A military court sentenced a New Zealand soldier on Wednesday to two years' detention for attempted espionage for a foreign power.

The soldier, whose name has been suppressed, admitted to attempted espionage, accessing a computer system for a dishonest purpose and knowingly possessing an objectionable publication.

The court martial at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North heard the soldier gave military base maps and photographs to an undercover officer posing as an agent for the foreign nation.

During the investigation he was found to have copies of a livestreamed video of the March 2019 killing of 51 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch by white supremacist Brenton Tarrant.

The soldier became a person of interest in the aftermath of the Christchurch attack as police cracke

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