Calls are mounting for law changes in light of Friday's terrorist attack at a West Auckland supermarket that has several people still fighting for their lives. The man had allegedly been planning a knife attack earlier this year, but he couldn't be charged with planning a terrorist attack because it wasn't an existing offence. The Mental Health Foundation also said in a statement terrorist ideologies were not symptoms of any mental illness. The Mental Health Act was not to be used as "a stopgap to plug holes in criminal law". Mental health support is not a punishment.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 05, 2021 17:00 UTC