surinder tandon, you are the president of the interfaith society here in christchurch.ense of the, rhodri felt by people here. christchurch is a very multicultural city, like the whole of new zealand, where 700 ethnicities are represented. there is a feeling of harmony among all ethnic and religious communities. we celebrate various festivals and other events together, and we are very sad and end shot with the news of this heinous attack on the mosque... that was surinder tandon speaking. and of course reverend andrew donaldson as well. we are going to some of these live pictures, this is the press conference being held by greg robertson, the head of surgery. we are expecting some discharges from the intensive care and surgical wards today. in addition to that there is the young girl in starship hospital in auckland, and her condition is still listed as critical. the hospital in christchurch has a good capacity at present and we are well start. we are prioritising those patients from the mosque attack for surgery over the mosque attack for surgery over the coming days,

thank you so much both of you, from the canterbury interfaith society.he sense of community and bonding that has come about as a result of this act of hatred, as i mentioned i am standing here very close to the al noor mosque, which is where the sites of friday's attacks are, and even though it is raining people continue to come to bring flowers and show messages of support as well. i imagine that will continue throughout the day. nick bowles has quit his local conservative association over a rift over brexit. he has long opposed a no deal it said. —— brexit. he will remain as an mp and continue to be a conservative in parliament. the irony is nick bowles is one of the tory mps who backed remain in the referendum but then supports the prime minister abbas deal. if it comes back to the comments next week he will back it again. if the government has any chance number 10 that need to perceive brexit enthusiasts to swing behind the steel but they hated, in particular the irish backstop. behind the sense, tory whips are trying to persuade them to get behind t

that was representatives from the christchurch interfaith society, speaking to me earlier.t this spot for hours, it is very close to the masjid al noor mosque, the site of one of the attacks on friday, and people have just been coming here one of the attacks on friday, and people havejust been coming here in their hundreds for hours, leaving floral tributes. you heard the extraordinary haka ceremony by the maori community that were here just a few minutes earlier. we see yet more people coming, a big team, a sporting team are about to come over to also leave their tributes. it is not just floral tributes and m essa 9 es not just floral tributes and m essa g es of not just floral tributes and messages of support for the families and victims. there has also been people coming to give food, the police officers who have been here all day, they have had to cordon off the street leading to the mosque. we saw people giving them food as well. really and out pouring of support here in the christchurch community for this terrible act. —— an outpouring. it is new zealand's worst terro

earlier i spoke to two members of christchurch‘s interfaith society, which works to promote harmony between. surinder tandon the group's hindu representative, and reverend andrew donaldson a methodist minister, told me what they would be doing to help bring people together. at this moment it is a time of mourning and providing help to the victims's family. a number of groups have offered the use of their meeting places for press and also they have offered food for the families and friends of the victims and also i must say that they have been holding vigils to offer and pay tribute to the victims. we don't quite is being done now but what about for the future to promote harmony? we will be planning an event and talking to the civic council about that. but christchurch isa council about that. but christchurch is a place where we do have good relationships between the various fates and cultures —— faith, and will want to develop that to produce some... some activity, some places where we can fit together, where we can pray. in terms of reaching out to your congregation, to people from your co