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In this June 14, 2019, file courtroom drawing, Brenton Tarrant, the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques on March 15, 2019, appears via video link at the Christchurch District Court, from the maximum-security prison in Auckland where he's being held, Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand officials admitted Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, that they made a mistake by allowing Tarrant to send a hand-written letter from his prison cell. (AP Photo/Stephanie McEwin, File)

Alleged Christchurch gunman sends letter from prison cell

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Dr. Paul Scofield, senior curator natural history at Canterbury Museum, holds the fossil, a tibiotarsus, top, next to a similar bone of an Emperor Penguin in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. Scientists in New Zealand say they've found fossilized bones from an extinct monster penguin that was about the size of a human and swam the oceans some 60 million years ago. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Scientists say monster penguin once swam New Zealand oceans

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Defense lawyers for Brenton Tarrant, Jonathon Hudson, left, and Shane Tait arrive at the Christchurch District Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. The trial of the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques could be delayed by several weeks next year to avoid beginning during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Trial of accused Christchurch mosque shooter may be delayed

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Washington Wizards' Rui Hachimura plays against the Atlanta Hawks in an NBA summer league basketball game Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Rui Hachimura scores 35 points in Japan’s World Cup warm-up win

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In this photo released by New Zealand Police, boxes containing methamphetamine are displayed by the police in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday. Aug. 9, 2019. (New Zealand Police via AP)

New Zealand police arrest 2 British men in huge meth bust

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this July 31, 2019, photo, Temel Atacocugu, who was shot nine times during the Christchurch mosque attacks, tries on the clothes he will wear during the Hajj pilgrimage, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is among 200 survivors and relatives from the Christchurch mosque shootings who are traveling to Saudi Arabia as guests of King Salman for the Hajj pilgrimage, a trip many hope will help them to heal.(AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Hajj trip may help Christchurch mosque victims heal

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2019, file photo, mourners lay flowers on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand. The El Paso massacre is the latest attack in which the gunman appears to have praised the March shootings in Christchurch, where an Australian white supremacist is charged with killing 51 worshippers at two mosques. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

5 months on, Christchurch attacker influences others

By KRISTEN GELINEAU - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence is left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

World sees problems with guns, Trump, U.S. economy

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

New Zealand government plans to ease abortion restrictions

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

New Zealand's All Blacks Beauden Barrett kicks a penalty during a rugby championship match against Argentina's Los Pumas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, July 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Barrett moves to fullback, Mo’unga at flyhalf for All Blacks

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

This imaged made from a video, shows a damaged home following a gas explosion in Christchurch, New Zealand Friday, July 19, 2019. Several people were injured and dozens of homes evacuated in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday after a huge gas explosion destroyed one home and damaged others. (TVNZ via AP)

6 injured after gas explosion destroys New Zealand home

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this undated handout photo provided by Guinness World Records on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Gwyn Headley and Sarah Badhan, stand on Ffordd Pen Llech with a certificate from Guinness World Records, confirming that the road is the steepest street in the world, in the seaside town of Harlech, North Wales. A street in Wales has been designated the steepest in the world after a successful campaign by local residents. The title comes at the expense of a street in New Zealand which has been eclipsed in the steepness sweepstakes. The Welsh campaign was led by businessman and architectural historian Gwyn Headley. (Andrew Davies/Guinness World Records via AP)

Welsh street named steepest in world; New Zealand loses out

Associated Press

New Zealand to start protecting bank deposits of most savers

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Philip Neville Arps, left, appears for sentencing in the Christchurch District Court, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The Christchurch businessman who shared a video of worshippers being slaughtered at a New Zealand mosque has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. (John Kirk-Anderson/Pool via AP)

Sharer of New Zealand mosque shooting video gets 21 months

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 30, 2019 file photo, John T. Earnest appears for his arraignment hearing in San Diego. A federal search warrant says Ernest, the sole suspect in a Southern California synagogue shooting told an investigator that he adopted his hatred of Judaism 18 months before the fatal attack. Earnest also told a San Diego Sheriff's Office detective that that he was inspired by Adolf Hitler and suspected New Zealand mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Search warrant cites synagogue shooter’s hatred of Judaism

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Strong quake hits island chain off New Zealand; no tsunami

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In this courtroom drawing, Brenton Tarrant, the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques on March 15, 2019 appears via video link at the Christchurch District Court, from the maximum security prison in Auckland where he's being held, Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, June 14, 2019. Tarrant pleaded not guilty to all the charges filed against him. (AP Photo/Stephanie McEwin)

Man accused in New Zealand mosque killings pleads not guilty

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

New Zealand court stops man from being extradited to China

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2019, file image made from video, Australia's Federal Police, top, enter the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster, during a raid on their offices in Sydney, Australia. Australia's opposition has called for a parliamentary inquiry into press freedom after police raids on a media organization's Sydney headquarters and a journalist's Canberra home last week. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File)

Australian opposition calls for review of press freedom

By ROD McGUIRK and NICK PERRY - Associated Press

New Zealand plans to withdraw all Iraq troops by next June

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press