About 15,000 people have turned up to Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin tonight to pay their respects to those affected by the Christchurch terror attacks. By the time the whole queue had entered the stadium and others had arrived for the vigil there appeared to be over 15,000 in attendance. This was then followed by a waiata by the Otago University Maori Students Association and a prayer by Sheikh Asrarul Haque Obaidullah. Fifty candles that were lit at the vigil to commemorate the victims of the attacks framed the stage and was followed by 10 minutes of silence. At the end of the event, the crowd of thousands sang the New Zealand national anthem together.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2019 07:07 UTC