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Jacinda Ardern orders top level inquiry in Christchurch mosque shooting
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday ordered an independent judicial inquiry into the Christchurch mosque attacks.
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 Sunday.
Cyclone lashes remote Australian coast with wind, rains
A vast and powerful cyclone made landfall on Saturday along a remote stretch of the northern Australian coast.
We are one, says PM Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence
Residents of Christchurch are still recovering from a devastating earthquake that hit in 2011, killing 185 and injured thousands.
Australia PM slams online trolls for abusing athlete; calls ‘cowardly grubs’
The Prime Minister said that while social media attacks were nothing new, they did appear to be disproportionately aimed at women.
New Zealand police visited Christchurch shooter before granting gun licence
The police team carried out the visit in October, interviewing Brenton Tarrant and carrying out a 'security inspection' of his home.
Emergency declared as Australia braces for powerful twin cyclones
Australia on Thursday declared a state of emergency and evacuated people from its Northern Territory.
Days after mosque attack, NZ bans sale of assault, semi-automatic rifles
NZ PM Ardern said high capacity magazines and devices similar to bump stocks -- which make rifles fire faster -- will also be banned.
'I should have hugged him': Distraught father of killed son in Christchurch shooting
John Milne sobs as he pens an anguished letter to his murdered teenage son Sayyad one of 50 people killed in the Christchurch massacre.
Friday prayers to be broadcast, 2 min silence: NZ PM Jacinda Ardern
The bodies of victims from New Zealand's mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners.