the hearing will last at least three days and brenton tarrant will now represent himself.inson is following the story from sydney. simon, just talk us through how this will work and to what extent he will be allowed to make his case. 50, the sentencing begins on the 24th of august and as most sentencing hearings, what we will expect is the bulk of the case being given over to the impact statements of the victims and the statements of fa ct victims and the statements of fact from the prosecutors. then what we would normally get is the defendant's lawyers giving mitigation and that is when brenton tarrant would get his moment in court, if you like. it's obviously a very difficult situation for thejudge in it's obviously a very difficult situation for the judge in this case. there is a realfear that he is going to use his platform to set up some of his right wing views and ideologies, and thejudge will be wing views and ideologies, and the judge will be very keen to stop that. i think wondering they definitely want to avoid is the case that we had in norway in 2012 with ander

the hearing will last at least three days and brenton tarrant will now represent himself. minister of new zealand saying she would never say the gunmen‘s name. does his sacking of his lawyers mean he will now get to speak on his sentencing? think in most sentencing cases, the defence lawyers will normally give the mitigation so in this case, this is what the government will get to do. he will now have the power to get to speak. —— the government will get to do. we don't know how long he will be able to talk for but he will get to talk. what is interesting about this is long before the sentencing date set, when it looked like it was going to go toa looked like it was going to go to a trial, the media in new zealand —— all got together and decided what they were and were not going to report him saying. they effectively said they were going to be careful about reporting any claims that he made, any comments on right —— white supremacy or hatred and in new zealand, degrade some concerns about media freedom and that kind of thing —— it did raise some concerns. there is only so

year has fired his lawyers which means he'll represent himself when he is sentenced next month brenton tarrant pleaded guilty to does. everything related to art is suspended and it's one of the last things that will come back i'm trying to be positive and focus on what i can but some of my colleagues say online classes make them feel lonely or far away from everything tango has a lot of physical contact so it's going to be a while before we're allowed to go back to a stage. that's for a man that is now teaching students from all around the world and is managing to make ends meet but not everyone has been able to succeed. these artists have come to the presidential palace to demand government assistance. we're trying to create a common front to demand an income because we don't have anything the government should impose a tax on netflix and other streaming platforms because they're making a lot of money while we're not allowed to do anything. theatre cinemas and everything related to culture where one of the 1st places to shut down and they're likely to be the last ones to open this is the kore

in march of 2019, brenton tarrant, a self-professed white nationalist entered church in christchurch, investigation led back to martin. >> more than one year ago, i -- by this terrorist. >> the shooter from christchurch. >> he sent me money, on my bank account. >> you, personally? >> exactly. >> how much? >> 1,500 euros. >> did you know the shooter? >> no, not at all. >> he sent you this money but did you communicate? did you e-mail? >> with yeyeah. we had an e-mail exchange of course. >> one e-mail? >> no, several e-mails. he sent me the money. i wrote him thank you very much. we exchange a few e-mails. i told him whenever you are in v vienna, we can go for a coffee or beer. especially, if somebody sends you like such an amount of money, you know? >> that was a big donation for you? >> very big. and then, this guy, after one year and a few months, he committed his terrorist attack. >> but he didn't tell you he was going to carry out? >> no. if he would have told me that, i would, of course, have reported to police immediately. >> but martin's connection to the gunman in christchurch