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Abigail Dougherty/Stuff The Islamic community in Avondale, Auckland, reflects on Ramadan during the Covid lockdown last year and looks forward to being able to celebrate together this year. THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of The The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. It is sometimes said that the first Muslims to arrive in New Zealand settled in Christchurch in 1854, when Mahomet​ and Mindia Wuzerah​ came from India with their sons Pero and Mero ...

The car, which police discovered was stolen earlier in the evening, was later found abandoned in Linwood. “Police would like to hear from anyone who was in the Riccarton Rd area around the time of the robbery, who may have seen something which would assist our inquiries,” the spokeswoman said. Night n Day general manager Matthew Lane said the store was open for normal trading on Thursday morning. Alden Williams/Stuff There have been at least five other robbery attempts at the Hagley Nig...

Christchurch mosque attacks anniversary: Imam Gamal Fouda releases personal message 15 Mar, 2021 12:52 AM 2 minutes to read Masjid Al Noor imam Gamal Fouda speaks on the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Video / Supplied Masjid Al Noor imam Gamal Fouda speaks on the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Video / Supplied A Christchurch Islamic leader who survived the March 15 mosque shootings has today released a personal message on the second anniversary of the attacks...

Bangladesh manager says cricketers could have been caught up in the Christchurch shootings "had we reached even three or four minutes earlier".

Watch: Powerful accounts from those who reported on the Chch terror attack Newshub 14/03/2021 © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty Watch: How the day unfolded for those behind the lens. This short documentary was made in March 2020, ahead of the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Friday March 15, 2019 - 1:41pm Like the rest of the country, Christchurch was starting to wind down ahead of the weekend. Video journalist George Heard had just arrived back from lunch when his news...

Chris Skelton/Stuff After the shooting, Liam Beale was one of the first people on the scene at Al Noor mosque. In the fragile moments after the Christchurch terror attack, ordinary people risked their lives to provide first aid. Two years on, they’re still recovering from their own trauma. Jehan Casinader reports. There should have been screams. Noise, chaos – anything that matched the magnitude of the situation. Instead, 24-year-old Liam Beale found himself standing in the middle of a nea...

Earthquake, terror threat hardly make Tigers panicked Sports Correspondent 5th March, 2021 09:43:50 A Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Friday confirmed that their ongoing tour of New Zealand will go on as per the scheduled plan although the country was hit by a massive earthquake as well as there were alleged threats of a terror attack. A tsunami warning for coastal areas in New Zealand was issued and later withdrawn after the northeastern coast of the country was hit by a powerful earthqua...

Lost in the quake: The baby boys who never saw their first birthday 18 minutes to read Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask Among the 185 names etched into the white marble of the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial are two little boys - baby boys. Baxtor Warwick Gowland, aged 5-and-a-half months. Jayden David Harris aged 8 months. Both babies were asleep and peaceful when their homes began to shake. Babies whose lives were taken bef...

Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Matai St and Deans Ave shortly after 9pm on Monday.

Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Matai St and Deans Ave shortly after 9pm on Monday.