It will be an enormously emotional day for many in the High Court at Christchurch today.
The Christchurch mosque attack shooter will be sentenced on 51 counts of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one charge under the Terrorism Suppression Act.
The latest Covid-19 outbreak has roughly halved the amount of people allowed into the courthouse but 240 surviving victims, family members and journalists will be there.
Community advocate Guled Mire speaks to Susie Ferguson.