New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has apologised for the failings in the lead-up to the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attacks, but noted: 'The commission made no findings that these issues would have stopped the attack'. Ardern was speaking after a royal commission recommended a raft of changes to prevent another attack. The report found New Zealand’s security agencies were 'almost exclusively' focused on the threat from Islamist terrorism at the time of the 2019 Christchurch shootings, in which a gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers. The landmark report, which was released to the public on Tuesday after 20 months of consultation, also revealed police failed to enforce proper checks on firearm licences

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