The New Zealand government apologizes for his letters and his defense submits a request to the court

New Zealand officials apologized on Thursday after allowing the perpetrator of the massacre of the Christ Church mosque in Australia Brenton Tarrant to send a hate message from inside the prison adopting, where one of the supporters of Tarant on the Internet.

Tarrant is in a maximum-security prison in Auckland, awaiting trial for the murder of 51 Muslim worshipers on 15 March in the worst mass shooting in New Zealand's recent history.

Despite the government's pledge not to give Tarant a platform to spread his ideas, prison officials revealed that he was allowed to use his cell mail.

New Zealand Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis said on Thursday Tarant had sent seven letters from inside his jail.

Davis told Radio New Zealand he had learned that two of the letters had been sent to the mother of the suspect Brenton Tarrant, five to other people, and two others had been withheld.

Prison Secretary Calvin Davis said in a radio interview that Tarrant had sent nine letters before his mail was banned, two to his mother and seven to "comrades," and two letters had been blocked by officials.

Dealing with the 28-year-old prisoner is a challenge to New Zealand's prison system, Davis said, because "we have never dealt with a prisoner like him before."

Tarant sent a letter to a Russian man named Alan and published it on the site "For Chan."
The child-written letter describes Tarant's trip to Russia in 2015, and speaks of his admiration for British fascist Oswald Mosley and his belief that "there is a big crisis on the horizon."

Wrath and criticism
The transgression of the letters to the audit system angered New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who had vowed not to name Tarrant.

"The prison has admitted failure here," she told reporters in Tuvalu, where she is attending a regional summit. "This person should not be able to share the hate message from behind the prison doors."

Christine Stevenson, chief executive of the prison administration, acknowledged that the letter should not have been sent. "I would like to apologize for the damage it has done to those affected by the tragic events of 15 March," she said.

Stevenson said Tarant's mail privileges were suspended during a review of inspections.

Transfer the trial
Meanwhile, a judge said on Thursday that the defense team accused of attacking two mosques in New Zealand in March had requested the transfer of the trial from the southern city of Christchurch, where the attacks occurred.

Supreme Court Justice Cameron Mander said at a procedural hearing that a hearing was scheduled for October 3 to hear the request for the trial to be transferred to Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, and that Brenton Tarrant would remain in custody until then.