New Zealand remembers Christchurch mosque shootings two years on as Jacinda Ardern speaks at service

Several hundred people gathered at the Christchurch Arena for the national service to remember the 51 people who were killed in 2019 when a gunman opened fire at two mosques.

A similar service planned for last year was cancelled at short notice due to the sudden spread of the coronavirus.

The service was held with speeches from survivors and the family and friends of victims lost, and a one-minute’s silence in their honour.

Temel Atacocugu, who survived being shot nine times during the attack on the Al…