But University of Canterbury Muslim Students' Association president Bariz Shah said he was encouraged by "the love that has been going around". The mosque attacks have had a psychological impact on Muslim students throughout the country. Sohail Din, an event co-ordinator for the Auckland University Muslim Students' Association, said male students were not usually recognised as Muslim but female students who wore the hijab felt vulnerable. Otago University Muslim Students' Association vice-president Naser Tamiri said some Dunedin female students were afraid even to go to the supermarket in the hijab after the attacks. However he said a volunteer group, Campus Watch, had offered to walk with female students "to the supermarket or anywhere".

Source: Otago Daily Times March 18, 2019 07:52 UTC