The Report | Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019

Acknowledgements

Executive summary

Consolidated findings

Summary of recommendations

1. Introduction

2. The terrorist attack

3. Establishment of the Royal Commission and our Terms of Reference

4. The process we followed

5. Reading the report

1. Introduction

2. The New Zealand content

3. Overview of New Zealand’s international and domestic human rights framework

4. Overview of the national security system, intelligence function and the counter-terrorism effort

5. Harmful behaviours, right-wing extremism and radicalisation

6. Concluding comments

1. Introduction

2. Who we engaged with

3. Impact of the terrorist attack on affected whānau, survivors and witnesses

4. What communities told us about the broader context in which the terrorist attack occurred

5. What communities told us about “out of scope” matters

6. Concluding comments

Important notices

1. Introduction

2. The individual’s upbringing in Australia

3. World travel – 15 April 2014 to 17 August 2017

4. General life in New Zealand

5. Preparation for the terrorist attack

6. Planning the terrorist attack

7. Assessment of the individual and the terrorist attack

8. Questions asked by the community

Important notices

1. Introduction

2. The regulation of semi-automatic firearms

3. The firearms licensing process

4. The firearms licensing system – an evaluation

5. The process by which the individual obtained a firearms licence

6. The adequacy of the process to grant the individual’s firearms licence

8. Questions asked by the community

Important notices

1. Introduction

2. Suspicious activity at masajid

3. The IP address

4. Did Public sector agencies have information about the Barry Harry Tarry username?

5. Bruce Rifle Club allegations

6. Evaluation of what Public sector agencies did with the information they had about the individual

7. Evaluation of what agencies did with the information they had about the individual

9. Questions asked by the community

1. Introduction

2. The three ways the individual may have been detected

3. Looking forward

1. Introduction

3. Leadership and oversight

4. Assessment of the terrorism threatscape

5. The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

6. New Zealand Police

7. The Government Communications Security Bureau

8. The border agencies

9. Information sharing

10. Target discovery

11. Online capacity and capability

12. Relationship between New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

13. The Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 and the pre-criminal space

14. The Intelligence and Security Act 2017

15. Evaluation of the counter-terrorism effort

17. Questions asked by the community about right-wing extremism

17. Questions asked by the community about National Security and Intelligence Priorities

17. Questions asked by the community about intelligence investigations

17. Questions asked by the community about the National Assessments Bureau

17. Questions asked by the community about the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

17. Questions asked by the community about New Zealand Police

17. Questions asked by the community about the Government Communications Security Bureau

17. Questions asked by the community about the border agencies

17. Questions asked by the community about experience of staff

1. Introduction

2. Leadership and oversight in building social cohesion

3. Leadership of embracing New Zealand’s increasing diversity

4. Hate crime and hate speech

5. Questions asked by the community

1. Introduction

2. Recommendations to improve New Zealand's counter-terrorism effort

3. Recommendations to improve New Zealand's firearms licensing system

4. Recommendations to support the ongoing recovery needs of affected whanau, survivors and witnesses

5. Recommendations to improve social cohesion and New Zealand’s response to our increasingly diverse population

6. Recommendations for implementation

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