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| 1 | 2019 | - 15 Mar 2019: Christchurch mosque shootings
Christchurch mosque shootings involved two consecutive terrorist shooting attacks at mosques in Christchurch during Friday Prayer on 15 March 2019. The attacks began at the Al Noor Mosque in the suburb of Riccarton at 1:40 p.m. and continued at Linwood Islamic Centre at about 1:55 p.m. The gunman live-streamed the first attack on Facebook. The attacks killed 51 people and injured 49. Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old man from Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, described in media reports as a white supremacist and part of the alt-right, was arrested and charged with 51 murders, 40 attempted murders, and engaging in a terrorist act. Gun laws in NZ were tightened after the shootings.
- Dec 2019—2022: COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern regarding COVID-19 on 30 January 2020, and later declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of 17 May 2021, more than 163 million cases have been confirmed, with more than 3.38 million deaths attributed to COVID-19, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Australia and NZ closed their borders and had lock downs that limited COVID, there being 910 and 26 deaths respectively by 17 May 2021.
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| 2 | 2020 | - Mar 2020: NZ population 5 million
Population of New Zealand 5 million. New Zealand's resident population provisionally reached 5 million in March 2020, Stats NZ said. It was also the fastest million in NZ history, taking 17 years after reaching 4 million in 2003.
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