Customs staff stop work to observe two minutes of silence on Friday for the victims of the terrorist attacks at two mosques in Christchurch. New Zealand's border was closed for two minutes on Friday as Customs staff stopped working to pay their respects to the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings with two minutes of silence. The two minutes of silence fell during peak processing time at Auckland Airport and the departures area was full when Customs officers closed the border, Brown said. At Christchurch Airport, there were no international arrivals at that time, so Customs officers gathered at the staff cafe. Customs supported its staff members' decisions to stop work to mark the two minutes of silence, Brown said.

Source: Stuff March 26, 2019 02:15 UTC