R v Tarrant - [2020] 3 NZLR 15

Criminal law — Sentencing — Christchurch mosque attacks — Murder of 51 people — Attempted murder — Engaging in terrorist act — Victims targeted because of religion and ethnicity — Life imprisonment — Minimum period of imprisonment — Consideration of whole-of-life sentence — Premeditation — Use of high-powered firearms — Mass killing — Brutal and callous violence — Vulnerability of victims — Terrorist act — Hate crime — Guilty pleas — Absence of prior offending — Prospects of rehabilitation — Sentencing Act 2002 s 103.