28 Aug 2020

Chch mosque shootings: Winston Peters wants terrorist to serve sentence in Australia, other politicians disagree

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 28 August 2020

New Zealand First is the lone voice in Parliament calling for the Christchurch terrorist to see out his sentence in Australia.

Winston Peters says the cost of keeping Brenton Tarrant in isolation burden should fall on the country that raised him - not New Zealand taxpayers.

Other parties disagree.

RNZ political reporter Yvette McCullough reports.