Jannat Maqbool chairs the recently-established Waikato Intercultural Fund, a philanthropic initiative to support projects that bring together the region’s diverse cultures. Leaders from Hamilton’s ethnic and multi-faith community met on Saturday with Justice Minister Andrew Little, who has been tasked with leading the response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry Into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques. These initiatives were all in response to 44 specific recommendations from the mammoth report on the March 15, 2019, terror attack in Christchurch, when a gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques. “It is the awareness, understanding and respect of all peoples that the Government and community leaders need to focus on,” Maqbool said. It is the ministries, services and people being more inclusive that is needed.

Source: Stuff February 16, 2021 22:18 UTC