Webb DuncanDr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central): Thank you Mr Speaker. I want to pay tribute to those families who lost loved ones in the horrible senseless terror attack in Christchurch last Friday. My Prime Minister could not have put it better when she said They are us." Racism and hate are built on the opposite of that statement. It denies the humanity in them. I stand here to recognise and affirm that each of those victims and each member of those families is one of us. Each one was entitled to be safe. Each one had the right to pray in their chosen place and in their chosen way. Each one had a right to lead a normal life a right to strive a right to come home and hug their kids a right to dream of their children growing up stronger and in a better place than they did. Many were young and their lives were yet to bloom and their dreams were still forming and growing. They were making those friendships of youth which last forever. Their lives were cut short never to flourish.The scale of this tragedy is horrific and we must not lose sight of the fact that every life lost is a tragedy of infinite proportion a life meaninglessly ended. I know that the tradition of Islam says that Allah takes his people to him when he is ready when he chooses and that is in God's hands. In my tradition the Christian tradition this is a time for lamentation a time to express grief anguish confusion frustration at our inability to see any meaning in these events—why does it appear that God has forsaken us? That grief comes from the knowledge that each of these people was an individual each with their own hopes and dreams loves and despairs. Theirs are the names that we should speak to remember them and honour them.Sayyad Milne was 14 years old. He pulled on the burgundy uniform of Cashmere High School every school day like his fellow students. He loved soccer; he was a goalkeeper. He was in the mosque on Friday. He is never coming home. He is one of us. Hamza Alhaj Mustafa was 16. He also went to Cashmere High. He came here to be safe from the conflict in Syria only months ago. He died with his father Khaled at the mosque. He is one of us. Husna Ahmed came to the aid of her wheelchair-bound husband when she heard shots. She died. She is one of us. Haji-Daoud Nabi was 71 years old. He is a beautiful man with soft brown eyes and a perfectly trimmed beard; an Afghan rarely seen without his traditional pakol hat. He supported many refugees and was often seen at the airport welcoming them. It is said he died shielding the others from fire. His grandchildren will never see him again. He is one of us.They are only four of those who lost their lives. There are 46 others. Each is remembered. Let us speak their names and remember them. There are 50 others who have been injured some grievously. Let us remember them know that their lives will be changed for ever. I know our Government will do all it can for them but let us each as citizens as neighbours as friends care for them and embrace them. There are hundreds that saw these horrific events who for a moment did not know whether they would live or die. They are changed for ever. We must care for them.To you who rendered aid and assistance in this time of trauma whether by chance or by duty: you are every one of you heroes. You saw many things. We know you will be scarred. We thank you we honour you.They came as strangers to my city of Christchurch to our land. We took them in to give them shelter. They are now to be lain in the soil of this land. In this most sad way they are part of our whānau part of our whenua our whenua tapu Let us embrace them. In unity we have strength. In anger defeat. He ora te whakapiri. He mate te whakatakariri.Motion agreed to.Waiata"