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New Zealands spy agencies have faced criticism in the wake of the attack for concentrating on the threat from Islamic extremism. (Photo:AP)

Jacinda Ardern orders top level inquiry in Christchurch mosque...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday ordered an independent judicial inquiry into the Christchurch mosque...

25 March 2019 12:36 PM IST

$People gather at Haley Park for the \March for Love\ following last weeks mosque attacks in Christchurch. (Photo: AP)$ World

Close to NZD 7.5 million donated to families of mosque shooting in NZ

A support fund on New Zealand site GiveaLittle.co.nz had received NZD 8,271,847 from more than 91,000 donors as of...

24 March 2019 10:48 AM IST

What do you say to a boy who dreamed of playing in goal for Manchester United and now never will? (Photo:AFP)

'I should have hugged him': Distraught father of killed son in...

John Milne sobs as he pens an anguished letter to his murdered teenage son Sayyad one of 50 people killed in the...

20 March 2019 4:26 PM IST

Zaid Mustafa (centre, in wheelchair), who was wounded by an Australian white supremacist gunman, attends the funeral of his slain father Khalid Mustafa and brother Hamza Mustafa at the Memorial Park cemetery in Christchurch on March 20, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Syrian refugee father, son buried as New Zealand funerals begin

A gunman shot down 50 Muslim worshippers at 2 mosques in Christchurch last Friday in a killing spree that he...

20 March 2019 9:43 AM IST

Farid, who uses a wheelchair after an earlier accident, was talking to a friend and was delayed from joining worshippers at his usual spot at the front of the mosque, instead praying in a small side room. (Photo: AFP)

'Go home, she won't come': Husband was told after New Zealand shooting

Most victims were migrants or refugees from countries including Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Syria, Turkey, Somalia and...

20 March 2019 9:14 AM IST

The attack has upended New Zealands image as one of the worlds safest and most tolerant countries. (Photo:AP)

NZ city Christchurch harboured white supremacists before massacre

The city where a racist fatally shot 50 people at mosques during Friday prayers is known for its English heritage.

19 March 2019 6:13 PM IST

The couple borrowed some USD 48,000 to move to New Zealand from Kerala last year so that she could do a masters degree in agribusiness management, which she completed just three weeks ago. (Photo: givelittle.co.nz)

'Saw motionless Alibava, lying face down': Kerala man's wife killed in...

Recounting horrible attack, Abdul Nazer said he and Ansi were seated separately inside the mosque -- men sat on left,...

19 March 2019 12:18 PM IST

Three Turkish nationals were wounded in the rampage, that killed 50 worshippers at two mosques in the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch. (Photo:AP)

NZ fume as Turkey's Erdogan uses mosque shooting video for campaign

Turkey's Erdogan has drawn a sharp rebuke from New Zealand for using controversial video shot by mosque gunman as an...

19 March 2019 10:26 AM IST

He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist. But he will, when I speak, be nameless, she said. (Photo: File)

'As-salaam alaikum': NZ PM Ardern vows mosque gunman will face 'full...

'He sought many things from his act of terror, but one was notoriety -- that is why you will never hear me mention his...

19 March 2019 9:02 AM IST

Abdul Aziz, survivor of mosque shooting speaks to Associated Press during an interview in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

'Come on here': How hero refugee, 48, chased away New Zealand gunman

7 people were killed when white supremacist stormed Linwood Masjid -- second mosque he attacked on Friday -- as...

18 March 2019 3:52 PM IST

Investigators had said that the teenager was so far not believed to be directly involved in his attacks. (Photo: AFP)

NZ teenager charged with distributing livestream of mosque rampage

The teenager faces a maximum of 14 years in prison for each charge, prosecutors said.

18 March 2019 11:26 AM IST

Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.(Photo: AP)

'No responsibility for 50 deaths,' says dealer who sold arms to NZ...

David Tipple, the managing director of Gun City, confirmed he sold alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant four firearms and...

18 March 2019 10:09 AM IST