OPINION: Don't get me wrong, I respect the prime minister a lot, and I understand that she meant well. Her donning the headscarf then was a strong, heartfelt message of cohesiveness between the attacked parishioners and their fellow Kiwis. LAWRENCE SMITH/STUFF Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Islamic Women's Council annual conference at Zayed College for Girls in Mangere in August. DAVID WALKER/Stuff PM Jacinda Ardern, Winston Peters, Simon Bridges and MPs met with Christchurch Muslim leaders at the Canterbury Refugee Resettlement and Resources Centre on Saturday. SUPPLIED Ardern wearing a black headscarf in Christchurch, shortly after the mosque massacres.

Source: Stuff October 01, 2019 15:56 UTC