Your noon Briefing: Kiwis turn in guns ahead of law reform

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Hello readers. Kiwis hand in their semi-automatic weapons ahead of a ban, and Dan Andrews slams mosque killer copycat’s threat.

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 19: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media at Parliament as New Zealand considers gun law reforms on March 19, 2019 in Wellington, New Zealand. 50 people were killed, and dozens are still injured in hospital after a gunman opened fire on two Christchurch mosques on Friday, 15 March. The accused attacker, 28-year-old Australian, Brenton Tarrant, has been charged with murder and remanded in custody until April 5. The attack is the worst mass shooting in New Zealand's history. (Photo by Mark Tantrum/Getty Images)

Kiwis turn in guns

New Zealanders have begun to voluntarily hand over their semiautomatic guns as the government prepares to overhaul gun laws.

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FILE - This image taken from CCTV video obtained by the state-run Turkish broadcaster TRT World and released March 16, 2019, shows Brenton Tarrant, the man suspected in the New Zealand mosque attacks, as he arrives in March 2016 at Istanbul's Ataturk International airport in Turkey. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and about 30 other people got a chilling email from Tarrant. He attached a manifesto that was filled with racism and hatred as he tried to justify why he was about to carry out a massacre. (TRT World via AP, File)

Bred in Europe

The ideology that inspired Brenton Tarrant came from ancient racisms of Europe and the fanaticism of medieval Christians.

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The burnt Mosque in Bostock Ave, Manifold Heights. Picture: Mike Dugdale

Copycat ‘shame’

Daniel Andrews has condemned threats made by a self-professed Christchurch copycat to kill worshippers at a Geelong mosque.

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Protest signs and Theresa May.

Blame May

Don’t blame John Bercow for this latest crisis: Theresa May’s failure as leader is at fault, entrenching division, not unity.

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WEB _ Graphic terror social media

The long read: Spiralling into dystopia

Despite the best efforts of Facebook, Google and Twitter, video of the Christchurch massacre slipped through the net. Yoree Koh reports.