Terrorist attacks on 15 March 2019 Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama The terrorist attack on two Christchurch masjidain killing 51 shuhada (martyrs) and injuring many more was a violent and abhorrent manifestation of white supremacy, religious intolerance and racism. Muslim communities had been reporting attacks and threats since 11 September 2001. This had been met with little response from authorities who continued to surveil Muslim communities as potential terrorist threats. In the aftermath of the attacks a nation-wide conversation about our national identity, the role of racism, white supremacy and islamophobia, took place. A Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attacks was announced in the following weeks. Te Kāhui Tika Tangata 26