Law’s response to New Zealand’s ‘darkest of days’

Abstract

This article discusses various aspects of the New Zealand legal system’s response to the 15 March Christchurch mosques attack. It also considers New Zealand’s response to the attack from the perspective of the academic literature on the policymaking process and argues that the response to date has been modest and cannot be characterised as a knee-jerk reaction.

The Axis of Hate: Identitarianism, Afroxenophobia and Vigilantism

“…If either of such philosophies were merely rhetorical in nature, and devoid of actual violence, it may not have received the attention of many scholars, researchers, politicians, policy makers and the public. Both Identitarianism and Afroxenophobia have violent streaks, the manifestation of which could be a lone wolf attack in a mosque in New Zealand (Ip, 2021). It could also be an active shooter event in a gay night club in Florida, or the beating, killing, and destroying of Nigeria shops and business in South Africa as well as the expulsion of foreign residents in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Gabon, Angola and many other black African nations, all under the watchful eyes of the African Union.…”