Abdulhak Bhikoo, reads an article about the New Zealand Muslim Association with his son-in-law Firoz Patel and grandson Muhammed Patel. SUPPLIED Ismail Ahmed Bhikoo arrived in New Zealand from the Indian state of Gujarat in about 1908. Ismail Bhikoo had been on a P&O ship heading to Fiji, but during an Auckland stopover he marvelled at the city's landscape and asked the immigration officer if he could disembark there instead. CHRIS MCKEEN/STUFF Abdulhak Bhikoo, 83, is the grandson of Ismail Ahmed Bhikoo, who came to New Zealand in 1908. Muhammed and Yusef's father, Firoz Patel, is the mosque's secretary.

Source: Stuff March 23, 2019 16:01 UTC