Nash StuartHon STUART NASH (Minister of Police): Mr Speaker assalamo alaikum. Today we come together again to mourn the fellow Kiwis who we lost on Friday. We are one. They are us. Peace be upon them and their families and on all New Zealanders. I thank the imam who opened Parliament yesterday with a solemn prayer and I thank the other faith leaders who joined together with us here on the floor of the House. It was a powerful display of unity and peace.Today we officially begin to release the names of those who have fallen. We honour them as martyrs. The first of those men women and children have been returned to their families by police and I pay tribute to the police who have been involved in this part of the process. The task of identifying the dead and reuniting them with their families is gruelling and I thank all the agencies involved. I also pay tribute to police working on the other side of this process the criminal investigation.This is the largest criminal investigation ever undertaken in New Zealand history. It is also one of the worst terror attacks anywhere in the world in recent history. More than 250 officers and support staff are dedicated to the inquiry. There is also significant international support from the FBI Australian Federal Police (AFP) and other nations. There are 11 officers from the AFP working here assisting with victim identification intelligence analysis and other aspects of the investigation. A team of three specialists from the FBI has travelled here to assist the police high-tech crime unit. The FBI also has three staff based in the US who are dedicated to Operation Deans. An investigator from Facebook has travelled here to work with police's high-tech crime unit supported by two dedicated colleagues in the US. In addition police have received significant assistance from the Australian Federal Police and New South Wales Police on the ground in Australia and I thank those nations for their assistance. I also wish to acknowledge the tremendous assistance and support police are receiving from everyday New Zealanders. Our number one priority is to keep New Zealanders safe. Yes it can be frightening to see armed police on our streets and outside our places of worship and in our railway stations bus terminals and airports but I ask the community to instead take reassurance from this. We will be making further announcements in coming days about changes to our gun laws to make our country safer. I ask the community to continue to come forward to surrender any firearms ammunition or weapons parts which they may have in their possession. Dozens have done this so far and I expect many more will do. If there is a firearm out there and you're not legally permitted to have it or if there is a gun that's lying around in the garage or the back of the closet please do the right thing: take it to the nearest police station for safe disposal and stop it from falling into the wrong hands. No names are required but please take police advice and call the station first. The Commissioner of Police has confirmed the time line of events on Friday afternoon. I do not want to dwell on the detail of how the terror attack unfolded that afternoon but I want to pay tribute to the two country cops from Lincoln who performed a supreme act of bravery and undoubtedly prevented further bloodshed. The first 111 call was received at 1.41 p.m. and the terrorist was in police custody on the side of Brougham Street at 2.02 p.m.—21 minutes later. The officers did what every police officer is prepared to do to protect the public—they ran towards danger. We are for ever in their debt and it is an absolute privilege and a pleasure to be their Minister. Thank you.