New Zealand police have asked for the disturbing footage not to be shared.

A number of media outlets in Australia and the UK used some of the footage in their coverage, including Sky News Australia.

A Sky spokesperson told the New Zealand Herald: “We made the decision to remove Sky News Australia from our platform while disturbing footage of the shootings was being shown to avoid causing any distress to our viewers.

“It will remain off air until we are confident the footage won’t be shared.”

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