The government claims that Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year old Australian man, was a lone gunman. He was described as a 'white nationalist' who supposedly livestreamed the event. Tarrant is serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole.

The government of New Zealand outlawed the video. Gareth Jacobs has 14 years of experience as a Digital Forensic Analyst with 6 years dedicated to service within the New Zealand Police. He performed a full examination of the video and found stunning discrepancies.

The government of New Zealand's official version of events claims that 51 people were killed in two shootings, one right after the other, that occurred in two mosques in Christchurch on 15 March 2019. The government claims that Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year old Australian man, was a lone gunman and a 'white nationalist'. He reportedly livestreamed the event. He received a life sentence. 

Military-style semi-automatic weapons of the type used in the attack were soon outlawed. In 2020, the government legislated to register firearms as well as license their owners, with new checks on whether they were 'fit and proper' persons to own guns.

Forensic Study Finds That Christchurch Mosque Shooting was Staged

Recognized as an expert witness by the courts, Gareth Jacobs has 14 years of experience as a Digital Forensic Analyst with 6 years dedicated to service within the New Zealand Police. In 2019 he performed a preliminary analysis on the Christchurch Mosque shooting video and found several discrepancies. Jacobs submitted his report to the President of the Police Association, but never heard back.

The live-streamed video in question was declared an "objectionable publication" and made illegal in New Zealand on March 16th, 2019. In August of 2022, Kelvyn Alp and Hannah Spierer of Counterspin Media were charged by police with possession of the Mosque shooting video. In hopes to have this overturned, they hired Gareth Jacobs to do a full examination and provide his expert opinion in court. In order to accomplish this, they had to travel to a country where this video is not illegal.