New Zealanders have been very short changed on being told what's really behind the mosque massacre. Anyone can still undertake such an attack on a gathering. It is so simple.

Here we are nearly 18 months later and still subject to a news blackout. Much of it is understandable in that the coward needs a fair trial. He pleaded not guilty to each murder despite having filmed the attack. Something we are not allowed to see, even pixelated, despite all the video games, etc, which portray massacres in various forms.

Tactically the coward's legal defence was correct – make the police prove each murder then a year later plead guilty. So there is no trial and little court evidence.

What was really behind the coward's actions?

Before the news blackout we were told he visited Pakistan and North Korea. So he was radicalised.

It is quite likely that the people doing the radicalising did not reveal their real motives. They could range from extreme white supremists to extremists among the 70 odd Muslim sects.

It was a very deliberate act to stir up trouble in a relatively peaceful Pacific country. Jacinda fell for the plot by turning around and attacking innocent NZ gun owners.

B Capamagian, Tauranga