New Zealand's spies agencies have been given a funding boost in the country's latest budget, as a probe continues into whether they could and should have stopped the man arrested over the Christchurch mosque shootings.
Handing down the government budget on Thursday, Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced $NZ50 million ($A47 million) of additional funds for New Zealand's two spy agencies - the Government Communications Security Bureau and the Security Intelligence Service.
The agencies came under fire after the March 15 terror attack that killed 51, with questions raised about why the man accused of the shootings, 28-year-old Australia white supremacist Brenton Tarrant, had not popped up on the radar of intelligence services on either side of the Tasman.
A Royal Commission is currently being held in New Zealand into whether anything could have been done to prevent the attacks.
"Following on from the Royal Commission into the attacks we will consider what [further] funding or support is required to ensure our security and intelligence services provide New Zealanders with the information and confidence they need," Robertson said.
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New Zealand's government on Thursday also allocated extra funding for mental health support for the Christchurch community, and has provisionally set aside $150 million for a gun buyback scheme announced as part of a ban after the shooting.
