Radhakrishnan PriyancaPRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN (Labour): Tangi mōteatea ana i a rātou te hapori Ihirama o Ōtautahi. Ki a rātou i hinga moe mai rā i raro i te ngākau mahara te rangimārie. Hoki ā-tinana mai te kapua pōuri ki te kotahitanga te aroha o te whānau whānui o Aotearoa.[Heart-broken I mourn with the Islamic community of Christchurch. To those who have died may you rest in peace beneath a heart that remembers. We return in person from the cloud of sadness to the unity and love of the wider New Zealand family.]We mourn with them the Islamic community of Christchurch. We hold those we've lost in our hearts. May peace be with them. We stand together our grief unites us and our love will sustain us.I got these beautiful lines from an email that the Hon Ron Mark's office sent to all MPs and I thank him for them.Assalamo alaikum. Peace be upon you. May peace be with us all.I have no words strong enough to condemn the unprecedented act of terror that took 50 lives and left 50 others struggling for their lives in Christchurch and broke our hearts across Aotearoa. This was a targeted act of violence of a kind we've never seen before on our shores. This was violence that stemmed from hate and fear and othering and many who are affected are from our migrant and refugee communities. Our Muslim New Zealanders come from different ethnic communities. We are a strong proud nation of about 213 ethnic communities. We collectively speak over 160 languages. We may look different dress differently speak differently worship in different ways in different places. Some of us were born here and our families have been here for generations. Some of us chose to come to Aotearoa live here and make a better life for us and our families. We are all New Zealanders and this is our home.We're a strong nation not in spite of that diversity but because of it. We must not let the act of this one terrorist divide us. We must instead stand together draw closer together bound as a nation by the values of kindness compassion and love and inshallah become even more inclusive.It gives me great hope to see the masses of people who have attended various vigils around the country in support of and in solidarity with our Muslim communities and I thank those who organised them and attended them. It gives me great hope to see the mountains of flowers spontaneous songs hugs the outpouring of love outside our mosques and Islamic centres across New Zealand. It is these values that will see us through these dark days. We must continue to stand together to fight the hate the xenophobia and the extremism that led to this horrific act of violence. There should be no them" or "us". There should be no "other". They are us and we are them. As the Prime Minister said yesterday tātou tātou.My thoughts prayers and love are with those the families who have had their loved ones taken from them or injured; all our Muslim brothers and sisters in Christchurch across Aotearoa and beyond our shores; the people of Christchurch; anyone who has at any point in time been made to feel like the other; our communities across Aotearoa who are grieving. My utmost gratitude and respect to the first responders medics and the police and all those who provided assistance—from the taxi drivers in Christchurch many from the Sikh community who sprang into action offering free rides shuttling people across the city; to the churches who opened their doors to our Muslim brothers and sisters welcomed them and kept them safe; to the teachers who kept our young ones safe; to the countless stories of bravery people who had put themselves in harm's way and faced unspeakable horrors to protect others. We acknowledge you today in the House. We are united in grief and we must also stand united in strength.I want to end with a prayer from the Hindu faith that I was brought up in and practise. It's in Sanskrit followed by an English translation.Aum Asato Maa Sad-GamayaTamaso Maa Jyotir-GamayaMrtyor-Maa Amrtam GamayaOm Shaantih Shaantih ShaantihFrom falsehood lead us to truth from darkness lead us to light from death lead us to immortality. Peace peace peace. Thank you."