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SYDNEY: Canberra is open to the idea of New Zealand sending the Australian-born gunman behind the Christchurch mosque massacre back home to serve his life sentence, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday (Aug 28). White supremacist Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life without parole on Thursday for the attacks on two mosques last year that killed 51 Muslim worshippers. READ: New Zealand PM says mosque gunman deserves lifetime of 'complete and utter silence' READ: New Zealand judge sentences mosque shooter to life in prison, without parole, for 'wicked crimes' Soon after the punishment was handed down, New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said Tarrant, 29, should be transferred to the Australian prison system. "The Islamic community and all of New Zealand has already suffered enough without having to pay astronomical prison costs to keep him safe in our prison system," Peters said. Australia's Morrison said he had received no request to transfer … [Read more...] about Australia PM ‘open’ to repatriating New Zealand mosque gunman

WELLINGTON: A fresh-faced Jacinda Ardern entered office three years ago promising "relentless positivity" - and New Zealand's leader has needed it in abundance as a succession of catastrophes besieged the nation and tested her mettle. In a hectic first term, Ardern has faced New Zealand's worst terror attack, a deadly volcanic eruption, the country's deepest recession in more than 30 years, and the shared global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. READ: New Zealand's Ardern wins landslide election victory as opposition concedes defeat Along the way, she also had a baby and became the international standard-bearer for progressive politics in an era of right-wing populist strongmen. Ardern had been in office barely 18 months when a white supremacist gunman opened fire in two Christchurch mosques during Friday prayers, killing 51 Muslim worshippers and wounding another 40 on Mar 15 last year. Her deft and compassionate response to the gunman's rampage of hate defined the … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern: An election victory forged in crisis

WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Monday (Jan 25) confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the community in months in a 56-year-old woman, but said close contacts of the recently returned traveller had so far tested negative. The woman, who returned to New Zealand on Dec 30, tested positive for the South African strain of the coronavirus after leaving a two-week mandatory quarantine where she had twice tested negative, COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins said. No other community cases have been reported since the woman's case was disclosed on Sunday and authorities said the source of the infection was probably a fellow returnee at the quarantine facility. Authorities were looking at whether the virus was spreading through the ventilation and air conditioning systems in these facilities, Hipkins said. READ: New Zealand looks to secure small batch of COVID-19 vaccines early as pressure mounts New Zealand Health Chief Ashley Bloomfield said 15 people had been identified as … [Read more...] about New Zealand confirms first COVID-19 community case in more than 2 months

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will tighten quarantine rules after two new cases of the South African COVID-19 variant were confirmed in Auckland. Australia on Thursday (Jan 28) extended its suspension of a "travel bubble" arrangement with New Zealand for another 72 hours until Sunday, mandating a 14-day hotel quarantine for all arrivals. The trans-Tasman bubble was initially suspended on Monday. New Zealand health officials said on Thursday that the new cases, an adult and child, caught the virus in the same quarantine facility as a woman who tested positive over the weekend, ending a run of more than two months with no cases in the community. Both cases were returned travellers in hotel quarantine who were released after returning negative tests following their 14-day isolation. Officials added that the quarantine facility - the Pullman Hotel in Auckland - was allowing no quarantine arrivals or departures as teams examine how the infection spread. "It does suggest that … [Read more...] about New Zealand tightens COVID-19 quarantine rules as Australia extends ‘travel bubble’ suspension

WELLINGTON: A New Zealand court on Thursday (Aug 27) sentenced a man who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand's deadliest shooting to life imprisonment without parole, the first time such a sentence has been handed down in the country. Brenton Tarrant, a 29-year-old Australian, admitted to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act during the 2019 shooting rampage at two Christchurch mosques which he livestreamed on Facebook. READ: Daughter of New Zealand mosque victim tells gunman: Consider 'beauty of diversity' while in prison READ: 'Your hatred is unnecessary': Defiant New Zealand mosque shooting survivors face gunman High Court Judge Cameron Mander said in Christchurch that a finite term would not be sufficient. "Your crimes, however, are so wicked that even if you are detained until you die it will not exhaust the requirements of punishment and denunciation," said Mander in handing down the sentence. … [Read more...] about New Zealand judge sentences mosque shooter to life in prison, without parole, for ‘wicked crimes’