Jo Raphael: Beware the Ides of March - two years since Christchurch attacks 14 Mar, 2021 08:00 PM 3 minutes to read PM Jacinda Ardern unveils memorial plaque in Christchurch to honour Al Noor Mosque victims. Video / Logan Church PM Jacinda Ardern unveils memorial plaque in Christchurch to honour Al Noor Mosque victims. Video / Logan Church "Beware the Ides of March," warned the soothsayer to Julius Caesar. Caesar dismissed the warnings and was assassinated on the steps of the senate by his friend Brutus on March 15, 44BC. Read More More recently and closer to home, the Ides of March has a more visceral meaning.