This is what national mourning feels like. New Zealand is at half-mast: half-ashamed of itself, half-mad with grief – there's a lot of halves going on, a lot of unfinished, unresolved feelings of rage and blame and anguish. The survivors, and the families of the 49 victims, are the most important people in New Zealand right now. The far more interesting stories to watch for will be the ones about the 49 victims. The 49 victims had the same rights as us.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 16, 2019 07:07 UTC