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They will not be forgotten : New Zealanders remember Christchurch mosque victims – video
The 51 worshippers murdered in the Christchurch mosque attacks almost two years ago by a white supremacist have been remembered at a national service with songs, prayers, speeches and pledges to rebuild the community.
New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, and the governor general, Patsy Reddy, joined around 1,000 members of the community at Christchurch’s Horncastle arena on Saturday for the service.
The centrepiece of the service was a reading of the names of the dead as their pictures were displayed on a big screen alongside descriptions provided by their families.
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The 51 murdered worshippers in the Christchurch Mosques terror attack have been remembered at a national remembrance service, two years since the 2019 shootings.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Governor-General Patsy Reddy joined hundreds of community members at Christchurch s Horncastle Arena on Saturday for the service.
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The lost were remembered in song, in prayer, in tears and with defiant pledges to rebuild lives, bodies and community.
The centrepiece of the service was the names of the dead read aloud as their pictures were displayed on a big screen alongside descriptions provided by their families.
For Hussein Al-Umari, it read Lovely and always helpful from the bottom of his heart towards others. Courageous and loyal till his last breath .
THEY ARE US
Kia kaha, kia kotahi ra. As-salaam alaikum.
Our strength is our unity. Peace be unto you.
Of all the things Haji-Daoud Nabi loved - cars, Harley Davidson motorbikes, travelling - it was his grandchildren he adored the most. On the afternoon of 15 March 2019, the engineer, who grew up in Afghanistan, was supposed to see one of them, 8-year-old Zora Nabi, at prayers at Christchurch’s Al Noor mosque, but Zora and her father, Yama Nabi, were running late. By the time they arrived at Deans Ave, 10 minutes behind schedule, a gunman had walked into the mosque and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.