(Radio NZ) The Supreme Court has declared the then National-led government broke the law in 2016 when it cancelled a woman’s passport on national security grounds. The crown has been ordered to pay the woman $30,000 to cover her legal costs, but […]
(Radio NZ) A Muslim organisation wants the justice minister to explain why he is abandoning proposed hate speech law reforms that were recommended following the Christchurch mosque attack. The terror attack in 2019 left 51 people killed and 40 others seriously injured. […]
(Radio NZ) Authorities’ designating the LynnMall attacker as a person of national security interest meant “the die had been cast on his future,” a coroner has heard. The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand was the last group to make its […]
(Radio NZ) A group of officers who were surveilling LynnMall terror attacker Ahamed Samsudeen say they did not have the right equipment to prevent the attack. Samsudeen was shot 12 times by police after injuring seven people in a knife attack at […]
(Radio NZ) Authorities’ failure to provide the LynnMall terror attacker with religious support in custody may have contributed to his radicalisation and later violence, a lawyer for his family says. Ahamed Samsudeen seriously injured five people in a stabbing at a West […]
(Radio NZ) Survivors and witnesses of the LynnMall terror attack have together asked a coroner to hold a public inquest into the event. A hearing is under way in Auckland to determine the scope and form of a coronial inquiry into the […]
(Radio NZ) A hearing starts on Monday to determine the scope and form of a coronial inquiry into the death of the LynnMall terror attacker more than two years ago. Ahamed Samsudeen was fatally shot by the police after stabbing multiple people […]
(Radio NZ) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has designated the political wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity. New Zealand designated the military wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity in 2010. Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the government unequivocally condemned the “brutal” […]
(Radio NZ) The New Zealand Muslim community says spyware at a government ministry could be used to eavesdrop on local Palestinians communicating with family in Gaza. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) uses internet-scouring tools developed by an Israeli company, […]
(Radio NZ) An Auckland man who was radicalised online and came close to a violent attack on the public has been granted permanent name suppression. The man was sentenced to two years and five months’ jail in March in the High Court […]
(Radio NZ) An Auckland man, who as a teenager self-radicalised online and came close to a violent attack targeting non-Muslims, has been sentenced to two years and five months’ imprisonment. The man, now 21 years old, appeared in the High Court at […]
(Radio NZ) A Muslim community leader says the hate speech legislation is too important to rush through, and has welcomed the government’s decision to refer it to the Law Commission. However, he said the legislation was not thoroughly discussed in the public […]
(Radio NZ) Police, prisons and spy agencies missed chances to direct the LynnMall terror attacker away from violent extremism, and he was locked up for so long it greatly increased his radicalisation. These are among the “significant deficiencies” found by a hefty […]
(Radio NZ) The Christchurch mosque shooter’s designation as a terrorist entity would be less likely to be revoked or automatically expire under proposed new law changes. Removal of the designation would allow people to legally provide him with support, including funding. As […]
(Radio NZ) Ahamed Samsudeen’s friends called him the “lone wolf” attacker and knew he was under heavy surveillance, an Auckland bar owner claims. Eight people were injured at Countdown in LynnMall last September before Ahamed Samsudeen was shot dead by police who […]
(Radio NZ) A year ago today, eight shoppers were injured in a stabbing frenzy at LynnMall’s supermarket. Gill Bonnett looks back at what drove Ahamed Samsudeen to carry out New Zealand’s second terrorist attack in three years. “Since I was a child, […]
(Radio NZ) The government is considering how it can change the law to deport people who pose a threat to national security. This weekend marks a year since Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen walked into a supermarket in Auckland and attacked shoppers with […]
(Radio NZ) The inquiry into the LynnMall stabbings is not expected to finalise its report until the end of August. Ahamed Samsudeen injured eight people in a supermarket before being shot dead by police last September. The Independent Police Conduct Authority said […]
(Radio NZ) Newly released documents reveal the LynnMall knife attacker was assaulted twice in prison by other inmates, and blamed for starting a third fight. A Muslim leader says the fact this is only coming to light now shows how one-sided the […]
(Radio NZ) The government is looking into whether it will change the law to make it possible to send would-be terrorists, or refugees who have been serious offenders, back to their home countries. And former justice minister Andrew Little has defended how […]
(Radio NZ) The Security Intelligence Service was calling the LynnMall knife attacker a terrorist for years, at the same time as courts were hearing he was a high, medium or even low-risk threat. Ahamed Aathill Samsudeen stabbed shoppers in an Auckland supermarket […]
(Radio NZ) Government agencies which battled to detain and deport the LynnMall attacker Ahamed Samsudeen are remaining silent on why they did not agree to his request to lose New Zealand residence. Officials were moving to cancel Samsudeen’s refugee status and detain […]
(Radio NZ) Security services briefings show the LynnMall attacker was highly likely to carry out a terrorist attack in New Zealand only if he was prevented from leaving the country. They show Ahamed Samsudeen believed he had been set up and that […]
(Radio NZ) A 19-year-old accused of threatening to kill non-Muslims will keep his identity secret for now, after an appearance in North Shore District Court. The man was arrested in Auckland last week — just days after the LynnMall terror attack — […]
(Radio NZ) The man responsible for Friday afternoon’s terror attack in a west Auckland supermarket can now be named as Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen. The 32-year-old Sri Lankan national was shot dead by police after stabbing six people inside Countdown LynnMall. A […]
(Radio NZ) Name suppression for the man responsible for yesterday’s terror attack at a west Auckland supermarket has been revoked, but his name cannot be published yet, with the High Court giving his family at least 24 hours to seek further suppression […]
(Radio NZ) Helping Islamic State-linked Suhayra Aden to resettle into the community with her children will be the best outcome for her and New Zealand, the Islamic Women’s Council says. Aden, who has links to terrorist group Islamic State, is returning from […]
(Radio NZ) New Zealand’s anti-terrorism hui has been marked by a mass walkout from members of the Muslim community. The country’s first hui on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Ōtautahi involved experts discussing the evolution of terrorism risk in New Zealand, […]
(Radio NZ) The Federation of Islamic Associations is accusing the Office of Ethnic Communities of being insensitive by scheduling community meetings during the holy month of Ramadan. Eleven meetings will be held across the country over the next month, focused on the […]
(Radio NZ) “Free subject to conditions” would be the security status of terror suspect Suhayra Aden if she returns to New Zealand, according to a senior government minister. It looks increasingly likely 25-year-old Suhayra Aden and her children will end up in […]
(Radio NZ) It looks increasingly likely the New Zealand woman accused of being an Islamic State terrorist will end up back here with her two children, as negotiations about their fate continue. Suhayra Aden, 25, and her children are being held in […]
(Radio NZ) It is believed a New Zealand woman and her two children who were detained at the Turkish border while trying to enter from Syria will be deported. The Turkish Ministry of National Defence alleges the woman — named as Suhayra […]
(Radio NZ) Reporting of potential terrorist financing has more than doubled in New Zealand since the 15 March mosque shootings. Police said people are far more vigilant when it comes to potential terrorist acts after the Christchurch attacks, which killed 51 and […]
(Radio NZ) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it’s not her place to decide if Sir John Key should apologise over false claims brides were leaving New Zealand for ISIS in 2015. The Islamic Women’s Council says the later-disproven comment to the Parliamentary […]
(Radio NZ) The Facebook group for political think tank New Zealand Centre for Political Research has several threads taking aim at Muslim candidates standing in the local government elections. Former ACT MP Muriel Newman founded the think tank in 2005. Dr Newman […]
(Radio NZ) Zahra Hussaini and Gamal Fouda are the first Muslim candidates to be standing for the region’s council and community boards. They spoke to RNZ at Labour’s People’s Choice launch in Christchurch yesterday. They were supported by members of the Muslim […]
(Radio NZ) Muslim leaders have urged Auckland Council to clarify its swimwear policy for public pools, after a woman was told she could not wear the clothing she had on. The Muslim Association and Islamic Women’s Council sent the request after a […]
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