Residents pay their respects for the victims of the mosque attack in Christchurch. Photo: Xinhua
Opinion
Opinion
William Han
Christchurch shooting: racism in New Zealand isn’t new and in the era of Donald Trump, what public figures say about race matters
Mass killing in the service of extremist politics is new to New Zealand, but virulently racist ideas are not some sudden import from a nefarious global movement
The seeds of such ideas were planted long ago in both New Zealand and Australia – by us.