Christchurch terrorist chooses not to attend court to launch his own legal challenge

Australian gunman earlier said he wanted to start legal action over his designation as a terrorist and lack of access to news and letters

The Christchurch terrorist who said he wanted to take the government to court over a lack of access to news and letters in jail and his designation as a terrorist entity has failed to attend the first court hearing on the matter.

The hearing in Auckland, New Zealand, was indefinitely postponed and the terrorist must ask to have it rescheduled after his no show on Thursday.