The Christchurch Mosque Shooting in New Zealand

Abstract This chapter examines New Zealand Prime Minister Arden’s leadership in the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shooting in which a terrorist killed more than fifty worshippers at two mosques. This security crisis is considered a gender-incongruent crisis type. The chapter assesses public remarks at press conferences and parliamentary debates for a one-year period following the shootings (March 15, 2019, through March 15, 2020). The analysis confirms the book’s theory. In this gender-incongruent crisis type, Ardern’s gender-incongruent issue framing and leadership style led to her lowest rise in approval ratings of all crises studied, despite her gender-congruent crisis communication.