includes, but is not limited to, the ministry of health, the ministry of social development, acc, and the ministry of education, who are here with me today. police, the intelligence community, department of prime minister and cabinet, the ministry of civil defence and emergency management, the ministry of foreign affairs and trade, the department of internal affairs, the ministry of business, innovation, and employment. the defence force, new zealand customs, and our transport agencies. this is the first of what will be a series of regular stand—ups with relevant agencies who are involved in the response. i will provide you with a brief operational overview and then hand over to my colleagues, who will provide overviews of their activities. please note i will not be providing or covering any police matters, because this is best addressed by them. central government agencies with a focus on supporting communities are working together to understand and assess community complexities and needs.

curnow introduced stephen crombie from the ministry of social development. the whole ministry family i would like to express our condolences and centrepiece to the families of the victims and all of those who were involved in that tragic events. our role is to help with the immediate needs of those affected, particularly things like food grants, petrol, clothing, medical fees and prescriptions. 0ver grants, petrol, clothing, medical fees and prescriptions. over the weekend we have run extended hours for our contact centre is to enable people to contact us as soon as possible. —— centres. to date, we have received 63 calls for assistance on individuals, and we assisted with many for food, petrol and clothing, and we of course expect that to rise considerably. in christchurch we have set up a specialist team in both our linwood and wre ke nton service specialist team in both our linwood and wrekenton service centres, they have the necessary skills to deal with the muslim community and have access to people with the necessary language skills, as there are multi

the new zealand recross can't break civil defense image and see management group the ministry of social development canterbury district health board and for them support. the ministry of business and evasion and employments visa services facilitating image and see faces families of the injured and those that have passed away in face ministry of foreign affairs and trade and communication with international partners about information regarding the attack and providing travel advice and information on accommodation and venue's with visitors can attains to pay their respects and sympathies. the footage related to the tech has been classed as objectional objectionable so it is an offense under the new zealand law to possess share and to host it i understand the department of internal affair as is planning to issue an updated media statement around digital safety so more information can be found there. public condolence books are available the palin meant and the national library of new zealand and mulls with strace in wellington the national library is banned from nine am to five pm monday to friday an

needs, acc is putting more staff on the ground in christchurch, working alongside the ministry of social developmenttion status is not a factor. it is based on the event happening here in new zealand. in an event such as this, murder or manslaughter, the family is eligible for a funeral grant of around $10,000. there are also one—off payments for the deceased's partner, children and dependence. ongoing assistance provisions for things like childcare and of course compensation for the loss of income. mst is providing standing forms of financial assistance also, such as helping with intermediate, immediate needs and things like one—off grants forfood needs and things like one—off grants for food payments. it needs and things like one—off grants forfood payments. it will also be working with individuals and families to consider ongoing needs such as benefit support. in terms of the week ahead, particularly for the government and also for parliament, cabinet will meet tomorrow. i will provide updates from this at my usual post cabinet press conference. asi usual post cabinet press conference. as i have

so from i've spent some time with the staff of the shelter and also official from the ministry of social development that runs the shelter there are no plans to expand this model the shelters capacity is about thirty five at this moment but they say that that is very much in line with the amount of women that are being held again because we're talking about not just victims of abuse but victims but really women whose lives are under threat we're getting death threats because under threat of an honor killing essentially so there aren't any there are any plans to expand it and it's a very very young project just open the door just in september of twenty thousand so it's still very much an experiment and we need to watch it very closely and see where it goes keep watching it and keep us posted abraham thank you so much for your reporting. all right we're going to shift our attention now to the u.s. and the controversy surrounding minnesota congresswoman ileana omar she's one of the country's first female muslim congresswoman and has courted controversy with recent comments that some have interpreted as

is putting more staff on the ground and christchurch working alongside the ministry of social development at the community hub at hagley for i.c.c. as i've said before immigration status does not affect it is based on the event happening here in new zealand and events such as this mood or manslaughter the family is eligible for a funeral grant of around two hundred thousand dollars there are also one off payments for the deceased children and dependants. ongoing a system provide assistance provisions for things like childcare and of course compensation for the loss of income amy stay is providing standard forms of financial assistance also such as helping with and to mediate immediate maids and things like one off grants for food payments it will also be working with individuals and families to consider ongoing needs such as being a fit support. you can trim so all of the way he did particularly for the government and also for parliament cabinet will mate tomorrow i will provide updates from this at my usual post cabinet priests conference as i've already indicated it's mind teaching that

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of the information as available to support victims and families thank you. thank you a kind now and introduce stephen crumby from ministry social development. killed a cut throat on behalf of the whole image the family want to express our condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims and all of those who were involved in that tragic event and our role as a mistake is to help with that make it needs of the fate that and particularly things like food grounds peytral clothing medical fees and prescriptions. over the weekend we friend extended hours for a contact simplest one i would people to contact us as soon as possible. we received three over the date sixty three calls for assistance from individuals and we sustained with money for food patrol and clothing and we of course expect that to rise considerably. and crush we've set up a specialist team been both ellenwood and reckitt and service centers so they have the necessary skills to deal with the muslim community and of access to people with a mystery language skills as there are multiple language and nationalities involved . but anyone can come and to service inter throughout

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