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March 15, 2021
Two years on, there are still pockets of hate. And there are beams of light
Commentary
I’m asking New Zealand not to forget, and not to brush this aside, writes Anjum Rahman.
It’s been a long two years since our world was torn apart. So often I think about the countries that live with these kinds of events on a weekly basis, and how they might deal with the trauma, the constant fear and not knowing when the next attack might happen. I can’t even imagine what it’s like to be present, to lose someone, in a deliberate attack with such horrific consequences.
Zubeda Shariff, manager of Palmerston North Women s Refuge, sorts through boxes of donations. It s difficult knowing she would spend Christmas comfortably surrounded by family, food and presents, while others would not. “You dig through your own cupboards, Shariff said. “I had to go through my pantry to make sure I could bring some stuff here.” Unlike Women’s Refuge a few blocks away, the Salvation Army has an abundance of donations and gifts ready for the 400 people expected to stop by before next Friday. Captain Michelle Lee, from Palmerston North’s Salvation Army, was busy keeping its makeshift Christmas toy shop and food parcels in shipshape.