Survivors and family members of the victims of the Christchurch terror attack have told a public remembrance service that their lives will never be the same, but they are learning to rise up again with dignity.
Zara Omar and Sara Qasem read out the names of the people who lost their lives on 15 March 2019.
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The Ko Tātou Tātou We Are One event at the Christchurch Arena - held this afternoon to mark two years since the Christchurch terror attack - was intended as a way for all New Zealanders to show solidarity with those affected.
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A special prayer service was held at Masjid Al-Nur in Christchurch this morning, to mark two years since the Christchurch terror attack.
Members of the public and Muslims gather for a memorial plaque unveiling last September.
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Remembrance services are being held in the city today.
About 50 people attended the dua service, also known as a prayer service, which was held by the Muslim Association of Canterbury.
The dua - or prayer - was read out by imam Gamal Fouda, who prayed for those who lost their lives in the massacre.
He said the attack had ultimately failed and the terror attack did not succeed in breaking the country.
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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.