Six years on, those who helped in the aftermath of the mosque attacks share stories

From terror attack to hope far away, with Project 51

It’s been six years since a lone gunman opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, killing 51 people, shattering the country’s innocence and changing lives forever.Now a young Afghan-Kiwi couple, who were praying in another mosque in the Garden City that fateful day, is releasing a film in remembrance of the 51 victims. The film documents their travel from New Zealand to Afghanistan to establish 51 micro businesses in Kabul, aiming to empower s…

Six years on, those who helped in the aftermath of the mosque attacks share stories

Communities came together to help those affected by the Christchurch mosque tragedy. First Up spoke to some of those volunteers.

These islamophobic attacks are often unpunished by the courts, weakly condemned by politicians and poorly covered by the media, but they have been common since 2015. Fires or attempts to fire mosques never make magazine coverage or the opening of television newspapers. They struggle to appear in the national media. Journalists rarely go there, except for those who work in the regional daily press. And there, only a handful of lines describe the …