censor of New Zealand, making it unlawful to possess or distribute it in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/385399/christchurch-mosque-shootings-manifesto-deemed-objectionable |title=Christchurch mosque shootings: 'Manifesto' deemed objectionable |date=23 March 2019 |access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-date=31 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531150858/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/385399/christchurch-mosque-shootings-manifesto-deemed-objectionable |url-status=live }}</ref> Exemptions to the ban were available for journalists, researchers, and academics.<ref>{{cite web|date=24 March 2019|title=Legal experts say censorship on gunman's manifesto went too far|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chch-terror/385470/legal-experts-say-censorship-on-gunman-s-manifesto-went-too-far|access-date=13 March 2021|website=RNZ |language=en-nz|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214115712/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chch-terror/385470/legal-experts-say-censorship-on-gunman-s-manifesto-went-too-far|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2019, ''The New Zealand Herald'' reported that printed copies of the manifesto were being sold online outside New Zealand, something New Zealand law could not prevent.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cheng |first=Derek |date=21 August 2019 |title=Christchurch mosque shooting accused's manifesto being sold overseas is 'disgusting': Jacinda Ardern |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12260626 |url-status=live |access-date=26 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308183159/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shooting-accuseds-manifesto-being-sold-overseas-is-disgusting-jacinda-ardern/AHI4DY3J5YUPQRSAE4QPJAPWDY/?c_id=1&objectid=12260626 |archive-date=8 March 2022}}</ref>

=== Planning === Tarrant started planning an attack about two years prior to the shootings, and chose his targets three months in advance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brenton Tarrant: The 'ordinary white man' turned mass murderer|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/15/brenton-tarrant-ordinary-white-man-turned-mass-murderer/|access-date=16 March 2019|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315201224/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/15/brenton-tarrant-ordinary-white-man-turned-mass-murderer/|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Some survivors at the Al Noor Mosque believed they had seen Tarrant there on several Fridays before the attack, pretending to pray and asking about the mosque's schedules.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Christchurch shooting: Survivors convinced gunman visited mosque to learn layout|work=Newshub|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/christchurch-shooting-survivors-convinced-gunman-visited-mosque-to-learn-layout.html|access-date=12 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415113542/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/christchurch-shooting-survivors-convinced-gunman-visited-mosque-to-learn-layout.html|archive-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> The Royal Commission report found no evidence of this,<ref>{{cite web|title=Questions asked by the community|url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/questions-asked-by-the-community/|access-date=5 August 2021|website=Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019|language=en-NZ|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805164422/https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/questions-asked-by-the-community/|url-status=live}}</ref> and police instead believe that Tarrant had viewed an online tour of Al Noor as part of his planning.<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 April 2020|title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Police rule out that gunman entered mosque prior to attack|work=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12324343|access-date=15 May 2020|issn=1170-0777|archive-date=27 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427171223/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12324343|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 8 January 2019, Tarrant used a drone operated from a nearby park to investigate the mosque's grounds.<ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" /> Additionally, he used the Internet to find detailed mosque plans, interior pictures, and prayer schedules to figure out when mosques would be at their busiest levels.<ref name="rnz00">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12358347|title=Christchurch mosque terror attack sentencing: Gunman Brenton Tarrant planned to attack three mosques|work=The New Zealand Herald |last1=Bayer|first1=Kurt|last2=Leasl|first2=Anna|date=24 August 2020|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=4 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904090033/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12358347|url-status=live}}</ref> On the same day, he had driven past the Linwood Islamic Centre.<ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" />

=== Weaponry === Police recovered six guns: two AR-15 style rifles (one manufactured by Windham Weaponry and the other by Ruger), two 12-gauge shotguns (a semi automatic Mossberg 930 and a pump-action Ranger 870), and two other rifles (a .357 Magnum Uberti lever-action rifle, and a .223-calibre Mossberg Predator bolt-action rifle). Tarrant was granted a firearms licence with an "A" endorsement in November 2017,<ref>{{cite book |title=Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019 |pages=49–51 |url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |access-date=3 November 2023 |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713110513/https://www.christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/384959/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-s-focus-on-strengthening-current-gun-laws-after-christchurch-terror-attacks|title=Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's focus on strengthening current gun laws after Christchurch terror attacks|date=18 March 2019|website=Radio New Zealand |access-date=20 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321201557/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/384959/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-s-focus-on-strengthening-current-gun-laws-after-christchurch-terror-attacks|url-status=live}}</ref> and purchased weapons between December 2017 and March 2019, along with more than 7,000 rounds of ammunition.<ref name="rnz00" /> He used four 30-round magazines, five 40-round magazines, and one 60-round magazine in the shootings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table 6: The individual's online purchases of magazines 2017–2018 |date=17 August 2017 |url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/preparation-for-the-terrorist-attack/ |publisher=Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030171406/https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/preparation-for-the-terrorist-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, he illegally replaced the semi-automatic rifles' small magazines with the higher capacity magazines purchased online, against the conditions of Tarrant's gun licence.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214712|access-date=28 April 2019|title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Briefing to Police Minister Stuart Nash shows gun law loophole also exploited by Northland siege killer Quinn Paterson|date=20 March 2019|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502010806/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214712|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-new-zealand-bans-semi-automatic-rifles-high-capacity-magazines-after/ |title=Thousands descend on site of New Zealand mosque attacks to observe emotional Muslim prayer |work=The Globe and Mail |agency=Associated Press |first1=Nick |last1=Perry |first2=Juliet |last2=Williams |date=21 March 2019 |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322002254/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-new-zealand-bans-semi-automatic-rifles-high-capacity-magazines-after/ |archive-date=22 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47607215 |title=Christchurch shootings: NZ cabinet backs tighter gun laws |work=BBC News |date=18 March 2019 |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320223157/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47607215 |archive-date=20 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The guns and magazines used were covered in white writing naming historical events, people, and motifs related to historical conflicts, wars, and battles between Muslims and European Christians;<ref name="Coalson" /><ref name="Zivanovic" /><ref name="Aljazeeramaterial">{{cite web |title=Mosque shooter brandished material glorifying Serb nationalism |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/zealand-mosque-gunman-inspired-serb-nationalism-190315141305756.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315215856/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/zealand-mosque-gunman-inspired-serb-nationalism-190315141305756.html |archive-date=15 March 2019 |access-date=16 March 2019 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref><ref name="dailysabah" /> as well as the names of recent Islamic terrorist attack victims and the names of far-right attackers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.it/20190315/new-zealand-shooting-brenton-tarrant-luca-traini-italy-shooter-macerate|title=New Zealand terror suspect wrote Italian shooter's name on his gun|date=15 March 2019|newspaper=The Local Italy|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318202031/https://www.thelocal.it/20190315/new-zealand-shooting-brenton-tarrant-luca-traini-italy-shooter-macerate|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/finsbury-park-mosque-worshippers-shocked-by-new-zealand-terror-attack|title=Finsbury Park mosque worshippers shocked by New Zealand terror attack|last=Badshah|first=Nadeem|work=The Guardian|date=15 March 2019|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315213443/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/finsbury-park-mosque-worshippers-shocked-by-new-zealand-terror-attack|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the markings were white supremacist slogans such as the anti-Muslim phrase "Remove Kebab" and the number "14", a reference to Fourteen Words.<ref name="Coalson" /><ref name="Aljazeeramaterial" /><ref name="dailysabah">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2019/03/15/new-zealand-mosque-shooter-names-his-idols-on-weapons-he-used-in-massacre|title=New Zealand mosque shooter names his 'idols' on weapons he used in massacre|newspaper=Daily Sabah|location=Istanbul|date=15 March 2019|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315161334/https://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2019/03/15/new-zealand-mosque-shooter-names-his-idols-on-weapons-he-used-in-massacre|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

His armoured vest had at least seven loaded .223/556 magazines in the front pockets.<ref>{{cite book |title=Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019 |publisher=Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 |page=46 |url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713110513/https://www.christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He also wore an airsoft helmet, which held the head-mounted GoPro he used for his live stream.<ref name="rnz00" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Other equipment for the purposes of the terrorist attack |date=17 August 2017 |url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/preparation-for-the-terrorist-attack/ |publisher=Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030171406/https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/preparation-for-the-terrorist-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Police also found four incendiary devices in Tarrant's car; they were defused by the New Zealand Defence Force.<ref>{{cite book |title=Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019 |page=45 |url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713110513/https://www.christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Christchurch mosque shooting kills 49, gun laws will change PM says |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111313238/shooting-at-christchurch-mosque |work=Stuff (company) |date=16 March 2019 |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315013612/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111313238/shooting-at-christchurch-mosque |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> He said, on the livestream, that he had planned to set the mosque on fire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lets-get-this-party-started-new-zealand-gunman-narrated-his-chilling-rampage/2019/03/15/fb3db352-4748-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html|title='Let's get this party started': New Zealand shooting suspect narrated his chilling rampage|last=Hendrix|first=Steve|date=16 March 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321030131/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lets-get-this-party-started-new-zealand-gunman-narrated-his-chilling-rampage/2019/03/15/fb3db352-4748-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Events == {| id="HSV2" class="wikitable" style="float:right; border:#78bf73; margin-left:.40em; width:50%" |- !colspan=2 | Timeline of events<ref name="Operation Deans" /><br><small>15 March 2019, times are NZDT (UTC+13)</small> |- ! Time !! Event |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:40{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Tarrant enters the Al Noor Mosque |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:41{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| First 111 call received by police |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:42{{nbsp}}p.m.||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Police report over the radio of shots fired at mosque |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:46:00{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Tarrant leaves Al Noor Mosque for Linwood Islamic centre |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:46:58{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Police arrive at the intersection of Deans Ave and Riccarton Rd near mosque |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:49:55{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Description of Tarrant's car and its registration shared over police radio |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:51{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Police arrive outside mosque |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:52{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Tarrant arrives at Linwood Islamic centre |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:54:48{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Police enter Al Noor Mosque |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:55{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Tarrant leaves Linwood Islamic centre |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:56:09{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Incorrect reports of shots at Christchurch Hospital on police radio |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:56:25{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Police car flagged down by person reporting shots at Linwood Islamic centre |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:57{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| First 111 call to police from the Linwood Islamic centre |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:57:49{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Police pursuit initiated |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:59{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Pursuit ends - Tarrant's apprehended |- |style="background:#FFFAF4"| 1:59:25{{nbsp}}p.m. ||style="background:#FFFAF4;"| Police arrive at Linwood Islamic centre |} {| class="wikitable sortable floatright" |+Deaths at both sites by citizenship<ref name="police.govt.nz-2019">{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite web|date=2019-03-20|title=Name Release 1 – Christchurch Terror Attack|url=https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release-1-%E2%80%93-christchurch-terror-attack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320093539/https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release-1-%E2%80%93-christchurch-terror-attack|archive-date=2019-03-20|url-status=live|access-date=2024-01-26|website=police.govt.nz}}|{{Cite web|date=2019-03-21|title=Name release 2 – Christchurch terror attacks|url=https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release-2-christchurch-terror-attacks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321043600/https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release-2-christchurch-terror-attacks|archive-date=2019-03-21|url-status=live|access-date=2024-01-26|website=police.govt.nz}}|{{Cite web|date=2019-03-21|title=Name release 3: Christchurch terror attacks|url=https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release-3-christchurch-terror-attacks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325073918/https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release-3-christchurch-terror-attacks|archive-date=2019-03-25|url-status=live|access-date=2024-01-26|website=police.govt.nz}}|{{Cite web|date=2019-03-22|title=Name Release 4 – Christchurch Terror Attack|url=https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release-4-%25E2%2580%2593-christchurch-terror-attack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325073916/https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release-4-%25E2%2580%2593-christchurch-terror-attack|archive-date=2019-03-25|url-status=live|access-date=2024-01-26 |website=police.govt.nz}}}}</ref> |- |{{Flagu|New Zealand}} |27{{efn|Including 11 with dual citizenship: 4 Egyptian, 3 Jordanian, 1 Bangladeshi, 1 Fijian, 1 Iraqi and 1 Pakistani.}} |{{Flagu|Pakistan}} |8 |{{Flagu|India}} |5 |{{Flagu|Bangladesh}} |3 |- |{{Flagu|Fiji}} |2 |{{Flagu|Indonesia}} |1 |{{Flagu|Jordan}} |1 |{{Flagu|Malaysia}} |1 |- |{{Flagu|Mauritius}} |1 |{{Flagu|Palestine}} |1 |{{Flagu|Turkey}} |1<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-02 |title=Christchurch mosque attack death toll rises |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/christchurch-mosque-attack-death-toll-rises-20190503-p51jmr.html |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126113843/https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/christchurch-mosque-attack-death-toll-rises-20190503-p51jmr.html |url-status=live }}</ref> !Total !{{Sum|27|8|5|3|2|1|1|1|1|1|1}} |} The shootings, which were the deadliest terror attack committed by an Australian, took place at two separate venues.<ref name="Pearlman 16 Dec 2025" >{{cite web | date = 16 Dec 2025 | first = Jonathan | last = Pearlman | newspaper = The Straits Times | location = Singapore | title = Bondi shooting sparks 'lone wolf' fears, gun law review as Australia reels from worst terror attack | url = https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/bondi-shooting-sparks-gun-law-review-as-australia-reels-from-deadly-attacks |archive-url= |archive-date= | quote = National security expert Greg Barton said the Bondi shooting was "the worst terrorist attack on Australian soil", while noting that more Australians died in the Bali bombing – an attack by Islamists in 2002 that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. The worst attack by an Australian was a 2019 attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a gunman who killed 51 people.}}</ref> Fifty-one people aged between 3 and 77 died in the attacks, either at the scene or shortly afterwards: 44 at the Al Noor Mosque and seven at the Linwood Islamic Centre.<ref name="police.govt.nz-2019" /><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/oceania/2019/03/17/list-of-christchurch-mosque-victims-shows-dead-range-from-age-3-77|title=NZ terror attack victims' age range 3–77 | date = 17 March 2019 | website = Dhaka Tribune | access-date=23 March 2019|archive-date=1 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190401021627/https://dhakatribune.com/world/oceania/2019/03/17/list-of-christchurch-mosque-victims-shows-dead-range-from-age-3-77|url-status=live}}</ref> The dead comprised 43 men, 4 women, and 4 boys.<ref> {{Cite web |last=Forrester |first=Charlie Mitchell, Georgia |title=Brokenhearted, not broken: The scale of loss in the Christchurch mosque shootings |url=https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2019/04/brokenhearted/ |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=interactives.stuff.co.nz |language=en}} </ref> As well as the 51 dead, 89 people were injured, 40 from bullet wounds.<ref name="rnz00" /><ref name=OperationDeans/> === Al Noor Mosque === At 1:32{{nbsp}}p.m., Tarrant started his live-stream that would last for 17 minutes on Facebook Live, starting with the drive to the Al Noor mosque and ending as he drove away.<ref name="rnz00" /><ref name="nzherald.co.nz">{{cite news |title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Gunman livestreamed 17 minutes of shooting terror |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213076 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315025827/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213076 |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Just before the shooting, he played several songs, including "Serbia Strong", a Serb nationalist and anti-Muslim song; and "The British Grenadiers", a traditional British military marching song.<ref>{{cite web|last=Koziol|first=Michael|title=Christchurch shooter's manifesto reveals an obsession with white supremacy over Muslims|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/christchurch-shooter-s-manifesto-reveals-an-obsession-with-white-supremacy-over-muslims-20190315-p514ko.html|website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 March 2019|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315103916/https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/christchurch-shooter-s-manifesto-reveals-an-obsession-with-white-supremacy-over-muslims-20190315-p514ko.html|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Coalson">{{cite web|last=Coalson|first=Robert|title=Christchurch Attacks: Suspect Took Inspiration From Former Yugoslavia's Ethnically Fueled Wars|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/christchurch-attacks-yugoslavia-tarrant-inspiration-suspect-new-zealand/29823655.html|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330083530/https://www.rferl.org/a/christchurch-attacks-yugoslavia-tarrant-inspiration-suspect-new-zealand/29823655.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Doyle |first=Gerry |title=New Zealand mosque gunman's plan began and ended online |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shootout-internet/new-zealand-mosque-attackers-plan-began-and-ended-online-idUSKCN1QW1MV |work=Reuters |access-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315161613/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shootout-internet/new-zealand-mosque-attackers-plan-began-and-ended-online-idUSKCN1QW1MV |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

At 1:39{{nbsp}}p.m., Tarrant drove his vehicle into the driveway serving apartments on the neighbouring section, with the Al Noor Mosque being adjacent over a fence to his left. He reversed the vehicle so it was facing back out onto Deans Avenue and parked. He then armed himself with the Mossberg 930 and Windham Weaponry AR-15 rifle before walking round onto the site of the mosque.<ref name="rnz00" /><ref name="Operation Deans"/><ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" />

At 1:40{{nbsp}}p.m., as Tarrant approached the mosque, a worshipper greeted him with "Hello, brother!". Tarrant fired his shotgun nine times towards the front entrance, killing four worshippers. He then threw the shotgun to the ground and opened fire on people inside with the AR-15–style rifle, killing two other men down a hallway near the entrance and dozens more inside a prayer hall; a strobe light attached to the same AR-15 rifle disoriented victims.<ref name="rnz00" /><ref name=SentencingRemarks>{{cite web|url=https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/R-v-Tarrant-sentencing-remarks-20200827.pdf|title=The Queen v. Brenton Harrison Tarrant: Sentencing Remarks of Mander J|publisher=High Court of New Zealand|accessdate=21 October 2023|archive-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022175740/https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/R-v-Tarrant-sentencing-remarks-20200827.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/brother-muslim-worshipper-words-gunman-190315152715528.html|title='Hello brother': Muslim worshipper's 'last words' to gunman|date=15 March 2019|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315220022/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/brother-muslim-worshipper-words-gunman-190315152715528.html|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/03/15/hello-brother-first-christchurch-mosque-victim-said-to-shooter/|work=Toronto City News|date=15 March 2019|title='Hello brother', first Christchurch mosque victim said to shooter|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=29 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529003247/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/03/15/hello-brother-first-christchurch-mosque-victim-said-to-shooter/|url-status=live}} * {{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/03/15/with-strobe-lights-guns-bearing-neo-nazi-slogans-new-zealand-gunman-plotted-massacre/|title=With strobe lights and guns bearing neo-Nazi slogans, New Zealand gunman plotted a massacre|last=Horton|first=Alex|date=15 March 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407233827/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/03/15/with-strobe-lights-guns-bearing-neo-nazi-slogans-new-zealand-gunman-plotted-massacre/|url-status=live}}</ref> Another worshipper, Naeem Rashid, charged at Tarrant and knocked him down, dislodging a magazine from his vest in the process. Tarrant quickly got back up and proceeded to shoot Rashid several times, murdering him.<ref name=SentencingRemarks/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47601516 |title=Christchurch shootings: Stories of heroism emerge from attacks |access-date=17 March 2019 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317192834/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47601516 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mackenzie |first1=James |last2=Russell |first2=Ros |title=Pakistan salutes hero of New Zealand mosque shooting |url=https://in.reuters.com/article/newzealand-shootout-pakistan-idINKCN1QZ08B |work=Reuters |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319163408/https://in.reuters.com/article/newzealand-shootout-pakistan-idINKCN1QZ08B |archive-date=19 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rashid was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Shujaat and the New Zealand Cross, the highest awards of bravery in Pakistan and New Zealand, respectively.<ref name="dpmc-honours" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Mosque attack hero given bravery award in Pakistan |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/388542/mosque-attack-hero-given-bravery-award-in-pakistan |access-date=16 December 2021 |publisher=Radio New Zealand |date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215224724/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/388542/mosque-attack-hero-given-bravery-award-in-pakistan |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarrant fired at worshippers in the prayer hall from close range. He then went outside, where he killed a man, discarded his Windham WW-15, and retrieved a Ruger AR-556 AR-15 from his car. He went to the mosque's southern gate and, from there, killed two people and injured a third in the car park as they were sheltering behind vehicles. He reentered the mosque and shot already-wounded people, then again went outside, where he killed a woman lying injured from previous gunfire.<ref>{{cite web |title=5.3 Firearms, ammunition and other equipment used in the terrorist attack |date=17 August 2017 |url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/preparation-for-the-terrorist-attack/ |publisher=Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030171406/https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/preparation-for-the-terrorist-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Operation Deans" /><ref name="rnz00" /><ref name=SentencingRemarks/> Thereupon Tarrant drove over the deceased woman, leaving six minutes after he arrived at the mosque.<ref name=SentencingRemarks/><ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" /> He shot at fleeing worshippers and cars through the windscreen and closed window of his own car as he was driving towards the Linwood Islamic Centre.<ref name="Operation Deans" /><ref name="rnz00" /><ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission">{{cite web|title=The terrorist attack|url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/part-1-purpose-and-process/the-terrorist-attack/|access-date=12 December 2020|website=Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019|language=en-NZ|archive-date=23 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223110253/https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/part-1-purpose-and-process/the-terrorist-attack/|url-status=live}}</ref>

At 1:46{{nbsp}}p.m., police arrived near the mosque just as Tarrant was leaving, but his car was hidden by a bus, and at the time, no description of the vehicle had been provided, or that he had left.<ref name="Operation Deans" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/04/christchurch-terror-attack-police-release-official-timeline.html|title=Christchurch terror attack: Police release official timeline|work=Newshub|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228235047/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/04/christchurch-terror-attack-police-release-official-timeline.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He drove eastwards on Bealey Avenue at up to {{convert|130|km/h|abbr=on}}, weaving between lanes against oncoming traffic and driving onto a grass median strip.<ref name="Operation Deans" /> At 1:51{{nbsp}}p.m., just after the livestream had ended due to a connection interruption, he aimed a shotgun at the driver of a vehicle on Avonside Drive and attempted to fire it twice, but it failed to fire on both occasions. The GoPro device attached to Tarrant's helmet continued recording until he was apprehended by police eight minutes later.<ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" /><ref name="Operation Deans" />

=== Linwood Islamic Centre === thumb|Linwood Islamic Centre, March 2020. At the time of the shootings, there was a building at the front of the section and access was along an ungated driveway to the left.

At 1:52{{nbsp}}p.m., Tarrant arrived at the Linwood Islamic Centre,<ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" /> {{Convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=}} east of the Al Noor Mosque,<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Perry|first1=Nick|last2=Baker|first2=Mark|date=15 March 2019|title=Mosque shootings kill 49; white racist claims responsibility|work=Star Tribune|url=http://www.startribune.com/witness-many-dead-in-new-zealand-mosque-shooting/507178452/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321201556/http://www.startribune.com/witness-many-dead-in-new-zealand-mosque-shooting/507178452/|archive-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> while about 100 people were inside.<ref name="rnz00" /><ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" /> He parked his vehicle on the mosque's driveway, preventing other cars from entering or leaving.<ref name="rnz00" /> According to a witness, Tarrant was initially unable to find the mosque's main door, instead shooting people outside and through a window, killing four and alerting those inside.<ref name="rnz00" /><ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Macdonald |first=Nikki |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111378767/brenton-tarrant-approached-linwood-mosque-from-wrong-side-giving-those-inside-time-to-hide-survivor-says |title=Alleged shooter approached Linwood mosque from wrong side, giving those inside time to hide, survivor says |work=Stuff (company) |date=18 March 2019 |access-date=20 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318191317/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111378767/brenton-tarrant-approached-linwood-mosque-from-wrong-side-giving-those-inside-time-to-hide-survivor-says |archive-date=18 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A worshipper named Abdul Aziz Wahabzada ran outside. As Tarrant was retrieving another gun from his car, Aziz threw a payment terminal at him. Tarrant fired back at Aziz, who picked up an empty shotgun that Tarrant had dropped. He took cover among nearby cars and attempted to draw Tarrant's attention by shouting, "I'm here!" Regardless, Tarrant entered the mosque, where he shot and killed three people. When Tarrant returned to his car, Aziz confronted him again. Tarrant removed a bayonet from his vest but then retreated into his car instead of attacking Aziz. Tarrant drove away at 1:55{{nbsp}}p.m., with Aziz throwing the shotgun at his car.<ref name=SentencingRemarks/><ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Nick |title=Man who stood up to mosque gunman probably saved lives |url=https://apnews.com/ccf69233a36446c2b6c9e92f3e6cf417 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317012024/https://www.apnews.com/ccf69233a36446c2b6c9e92f3e6cf417 |archive-date=17 March 2019 |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |last1=Saber |first1=Nasim |last2=Ahmadi |first2=Naser |title=New Zealand terror attacks: The hero of Christchurch talks |url=https://www.dw.com/en/new-zealand-terror-attacks-the-hero-of-christchurch-talks/a-47955945 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=4 April 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404084800/https://www.dw.com/en/new-zealand-terror-attacks-the-hero-of-christchurch-talks/a-47955945 |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |title=Dodging bullets, a father of 4 confronted the New Zealand shooter and saved lives |url=https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_c8a74bac766cae0300391f535f2f0e91 |publisher=CNN |access-date=18 March 2019 |archive-date=20 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320180848/https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_c8a74bac766cae0300391f535f2f0e91 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Aziz was awarded the New Zealand Cross, New Zealand's highest award for bravery.<ref name="dpmc-honours">{{cite web |title=Special Honours List 16 December 2021 – Citations for New Zealand Bravery Awards |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/br2021-citations/ |website=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |date=16 December 2021 |access-date=16 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215190348/https://dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/br2021-citations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2023, he represented recipients of the Cross at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronation order of service in full |work=BBC News |date=5 May 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950 |access-date=6 May 2023 |archive-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506001110/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950 |url-status=live }}</ref> After a long period of being left vacant, the building was demolished in November 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Callaghan |first1=Jody |title=Tears and prayers as Linwood mosque gets demolished |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/133318742/tears-and-prayers-as-linwood-mosque-gets-demolished |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=Stuff |date=20 November 2023 |language=en |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211195231/https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/133318742/tears-and-prayers-as-linwood-mosque-gets-demolished |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Christchurch's Linwood Mosque demolished after 2019 attacks |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/11/20/christchurchs-linwood-mosque-demolished-after-2019-attacks/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=1 News |date=20 November 2023 |language=en |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211195231/https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/11/20/christchurchs-linwood-mosque-demolished-after-2019-attacks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Tarrant's arrest === A silver 2005 Subaru Outback<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/christchurch-terror-attack-the-gunman-s-next-target.html|title=Christchurch terror attack: The gunman's next target|work=Newshub|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090110/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/christchurch-terror-attack-the-gunman-s-next-target.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> matching the description of Tarrant's vehicle was seen by a police unit, and a pursuit was initiated at 1:57{{nbsp}}p.m. Two police officers rammed his car off the road with their vehicle, and Tarrant was arrested without resistance on Brougham Street in Sydenham at 1:59{{nbsp}}p.m., 18 minutes after the first emergency call.<ref name=SentencingRemarks/><ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/387248/mosque-attacks-timeline-18-minutes-from-first-call-to-arrest|title=Mosque attacks timeline: 18 minutes from first call to arrest|date=17 April 2019|website=RNZ |access-date=15 February 2020|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215035203/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/387248/mosque-attacks-timeline-18-minutes-from-first-call-to-arrest|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tarrant later admitted that when he was arrested, he was on his way to attack a mosque in Ashburton, {{Convert|90|km||abbr=on}} southwest of Christchurch.<ref name="TheAttackRoyalCommission" /> He also told the police that there were "nine more shooters", and that there were "like-minded" people in Dunedin, Invercargill, and Ashburton, but when interviewed later, he confirmed that he had acted alone.<ref>{{cite book |title=Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019 |pages=72–73 |url=https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713110513/https://www.christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/assets/Report-Volumes-and-Parts/Ko-to-tatou-kainga-tenei-Volume-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Legal proceedings == === Arraignment === Tarrant appeared in the Christchurch District Court on 16&nbsp;March, where he was charged with one count of murder.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/15/asia/christchurch-mosque-shooting-intl/index.html |title=Suspect in New Zealand mosque shootings was prepared 'to continue his attack,' PM says |first1=Nicole |last1=Chavez |first2=Helen |last2=Regan |first3=Sandi |last3=Sidhu |first4=Ray |last4=Sanchez |publisher=CNN |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316235640/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/15/asia/christchurch-mosque-shooting-intl/index.html |archive-date=16 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The judge ordered the courtroom closed to the public except for accredited media and allowed the accused to be filmed and photographed on the condition that Tarrant's face be pixelated.<ref>{{cite court |litigants= NZ Police v Tarrant |vol= 2019 |reporter= NZDC |opinion= 4784 |date= 16 March 2019 |url= http://www.districtcourts.govt.nz/assets/unsecure/2019-03-17/2019-NZDC-4784.pdf |access-date= 1 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190401041538/http://www.districtcourts.govt.nz/assets/unsecure/2019-03-17/2019-NZDC-4784.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> In court, Tarrant smiled at reporters and made an inverted OK gesture below his waist, said to be a "white power" sign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/christchuch-attacks-brenton-tarrant-1552716245-18d37895-d870-4e94-8dd6-0a56eb7a0a5e.html|title=Mosque attacks suspect gives 'white power' sign in Christchurch court|website=Axios|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316233637/https://www.axios.com/christchuch-attacks-brenton-tarrant-1552716245-18d37895-d870-4e94-8dd6-0a56eb7a0a5e.html|archive-date=16 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The case was transferred to the High Court, and Tarrant was remanded in custody as his lawyer did not seek bail.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/zealand-terrorist-attack-suspect-grins-court-190316011147796.html|title=New Zealand mosque attack suspect Brenton Tarrant grins in court|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812072340/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/zealand-terrorist-attack-suspect-grins-court-190316011147796.html|archive-date=12 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He was subsequently transferred to the country's only maximum-security unit at Auckland Prison.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mental health tests for NZ attack suspect |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47822674 |work=BBC News|access-date=4 April 2019 |date=4 April 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624074801/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47822674|archive-date=24 June 2020}}</ref> Tarrant lodged a formal complaint regarding his prison conditions, on the grounds that he had no access to newspapers, television, Internet, visitors, or phone calls.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 April 2019 |title=Christchurch shooter: Brenton Tarrant complains about jail |url=https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/christchurch-shooter-brenton-tarrant-complains-about-jail/news-story/874fbcef89dacac0f2393ccf2d9634fd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905094656/https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/christchurch-shooter-brenton-tarrant-complains-about-jail/news-story/874fbcef89dacac0f2393ccf2d9634fd |archive-date=5 September 2019 |access-date=4 April 2019 |work=News.com.au}}</ref> Corrections said Tarrant was being held in accordance with the law and Tarrant later dropped the complaint.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-04-23 |title=Christchurch terrorist drops legal challenge over New Zealand prison conditions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/23/christchurch-terrorist-drops-legal-challenge-over-new-zealand-prison-conditions#:~:text=Christchurch%20terrorist%20drops%20legal%20challenge%20over%20New%20Zealand%20prison%20conditions,-This%20article%20is&text=The%20gunman%20who%20killed%2051,as%20a%20%E2%80%9Cterrorist%20entity%E2%80%9D. |access-date=2025-05-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-31 |title=Alleged mosque gunman lodges complaint – report |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/385983/alleged-mosque-gunman-lodges-complaint-report |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> On 4 April 2019, police announced they had increased the total number of charges to 89, 50 for murder and 39 for attempted murder, with other charges still under consideration.<ref>{{cite news |title=Accused to face 50 murder charges, police confirm |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/386349/christchurch-mosque-attacks-accused-to-face-50-murder-charges-police-confirm |access-date=4 April 2019 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=4 April 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812042513/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/386349/christchurch-mosque-attacks-accused-to-face-50-murder-charges-police-confirm|archive-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> At the next hearing on 5 April 2019, Tarrant was ordered by the judge to undergo a psychiatric assessment of his mental fitness to stand trial.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47822674|title=Mental health tests for NZ attack suspect|date=4 April 2019|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624074801/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47822674|archive-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>

On 20 May, a new charge of engaging in a terrorist act was laid against Tarrant under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002. One murder charge and one attempted murder charge were also added, bringing the total to 51 and 40, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112896110/accused-mosque-shooter-facing-new-terrorism-charge|access-date=21 May 2019|title=Accused mosque shooter now facing terrorism charge|date=21 May 2019|work=Stuff|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812042449/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112896110/accused-mosque-shooter-facing-new-terrorism-charge|archive-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>

=== Initial plea and pre-trial detention === On 14 June 2019, Tarrant appeared at the Christchurch High Court via audio-visual link from Auckland Prison. Through his lawyer, he pleaded not guilty to one count of engaging in a terrorist act, 51 counts of murder, and 40 counts of attempted murder. Mental health assessments had indicated no issues regarding his fitness to plead or stand trial. The trial was originally set to begin on 4 May 2020,<ref name="third_appearance">{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/113473357/terror-accused-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-charges|access-date=13 June 2019|title=Man accused of Christchurch mosque shootings pleads not guilty to 51 murder charges|date=14 June 2019|work=Stuff|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724161107/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/113473357/terror-accused-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-charges|archive-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> but it was later pushed back to 2 June 2020 to avoid coinciding with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115747194/christchurch-mosque-shooter-trial-delayed-for-ramadan|title=Christchurch mosque shooting trial delayed for Ramadan|work=Stuff|access-date=12 December 2019|date=12 September 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809231703/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115747194/christchurch-mosque-shooter-trial-delayed-for-ramadan|archive-date=9 August 2020}}</ref>

During his time in prison, Tarrant was able to send seven letters, one of which was subsequently posted on the Internet message boards 4chan and 8chan by a recipient. Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis and the Department of Corrections were criticised for allowing the distribution of these letters.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite news |last1=Bateman |first1=Sophie |title=Alleged Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant sent seven letters from prison |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/08/alleged-christchurch-shooter-sent-seven-letters-from-prison.html |access-date=15 August 2019 |publisher=Newshub |date=15 August 2019 |archive-date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814230827/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/08/alleged-christchurch-shooter-sent-seven-letters-from-prison.html |url-status=dead }} * {{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Nick |title=Alleged Christchurch gunman sends letter from prison cell |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/alleged-christchurch-gunman-sends-letter-from-prison-cell/2019/08/14/1192e7f6-be65-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814094730/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/alleged-christchurch-gunman-sends-letter-from-prison-cell/2019/08/14/1192e7f6-be65-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2019 |access-date=15 August 2019 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=14 August 2019 }} * {{cite news |title=Officials admit letting accused Christchurch shooter send letter to supporter from prison |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/oceania/new-zealand-officials-admit-letting-accused-christchurch-shooter-send-letter-to-supporter-20190814-p52h6k.html |access-date=15 August 2019 |agency=Associated Press and Stuff |newspaper=Brisbane Times |date=14 August 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812042450/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/oceania/new-zealand-officials-admit-letting-accused-christchurch-shooter-send-letter-to-supporter-20190814-p52h6k.html |archive-date=12 August 2020 }}</ref> Prime Minister Ardern subsequently announced that the Government would explore amending the Corrections Act 2004 to further restrict what mail can be received and sent by prisoners.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prison letters: Cabinet pushes ahead with law changes to Corrections Act |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/397040/prison-letters-cabinet-pushes-ahead-with-law-changes-to-corrections-act |access-date=20 August 2019 |publisher=Radio New Zealand |date=19 August 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812042453/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/397040/prison-letters-cabinet-pushes-ahead-with-law-changes-to-corrections-act|archive-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sachdeva |first1=Sam |title=Govt mulls law change after prisoner letter fiasco |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/20/762929/govt-mulls-law-change-after-prisoner-letter-fiasco |access-date=20 August 2019 |publisher=Newsroom |date=20 August 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728142627/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/20/762929/govt-mulls-law-change-after-prisoner-letter-fiasco|archive-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>

=== Guilty plea and sentencing arrangements === On 26 March 2020, Tarrant appeared at the Christchurch High Court via audio-visual link from Auckland Prison. During the appearance, he pleaded guilty to all 92 charges. Due to the nationwide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the general public was barred from the hearing. Reporters and representatives for the Al Noor and Linwood mosques were present in the courtroom.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52044013 |title=Christchurch gunman pleads guilty to 51 murders |date=25 March 2020 |work=BBC News |access-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715161001/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52044013|archive-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> According to media reports, Tarrant's lawyers had informed the courts that their client was considering changing his plea. On 25 March, Tarrant issued his lawyers with formal written instructions confirming that he wanted to change his pleas to guilty. In response, court authorities began making arrangements for the case to be called as soon as possible in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayer |first1=Kurt |last2=Leask |first2=Anna |title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Brenton Tarrant's shock guilty plea to murders |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12319961 |access-date=26 March 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=26 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820085436/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12319961|archive-date=20 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayer |first1=Kurt |title=Shock guilty plea: Brenton Tarrant admits mosque shootings |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/christchurch-mosque-shootings-brenton-tarrants-shock-guilty-plea-to-murders/ |access-date=26 March 2020 |work=Newstalk ZB |date=26 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728144644/https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/christchurch-mosque-shootings-brenton-tarrants-shock-guilty-plea-to-murders/|archive-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> The judge convicted Tarrant on all charges and remanded him in custody to await sentencing.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

On 10 July, the government announced that overseas-based victims of the shootings would receive border exemptions and financial help to fly to New Zealand for the sentencing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayer |first1=Kurt |title=Christchurch mosque shooting: Border exceptions for victims based overseas to attend gunman's sentencing |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12347157 |access-date=10 July 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710040509/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12347157 |archive-date=10 July 2020}}</ref> On 13 July, it was reported that Tarrant had dismissed his lawyers and would be representing himself during sentencing proceedings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Andelane |first1=Lana |title=Christchurch mosque shooting: Brenton Tarrant to represent himself at sentencing |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/christchurch-mosque-shooting-brenton-tarrant-to-represent-himself-at-sentencing.html |access-date=13 July 2020 |work=Newshub |date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713010104/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/christchurch-mosque-shooting-brenton-tarrant-to-represent-himself-at-sentencing.html|archive-date=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayer |first1=Kurt |title=Christchurch mosque shooting: Brenton Tarrant sacks lawyers, will represent himself at sentencing |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12347500 |access-date=13 July 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713010225/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12347500|archive-date=13 July 2020}}</ref>

=== Sentence and appeal=== thumb|Armed police outside Christchurch courthouse during Tarrant's sentencing {{Wikisource|The Queen v Brenton Harrison Tarrant: Sentencing remarks}}

Sentencing began on 24 August 2020 before Justice Cameron Mander<!--Q98703755--> at the Christchurch High Court,<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 August 2020|title=Significantly fewer victims to attend Christchurch mosque gunman's sentencing due to Covid restrictions|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/300085563/significantly-fewer-victims-to-attend-christchurch-mosque-gunmans-sentencing-due-to-covid-restrictions|access-date=18 August 2020|work=Stuff|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822041232/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/300085563/significantly-fewer-victims-to-attend-christchurch-mosque-gunmans-sentencing-due-to-covid-restrictions|archive-date=22 August 2020}}</ref> and it was televised.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Leask|first1=Anna|date=18 August 2020|title=Christchurch mosque attacks: More details released about gunman's sentencing|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12357634|url-status=live|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818054439/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12357634|archive-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> Tarrant did not oppose the sentence proposed and declined to address the court.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Leask|first1=Anna|last2=Bayer|first2=Kurt|date=27 August 2020|title=Christchurch mosque attack sentencing: Brenton Tarrant will never be released from jail|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12359688|access-date=27 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827212059/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12359688|archive-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Graham-Mclay|first=Charlotte|date=27 August 2020|title=Christchurch shooting: mosque gunman sentenced to life without parole|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/christchurch-shooting-mosque-gunman-sentenced-to|access-date=27 August 2020|work=The Guardian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828005912/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/christchurch-shooting-mosque-gunman-sentenced-to|archive-date=28 August 2020}}</ref> The Crown prosecutors demonstrated to the court how Tarrant had meticulously planned the two shootings and more attacks,<ref>{{cite news|date=25 August 2020|title=New Zealand court hears how mosque shooter planned deadly attacks|work=TRT World|url=https://www.trtworld.com/asia/new-zealand-court-hears-how-mosque-shooter-planned-deadly-attacks-39145|access-date=26 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826055000/https://www.trtworld.com/asia/new-zealand-court-hears-how-mosque-shooter-planned-deadly-attacks-39145|archive-date=26 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=24 August 2020|title=Christchurch shooting: Gunman Tarrant wanted to kill 'as many as possible'|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53861456|access-date=26 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825042435/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53861456|archive-date=25 August 2020}}</ref> while numerous survivors and their relatives gave victim impact statements, which were covered by national and international media.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite news |last1=Lourens |first1=Marine |title=Applause as victim tells terrorist: 'You are the loser and we are the winners |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/122551343/applause-as-victim-tells-terrorist-you-are-the-loser-and-we-are-the-winners?cid=app-iPhone |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=Stuff |date=25 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826054253/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/122551343/applause-as-victim-tells-terrorist-you-are-the-loser-and-we-are-the-winners?cid=app-iPhone|archive-date=26 August 2020}} * {{cite news |title=Christchurch mosque shooter sniggers as victim reads out his impact statement |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/christchurch-mosque-shooter-sniggers-victim-reads-his-impact-statement |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=1News |date=25 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828042737/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/christchurch-mosque-shooter-sniggers-victim-reads-his-impact-statement|archive-date=28 August 2020|url-status=live}} * {{cite news |last1=Leask |first1=Anna |last2=Bayer |first2=Kurt |title=Christchurch mosque attack sentencing: Victim's son describes Brenton Tarrant as trash who should be buried in a landfill |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12359668 |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=26 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826054815/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12359668|archive-date=26 August 2020|url-status=live}} * {{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Barbara |last2=Ford |first2=Mazoe |title=Christchurch mosque survivors and families stare down gunman Brenton Tarrant in sentencing hearing |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-25/christchurch-mosque-shootings-brenton-tarrant-sentencing-day-two/12590116 |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=ABC News |date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826055316/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-25/christchurch-mosque-shootings-brenton-tarrant-sentencing-day-two/12590116 |archive-date=26 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Tarrant was then sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for each of the 51 murders,<ref name="Stuff last gasp" /> and life imprisonment for engaging in a terrorist act and 40 attempted murders.<ref name="R v Tarrant">{{Cite court|litigants=R v Tarrant|court=Christchurch High Court|reporter=NZHC|vol=2020|opinion=2192|date=27 August 2020|url=https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/R-v-Tarrant-sentencing-remarks-20200827.pdf|access-date=14 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022175740/https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/R-v-Tarrant-sentencing-remarks-20200827.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The sentence is New Zealand's first terrorism conviction.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christchurch mosque attack: Brenton Tarrant sentenced to life without parole |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53919624 |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=BBC News|issue=27 August 2020 |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809002613/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53919624 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Nick |title=Families confront New Zealand mosque shooter at sentencing |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/court-told-new-zealand-shooter-planned-to-burn-down-mosques/2020/08/23/22e61f5e-e5b1-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=The Washington Post |date=23 August 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213100328/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/court-told-new-zealand-shooter-planned-to-burn-down-mosques/2020/08/23/22e61f5e-e5b1-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was also the first time that life imprisonment without parole, the maximum sentence available in New Zealand, had been imposed.{{NoteTag|Capital punishment in New Zealand was abolished for murder in 1961, and for all crimes in 1989. The option to sentence an offender to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole was introduced in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 March 2019|title=The ins and outs of life without parole|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/page/the-ins-and-outs-of-life-without-parole|access-date=27 August 2020|work=Newswroom|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828040045/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/page/the-ins-and-outs-of-life-without-parole|archive-date=28 August 2020}}</ref>}} Mander said Tarrant's crimes were "so wicked that even if you are detained until you die, it will not exhaust the requirements of punishment and denunciation."<ref name="R v Tarrant" /><ref name="Reuters life sentence" />

Following the sentencing, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters called for Tarrant to serve his sentence in Australia to avoid New Zealand having to pay the costs for his life imprisonment. The cost of housing Tarrant in prison was estimated at {{NZD}}4,930 per day,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maiden|first=Samantha|date=27 August 2020|title=Mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant could serve out sentence in Australia, Scott Morrison reveals|work=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12360308|access-date=28 August 2020|issn=1170-0777|archive-date=28 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828113731/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12360308|url-status=live}}</ref> compared to an average cost of $338 per sentenced prisoner per day.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 October 2019|title=Annual Report 2018/19|url=https://www.corrections.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/38852/Annual_Report_2018_2019_Web_Version_Final.pdf|access-date=28 August 2020|website=corrections.govt.nz|publisher=Department of Corrections (New Zealand)|page=16|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207172414/https://www.corrections.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/38852/Annual_Report_2018_2019_Web_Version_Final.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Peters's remarks were also motivated by Australia's policy of deporting New Zealand citizens who had committed crimes or breached character requirements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Katharine |title=Winston Peters invokes Christchurch massacre as NZ's deportations row with Australia escalates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/winston-peters-christchurch-australia-massacre-as-new-zealand-deportation-row-escalates |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=3 March 2020 |archive-date=20 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420112548/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/winston-peters-christchurch-australia-massacre-as-new-zealand-deportation-row-escalates |url-status=live }}</ref> Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said there was no legal basis for the proposal and that respecting the wishes of his victims and their relatives was paramount. Justice Minister Andrew Little said Parliament would need to pass a law to deport Tarrant to Australia. University of Otago law professor Andrew Geddis said it was "legally impossible" to deport Tarrant to Australia to serve his sentence. On 28 August, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton advised that, while no formal request had been made by the New Zealand Government to repatriate Tarrant to Australia and for him to serve his life sentence in an Australian correctional facility, the Australian Government was open to considering a request.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Massola|first1=James|last2=Galloway|first2=Anthony|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/australia-open-to-taking-mass-killer-back-from-new-zealand-20200828-p55q5r.html|title=Australia open to taking Christchurch gunman from New Zealand|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 August 2020|access-date=29 August 2020|agency=Reuters|archive-date=29 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829165555/https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/australia-open-to-taking-mass-killer-back-from-new-zealand-20200828-p55q5r.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2026, the Court of Appeal heard Tarrant saying he had pleaded guilty under duress, a claim rejected as "utterly without merit".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Watson |first1=Katy |last2=Atkinson |first2=Simon |title=Christchurch shooter seeks to overturn guilty plea |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vevxnw9pko |access-date=9 February 2026 |work=BBC News |date=9 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Tim |date=30 April 2026|title=Christchurch terrorist's appeal to overturn convictions and life sentence dismissed |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/593851/christchurch-terrorist-s-appeal-to-overturn-convictions-and-life-sentence-dismissed |access-date=30 April 2026|work=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref>

== Aftermath == === Related arrests === Police arrested four people on 15 March in relation to the attacks,<ref name="Stuff (company)">{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/111320961/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-says-christchurch-mosque-shootings-is-one-of-new-zealands-darkest-days |title=New Zealand officially on high terror alert, in wake of Christchurch terror attacks |work=Stuff (company) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315192118/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/111320961/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-says-christchurch-mosque-shootings-is-one-of-new-zealands-darkest-days |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="TVNZ">{{Cite news |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/live-gunman-named-four-arrested-christchurch-mosque-attacks-leave-significant-number-fatalities |title=LIVE: Gunman named, four arrested, as Christchurch mosque attacks leave 'significant' number of fatalities |work=TVNZ |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315061147/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/live-gunman-named-four-arrested-christchurch-mosque-attacks-leave-significant-number-fatalities |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="radionz-384811">{{Cite news |title=Watch: Christchurch mosque shooting – Four in custody |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384811/watch-christchurch-mosque-shooting-four-in-custody |publisher=Radio New Zealand |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=9 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409111347/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/384811/watch-christchurch-mosque-shooting-police-press-conferences |url-status=live }}</ref> including a woman and a man, after finding a firearm in a vehicle in which they were travelling together.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213473|title=Christchurch mosque shootings: One man faces murder charges, what happened to the other three arrested?|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 March 2019|access-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317201709/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213473|archive-date=17 March 2019|url-status=live|issn=1170-0777}}</ref>{{clarify|date=August 2021|reason=How exactly was this "in relation to the attacks"?}} The woman was released uncharged, but the man was held in custody and was charged with a firearms offence.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html |first1=Ben |last1=Westcott |first2=Jenni |last2=Marsh |first3=Helen |last3=Regan |first4=Meg |last4=Wagner |first5=Brian |last5=Ries |first6= Veronica |last6=Rocha |first7=Aimee |last7=Lewis |first8=Rob |last8=Picheta |first9=Harmeet |last9=Kaur |title=Dozens killed in Christchurch mosque attack|date=15 March 2019|publisher=CNN |access-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315031112/https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, a 30-year-old man said he was arrested when he arrived at Papanui High School to pick up his 13-year-old brother-in-law. He was in camouflage clothing, which he said he habitually wore.<ref name="News.com.au-2019">{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/camouflage-wearer-claims-wrongful-arrest-over-christchurch-mosque-shootings/news-story/713f078527783e199f6d0ad5d74ab490|title=Christchurch mosque shooting: Wrong man arrested for wearing camo|newspaper=News.com.au|date=16 March 2019|access-date=2 April 2019 |archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401194210/https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/camouflage-wearer-claims-wrongful-arrest-over-christchurch-mosque-shootings/news-story/713f078527783e199f6d0ad5d74ab490|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Camouflage wearer claims wrongful arrest |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213264 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 March 2019 |access-date=18 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316194524/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213264 |archive-date=16 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> He claimed to be seeking compensation for a wrongful arrest, but no formal complaint was filed. The actions were defended by police, who mentioned the threat level after the massacre and that they had to deal with reports possibly related to the attacks.<ref name="News.com.au-2019"/> He was later jailed for an unrelated incident.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lourens |first=Mariné |date=2020-03-23 |title=Man in court after alleged shooting at Christchurch house |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/120491956/man-in-court-after-alleged-shooting-at-christchurch-house?rm=a |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Stuff.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lourens |first=Mariné |date=2021-06-10 |title=Woman 'believed she was going to die' as ex held shotgun to her head |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/125397463/woman-believed-she-was-going-to-die-as-ex-held-shotgun-to-her-head |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Stuff.co.nz}}</ref>

On 18 March 2019, the Australian Federal Police conducted raids on the homes of Tarrant's sister and mother near Coffs Harbour and Maclean in New South Wales. Police said the raids were carried out to assist New Zealand Police with their investigations into the shootings, adding that Tarrant's sister and mother were assisting the investigation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rawsthorne|first1=Sally|date=18 March 2019|title=Police raid homes of the gunman's mother and sister|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/police-raid-homes-of-gunman-brenton-tarrant-s-mother-and-sister-20190318-p51530.html|access-date=8 July 2019|archive-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708025839/https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/police-raid-homes-of-gunman-brenton-tarrant-s-mother-and-sister-20190318-p51530.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McKinnell|first1=Jamie|last2=Miller|first2=Barbara|date=18 March 2019|title=Christchurch shooting investigation reaches NSW, police raid the gunman's sister's house|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-18/christchurch-terror-attack-investigation-prompts-nsw-raids/10910798|access-date=8 July 2019|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511003505/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-18/christchurch-terror-attack-investigation-prompts-nsw-raids/10910798|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Governmental response === Police advised mosques to close temporarily, and sent officers to secure and patrol various sites in Christchurch.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111323598/armed-police-guard-mosques-around-new-zealand |title=Armed police guard mosques around New Zealand |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416192737/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111323598/armed-police-guard-mosques-around-new-zealand |url-status=live }}</ref> All Air New Zealand Link services departing from Christchurch Airport were cancelled as a precaution, due to the absence of security screening at the regional terminal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/111320961/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-says-christchurch-mosque-shootings-is-one-of-new-zealands-darkest-days |title=New Zealand officially on high terror alert, in wake of Christchurch terror attacks |work=Stuff (company) |date=15 March 2019 |first1=Henry |last1=Cooke |first2=Stacey |last2=Kirk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315192118/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/111320961/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-says-christchurch-mosque-shootings-is-one-of-new-zealands-darkest-days |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/111323903/air-new-zealand-offers-flexibility-for-christchurch-flights |title=Air New Zealand cancels flights, offers 'flexibility' |last=Edmunds |first=Susan |date=15 March 2019 |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091740/https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/111323903/air-new-zealand-offers-flexibility-for-christchurch-flights |url-status=live }}</ref> Security was increased at Parliament, and public tours of the buildings were cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/384918/parliament-security-increased-while-security-threat-level-high |title= Parliament security increased while security threat level high |publisher=Radio New Zealand |access-date= 18 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190319134007/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/384918/parliament-security-increased-while-security-threat-level-high |archive-date= 19 March 2019 |url-status=live |df= dmy-all}}</ref> In Dunedin, the Police Armed Offenders Squad searched a house, later reported to have been rented by Tarrant,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Tim |title=Neighbours say Tarrant kept to himself, liked to travel |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/neighbours-say-tarrant-kept-himself-liked-travel |access-date=8 July 2019 |newspaper=Otago Daily Times |date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708030349/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/neighbours-say-tarrant-kept-himself-liked-travel |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Accused gunman Brenton Tarrant was a 'model tenant' in Dunedin |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213826 |access-date=8 July 2019 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=18 March 2019 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623202130/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213826 |url-status=live }}</ref> and cordoned off part of the surrounding street in Andersons Bay because Tarrant had indicated on social media that he had originally planned to target the Al Huda Mosque in that city.<ref name="ODT 15 March 2019">{{cite news |last1=Kidd |first1=Rod |last2=Miller |first2=Tim |title=Part of Dunedin street evacuated after report city was original target |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/part-dunedin-street-evacuated-after-report-city-was-original-target |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=Otago Daily Times |date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315104555/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/part-dunedin-street-evacuated-after-report-city-was-original-target |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NZH 15 Mar 2019">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213148|title=Mosque shootings: AOS on Dunedin street after report city was original target|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=15 March 2019|access-date=17 March 2019|issn=1170-0777|archive-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522053915/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213148|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:NZ PM Jacinda Ardern - Kirk HargreavesCCC.jpg|alt=A photo of a woman from the waist up, hands clasped in front of her, with a sad facial expression. She is wearing a black dress and scarf with gold trim.|thumb|upright|Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited members of the Muslim community at the Phillipstown Community Hub in Christchurch the day after the attack.]]

For the first time in New Zealand history, the terrorism threat level was raised to high.<ref name="Stuff (company)" /> Prime Minister Ardern called the incident an "act of extreme and unprecedented violence" on "one of New Zealand's darkest days".<ref>Multiple sources: * {{Cite news|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/live-stream-1-news-6pm-2018|title=Live stream: 1 News at 6 pm|date=15 March 2019|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130193641/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/live-stream-1-news-6pm-2018|archive-date=30 January 2019|url-status=live}} * {{cite news|url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/jacinda-ardern-on-mosque-shooting-one-of-new-zealands-darkest-days/|title=PM on mosque shooting: 'One of New Zealand's darkest days'|date=15 March 2019|access-date=15 March 2019|publisher=Newstalk ZB|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712165101/https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/jacinda-ardern-on-mosque-shooting-one-of-new-zealands-darkest-days/|url-status=live}} * {{cite news|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384803/christchurch-mosque-shootings-this-can-only-be-described-as-a-terrorist-attack-pm-jacinda-ardern|title=Christchurch mosque shootings: 'This can only be described as a terrorist attack'&nbsp;– PM Jacinda Ardern|date=15 March 2019|work=Radio New Zealand |access-date=15 March 2019|ref=RadioNZPMBriefing|archive-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320121931/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384803/christchurch-mosque-shootings-this-can-only-be-described-as-a-terrorist-attack-pm-jacinda-ardern|url-status=live}}</ref> She described it as a "well-planned" terrorist attack<ref>{{cite news|title=Three in custody after 49 killed in Christchurch mosque shootings|work=Stuff (company)|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111313238/shooting-at-christchurch-mosque|url-status=live|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315013612/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111313238/shooting-at-christchurch-mosque|archive-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> and said she would render the person accused of the attacks "nameless" while urging the public to speak the victims' names instead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/19/new-zealand-shooting-ardern-says-she-will-never-speak-suspects-name|title=Ardern says she will never speak name of Christchurch suspect|last=Wahlquist|first=Calla|date=19 March 2019|work=The Guardian |access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319212633/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/19/new-zealand-shooting-ardern-says-she-will-never-speak-suspects-name|archive-date=19 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Ardern directed that flags on public buildings be flown at half-mast.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1903/S00165/new-zealand-flag-half-masting-directive-friday-15-march-20.htm|title=New Zealand Flag half-masting directive – Friday 15 20 March|access-date=17 March 2019|publisher=Ministry For Culture And Heritage|via=Scoop|archive-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317000354/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1903/S00165/new-zealand-flag-half-masting-directive-friday-15-march-20.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2019, the NZ Transport Agency offered to replace any vehicle number plates with the prefix "GUN" on request for free.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/112378613/nzta-to-replace-gun-number-plates-for-free |title=NZTA to replace GUN number plates for free |work=Stuff (company) |date=1 May 2019 |access-date=23 August 2019 |archive-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516142637/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/112378613/nzta-to-replace-gun-number-plates-for-free |url-status=live }}</ref>

In mid-October 2019, Ardern awarded bravery awards to the two police officers who apprehended Tarrant, at the annual Police Association Conference in Wellington. Due to the legal proceedings against Tarrant at the time, the two officers had interim name suppression, but in December 2019, this was lifted.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/405189/christchurch-mosque-shooting-police-officers-who-apprehended-alleged-gunman-named|title=Christchurch mosque shooting: Police officers who apprehended alleged gunman named|date=10 December 2019|website=RNZ |access-date=3 April 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613122001/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/405189/christchurch-mosque-shooting-police-officers-who-apprehended-alleged-gunman-named|url-status=live}} * {{cite news |last1=Leask |first1=Anna |title=Hero cops: Christchurch terror arrest officers' bravery recognised at national ceremony |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12276324 |access-date=16 October 2019 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 October 2019 |archive-date=16 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016143614/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12276324 |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |title=Officers who captured Christchurch terrorist attack suspect awarded for their bravery |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/officers-captured-christchurch-terrorist-attack-suspect-awarded-their-bravery |access-date=16 October 2019 |work=1News |date=16 October 2019 |archive-date=16 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016004147/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/officers-captured-christchurch-terrorist-attack-suspect-awarded-their-bravery |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 September 2020, Prime Minister Ardern designated Tarrant as a terrorist entity, thereby freezing his assets and making it a criminal offence for anyone to support him financially.<ref>{{cite web|title=PM designates Christchurch mosque shooter a 'terrorist entity'|url=https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/pm-designates-christchurch-mosque-shooter-as-terrorist-entity/ar-BB18zmEw?ocid=msedgdhp|access-date=1 September 2020|publisher=MSN|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192832/https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/pm-designates-christchurch-mosque-shooter-as-terrorist-entity/ar-BB18zmEw?ocid=msedgdhp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Media response === For the three months following the shooting, almost 1,000 reports were published in major news outlets in New Zealand. Less than 10% of news reports published by major media outlets mentioned Tarrant's name. Susanna Every-Palmer, an academic psychiatrist, suggested that the media made a moral choice to deny Tarrant exposure and not sensationalise his views, deviating from how similar events internationally were covered in the media. The court required the media to pixelate Tarrant's face when covering the legal proceedings, thus, within New Zealand, he remained largely faceless and nameless. Instead, media coverage focused largely on the victims and their families.<ref name=EveryPalmerAnalysis>{{cite journal |last1=Every-Palmer |first1=S. |last2=Cunningham |first2=R. |last3=Jenkins |first3=M. |last4=Bell |first4=E. |title=The Christchurch mosque shooting, the media, and subsequent gun control reform in New Zealand: a descriptive analysis |journal=Psychiatry, Psychology and Law |date=23 June 2020 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=274–285 |doi=10.1080/13218719.2020.1770635 |pmid=34712096 |pmc=8547820 |s2cid=225699765 |issn=1321-8719}}</ref><ref name=JSSAnalysis>{{cite journal |last1=Ellis |first1=Gavin |last2=Muller |first2=Denis |title=The proximity filter: the effect of distance on media coverage of the Christchurch mosque attacks |journal=Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online |date=2 July 2020 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=332–348 |doi=10.1080/1177083X.2019.1705358|doi-access=free }}</ref>

In contrast, the media response in Australia was different, focusing on the extreme violence of the attack, as well as the attacker and his manifesto. For example, ''The Australian'' published an audio excerpt containing cries for help, and ''The Herald Sun'' wrote dramatic descriptions of victims being shot and used poetic devices to create more vivid imagery. Coverage of the victims was largely focused on physical horrors such as bloodshed, injuries, and graves being dug.<ref name=JSSAnalysis/>

=== Other responses in New Zealand === [[File:Patsy Reddy lays flowers at Hagley Park.jpg|thumb|alt=A woman adds a flower arrangement to a large memorial display set against a fence.|Patsy Reddy laying flowers at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens on 19 March]] Within an hour of the attack, all schools in the city were placed in "lockdown".<ref name="TVNZ" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/gunshots-heard-near-hagley-park-in-christchurch.html|title=As it happened: 49 killed, 48 injured in Christchurch terror attack|date=16 March 2019|work=Newshub|access-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315031109/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/gunshots-heard-near-hagley-park-in-christchurch.html|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> A ministry report launched after the attacks said schools' handling of the events were varied: some schoolchildren in lockdown still had their mobile phones, and some were able to view the footage of the first attack online, while some schools had children "commando crawl" to the bathroom under teacher supervision.<ref name="stuff.co.nz">{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111455789/variation-in-schools-lockdowns-during-christchurch-shootings-apparent-as-ministry-launches-review|title=Variation in schools' lockdowns during Christchurch shootings apparent as ministry launches review|website=Stuff |date=21 March 2019|access-date=24 March 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613160657/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111455789/variation-in-schools-lockdowns-during-christchurch-shootings-apparent-as-ministry-launches-review|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/385228/mosque-terror-attacks-christchurch-schools-faced-angry-parents-during-lockdown|title=Mosque terror attacks: Christchurch schools faced angry parents during lockdown|date=21 March 2019|website=Radio New Zealand |access-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322205938/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/385228/mosque-terror-attacks-christchurch-schools-faced-angry-parents-during-lockdown|archive-date=22 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Student climate strikers at the global School strike for the climate rally in Cathedral Square, near the sites of the attacks, were advised by police either to seek refuge in public buildings or go home.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deadly Christchurch mosque shootings: 49 dead after 'well-planned' attack |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384791/deadly-christchurch-mosque-shootings-49-dead-after-well-planned-attack |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330064301/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384791/deadly-christchurch-mosque-shootings-49-dead-after-well-planned-attack |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands of students protest against climate change |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384744/thousands-of-students-protest-against-climate-change |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315025702/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384744/thousands-of-students-protest-against-climate-change |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The citywide lockdown lasted nearly three hours.<ref name="stuff.co.nz"/>

In response to security concerns, the University of Otago postponed its sesquicentennial street parade which had been scheduled for 16 March.<ref name="ODT 15 March 2019" /><ref name="NZH 15 Mar 2019" />

The third test cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh, scheduled to commence at Hagley Oval in Hagley Park on 16 March, was likewise cancelled due to security concerns.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/111314794/bangladesh-cricket-team-escape-christchurch-mosque-shooting |title=Black Caps v Bangladesh test cancelled after gunmen attack Christchurch mosques |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315030556/https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/111314794/bangladesh-cricket-team-escape-christchurch-mosque-shooting |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Bangladesh team were planning to attend Friday prayer at the Al Noor Mosque and were moments from entering the building when the incident began.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/03/14/bangladesh-cricket-team-flees-mosque-shooting/ |title=Bangladesh cricket team flees mosque shooting |website=City News 1130 |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420002751/https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/03/14/bangladesh-cricket-team-flees-mosque-shooting/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/bangladesh-cricket-team-escape-scare-in-christchurch-new-zealand-test-series/2019-03-15 |title=Cricketers escape NZ mosque shooting |website=Cricket Australia |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609005727/https://www.cricket.com.au/news/bangladesh-cricket-team-escape-scare-in-christchurch-new-zealand-test-series/2019-03-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> The players then fled on foot to Hagley Oval.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26269215/bangladesh-tour-new-zealand-called-christchurch-terror-attack |title=Bangladesh tour of New Zealand called off after Christchurch terror attack |date=15 March 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428234528/http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26269215/bangladesh-tour-new-zealand-called-christchurch-terror-attack |url-status=live }}</ref> Two days later, Canterbury withdrew from their match against Wellington in the Plunket Shield cricket tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/111337527/canterbury-withdraw-from-final-plunket-shield-match-handing-cd-title |title=Canterbury withdraw from final Plunket Shield match, handing CD title |work=Stuff |date=16 March 2019 |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324000738/https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/111337527/canterbury-withdraw-from-final-plunket-shield-match-handing-cd-title |url-status=live }}</ref> Likewise, the Super Rugby match between the Crusaders, based in Christchurch, and Highlanders, based in Dunedin, due to be played the next day, was cancelled as "a mark of respect for the events".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/amp/rugby/news/highlanders-vs-crusaders-cancelled-after-christchurch-massacre/upw6fkjybgrq1lq04zkfy2wjf|title=Highlanders-Crusaders cancelled after massacre {{!}} Sporting News|website=www.sportingnews.com|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324002245/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/amp/rugby/news/highlanders-vs-crusaders-cancelled-after-christchurch-massacre/upw6fkjybgrq1lq04zkfy2wjf|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the attacks, there were renewed calls to rename the Crusaders team, since its name derives from the medieval Crusades against Muslims.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/crusaders-name-change-discussions-responsible-action-says-grant-robertson|title=Crusaders' name change discussions 'a responsible action', says Grant Robertson|work=TVNZ|access-date=19 March 2019|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324161811/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/crusaders-name-change-discussions-responsible-action-says-grant-robertson|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384927/crusaders-respond-to-criticism-of-name-in-light-of-attacks|title=Crusaders respond to criticism of name in light of attacks|date=17 March 2019|website=Radio New Zealand |access-date=19 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321201557/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384927/crusaders-respond-to-criticism-of-name-in-light-of-attacks|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Christchurch mosque shootings - Basin Reserve Vigil.jpg|thumb|Vigil in Wellington for the victims of the attack]] Some pre-arranged music and entertainment events were cancelled in the shooting's wake.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/111331506/spill-the-blood-band-slayer-could-play-in-christchurch-near-mosque |title='Spill the Blood' band Slayer pulls out of Christchurch concert |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316013500/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/111331506/spill-the-blood-band-slayer-could-play-in-christchurch-near-mosque |archive-date=16 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/111329423/aucklands-polyfest-and-st-patricks-celebrations-cancelled-after-christchurch-mosque-attack |title=Auckland's Polyfest and St Patrick's celebrations cancelled after Christchurch mosque attack |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402043124/https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/111329423/aucklands-polyfest-and-st-patricks-celebrations-cancelled-after-christchurch-mosque-attack |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mosques around the world became the focus of vigils, messages, and floral tributes.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{Cite news |url=https://www.thisisinsider.com/a-man-laid-flowers-at-a-new-zealand-mosque-and-people-are-applauding-2019-3 |title=The internet is applauding a man's raw reaction to the New Zealand mass shooting after he laid flowers at a local mosque |last=Olito |first=Frank |website=INSIDER |access-date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090110/https://www.thisisinsider.com/a-man-laid-flowers-at-a-new-zealand-mosque-and-people-are-applauding-2019-3 |url-status=live }} * {{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/16/we-love-you-mosques-around-world-showered-with-flowers-after-christchurch-massacre |title='We love you': mosques around world showered with flowers after Christchurch massacre |date=16 March 2019 |work=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318230135/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/16/we-love-you-mosques-around-world-showered-with-flowers-after-christchurch-massacre |archive-date=18 March 2019 |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/111361268/hamilton-mosque-makes-sure-flowers-live-on |title=Hamilton mosque makes sure flowers live on |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091830/https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/111361268/hamilton-mosque-makes-sure-flowers-live-on |url-status=live }} * {{cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/news/16-03-2019/christchurch-terror-attack-how-to-support-nzs-muslim-communities/|title=Christchurch terror attack: How to support NZ's Muslim communities|date=16 March 2019|website=The Spinoff |access-date=19 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319070013/https://thespinoff.co.nz/news/16-03-2019/christchurch-terror-attack-how-to-support-nzs-muslim-communities/|archive-date=19 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The mayor of Christchurch, Lianne Dalziel, encouraged people to lay flowers outside the city's Botanic Gardens.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahony |first1=Maree |title=Christchurch mosque attacks: Mayor Lianne Dalziel says city turning to practical help |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384833/christchurch-mosque-attacks-mayor-lianne-dalziel-says-city-turning-to-practical-help |website=RNZ |publisher=Radio New Zealand |access-date=19 March 2019 |date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090446/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384833/christchurch-mosque-attacks-mayor-lianne-dalziel-says-city-turning-to-practical-help |url-status=live }}</ref> As a mark of sympathy and solidarity, school pupils and other groups performed haka and waiata to honour those killed in the attacks.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214811 |title=Mass haka and waiata performed outside Christchurch mosque to honour shooting victims |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=21 March 2019 |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321122022/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214811 |archive-date=21 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/03/18/power-haka-new-zealanders-pay-traditional-tribute-mosque-attack-victims/ |title=The power of the haka: New Zealanders pay traditional tribute to mosque attack victims |last1=Hassan |first1=Jennifer |date=18 March 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=18 March 2019 |last2=Tamkin |first2=Emily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319081640/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/03/18/power-haka-new-zealanders-pay-traditional-tribute-mosque-attack-victims/ |archive-date=19 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Street gangs including the Mongrel Mob, Black Power, and the King Cobras sent members to mosques around the country to help protect them during prayer time.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111395229/mongrel-mob-gang-members-to-stand-guard-at-local-mosque-in-support-of-muslim-kiwis |title=Mongrel Mob gang members to stand guard at local mosque, in support of Muslim Kiwis |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320225255/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111395229/mongrel-mob-gang-members-to-stand-guard-at-local-mosque-in-support-of-muslim-kiwis |archive-date=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }} * {{Cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213564 |title=Black Power perform haka outside Al Noor Mosque cordon in Christchurch |date=17 March 2019 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=20 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319205110/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213564 |archive-date=19 March 2019 |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/fear-mosque-today-marae-tomorrow-partly-behind-gangs-reaching-muslim-community-expert |title=Fear of 'mosque today, marae tomorrow' partly behind gangs reaching out to Muslim community – expert |publisher=TVNZ |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409132225/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/fear-mosque-today-marae-tomorrow-partly-behind-gangs-reaching-muslim-community-expert |url-status=dead }}</ref>

One week after the attacks, an open-air Friday prayer service was held in Hagley Park. Broadcast nationally on radio and television, it was attended by 20,000 people, including Ardern,<ref>Multiple sources: * {{Cite news |url=https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/03/471808/new-zealand-marks-one-week-mosque-attacks |work=New Straits Times |agency=Reuters |date=22 March 2019 |title=New Zealand marks one week since mosque attacks |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322044607/https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/03/471808/new-zealand-marks-one-week-mosque-attacks |archive-date=22 March 2019 |url-status=live }} * {{Cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-marks-one-week-since-mosque-attack-with-prayers-headscarves |title=New Zealand marks one week since mosque attack with prayers, headscarves |date=22 March 2019 |website=The Straits Times |agency=Reuters |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409132357/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-marks-one-week-since-mosque-attack-with-prayers-headscarves |url-status=live }} * {{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47662450 |title=NZ falls silent for mosque attack victims |publisher=BBC |date=22 March 2019 |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322021759/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47662450 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> who said, "New Zealand mourns with you. We are one." The imam of the Al Noor Mosque thanked New Zealanders for their support and added, "We are broken-hearted but we are not broken."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/5556490/new-zealand-muslim-call-to-prayer/|title=New Zealand Observes Muslim Call to Prayer 1 Week After Deadly Mosque Attacks|last=Perry|first=Nick|date=22 March 2019|magazine=Time|access-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324064442/http://time.com/5556490/new-zealand-muslim-call-to-prayer/|archive-date=24 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> A national remembrance service was held on 29 March, a fortnight after the attacks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christchurch attacks: National remembrance service held |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47742313 |access-date=29 March 2019 |publisher=BBC |date=29 March 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329011901/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47742313 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Operation Whakahaumanu ==== Shortly after the attack, New Zealand Police launched Operation Whakahaumanu. The operation was designed to reassure New Zealanders after the attack and to also investigate possible threats who shared a similar ideology to the gunman. Police increased visibility in streets and visited many schools, businesses, and religious places as part of the operation. In Canterbury alone, there were almost 600 people of interest to police, where hundreds of properties were searched. On 14 July 2020, the Independent Police Conduct Authority deemed three of these searches to be unlawful.<ref>{{cite web|date=14 July 2020|title=Inside police investigation that sparked hundreds of raids after March 15 attack|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/122130895/inside-police-investigation-that-sparked-hundreds-of-raids-after-march-15-attack|access-date=15 July 2020|website=Stuff |archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715020517/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/122130895/inside-police-investigation-that-sparked-hundreds-of-raids-after-march-15-attack|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Fundraisers and philanthropy === [[File:Mosque Shooting Vigil in Melbourne 2019.jpg|thumb|Vigil in Melbourne, Australia]] An online fundraiser on the fundraising website "Givealittle" started to support victims and their families had, {{As of|2020|August|df=NZ|lc=y|url=https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/christchurch-shooting-victims-fund|post=,}} raised over {{NZD|10903966|link=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/christchurch-shooting-victims-fund|title=Victim Support Official Page: Christchurch Shooting Victims' Fund|website=GiveALittle.co.nz|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315225013/https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/christchurch-shooting-victims-fund|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand Givealittle page raises more than $400k for victims of Christchurch terror attack |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/111328476/new-zealand-givealittle-page-raises-more-than-200k-for-victims-of-christchurch-terror-attack |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=15 March 2019 |date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=16 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316023918/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/111328476/new-zealand-givealittle-page-raises-more-than-200k-for-victims-of-christchurch-terror-attack |url-status=live }}</ref> Counting other fundraisers, a combined total of $8.4&nbsp;million had been raised for the victims and their families ({{as of|2019|3|20|lc=y|post=).}}<ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand raises $8.4m for victims of Christchurch mosque shootings |url=https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/111328476/new-zealand-givealittle-page-raises-more-than-200k-for-victims-of-christchurch-terror-attack |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=20 March 2019 |date=17 March 2016 |archive-date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314191348/https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111328476/new-zealand-givealittle-page-raises-more-than-200k-for-victims-of-christchurch-terror-attack |url-status=live }}</ref> Prime Minister Ardern reiterated that those injured or killed in the shootings and their immediate families are covered by the country's accident-compensation scheme, ACC, which offers compensation for lost income and a $10,000 funeral grant, among other benefits.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111342719/muslim-volunteers-arrive-wash-the-bodies-of-christchurch-mosque-shooting-victims |title=Christchurch shooting victims' bodies being returned as volunteers arrive to help with burials |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090256/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111342719/muslim-volunteers-arrive-wash-the-bodies-of-christchurch-mosque-shooting-victims |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pm-statement-christchurch-shooting-%E2%80%93-4pm-17-march|title=PM statement on Christchurch shooting – 4 pm 17 March|website=The Beehive|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101701/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pm-statement-christchurch-shooting-%E2%80%93-4pm-17-march|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late June, it was reported that the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh had raised more than NZ$967,500 (US$650,000) through its New Zealand Islamophobia Attack Fund for the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings. This amount included $60,000 raised by Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation. These funds were to be donated to the Christchurch Foundation, a registered charity which had been receiving money to support victims of the Christchurch shootings. This philanthropy was inspired by local Muslim support for the Pittsburgh Jewish community following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in late October 2018.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite news |last1=Tabachnick |first1=Tony |title=Federation sends more than $650,000 to Christchurch, New Zealand |url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/federation-sends-more-than-650000-to-christchurch-new-zealand/ |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle |date=16 July 2019 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708213314/https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/federation-sends-more-than-650000-to-christchurch-new-zealand/ |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |title=Pittsburgh Jewish community to donate almost NZ$1 million to victims of Christchurch terror attacks |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/pittsburgh-jewish-community-donate-almost-nz-1-million-victims-christchurch-terror-attacks |access-date=16 July 2019 |publisher=1News |date=30 June 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716111334/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/pittsburgh-jewish-community-donate-almost-nz-1-million-victims-christchurch-terror-attacks |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |title=US Jewish federation donates nearly $1m to victims of Christchurch mosque attacks |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/113888912/a-us-jewish-federation-donates-close-to-1m-to-victims-of-christchurch-mosque-shootings |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=Stuff (company) |date=1 July 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716111333/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/113888912/a-us-jewish-federation-donates-close-to-1m-to-victims-of-christchurch-mosque-shootings |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Reactions ==

=== World leaders === Queen Elizabeth II, New Zealand's head of state, said she was "deeply saddened" by the attacks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Queen, Royals, heads of state speak out |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shootings-queen-royals-heads-of-state-speak-out/OAAIWWNFYNB66ANP24LYM5FDXU/ |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=13 August 2023 |language=en-NZ |access-date=13 August 2021 |archive-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813131731/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shootings-queen-royals-heads-of-state-speak-out/OAAIWWNFYNB66ANP24LYM5FDXU/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other politicians and world leaders also condemned the attacks,<ref name="stuffcondems" /><ref name=WorldLeadersCondemn group=note/> with some attributing them to rising Islamophobia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2019/03/15/erdogan-condemns-deplorable-terror-attacks-on-new-zealand-mosques-rising-islamophobia|title=Erdoğan condemns 'deplorable' terror attacks on New Zealand mosques, rising Islamophobia|work=Daily Sabah|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-date=14 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314192252/https://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2019/03/15/turkey-condemns-deplorable-terror-attacks-on-new-zealand-mosques|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/christchurch-shooting-beyond-awful-nicola-sturgeon-and-world-react-to-terror-attack-1-4889883|title=Christchurch shooting: 'Beyond awful', Nicola Sturgeon and world react to terror attack|date=15 March 2019|work=The Scotsman|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315143025/https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/christchurch-shooting-beyond-awful-nicola-sturgeon-and-world-react-to-terror-attack-1-4889883|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, announced that the Pakistani emigrant who charged at Tarrant before being murdered would be posthumously honoured with a national award for his courage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/pakistan-honour-christchurch-mosque-hero-national-award-190317073949724.html|title=Pakistan to honour Christchurch mosque 'hero' with national award|publisher=Al Jazeera|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320003244/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/pakistan-honour-christchurch-mosque-hero-national-award-190317073949724.html|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref>

The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, showed footage taken by Tarrant to his supporters at campaign rallies for {{As of|2019|March|21|df=NZ|alt=upcoming}} local elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/turkeys-recep-tayyip-erdogan-uses-new-zealand-attack-video-at-campaign-rally/a-47959569|title=Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses New Zealand attack video at campaign rally|date=18 March 2019|publisher=Deutsche Welle|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319164811/https://www.dw.com/en/turkeys-recep-tayyip-erdogan-uses-new-zealand-attack-video-at-campaign-rally/a-47959569|archive-date=19 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/90ed31dc81304280b4123227c04d2113|title=Erdogan again airs attack video at rally despite criticism|date=20 March 2019|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320080742/https://apnews.com/90ed31dc81304280b4123227c04d2113|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=live|work=Associated Press News}}</ref> The New Zealand and Australian governments,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shootout-erdogan-idUSKCN1R10B6|title=NZ foreign minister headed to Turkey to 'confront' Erdogan's mosque...|date=20 March 2019|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320214534/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shootout-erdogan-idUSKCN1R10B6|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=live|work=Reuters}}</ref> as well as Turkey's main opposition party, criticised his actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/erdogan-airs-attack-video-rally-criticism-61782722|title=Turkey's Erdogan sparks diplomatic row with NZ, Australia|date=21 March 2019|website=ABC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322010340/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/erdogan-airs-attack-video-rally-criticism-61782722|archive-date=22 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> Erdoğan also warned that if Australians and New Zealanders with anti-Muslim and anti-Turkish views try to enter Turkey, they will be "sent back home in coffins like their grandfathers", referring to the Australian Landings on Gallipoli against Turkish Forces in World War I. Many Australians and New Zealanders were highly offended by these comments and accused Erdoğan of anti-Australianism. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described these comments as "appalling" and "highly insensitive".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/turkey-s-envoy-hauled-in-over-deeply-offensive-massacre-comments-20190320-p515oh | title=Row deepens over Turkey's 'deeply offensive' comments | date=20 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-asia-pacific-middle-east-ap-top-news-religion-5c0c6625dc6e4267aa4e7c1119b9bb83 | title=Turkey's Erdogan sparks spat with Australia, New Zealand | website=Associated Press | date=20 April 2021 }}</ref>

US president Donald Trump condemned the "horrible massacre".<ref name="praise_3/16/2019">{{cite news |title=New Zealand mosque attacks suspect praised Trump in manifesto |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/zealand-mosques-attack-suspect-praised-trump-manifesto-190315100143150.html |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=16 March 2019 |access-date=29 April 2019 |archive-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501193418/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/zealand-mosques-attack-suspect-praised-trump-manifesto-190315100143150.html |url-status=live | quote=[Tarrant] hailed Trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose".}}</ref> When asked after the attacks if he thought white nationalists were a growing threat around the world, Trump replied, "I don't really. I think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. It's certainly a terrible thing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-offers-us-assistance-after-horrible-massacre-in-new-zealand/2019/03/15/931833d2-4712-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html|title=Trump says white nationalism is not a rising threat after New Zealand attacks: 'It's a small group of people'|last1=Itkowitz|first1=Colby|last2=Wagner|first2=John|date=15 March 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316192417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-offers-us-assistance-after-horrible-massacre-in-new-zealand/2019/03/15/931833d2-4712-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html|archive-date=16 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref>

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad expressed deep regret over the terrorist attack. He said he hoped the New Zealand government would bring the perpetrator to justice.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2019 |title=PM: Gov't will ensure safety of Malaysians in New Zealand |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/03/469556/pm-govt-will-ensure-safety-malaysians-new-zealand |website=New Straits Times |access-date=12 September 2023 |archive-date=6 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006232056/https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/03/469556/pm-govt-will-ensure-safety-malaysians-new-zealand |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Far-right === Two New Zealand-based anti-immigration groups, the Dominion Movement and the New Zealand National Front, condemned the attacks, distanced themselves from the perpetrator, and shut their websites down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/chch-terror/384867/christchurch-terror-attack-anti-immigration-websites-taken-down-after-shootings|title=Christchurch terror attack: Anti-immigration websites taken down after shootings|date=16 March 2019|website=Radio New Zealand |access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409132131/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/chch-terror/384867/christchurch-terror-attack-anti-immigration-websites-taken-down-after-shootings|url-status=live}}</ref> Some in the broader far-right culture celebrated the attacks and "sanctified" Tarrant as a central figure.<ref name="Independent000">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/brenton-tarrant-christchurch-shooter-attack-el-paso-norway-poway-a9076926.html|title=Revered as a saint by online extremists, how the Christchurch shooter inspired copycat terrorists around the world|date=24 August 2019|website=The Independent|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824231458/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/brenton-tarrant-christchurch-shooter-attack-el-paso-norway-poway-a9076926.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Tarrant's manifesto was translated and distributed in more than a dozen different languages<ref name="Independent000"/> with a number of supporters on 8chan making photo and video edits of the shooting.<ref name="Purtill">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/christchurch-shooters-views-were-celebrated-online/10907056|title=Fuelled by a toxic, alt-right echo chamber, Christchurch shooter's views were celebrated online|last=Purtill|first=James|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315230857/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/christchurch-shooters-views-were-celebrated-online/10907056|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McMillan |first1=Robert |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-new-zealand-shooting-founder-of-8chan-expresses-regrets-11553130001 |title=After New Zealand Shooting, Founder of 8chan Expresses Regrets |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=20 March 2019 |access-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831043109/https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-new-zealand-shooting-founder-of-8chan-expresses-regrets-11553130001|archive-date=31 August 2019|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Some extremists were inspired by Tarrant, committing violent incidents and deadly attacks of their own, such as those in Poway, El Paso, and Bærum.<ref name="Independent000"/> The United Kingdom's domestic intelligence service, MI5, launched an inquiry into Tarrant's possible links to the British far-right.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/mi5-investigates-new-zealand-shooter-qcnl03ck8|title=MI5 investigates New Zealand shooter|last1=Lagan|first1=Bernard|date=16 March 2019|work=The Times|access-date=16 March 2019|last2=Brown|first2=David|url-access=subscription|last3=Karim|first3=Fariha|last4=Simpson|first4=John|archive-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317212356/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/mi5-investigates-new-zealand-shooter-qcnl03ck8|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Islamic groups === Ahmed Bhamji, chair of the largest mosque in New Zealand,<ref name=JTA_Mossad>{{cite news |title=Mossad behind Christchurch attacks, head of New Zealand's biggest mosque claims |url=https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/mossad-behind-christchurch-attacks-head-of-new-zealands-biggest-mosque-claims |access-date=27 May 2019 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |quote="I stand here and I say I have a very very strong suspicion that there's some group behind him and I am not afraid to say I feel Mossad is behind this," he said as a person in the audience shouted "It's the truth. Israel is behind this. That's right!"<br />Bhamji continued: "And not only them. There are some business houses, also, who are around ... you know, Zionist business houses that are behind him." |archive-date=25 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625205702/https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/mossad-behind-christchurch-attacks-head-of-new-zealands-biggest-mosque-claims |url-status=live }}</ref> spoke at a rally on 23 March in front of one thousand people.<ref name=TOI>{{cite news |last1=Benjamin |first1=Henry |title=New Zealand Muslim leader dismisses colleague's claims Mossad ordered killings |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-zealand-muslim-leader-dismisses-colleagues-claims-mossad-ordered-killings/ |access-date=27 May 2019 |work=The Times of Israel |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525013841/https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-zealand-muslim-leader-dismisses-colleagues-claims-mossad-ordered-killings/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dangerous antisemitic conspiracy mainstreamed in New Zealand |url=https://israelinstitute.nz/2019/03/dangerous-antisemitic-conspiracy-mainstreamed-in-new-zealand/ |website=Israel Institute of New Zealand |access-date=27 May 2019 |date=26 March 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527060005/https://israelinstitute.nz/2019/03/dangerous-antisemitic-conspiracy-mainstreamed-in-new-zealand/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He claimed that Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence agency, was behind the attack. The claim has been widely described as an unfounded, antisemitic conspiracy theory. The chairman of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand said that Bhamji's statement did not represent other New Zealand Muslims, but Bhamji defended his statements.<ref name="JTA_Mossad" /><ref name="TOI" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Scott |title=Jews outraged after mosque leader blames Mossad for Christchurch attack |url=https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/jews-outraged-after-mosque-leader-blames-mossad-for-christchurch-attack/ar-BBVehvs |access-date=27 May 2019 |publisher=NBC News |date=26 March 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527060001/https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/jews-outraged-after-mosque-leader-blames-mossad-for-christchurch-attack/ar-BBVehvs |url-status=live }}</ref>

The attack was also condemned by the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, Harun Khan, describing it as "the most deadly Islamophobic terrorist attack" observed recently.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK Muslims slam New Zealand deadly attack |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/83244542/UK-Muslims-slam-New-Zealand-deadly-attack |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=en.irna.ir |date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101062211/https://en.irna.ir/news/83244542/UK-Muslims-slam-New-Zealand-deadly-attack |url-status=live }}</ref> The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on Donald Trump, then U.S. president, to condemn the shootings. Speaking to reporters in Washington, D.C. Nihad Award, executive director of CAIR said: "You should condemn this, not only as a hate crime but as a white supremacist terrorist attack."<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Muslim group urges Trump to condemn New Zealand mosque shootings as 'white supremacist terrorist attacks' – National {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5061186/u-s-muslim-group-urges-trump-to-condemn-new-zealand-mosque-shootings-as-white-supremacist-terrorist-attacks/ |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=Global News |language=en-US |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101064542/https://globalnews.ca/news/5061186/u-s-muslim-group-urges-trump-to-condemn-new-zealand-mosque-shootings-as-white-supremacist-terrorist-attacks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== People and countries mentioned by Tarrant === Just before carrying out the attacks, Tarrant asked his audience to subscribe to YouTuber PewDiePie's channel in light of his then-ongoing rivalry with Indian channel T-Series.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chokshi|first1=Niraj|title=PewDiePie Put in Spotlight After New Zealand Shooting|website=The New York Times|date=15 March 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/technology/pewdiepie-new-zealand-shooting.html|url-status=live|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316000147/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/technology/pewdiepie-new-zealand-shooting.html|archive-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, has been accused of using far-right content in his videos.<ref>{{cite news|title=49 killed in terrorist attack at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/15/shootings-reported-mosques-christchurch-new-zealand/?noredirect=on|access-date=15 March 2019|quote=Further afield, Felix Kjellberg, a YouTube celebrity from Sweden who goes by "PewDiePie" and flirts openly with Nazi symbolism, distanced himself from the violence after the man who live-streamed his rampage asked viewers to "subscribe to PewDiePie.|archive-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316231838/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/15/shootings-reported-mosques-christchurch-new-zealand/?noredirect=on|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dickson|first=Ed|date=15 March 2019|title=Why Did the Christchurch Shooter Name-Drop YouTube Phenom PewDiePie?|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/pewdie-pie-new-zealand-mosque-shooting-youtube-808633/|url-status=live|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319002210/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/pewdie-pie-new-zealand-mosque-shooting-youtube-808633/|archive-date=19 March 2019}}</ref> Kjellberg tweeted his condolences in reaction, saying he "felt absolutely sickened" to be mentioned by Tarrant.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Paton|first1=Callum|date=15 March 2019|title=PewDiePie 'Sickened' by New Zealand Mosque Shooter Telling Worshippers to Follow Him Before Opening Fire|work=Newsweek|url=https://www.newsweek.com/pewdiepie-sickened-new-zealand-mosque-shooter-telling-worshippers-follow-him-1364126|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518002242/https://www.newsweek.com/pewdiepie-sickened-new-zealand-mosque-shooter-telling-worshippers-follow-him-1364126|url-status=live}}</ref> Kjellberg later called for the "subscribe to PewDiePie" movement to be discontinued, citing the attacks; "to have my name associated with something so unspeakably vile has affected me in more ways than I've let show."<ref>{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Julia|date=19 March 2019|title=YouTube creators are trying to move on from 'subscribe to PewDiePie'|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/19/18270905/subscribe-to-pewdiepie-youtube-new-zealand-attack-meme|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320122602/https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/19/18270905/subscribe-to-pewdiepie-youtube-new-zealand-attack-meme|archive-date=20 March 2019|access-date=19 March 2019|work=The Verge}}</ref>

During the attacks, Tarrant played the song "Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-new-zealand-ap-top-news-international-news-asia-pacific-597933f5d8454f448db02d1fc077730d|title=Mosque shooter brandished white supremacist iconography|last=Gambrell|first=Jon|work=Associated Press News|date=15 March 2019|access-date=16 March 2023|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321222803/https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-new-zealand-ap-top-news-international-news-asia-pacific-597933f5d8454f448db02d1fc077730d|url-status=live}}</ref> In a Facebook post, singer Arthur Brown expressed "horror and sadness" at the use of his song during the attacks, and cancelled a planned instore appearance at Waterloo Records shortly after the shootings out of respect for the victims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/arthur-brown-issues-statement-after-fire-was-used-in-new-zealand-mosque-shootings-cancels-todays-austin-show/|title=Arthur Brown issues statement after "Fire" was used in New Zealand mosque shootings, cancels today's Austin show|work=Brooklyn Vegan|date=17 March 2019|access-date=16 March 2023|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321222813/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/arthur-brown-issues-statement-after-fire-was-used-in-new-zealand-mosque-shootings-cancels-todays-austin-show/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In China, internet users expressed outrage and anger at Tarrant praising their country's government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-christchurch-manifesto-china-20190316-story.html|title=The Christchurch shooter's manifesto praised China's values. That's sparking debate in China|last=Su|first=Alice|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 March 2019|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110233521/https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-christchurch-manifesto-china-20190316-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Propaganda and incitement ==

===Livestream=== The first shooting, starting from the drive to the Al Noor Mosque and ending on the way to the Linwood Islamic Centre, was live-streamed on Facebook Live using Tarrant's head-mounted GoPro camera.<ref name="Hate the player, not the game" /><ref name="nzherald.co.nz"/> As a result, the shootings became the first successfully live-streamed far-right terror attack.<ref name="Copycat Effect" />

The link to the Facebook livestream was first posted on 8chan's /pol/ board, alongside links to the manifesto.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Coan |first1=Travis G. |last2=Brace |first2=Lewys |last3=Baele |first3=Stephane J. |title=Variations on a Theme? Comparing 4chan, 8kun, and Other chans' Far-Right "/pol" Boards |journal=Perspectives on Terrorism |date=February 2021 |pages=65–80 |jstor=26984798 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26984798 |access-date=11 December 2023 |issn=2334-3745 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410094132/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26984798 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Evans (journalist) |date=2019-04-28 |title=Ignore The Poway Synagogue Shooter's Manifesto: Pay Attention To 8chan's /pol/ Board |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/04/28/ignore-the-poway-synagogue-shooters-manifesto-pay-attention-to-8chans-pol-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428015004/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/04/28/ignore-the-poway-synagogue-shooters-manifesto-pay-attention-to-8chans-pol-board/ |archive-date=28 April 2019 |access-date=2021-04-10 |website=Bellingcat |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Malevich |first1=Simon |last2=Robertson |first2=Tom |date=2020-02-24 |title=Violence begetting violence: An examination of extremist content on deep Web social networks |journal=First Monday |language=en |volume=25 |issue=3 |doi=10.5210/fm.v25i3.10421 |issn=1396-0466 |doi-access= free}}</ref> The post included the following,<ref name="Rethinking Social Media">{{cite journal |last1=Leitch |first1=Shirley |title=The making of a 'made for social media' massacre |journal=Rethinking Social Media and Extremism |year=2022 |pages=13–42 |doi=10.22459/RSME.2022.02 |jstor=j.ctv2tsxmq6.8 |isbn=9781760465247 |doi-access=free |hdl=1885/275944 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

{{blockquote|Well lads, it's time to stop shitposting and time to make a real life effort post. I will carry out and {{sic}} attack against the invaders, and will even livestream the attack via facebook [sic].}}

Fewer than 200 people watched the 17-minute livestream live, and none of them made a complaint to Facebook or notified the police.<ref name="Rethinking Social Media" /><ref name="Hate the player, not the game">{{cite book |last1=Fleet |first1=Robert |chapter=Hate the player, not the game: Why did the Christchurch shooter's video look like a game? |title=Rethinking Social Media and Extremism |date=2022 |pages=65–86 |publisher=ANU Press|doi=10.22459/RSME.2022.04 |jstor=j.ctv2tsxmq6.10 |isbn=9781760465247 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The livestream's perspective mirrored that of a first-person shooter video game.<ref name="Hate the player, not the game" />

====Video distribution==== Copies of the live-streamed video were reposted on many platforms and file-sharing websites, including Facebook,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/24/censor-bans-manifesto-of-christchurch-mosque-shooter|title=Censor bans 'manifesto' of Christchurch mosque shooter |first=Charles |last=Anderson |date=24 March 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> LiveLeak, and YouTube.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherwood |first1=Sam |last2=Kenny |first2=Lee |title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Man claims responsibility for shootings, records assault on video |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/111320003/christchurch-mosque-shootings-man-claims-responsibility-for-attack-records-assault-on-video |work=Stuff (company)}}</ref> Police, Muslim advocacy groups, and government agencies urged anyone who found the footage to take it down or report it.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/111322733/facebook-battles-to-stamp-out-horror-footage-of-christchurch-shooting |title=Facebook battles to stamp out horror footage of Christchurch shooting |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315220731/https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/111322733/facebook-battles-to-stamp-out-horror-footage-of-christchurch-shooting |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification quickly classified the video as "objectionable", making it a criminal offence in the country to distribute, copy, or exhibit the video, with potential penalties of up to 14 years' imprisonment for an individual, or up to $100,000 in fines for a corporation.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web|url=https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/news/latest-news/oflc-response-to-christchurch-what-you-can-do/|title=OFLC Response to Christchurch – What You Can Do : Latest news : OFLC|website=www.classificationoffice.govt.nz|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417183254/https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/news/latest-news/oflc-response-to-christchurch-what-you-can-do/|url-status=dead}} * {{cite news | url = https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/chief-censor-bans-christchurch-shooting-video-distributors-could-face-jail.html | title = Chief Censor bans Christchurch shooting video, distributors could face jail | first = Alice | last = Webb-Libell | date = 19 March 2019 | access-date = 19 March 2019 | work = Newshub | archive-date = 15 May 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190515083300/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/chief-censor-bans-christchurch-shooting-video-distributors-could-face-jail.html | url-status = dead }} * {{cite web |title= Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 |url= http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0094/latest/whole.html |work= New Zealand Legislation Online |publisher= Parliamentary Counsel Office |access-date= 20 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190124180453/http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0094/latest/whole.html |archive-date= 24 January 2019 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

Stuart Bender of Curtin University in Perth noted that the use of live video as an integral part of the attacks "makes [them] a form of 'performance crime' where the act of video recording and/or streaming the violence by the perpetrator is a central component of the violence itself, rather than being incidental."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stevenson|first1=Rebecca|last2=Anthony|first2=John|date=16 March 2019|title='Thousands' of Christchurch shootings videos removed from YouTube, Google says|work=Stuff (company)|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/111330323/facebook-working-around-the-clock-to-block-christchurch-shootings-video}}</ref>

==== Arrests and prosecutions ==== At least eight people in New Zealand have been arrested for possessing or sharing the video or manifesto; most of their names have been suppressed either to prevent threats against them or in support of freedom of expression online.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112051430/warning-over-threats-in-christchurch-terror-attack-video-prosecutions|title=Warning over threats in Christchurch terror attack video prosecutions|last=Clarkson|first=David|date=15 April 2019|publisher=Stuff }} * {{cite news|last1=Bayer|first1=Kurt|date=9 July 2019|title=Teen, 16, charged over Christchurch mosque shootings video returned to custody|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12247913|access-date=13 July 2019}} * {{cite news|date=12 July 2019|title=Christchurch mosque shooting: Dunedin man charged with possessing livestream footage|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12248942|access-date=13 July 2019}} * {{cite news|last1=Galuzska|first1=Jono|date=12 February 2020|title=Homeless man jailed for sharing Christchurch mosque shooting video on Facebook|work=Stuff|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/119463374/homeless-man-jailed-for-sharing-christchurch-mosque-shooting-video-on-facebook|access-date=4 March 2020}} * {{cite news|last1=Leask|first1=Anna|date=17 June 2021|title=Christchurch terror attack: Australian man charged after 'accidentally' downloading graphic massacre video|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-terror-attack-australian-man-charged-after-accidentally-downloading-graphic-massacre-video/ZFSE6PI6U36QBRQ7JQS4QTHVJI/|url-status=live|access-date=17 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617015453/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-terror-attack-australian-man-charged-after-accidentally-downloading-graphic-massacre-video/ZFSE6PI6U36QBRQ7JQS4QTHVJI/|archive-date=17 June 2021}}</ref> The first was an 18-year-old man who was arrested and charged with inciting racial disharmony under the Human Rights Act on the same day as the shooting.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 March 2019|title=Christchurch shootings: Teen charged with sharing live-stream refused bail|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |agency=Australian Associated Press|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213914|url-status=live|access-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318200026/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213914|archive-date=18 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Clarkson|first=Dave|date=18 March 2019|title=Christchurch teen appears in court over alleged re-posting of mosque shootings live stream|website=Stuff |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/111372996/christchurch-teen-appears-in-court-charged-with-making-objectionable-publication|url-status=live|access-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318121048/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/111372996/christchurch-teen-appears-in-court-charged-with-making-objectionable-publication|archive-date=18 March 2019}}</ref> Early news media reports identified him as an accomplice to the shooting,<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 March 2019|title=Police with the latest information on the mosque shootings|work=Radio New Zealand|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384896/police-with-the-latest-information-on-the-mosque-shootings|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090232/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384896/police-with-the-latest-information-on-the-mosque-shootings|url-status=live}}</ref> but the police have denied this.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Stanley-Becker|first1=Isaac|last2=Rosenberg|first2=Eli|last3=Horton|first3=Alex|last4=Brice-Saddler|first4=Michael|date=15 March 2019|title=Primary suspect, one alleged accomplice identified in terrorist attack that killed 49 in New Zealand|newspaper=The Washington Post|department=Morning Mix|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/15/shootings-reported-mosques-christchurch-new-zealand/}}</ref>

On 20 March 2019, Philip Arps was charged with distributing objectionable material under the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 for sharing the video. He subsequently pleaded guilty to the charges on 20 March 2019. In June 2019, he was sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment and was released in January 2020, under the condition of him wearing a GPS electronic monitor.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite news|date=18 June 2019|title=Man who shared mosque shooting livestream sentenced to 21 months in prison|publisher=Radio New Zealand|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/392292/man-who-shared-mosque-shooting-livestream-sentenced-to-21-months-in-prison|access-date=18 June 2019}} * {{cite news|last1=Bayer|first1=Kurt|date=18 June 2019|title=Mosque shooting: White supremacist Philip Neville Arps jailed for 21 months for distributing footage|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12241394|access-date=18 June 2019}} * {{cite news|date=29 January 2020|title=Christchurch white supremacist Philip Arps released|work=Radio New Zealand|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/408408/christchurch-white-supremacist-philip-arps-released|access-date=4 March 2020}} * {{cite news|last1=Molyneux|first1=Vita|last2=Sadler|first2=Rachel|last3=Tukia|first3=Annabelle|date=29 January 2020|title=White supremacist Philip Arps released from prison, banned from contact with Muslims|work=Newshub|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/white-supremacist-philip-arps-released-from-prison-banned-from-contact-with-muslims.html|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=3 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103194552/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/white-supremacist-philip-arps-released-from-prison-banned-from-contact-with-muslims.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Arps had also expressed neo-Nazi views and sent letters advocating violence against New Zealand politicians.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morrah|first1=Michael|date=16 August 2019|title=Second letter from Philip Arps calls for traitors' execution, disdain for Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters|publisher=Newshub|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/08/second-letter-from-philip-arps-calls-for-traitors-execution-disdain-for-jacinda-ardern-winston-peters.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816082858/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/08/second-letter-from-philip-arps-calls-for-traitors-execution-disdain-for-jacinda-ardern-winston-peters.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2019|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gower|first1=Patrick|date=12 May 2019|title=Christchurch attack: The dark truth about New Zealand's white supremacists|publisher=Newshub|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/05/christchurch-attack-the-dark-truth-about-new-zealand-s-white-supremacists.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524040423/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/05/christchurch-attack-the-dark-truth-about-new-zealand-s-white-supremacists.html|url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2020|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> On 26 February 2020, another Christchurch man was jailed for nearly two years for doctoring footage of the shootings upon Arps' request, two days after the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 February 2020|title=Jail for man who gave mosque shooting 'Call of Duty' edit|work=Newstalk ZB|url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/christchurch/christchurch-man-jailed-for-doctoring-footage-of-mosque-shootings/|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>

Conspiracy theorist Richard Sivell faced trial for possession of the video on 30 October 2024. His first appearance on this matter was at Taupō District Court in August 2024, when he refused to enter a plea.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bathgate |first1=Benn |title='Man of peace' declines to plead on mosque shooting video charges |url=https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/350384821/man-peace-declines-plead-mosque-shooting-video-charges?_ptid={kpdx}AAAAnFg348PzXgoKMFYxVndrZmxwYRIQbTF0c3pibmZmamN5Y2gxbBoMRVhSNkc4S005VlFXIiUxODBqbjA4MDhzLTAwMDAzNGlrOGZuZGMxcnRqNzI4c2RzZWdrKhRydW5Kc0pFV0c3MTZBUkRPVTEwMlISdi1fAPAFazRmOHduOHVvWg40OS4yMjcuMjIIAPABNmIDZG1jaL-5gbgGcBl4CA |access-date=3 October 2024 |publisher=Waikato Times |date=21 August 2024}}</ref> In between these hearings, a separate case saw Sivell convicted of threatening to kill then–Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in 2021-22.<ref>{{cite news | last=Wall|first=Tony|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350300416/richard-sivell-run-almost-two-years-appears-court|access-date=3 October 2024|date=5 June 2024|title=Richard Sivell, on the run for almost two years, appears in court|publisher=Stuff }}</ref>

==== Media outlets ==== Several media organisations in Australia and tabloid news websites in the UK broadcast parts of the video, up to the point Tarrant entered the building, despite pleas from the New Zealand Police not to show it.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/australian-media-broadcast-footage-from-christchurch-shootings-despite-police-pleas|title=Australian media broadcast footage from Christchurch shootings despite police pleas |last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=15 March 2019|work=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2019|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315112136/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/australian-media-broadcast-footage-from-christchurch-shootings-despite-police-pleas|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/the-daily-mail-let-readers-download-the-new-zealand-mosque|title=The Daily Mail Let Readers Download The New Zealand Mosque attacker's Manifesto Directly From Its Website|date=15 March 2019|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Sky Television New Zealand temporarily stopped its syndication of Sky News Australia after that network showed the footage, and said it was working with Sky News Australia to prevent further displays of the video.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/16/18268213/sky-new-zealand-yanks-sky-australia-after-christchurch-footage-sparks-outrage | title = Sky New Zealand yanks Sky Australia after Christchurch footage sparks outrage | first = Sean | last = Hollister | date = 16 March 2019 | access-date = 16 March 2019 | work = The Verge | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190317110035/https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/16/18268213/sky-new-zealand-yanks-sky-australia-after-christchurch-footage-sparks-outrage | archive-date = 17 March 2019 | url-status=live | df = dmy-all}}</ref> At least three Internet service providers in New Zealand blocked access to 8chan and other sites related to the attacks;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213076|title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Gunman livestreamed 17 minutes of shooting terror|date=15 March 2019|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315025827/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213076|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and they temporarily blocked other sites hosting the video such as 4chan, LiveLeak, and Mega until they comply with requests to take down copies of the video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-zealand-mobile-carriers-block-8chan-4chan-and-liveleak/|title=New Zealand Mobile Carriers Block 8chan, 4chan, and LiveLeak|website=BleepingComputer|access-date=19 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318155523/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-zealand-mobile-carriers-block-8chan-4chan-and-liveleak/|archive-date=18 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The administrator of the online message board Kiwi Farms refused a New Zealand Police request for the data of users who made posts related to Tarrant and the attack.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/website-kiwi-farms-refuses-to-surrender-data-linked-to-accused-christchurch-terrorist-brendan-tarrant/news-story/46d3c925ef84b24dde6194c42b3c2241 | title = Website Kiwi Farms refuses to surrender data linked to accused Christchurch terrorist Brendan Tarrant | first = Marnie | last = O'Neill | date = 19 March 2019 | access-date = 19 March 2019 | work = news.com.au | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190318231916/https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/website-kiwi-farms-refuses-to-surrender-data-linked-to-accused-christchurch-terrorist-brendan-tarrant/news-story/46d3c925ef84b24dde6194c42b3c2241 | archive-date = 18 March 2019 | url-status=live | df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Christchurch mosque shootings: Website Kiwi Farms refuses to surrender data linked to accused |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214017 |work=The New Zealand Herald | date=18 March 2019 |access-date=19 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318195856/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214017 |archive-date=18 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Social media companies ==== Various social media sites—including Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, and Twitter—said they were working to remove the video from their platforms, and would also remove content posted in support of the attacks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/03/14/new-zealand-mosque-shootings-gunman-livestreamed-attack-facebook/3171238002/|title=Social media scrambles to remove videos of New Zealand Christchurch mosque shooting|last=Lam|first=Kristen|date=15 March 2019|work=USA Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315202330/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/03/14/new-zealand-mosque-shootings-gunman-livestreamed-attack-facebook/3171238002/|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://kotaku.com/valve-removes-over-100-steam-tributes-to-suspected-new-1833328548 | title = Valve Removes Over 100 Steam Tributes To Suspected New Zealand Shooter | first = Cecilia | last = D'Anastasio | date = 15 March 2019 | access-date = 15 March 2019 | work = Kotaku | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190315194330/https://kotaku.com/valve-removes-over-100-steam-tributes-to-suspected-new-1833328548 | archive-date = 15 March 2019 | url-status=live | df = dmy-all}}</ref> According to Facebook, no complaints were made about the video until 12 minutes after the live-stream ended;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47652308 |title=Christchurch shootings: 'Bad actors' helped attack videos spread online |date=21 March 2019 |access-date=21 March 2019 |work=BBC News}}</ref> the original video from Tarrant himself had been viewed fewer than 200 times before Facebook was notified of its content, and it had been viewed only 4,000 times before it was removed, which happened within minutes of notification. Facebook created a digital hash fingerprint to detect further uploads after the video had been propagated on other sites.<ref name="bbc facebook">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47620519 |title=Facebook: NZ attack video viewed 4,000 times |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=19 March 2019 |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319171128/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47620519 |archive-date=19 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The company said it had blocked 1.5&nbsp;million uploads of the video.<ref name="bbc facebook"/><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/17/facebook-pulled-over-1-5-million-videos-of-new-zealand-shooting/ | title = Facebook pulled over 1.5 million videos of New Zealand shooting| first =Jon | last = Fingas | date = 17 March 2019 | access-date = 17 March 2019 | work = Engadget}}</ref> Reddit banned "subreddits" named "WatchPeopleDie" and "Gore" for glorifying violence.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/15/18267645/reddit-watchpeopledie-ban-new-zealand-mosque-massacre-christchurch | title = Reddit bans r/watchpeopledie in the wake of the New Zealand mosque massacres | first = Bijan | last = Stephan | date = 15 March 2019 | access-date = 15 March 2019 | work = The Verge | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190315200151/https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/15/18267645/reddit-watchpeopledie-ban-new-zealand-mosque-massacre-christchurch | archive-date = 15 March 2019 | url-status=live | df = dmy-all}} * {{cite web| url = https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/15/reddit-ban/ | title = Reddit bans gore-, death-focused channels following NZ mosque attack | first= Richard| last =Lawler |date = 15 March 2019 | access-date = 15 March 2019 | work = Engadget}} * {{cite news|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/beelden-aanslag-blijven-opduiken-ondanks-inspanningen-facebook-twitter-en-youtube-~bc7c8eede/|newspaper=de Volkskrant|access-date=14 March 2019|date=15 March 2019|title=Beelden aanslag blijven opduiken, ondanks inspanningen Facebook, Twitter en YouTube|language=nl}}</ref> Microsoft proposed the establishment of industry-wide standards that would flag such content quickly, and a joint project to manage and control the spread of such information via social media.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/25/18280914/microsoft-moderation-new-zealand-shooting-social-media | title = Microsoft calls for 'industrywide' moderation plan after New Zealand shooting | first= Colin | last= Lecher | date = 25 March 2019 | access-date = 25 March 2019 | work = The Verge}}</ref>

Despite the networks' attempts to self-police, New Zealand officials and other world leaders have asked them to take responsibility for extremist content posted on their services.<ref name="bbc facebook"/> Australia introduced legislation that would fine content providers and potentially imprison their executives if they do not remove violent imagery of these types of attacks.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/30/australia-laws-could-imprison-internet-execs/ | title = Australian bill could imprison social network execs over violent content | first= Jon | last= Fingas | date = 30 March 2019 | access-date = 30 March 2019 | work = Engadget}}</ref> The French Council of the Muslim Faith filed a lawsuit against Facebook and YouTube, accusing the companies of "broadcasting a message with violent content abetting terrorism, or of a nature likely to seriously violate human dignity and liable to be seen by a minor". Facebook has contested the lawsuit, saying, "Acts of terror and hate speech have no place on Facebook, and our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the entire community affected by this tragedy. We have taken many steps to remove this video from our platform, we are cooperating with the authorities".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47705904|title=Facebook, YouTube sued over shootings video|work=BBC News|date=26 March 2019|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

On 15 May 2019, Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron co-hosted the Christchurch Call summit in Paris,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/comment-jacinda-ardern-facebook-livestreaming-announcement|title=Comment from Jacinda Ardern on Facebook livestreaming announcement|author=Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern|date=12 May 2019|publisher=New Zealand Government}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christchurchcall.com/|title=Christchurch Call|author=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)}}</ref> which called for major technology companies to step up their efforts to combat violent extremism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nz.ambafrance.org/Christchurch-call-France-and-NZ-take-action-to-eliminate-terrorist-and-violent|title=Christchurch call – France and NZ take action to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online|date=16 May 2019|publisher=Embassy of France in Wellington}}</ref> The initiative had 53 state signatories and signatories representing eight large tech companies.<ref name=EveryPalmerAnalysis/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christchurchcall.com/supporters.html|title=Christchurch Call – Supporters|date=16 May 2019|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516025159/https://www.christchurchcall.com/supporters.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Copycats and calls for retaliation === {{#invoke:Excerpt|main|only=paragraphs|paragraphs=-1|Christchurch mosque shootings copycat crimes}}

== Legacy == === Gun laws === {{Broader|Gun law in New Zealand}} Gun laws in New Zealand came under scrutiny in the aftermath, specifically the legality of military-style semi-automatic rifles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Stephen |last2=Gelineau |first2=Kristen |title=New Zealand welcomes gun control after mosque massacre: 'There will be no opposition' |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/17/new-zealand-welcomes-jacinta-ardern-gun-control-af/ |website=The Washington Times |agency=Associated Press |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319121329/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/17/new-zealand-welcomes-jacinta-ardern-gun-control-af/ |archive-date=19 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, it was reported that of the estimated 1.5&nbsp;million firearms in New Zealand, 15,000 were registered military style semi-automatic weapons as well as at least 50,000 unregistered A-Category semi-automatics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/new-zealand-pm-ardern-promises-gun-reform-after-christchurch.html|title=In New Zealand, Only One Mass Shooting Is Necessary for Gun Reform to Begin|last=Stieb|first=Matt|date=17 March 2019|website=Intelligencer|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> As Philip Alpers of GunPolicy.org noted, "New Zealand is almost alone with the United States in not registering 96 percent of its firearms ... one can assume that the ease of obtaining these firearms may have been a factor in his decision to commit the crime in Christchurch."<ref name=NYTGuns>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-gun-laws.html|title=New Zealand's Gun Laws Draw Scrutiny After Mosque Shootings|work=The New York Times|date=15 March 2019|author=Damien Cave, Matt Stevens}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/weapon-exposes-gunlaw-weakness/news-story/04881e3e2d69e885fae7cdcc845a8ff6|title=Weapon exposes gun-law weakness|work=The Australian|first1=Elias|last1=Vsontay|first2=Emily|last2=Ritchie|date=16 March 2019}}</ref> Cabinet considered creating a firearms register.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Devlin|first1=C.|title= Military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles to be banned after mass shooting: PM |work=Stuff |date=21 March 2019|access-date=21 March 2019 |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111455050/new-gun-laws-announced-by-pm-after-christchurch-mosque-shootings}} </ref>

On the day of the attack, Ardern announced that gun laws would change.<ref name=NYTGuns/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-prime-minister-gun-control-jacinda-ardern|title=New Zealand PM vows to toughen gun control laws after Christchurch attack|last=Swaine|first=Jon|date=15 March 2019|work=The Guardian |access-date=17 March 2019|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317020155/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-prime-minister-gun-control-jacinda-ardern|archive-date=17 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 March, Ardern announced a ban on semi-automatic weapons. As an interim measure, the government reclassified some semi-automatic rifles and shotguns, requiring police approval to buy them.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 March 2019|title=PM Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/385268/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-new-zealand-will-ban-all-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-and-all-assault-rifles|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321041538/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/385268/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-new-zealand-will-ban-all-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-and-all-assault-rifles|archive-date=21 March 2019|access-date=21 March 2019|website=Radio New Zealand }}</ref> The Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 was introduced in the House of Representatives on 1 April 2019 and passed its final reading on 10 April, and became law shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite web |title= Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill |url= https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL_86423/arms-prohibited-firearms-magazines-and-parts-amendment |publisher= New Zealand Parliament |access-date= 3 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Gun bill to become law |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/gun-bill-become-law |access-date=10 April 2019 |newspaper=Otago Daily Times |date=10 April 2019}}</ref> All legally obtained semiautomatic and military-grade firearms and their relevant ammunition were able to be handed over to police in a buy-back scheme.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Devlin |first1=Collette |title=Gun buyback framework established as first step towards determining compensation |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111931901/gun-buyback-framework-established-as-first-step-towards-determining-compensation |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=Stuff (company) |date=10 April 2019}}</ref> The scheme was initiated in July 2019,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/06/gun-buyback-scheme-firearms-collection-events-announced-by-police.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914100754/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/06/gun-buyback-scheme-firearms-collection-events-announced-by-police.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2019|title=Gun buyback scheme: Firearms collection events announced by police|work=Newshub|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> and lasted six months.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12295533|title=Over 50,000 guns collected as buy-back scheme comes to an end|date=19 December 2019|work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=3 March 2020|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> As at 21 December 2019, 33,619 hand-ins had been completed, 56,250 firearms had been collected, 2,717 firearms had been modified, and 194,245 parts had been collected.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amnesty and buy-back statistics|url=https://www.police.govt.nz/advice-services/firearms-and-safety/firearm-law-changes-prohibited-firearms/amnesty-and-buy-back|access-date=3 March 2020|website=New Zealand Police}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=August 2021}} Police Minister Stuart Nash hailed the buy-back scheme as a success. In contrast, a spokeswoman for the Council of Licensed Firearms Owners, said the buyback had been a failure, claiming that there were 170,000 prohibited guns in New Zealand, so "50,000 was not a number to boast about".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12295945|title=Gun buyback: Over 56,000 guns collected as police release official figures|date=21 December 2019|work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=3 March 2020|issn=1170-0777}}</ref>

=== Royal commission of inquiry === On 24 May 2019, the cabinet announced it would take the form of a Royal Commission of Inquiry, which was stated soon after and chaired by justice Sir William Young of the Supreme Court.<ref name="Royal Commission Announced">{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111532549/royal-commission-of-inquiry-after-the-christchurch-terror-attacks |title=Royal Commission of Inquiry announced following the Christchurch terror attacks |work=Stuff (company) |access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111870063/details-released-around-royal-commission-of-inquiry-into-christchurch-terror-attacks|title=Supreme Court Justice William Young to head Royal Commission of Inquiry into Christchurch terror attacks|work=Stuff (company)}}</ref> On 26 November 2020, the Royal Commission presented report to the government.<ref name="Guardian.Hands" /> and soon after made public. It made 44 recommendations, including the establishment of a new national intelligence agency specialising in counterterrorism strategies all of which the government agreed to implement.<ref name="AP.Eluded" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Mosque terror inquiry: Failings, apologies but no blame on Govt |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/mosque-terror-inquiry-failings-apologies-no-blame-govt |access-date=8 December 2020 |work=Otago Daily Times |date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208101856/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/mosque-terror-inquiry-failings-apologies-no-blame-govt |archive-date=8 December 2020}}</ref> The inquiry was criticised by some Islamic community groups, such as the Islamic Women's Council, for not going far enough in its criticisms of government and police organisations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pennington |first1=Phil |title=Intelligence agencies' failures highlighted but no accountability sought |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/432627/intelligence-agencies-failures-highlighted-but-no-accountability-sought |website=Radio New Zealand |date=11 December 2020 |access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Copycat Effect">{{cite journal |last1=Kupper |first1=Julia |last2=Christensen |first2=Tanya Karoli |last3=Wing |first3=Dakota |last4=Hurt |first4=Marlon |last5=Schumacher |first5=Matthew |last6=Meloy |first6=Reid |title=The Contagion and Copycat Effect in Transnational Far-right Terrorism: An Analysis of Language Evidence |journal=Perspectives on Terrorism |year=2022 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=4–26 |jstor=27158149 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27158149 |access-date=13 December 2023 |issn=2334-3745}}</ref> In August 2024, the government confirmed it would implement 36 of the 44 Royal Commission's recommendations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Government won't progress remaining 8 recommendations of Christchurch terror attack commission |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523941/government-won-t-progress-remaining-8-recommendations-of-christchurch-terror-attack-commission |access-date=10 May 2025 |publisher=RNZ |date=4 August 2024}}</ref>

===''He Whenua Taurikura'' Research Centre=== Following the recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the 2019 terrorist attack, the New Zealand Government set up a research centre, called ''He Whenua Taurikura'', in Wellington to look into violent extremism. From 2022, the centre had been run through a trust and was known as the "Centre of Research Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ardern |first1=Jacinda |last2=Little |first2=Andrew |title=Centre for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism officially open |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/centre-preventing-and-countering-violent-extremism-officially-open |website=Beehive.govt.nz |publisher=New Zealand Government |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608185201/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/centre-preventing-and-countering-violent-extremism-officially-open |archive-date=8 June 2022 |date=3 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Funding for the trust was withdrawn in stages in 2024, a step criticised by the trustees and by other interested parties. Prior to the final funding cut announcement in 2024, critics of the centre had disparaged its research, claiming it "lacked researchers experienced enough in the field."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pennington |first1=Phil |title='It's a broken promise': Research centre on white supremacy loses funding |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/531584/it-s-a-broken-promise-research-centre-on-white-supremacy-loses-funding |access-date=8 May 2025 |agency=Radio NZ |date=22 October 2024}}</ref>

===Coroner's inquiry=== [[File:William Young, Patsy Reddy, Jacqui Caine.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Governor-General Patsy Reddy (centre) receiving the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry from Young and commissioner Jacqui Caine at Government House, Wellington, on 26 November 2020.]] In October 2023, the Coroner's inquiry into the Christchurch mosque shootings began.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherwood |first1=Sam |title=Chief Coroner opens inquiry into Christchurch terror attack |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126751430/chief-coroner-opens-inquiry-into-christchurch-terror-attack |access-date=11 May 2025 |publisher=Stuff (website) |date=30 October 2021}}</ref> It was a coronial inquiry into the mosque shootings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leask |first1=Anna |title=Christchurch terror attack: Chief Coroner to look into emergency responses to March 15 mosque attacks |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-terror-attack-chief-coroner-to-look-into-emergency-response-to-march-15-mosque-attacks/ZQ5XQ6T4QOFIS3UU6N3PR6NPD4/ |access-date=30 October 2021 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030015055/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-terror-attack-chief-coroner-to-look-into-emergency-response-to-march-15-mosque-attacks/ZQ5XQ6T4QOFIS3UU6N3PR6NPD4/ |archive-date=30 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> It followed criminal proceedings and the start of a Royal Commission of Inquiry. The coronial report identified 12 issues to be examined at the hearing.<ref name="Scope of Inquiry">{{cite web |title=Decision of Coroner B Windley as to Scope of Issues For Inquiry |url=https://coronialservices.justice.govt.nz/assets/Decision-of-Coroner-B-Windley-as-to-Scope-of-Issues-for-Inquiry-28-4-22-signed.pdf |publisher=Coronial Services of New Zealand |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003202631/https://coronialservices.justice.govt.nz/assets/Decision-of-Coroner-B-Windley-as-to-Scope-of-Issues-for-Inquiry-28-4-22-signed.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2023 |date=28 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> It covered many aspects of the shootings and the response given.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leask |first1=Anna |last2=Harris |first2=Katie |title=Christchurch terror attack: 'Truth-finding' inquest set to begin – why it's going ahead and why it's important |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-terror-attack-truth-finding-inquest-set-to-begin-why-its-going-ahead-and-why-its-important/XAPNDKB655CF5BADFIXQLI4CWQ/ |access-date=25 October 2023 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024234207/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-terror-attack-truth-finding-inquest-set-to-begin-why-its-going-ahead-and-why-its-important/XAPNDKB655CF5BADFIXQLI4CWQ/ |archive-date=24 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Clent|first1=Danielle |title=Christchurch terror attack inquest: Understanding of 15 March transitioning from 'darkness to light' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504846/christchurch-terror-attack-inquest-understanding-of-15-march-transitioning-from-darkness-to-light |access-date=19 December 2023 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=15 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215090622/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504846/christchurch-terror-attack-inquest-understanding-of-15-march-transitioning-from-darkness-to-light |archive-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>

=== Film and media===

In May 2019, a proposed movie entitled ''Hello Brother'', based on the shootings, was dropped.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 May 2019|title='Hello Brother': Film about Christchurch mosque shootings in works|work=Newstalk ZB|url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/entertainment/hello-brother-film-about-christchurch-mosque-shootings-in-works/|url-status=live|access-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615144645/https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/entertainment/hello-brother-film-about-christchurch-mosque-shootings-in-works/|archive-date=15 June 2019}}</ref> It had been criticised for failing to consult the local Muslim community.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Molyneux|first1=Vita|date=15 May 2019|title=Egyptian film maker's decision to make a movie about the Christchurch terror attack sparks anger from Muslim community|work=Newshub|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/05/egyptian-film-maker-s-decision-to-make-a-movie-about-the-christchurch-terror-attack-sparks-anger-from-muslim-community.html|url-status=dead|access-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228041030/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/05/egyptian-film-maker-s-decision-to-make-a-movie-about-the-christchurch-terror-attack-sparks-anger-from-muslim-community.html|archive-date=28 December 2019}}</ref> In August 2021, the film was put on hold.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayer |first1=Kurt |title=Christchurch mosque attacks: Second controversial movie project, Hello Brother is on hold |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-attacks-second-controversial-movie-project-hello-brother-is-on-hold/M7BLOYB2XYVUKYXDUR2YJTR2RA/ |access-date=5 August 2021 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803203322/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-attacks-second-controversial-movie-project-hello-brother-is-on-hold/M7BLOYB2XYVUKYXDUR2YJTR2RA/ |archive-date=3 August 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Widows of Shuhada'' (widows of martyrs) was the name of a Radio New Zealand (RNZ) documentary series about the widows of four men who were killed in the attack.<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Wright | first1 = Michael | title = Widows of Shuhada: Those left behind after Christchurch's terror attack share their stories | url = https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120060762/widows-of-shuhada-those-left-behind-after-christchurchs-terror-attack-share-their-stories | work = www.stuff.co.nz | date = 7 March 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200308050840/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120060762/widows-of-shuhada-those-left-behind-after-christchurchs-terror-attack-share-their-stories | archive-date = 2020-03-08}}</ref>

In June 2021, funds for a film called ''They are Us'' began being sought. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister clarified that Ardern and the New Zealand government had no involvement with the film. It was also felt casting an Australian as Ardern was questionable; while this was not an emphasised issue it was seen as emblematic of the foreign, not local, desire to make the film.<ref>{{cite web |last=McKay |first=Ben |date=11 June 2021 |title=Australian Actor Rose Byrne Cast As Jacinda Ardern In New Zealand Terror Movie |url=https://www.zenger.news/2021/06/11/australian-actor-rose-byrne-cast-as-jacinda-ardern-in-new-zealand-terror-movie/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |website=Zenger News |language=en-US}}</ref> Several representatives of the New Zealand Muslim community also questioned the timing and appropriateness of the film.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brookes|first1=Emily|date=11 June 2021|title=Muslim community was 'blindsided' by news of upcoming film about Christchurch mosque attacks, members say|work=Stuff|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/300330619/muslim-community-was-blindsided-by-news-of-upcoming-film-about-christchurch-mosque-attacks-members-say|url-status=live|access-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611123325/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/300330619/muslim-community-was-blindsided-by-news-of-upcoming-film-about-christchurch-mosque-attacks-members-say|archive-date=11 June 2021}}</ref> A draft script was then leaked in July 2021 and was criticised by politicians.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 July 2021|title=Christchurch mosque attacks movie: Leaked 'They Are Us' script rewrites NZ history|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-attacks-movie-leaked-they-are-us-script-rewrites-nz-history/V522T5KULKIIV3Y27LYJRWXAVI/|url-status=live|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713211848/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-attacks-movie-leaked-they-are-us-script-rewrites-nz-history/V522T5KULKIIV3Y27LYJRWXAVI/|archive-date=13 July 2021}}</ref> Later that month the production had been put on hold until the producers had undertaken a full consultation with the country's Muslim community.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McClure|first1=Tess|date=23 July 2021|title=They Are Us: controversial film about Christchurch attacks put on hold|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jul/23/they-are-us-controversial-film-about-christchurch-attacks-put-on-hold|url-status=live|access-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724024047/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jul/23/they-are-us-controversial-film-about-christchurch-attacks-put-on-hold|archive-date=24 July 2021}}</ref>

===Awards=== On 6 July 2022, Governor-General Cindy Kiro awarded the New Zealand Cross to Linwood Mosque survivor Abdul Aziz and the late Naeem Rashid for confronting Tarrant. In addition, Kiro awarded the New Zealand Bravery Decoration to Senior Constables Scott Carmody and Jim Manning for apprehending the terrorist; and Liam Beale and Wayne Maley for helping survivors of the Al Noor mosque. In addition, Lance Bradford, Mike Robinson and Mark Miller (the latter posthumously) received the New Zealand Bravery Medal for helping victims of the mosque shootings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Jean |title=Christchurch mosque attacks: Acts of great bravery honoured in ceremony |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/470448/christchurch-mosque-attacks-acts-of-great-bravery-honoured-in-ceremony |access-date=7 July 2022 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706140409/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/470448/christchurch-mosque-attacks-acts-of-great-bravery-honoured-in-ceremony |archive-date=6 July 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also == <!-- please don't add links which already appear in the body text, such as Islamophobia or Right-wing terrorism, or links which are not directly related to the topic of this article. Per MOS:ALSO, the purpose of "See also" sections is to provide links which are related but haven't (yet) been incorporated into the article --> * Cave of the Patriarchs massacre * Bayonne mosque shooting * Far-right terrorism in Australia * Halle synagogue shooting * List of massacres in New Zealand * List of rampage killers (religious, political, or ethnic crimes)

== Notes == {{Notelist}} {{Notefoot|refs= {{notetag|name=WorldLeadersCondemn|Australian prime minister Scott Morrison expressed support for New Zealand and condemned the shootings as a "violent, extremist, right-wing terrorist attack". He confirmed that an Australian had been detained as a suspect in connection with the attack.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Scott |title=I'm horrified by the reports I'm following of the serious shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The situation is still unfolding but our thoughts and prayers are with our Kiwi cousins. |url=https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1106394126973456384 |via=Twitter |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315051643/https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1106394126973456384 |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}} * {{cite web |title='We're not just allies': Scott Morrison says Australia grieves with New Zealand | date=14 March 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK9myZLOwUE | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/SK9myZLOwUE| archive-date=30 October 2021|via=YouTube |publisher=ABC News |access-date=15 March 2019}}{{cbignore}} * {{cite news |last1=Shield |first1=Bevan |title=Scott Morrison confirms Australian taken into custody after 'vicious, murderous' terrorist attack |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scott-morrison-confirms-australian-taken-into-custody-after-vicious-murderous-terrorist-attack-20190315-p514mb.html |access-date=15 March 2019 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 March 2019}}</ref> British prime minister Theresa May described the incident as a "horrifying terrorist attack", and said "my thoughts are with all of those affected by this sickening act of violence".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- staff writer(s); no by-line --> |date=15 March 2019 |title=Christchurch shootings: Outpouring of UK support to Muslim community |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47583215 |publisher=BBC |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed "deepest condolences" and said "Canada remembers too well the sorrow we felt when a senseless attack on the Centre culturel islamique de Québec in Ste-Foy claimed the lives of many innocent people gathered in prayer", referencing the Quebec City mosque shooting in 2017.<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2019/03/15/statement-prime-minister-terrorist-attack-two-mosques-new-zealand| title=Statement by the Prime Minister on terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand| publisher=PMO| date=15 March 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315142857/https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2019/03/15/statement-prime-minister-terrorist-attack-two-mosques-new-zealand| archive-date=15 March 2019| url-status=live| access-date=15 March 2019| df=dmy-all}}</ref> U.S. President Donald Trump extended his "warmest sympathy and best wishes...to the people of New Zealand," and he and the FBI offered them assistance<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite news |first1=Ben |last1=Westcott |first2=Jenni |last2=Marsh |first3=Helen |last3=Regan |first4=Meg |last4=Wagner |first5=Brian |last5=Ries |first6= Veronica |last6=Rocha |first7=Aimee |last7=Lewis |first8=Rob |last8=Picheta |first9=Harmeet |last9=Kaur |title=Dozens killed in Christchurch mosque attack|date=15 March 2019 |url=https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315031112/https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}} * {{cite news |title=Christchurch shootings: 49 dead in New Zealand mosque attacks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47578798 |publisher=BBC |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315074020/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47578798 |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}} * {{cite news |title=Dozens killed as gunman livestreams New Zealand mosque shootings |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shootout/dozens-killed-as-gunman-livestreams-new-zealand-mosque-shootings-idUSKCN1QW05Y |work=Reuters |date=14 March 2019}} * {{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1106520743855251456|title=My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!|last=Trump|first=Donald J.|date=15 March 2019|website=@realDonaldTrump|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315114118/https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1106520743855251456|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2024}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2024}} while security at mosques around the United States was increased.<ref>{{cite news |title=Live reaction to NZ mosque attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-47578860 |date=14 March 2019 |publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Security Increased at American Mosques After New Zealand Attack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/us/mosque-security.html |agency=NYT |publisher=NYT |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315174528/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/us/mosque-security.html |archive-date=15 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Russian President Vladimir Putin sent Prime Minister Ardern a message of condolence, saying, "This attack on civilians who gathered for prayer is shocking in its violence and cynicism."<ref>{{cite news |title=Condolences to Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern |url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60069 |publisher=Kremlin |date=15 March 2019}}</ref> The lighting of the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, the tallest free-standing structure in Europe, was off for one hour as a sign of mourning.<ref>{{cite news |title=Moscow Ostankino Tower to go dark in honor of New Zealand victims |url=http://tass.com/emergencies/1048918 |agency=TASS|date=15 March 2019}}</ref> King Salman of Saudi Arabia said, "The heinous massacre of the worshipers at mosques in New Zealand is a terrorist act."<ref name="world">{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1467106/world|title=World reacts to New Zealand terrorist attacks on mosque|date=15 March 2019|website=Arab News|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315231423/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1467106/world|archive-date=15 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He also called on the international community to confront hate speech and terrorism.<ref name="world" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2019/03/15/Saudi-King-Crown-Prince-offer-condolences-to-New-Zealand-Governor-General.html|title=King Salman in tweet calls for combating hate speech, terrorism|publisher=Al Arabiya|date=15 March 2019|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of Vatican City, sent a letter of condolences on behalf of Pope Francis, assuring the Muslim community in New Zealand of the Pope's "heartfelt solidarity in the wake of these attacks" and saying, "His Holiness prays for the healing of the injured, the consolation of those who grieve the loss of their loved ones, and for all affected by this tragedy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romereports.com/en/2019/03/15/the-pope-has-sent-a-message-of-condolences-for-the-attacks-on-two-mosques-in-new-zealand-in-the-city-of-christchurch/|title=Pope Francis sends message of condolences for the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand, in the city of Christchurch|date=15 March 2019|website=Rome Reports|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India expressed "deep shock and sadness" over the deaths and expressed India's solidarity with the people of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prime Minister Narendra Modi writes to New Zealand PM, condemns Christchurch attack |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/prime-minister-narendra-modi-writes-to-new-zealand-pm-condemns-christchurch-attack-1479001-2019-03-15 |access-date=8 April 2019 |work=India Today |date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Condolences were also provided by Azerbaijani,<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://president.az/articles/32403| title=Yeni Zelandiyanın Baş naziri Zati-aliləri xanım Casinda Ardernə| trans-title=To Prime Minister of New Zealand, Her Excellency Mrs. Jacinda Ardern| last=Aliyev| first=Ilham| author-link=Ilham Aliyev| language=az| publisher=president.az| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Bangladeshi,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/2019/03/15/pm-condemns-new-zealand-terror-attack| title=PM condemns New Zealand terror attack| newspaper=Dhaka Tribune| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Bruneian,<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.mfa.gov.bn/Lists/Press%20Room/news.aspx?ID=738&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fmofat%5Fprod%2Eegc%2Egov%2Ebn%2FLists%2FPress%2520Room%2FAllItems%2Easpx&ContentTypeId=0x01040055E31CAE71A9C144B21BBB007363093500B667C4949BC69D4394F4AC8FA016E767| title=Message of Condolence to the Prime Minister of New Zealand on the attacks of the Linwood Mosque and Masjid Al-Noor in Christchurch| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brunei| date=16 March 2019| access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> Cambodian,<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/site/detail/28123| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402084450/https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/site/detail/28123| url-status=dead| archive-date=2 April 2019| title=Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the fatal shooting in New Zealand Mosques on 15 March 2019.| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Cambodia| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Chinese,<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1646015.shtml| title=Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang's Remarks on the Shootings in the New Zealand City of Christchurch| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Fijian,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/fiji-stands-with-pacific-family-in-this-difficult-time-bainimarama/| title=Fiji stands with Pacific family in this difficult time: Bainimarama| last=Pratap| first=Ritika| work=Fiji Broadcasting Corporation| publisher=FBC| date=16 March 2019| access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> Filipino,<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/statements-and-advisoriesupdate/20455-bulletin-on-the-mass-shootings-in-new-zealand| title=Bulletin: On the Mass Shootings in New Zealand| publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019| archive-date=17 November 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117231939/https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/statements-and-advisoriesupdate/20455-bulletin-on-the-mass-shootings-in-new-zealand| url-status=dead}}</ref> Hungarian,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hungarymatters.hu/2019/03/17/ader-sends-condolences-over-terrorist-attacks-in-new-zealand/ |title=Áder sends condolences over terrorist attacks in New Zealand |website=Hungary Matters |date=17 March 2019 |access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref> Indonesian,<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.kemlu.go.id/id/berita/Pages/Update-Penembakan-di-Christchurch.aspx| title=Perkembangan Informasi terkait Serangan Teror di Christchurch, Selandia Baru| trans-title=Recent Information related to Terror Attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand| language=id| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}} {{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Japanese,<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press4e_002377.html| title=Message of condolences from Foreign Minister Taro Kono following the shooting incident in Christchurch, New Zealand| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> South Korean,<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/brd/m_5676/view.do?seq=320441| title=MOFA Spokesperson's Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Korea| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Kosovar,<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.mfa-ks.net/al/single_lajmi/3644| title=Sulmi terrorist në Zelandën e Re|trans-title=Terrorist Attack in New Zealand| language=sq| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kosovo| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Malaysian,<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.kln.gov.my/web/guest/-/press-release-shooting-incident-at-mosques-in-christchurch-new-zealand| title=Shooting Incident at Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Pakistani,<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.mofa.gov.pk/index.php| title=Terrorist Attack on Two Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318034833/http://www.mofa.gov.pk/index.php| archive-date=18 March 2019| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Singaporean,<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www1.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2019/03/15032019-Shooting-Incidents-in-Christchurch-New-Zealand| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321201557/https://www1.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2019/03/15032019-Shooting-Incidents-in-Christchurch-New-Zealand| url-status=dead| archive-date=21 March 2019| title=MFA Spokesperson's Comments on the Shooting Incidents in Christchurch, New Zealand, 15 March 2019| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Taiwanese,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201903150022.aspx| title=President Tsai offers condolences to New Zealand attack victims| publisher=Focus Taiwan| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Thai,<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/news3/6886/100908-Messages-of-Condolence-from-the-Prime-Minister-of.html| title=Press Release : Messages of Condolence from the Prime Minister of Thailand and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand on the Shooting Incident in Christchurch on 15 March 2019| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317003426/http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/news3/6886/100908-Messages-of-Condolence-from-the-Prime-Minister-of.html| archive-date=17 March 2019| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Turkish,<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_56_-yeni-zelanda-da-camilere-yonelik-teror-saldirilari-hk.en.mfa| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324000738/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_56_-yeni-zelanda-da-camilere-yonelik-teror-saldirilari-hk.en.mfa| url-status=dead| archive-date=24 March 2019| title=No: 56, 15 March 2019, Press Release Regarding the Terrorist Attacks Against Mosques in New Zealand| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> and Vietnamese<ref>{{cite web| url=https://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/220030/vietnam-strongly-condemns-shooting-attacks-in-new-zealand.html| title=Vietnam strongly condemns shooting attacks in New Zealand [Vietnamese leaders offer sympathy to New Zealand over shooting incidents]| publisher=Vietnam Net| date=15 March 2019| access-date=15 March 2019| archive-date=24 March 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324002242/https://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/220030/vietnam-strongly-condemns-shooting-attacks-in-new-zealand.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> leaders.}} }}

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==Further reading== * {{cite book|last=Ahmed|first=Farid|title=Husna's Story: My Wife, the Christchurch Massacre & My Journey to Forgiveness|year=2021|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=978-1988547480}} * {{cite book|last=Salama|first=Maysoon|title=Aya and the Butterfly|publisher=Lift Education|year=2021}} * {{cite book|last=O'Connor|first=Tom|title=Our Darkest Day: The terrorist attack on two mosques, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019|year=2021|publisher=Kirsten Wilson Publishing |isbn=978-0473589295}}

== External links == * {{Wikiquote-inline}} * {{Commons category-inline}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa25HUJy_-M The last prayer: surviving Christchurch terror attack], a documentary about the mosque shootings by Turkish news channel TRT World * Information on [https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/ The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv-dCHtWN5w&t=1470s Christchurch terror attack: The day NZ changed forever], a documentary about the shootings by New Zealand media company RNZ

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