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An interfaith advocate is asking for an apology from officials as the hui into the Christchurch mosque shootings continues.

Contaminated waste dumping: Ardern weighs options against companies in breach © RNZ / Sam Rillstone The prime minister has put companies dumping contaminated waste into sewers on notice, saying she's seeking advice about the available options. © Provided by Radio New Zealand No caption Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it is unacceptable for companies to intentionally dump contaminated waste into sewers. Photo: RNZ / Sam Rillstone No companies have been prosecuted or fined and local councils say their pleas for the government to fix the law have been ignored for 18 years. Jacinda Ard...

Intelligence agencies' failures highlighted but no accountability sought Phil Pennington © RNZ / Sam Rillstone Several key security and intelligence agencies failed to do their counter-terrorism job well, or at all, but there remains no way of holding them to account. This is revealed in the report of the Royal Commission into the 15 March 2019 mosque terrorist attacks. The commission's overall conclusion was that no one dropped the ball; its assigning of limited accountability for the many failings before the attack has upset the Muslim community. It has also upset a histor...