CHRISTCHURCH REMEMBERED

The Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, and Leader of the Opposition, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, joined thousands of New Zealanders on Friday in a nationwide remembrance service in honour of the fifty people killed in the Christchurch attack.

The New Zealand Prime Minister, the Right Hon Jacinda Ardern MP, acknowledged the global outpouring of support, and stated that her thoughts remained with New Zealand’s Muslim community.

‘This is an event that has affected New Zealand deeply, but it was our Muslim New Zealanders who were targeted in this act of hatred… our challenge now is to make the very best of us a daily reality. We have work to do’.

Following a Muslim invocation, British singer Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, performed at the service, saying that ‘it’s only when good people stay sitting that evil rises… we’ve seen the opposite in this country… love and kindness and unity has sprung up right here in New Zealand’.