Flowers have been placed by mourners at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, the official memorial site. Photo: NZ HeraldThe thousands of flowers and messages paying tribute to the victims of the Christchurch terror attack will be individually photographed before turned into compost for memorial gardens. Christchurch city councillor Deon Swiggs said the plan is to individually photograph and digitalise the flowers and messages. Photo: APThe demand has seen florists, supermarkets, dairies and garages sell out of flowers as thousands of people head to sites to pay their respects. Flowers at the Deans Ave cordon outside the Al Noor Mosque are being moved for the road to reopen.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 22, 2019 02:26 UTC