In this photo released by New Zealand Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, center, meets representatives of the Muslim community, Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Canterbury Refugee Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand's prime minister says the "primary perpetrator" in the killing of at least 49 people in two Christchurch mosques was living in Dunedin, a seaside city south of Christchurch. (New Zealand Prime Minister Office via AP)
As New Zealand found itself catapulted last week from a sleepy paradise to the site of a terror attack, the country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern emerged as a unifying figure.
"New Zealand is their home. They are us,"Ardern said of the victims of Friday's Mar 15 attack, which was carried out by a self-proclaimed white supremacist who stormed into two mosques in Christchurch, killing 50 people and injuring dozens more.
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