"As President Trump was capping refugee numbers, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was increasing New Zealand’s refugee quota. In a world of growing anti-immigrant populism, many in New Zealand feel like they’re heading in the right direction.
But last Friday’s attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, which left 50 people dead, have caused soul-searching as well as shock.
“I think this is a really good opportunity for people to stop and say, ‘What do we need to do to become the country that we talk about ourselves as being?’” said Susan Devoy, who was the country’s race relations commissioner until last year."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-new-zealand-a-soul-searching-question-are-we-are-open-minded-as-we-think-we-are/2019/03/20/