
BONUS | Unveiling the motives behind the Christchurch terrorist’s appeal
From Secrets We Keep
Published 2/12/2026

From Secrets We Keep
Published 2/12/2026
The Christchurch terrorist has returned to court, seeking to overturn his guilty plea for the 2019 mosque attacks that killed 51 people. He argues that the extreme isolation of a “prison within a prison” inside New Zealand’s most secure facility left him psychologically incapable…