Owner of Christchurch shooting-linked website calls NZ a 's---hole country'

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Owner of Christchurch shooting-linked website calls NZ a 's---hole country'

By Michael Fowler

The operator of a website synonymous with alt-right subculture has labelled New Zealand a “s---hole country” and mocked the New Zealand police that contacted him seeking assistance on the Christchurch terror attack.

Police searching for evidence near the Al Noor Mosque.

Police searching for evidence near the Al Noor Mosque.Credit: Jason South

Joshua Conner Moon, who administers the website Kiwi Farms, posted an aggressive response in which he also described New Zealand as a “small, irrelevant island nation barely more recognisable than any other nameless pacific [sic] sovereignty”.

“I feel real bad for you guys, you’ve got a quiet nation and now this attack is going to be the first thing people think of for the next 10 years when they hear the name New Zealand,” it states.

“Tell your superiors they’re going to make the entire country and its government look like clowns by trying to censor the internet.”

Prior to the Christchurch attack that killed 50 innocent worshippers, alleged perpetrator Brenton Tarrant had conveyed his anti-immigration, pro-white views in Kiwi Farms along with similar alt-right forum 8chan, which Moon was once an administrator of.

Joshua Conner Moon.

Joshua Conner Moon.

New Zealand police emailed Moon on Sunday with a request to “preserve any posts and technical data including IP addresses, email addresses etc linked to these posts pending a formal legal request”.

Moon’s statement dismisses the police's request and adds, “if anyone turns over to you the information they’re asking for they’re not only cowards, but they’re f---ing idiots.”

Signed off with “Josh”, it ends: “And I don’t give a single solitary f-- what section 50 of your f----t law say about sharing your email. F--- you and f--- your shithole country.”

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Moon, whose Twitter account @KiwiFarms was previously permanently removed for racism, confirmed in the statement that he had posted the gunman’s live video and 74-page manifesto online.

New Zealand Detective Senior Sergeant John Michael then replies: "Hi Josh. Appreciate your quick response. Will definitely consider what you have said."

The title of Kiwi Farms has no association to the country of New Zealand. It describes itself as being “about eccentric individuals and communities on the internet”.

Prior to allegedly embarking on the rampage, Tarrant posted a goodbye and encouraged his alt-right companions to keep “making memes and ‘shitposting’” on 8chan, which is the radical spinoff of online discussion site 4chan.

Kiwi Farms, along with 8chan and similar website Voat, is currently unavailable in Australia.

Tarrant faced court for the first time on Monday and was charged with one murder count, pending further charges. He will reportedly represent himself and plead not guilty.

A public vigil at Melbourne State Library on Monday to remember the victims of the Christchurch shooting.

A public vigil at Melbourne State Library on Monday to remember the victims of the Christchurch shooting.Credit: Eddie Jim

Five guns were used in the attack on the two Christchurch mosques. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has pledged to tighten the country's gun laws along with announcing a voluntary amnesty for semi-automatic weapons.

An 18-year-old New Zealand man appeared in court yesterday accused of sharing Tarrant’s video. He was denied bail and will face up to 14 years imprisonment when he appears again in April.

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