In August 2020, then-Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, issued a statement following the sentencing of Brenton Tarrant to life imprisonment without parole.
Prime Minister's Statement
During the period of Brenton Tarrant's sentencing, Jacinda Ardern, who was the Prime Minister of New Zealand at the time, publicly addressed the verdict.
Her statement indicated that the life imprisonment without parole sentence would ensure the individual involved would have:
"no notoriety, no platform... and we have no cause to think about him, to see him or to hear from him again."