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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 to work for John Cracroft Wilson​ in Cashmere. Christchurch’s Al-Noor​ mosque opened in 1985...

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 Night ’n Day since 2010, according to Stuff. The staff member who was threatened was unharmed but s...

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. Imam Gamal Fouda was giving his Friday prayer on the afternoon of March 15, 2019, when a terrorist...

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 director asked him to drive to Deans Ave, in the suburb of Riccarton. Reports had been circulating ...