On a quiet Friday afternoon, a man stormed into a place of peaceful worship and took away the lives of 50 people.

That quiet Friday afternoon has become our darkest of days.

Mr Speaker, there is one person at the centre of this terror attack against our Muslim community in New Zealand.

A 28-year-old man, an Australian citizen, has been charged with one count of murder. Other charges will follow.

He will face the full force of the law in New Zealand.

The families of the fallen will have justice.

He sought many things from his act of terror but one was notoriety and that is why you will never hear me mention his name.

He is a terrorist.

He is a criminal.

He is an extremist.

But he will, when I speak, be nameless.

And to others, I implore you, speak the names of those who were lost, rather than the name of the man who took them.

He may have sought notoriety but we in New Zealand will give him nothing, not even his name.

Yes, the person who committed these acts was not from here.

He was not raised here, he did not find his ideology here but that is not to say that those very same views do not live here.

I know that as a nation we wish to provide every comfort we can to our Muslim community in this darkest of times.

We cannot know your grief but we can walk with you at every stage.

We can and we will surround you with aroha, manaakitanga and all that makes us us.

Our hearts are heavy but our spirit is strong.

We wish for every member of our communities to also feel safe.

Safety means being free from the fear of violence.

But it also means being free from the fear of those sentiments of racism and hate that create a place where violence can flourish and every single one of us has the power to change that.

On Friday it will be a week since the attack.

Members of the Muslim community will gather for worship on that day.

Let us acknowledge their grief as they do.

Let's support them as they gather again for worship.

We are one. They are us.

Tatou tatou.