Brenton Tarrant’s case before the Court of Appeal this week raises simple questions that help explain how New Zealand’s legal system works.
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With submissions about to close on the proposed Arms Bill, overseas experience provides valuable guidance on improving public safety.
The language and rhetoric of extremists helps fuel brutal, often deadly, violence. Spotting the strategies can help protect people from radicalisation.
Her new book weaves an authentically retold personal story with high political drama. But Ardern misses an opportunity to reflect more deeply on her time in power.
On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks, New Zealand’s gun control laws are again under review. What can our nearest neighbour teach us?
Canada has grappled with similar firearms problems to New Zealand. In some areas it has made more progress, but even its backward steps provide valuable lessons.
It might seem surprising, but a liberal gun ownership culture can produce sensible legal safeguards. With firearms regulation in the spotlight, New Zealand can learn from US experience.
New research mapping the online and real-world activity of the Christchurch attacker provides insights into his radicalisation and the ways others contemplating terrorist violence might act.
Five years on from the attacks, a detailed investigation of the shooter’s online radicalisation shows he was openly posting about his plans. Why was it missed and what can we learn?
New Zealand faces “more geostrategic challenges than we have had in decades”, according to the defence minister. A broad defence and security reset aims to prepare the country for what may be ahead.
In this extract from the new book Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand, the authors examine the ideological origins of the Christchurch massacres nearly four years ago.
Western governments’ anti-terrorism strategies are now colliding with public sympathy for Ukraine, and its people’s desperation to fight Russia with any means.
In the wake of the Christchurch and Auckland attacks, should official definitions of terrorism conflate the actions of a white supremacy extremist and a radical Islamist extremist?
At least half of Australians and New Zealanders in a recent study believed in one major conspiracy theory.
Proposed new hate speech laws would tighten legal definitions but broaden their potential application.
As New Zealand marks the second anniversary of the March 15 atrocity, the general terror threat has increased and doubts persist about police and security agency preparedness.
A new survey of Australian mosques shows that, in the wake of the horrific Christchurch attack, they are still being targeted with threats and actual violence.
February 22 2011 changed Christchurch forever. On the tenth anniversary of the deadly earthquake, how far has the city come and what challenges remain?
Incoming US president Joe Biden can’t mend a broken US democracy alone. Other liberal democracies, including NZ, need to get involved.
Despite the government agreeing in principle to the royal commission’s recommendations, nothing is set in stone — including findings of fact.
Top contributors
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Researcher, Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Researcher, Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Analyst Te Arawhiti and founding member of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Aotearoa (MEISA) network, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Co-founder and director of Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa (HEIA) and director, Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Research Analyst, Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, La Trobe University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Social and Cultural Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology, Australian National University
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Honourary Research Fellow, Deakin University