New ZealandersTaika Waititi,Sam Neill, andRussell Crowehave reacted to todays mass shooting in their homeland.
Three people were arrested in connection with the shootings.
A 28-year-old man was charged with murder and will appear in court Saturday morning.
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My heart is broken, wrote actor and film director Waititi, on Twitter.
This is not us.
With love and heartbreak to the Muslim community of Aotearoa, we are with you.
We are all NewZealanders.#TheyAreUsKia kaha.
40 dead in NZ, wrote Crowe, who was born in the New Zealand capital Wellington.
Senseless, pointless, cruel deaths.
