Christchurch City Libraries blog hosts a series of regular podcasts from New Zealand specialist human rights radio show Speak up - Kōrerotia. This show is created by Sally Carlton.
The 15 March 2019 attacks in two Christchurch mosques precipitated a huge outpouring of grief and solidarity, in Ōtautahi Christchurch, elsewhere in New Zealand and around the world. How do we try and ensure this spirit of togetherness continues beyond the initial shock, once the media crews have left and anniversaries pass? We talk with four locals engaged in grassroots initiatives which seek to build upon the aroha of the immediate post-disaster phase: Sophie Pye (arranged for high school students to visit the mosques), Tony Green (Christchurch Invitation), Mazhar Syed (documented initiatives, Peace Train and Christchurch Invitation) and Rebecca Parnham (Giving Seeds of Love and Uniting Canterbury Women).
Part I: Explaining the initiatives
Part II: How have the initiatives been 'successful' and why?
Part III: How do we try and sustain engagement in these types of initiatives as time passes?
This show first aired on Canterbury's Plains FM 96.9 and was made with the assistance of NZ On Air.
Transcript - Community initiatives after mosque attacks
Find more
- Find titles about Muslims in New Zealand.
- Find titles about the Christchurch mosque attacks
- A booklist for kids about Islam and empathy
- A booklist for adults about understanding Islam
- One year on: Messages from the mosque - A series of videos from survivors and those affected by the mosque attacks
- Find articles about the Christchurch mosque attacks (access with your library card & password / PIN)
- Photographs of Heartfelt exhibition
- Discovery Wall photographs of mosque attack tributes
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- Wearing the hijab
- Human rights following atrocity
- Reflections: Christchurch mosque attacks one year on
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