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'Everyone is really scared' - Kiwi expat

Kiwi expat Amy Connell who lives in Claremont-Ferrand with her rugby player partner Fritz Lee said the backlash from the shootings in Paris is already being felt there.

France's most wanted woman

Police are hunting the 'wife' of the Kosher supermarket hostage killer who is believed to be 'armed and dangerous' - and told officers she was radicalised by 'American's massacring innocents'.

Radical preacher jailed for life

The radical preacher was convicted of trying to set up al-Qaeda training camp

Darkness on City of Light

Stephane Charbonnier, known as Charb, was reportedly the main target of the attack as the magazine's editor and chief cartoonist.

Paris killings disgust residents

"What happened was disgusting. We don't like the police: they give us a hard time. But it's another thing walking into an office and killing people just like that in the name of God."

Cartoon: Je suis Charlie

Shooting survivor: 'He didn't see me'

When a masked gunman burst into the Charlie Hebdo editorial meeting shouting "Allahu akbar" and fired off a hail of bullets, journalist Laurent Leger threw himself behind a corner table and....

Probe into suspect's British links

Vigil held for Paris shooting victims

More than 100 people have turned out to a vigil at Aotea Square in downtown Auckland paying tribute to those killed in the French shooting this week.

Authorities aiming to dampen anti-Islam rhetoric

NZ leaders unite against French killings

Holding signs and posters aloft, more than 200 people gathered at a vigil in Wellington last night to "share their sorrow" following the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris.

Parisians rally in memory of fallen

In the Place de la Republique, 35,000 Parisians came out on a bitterly cold winter's night to rally in memory of the 12 people shot dead and the 11 injured.

Paris: How cartoonists reacted

Kiwi cartoonist Dylan Horrocks has spoken of the shock among the tight-knit global cartooning community following the massacre at Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo.

NZ vigils to be held for Charlie Hebdo victims

Vigils for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris are being held in Wellington and Auckland in the coming days.

Editorial: Thousands thumb noses at attack on press freedom

The aim of those who attacked Charlie Hebdo was to silence the magazine, but the thousands who gathered in public squares are thumbing their noses at that notion.

Suspect hands himself in

One of three suspects in the massacre of 12 people at French magazine Charlie Hebdo has handed himself in to police after seeing his name on social media.

Fox slammed for blaming Paris victims

New Zealand broadcaster Derek Fox has been criticised on social media for blaming the victims of the Paris terror attack.

Kiwis in Paris: 'It's a bit unnerving'

Kiwis in Paris say they've been shocked by the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices, as PM John Key condemned it as an attack on the fourth estate.