04 George Heard | Images & adrenaline

George is a self-trained visual journalist and is no stranger to throwing himself into tragic events to make sure there’s a visual account of what has happened - but the March 15 attacks were something on a scale he had not encountered before. According to his colleagues, he was the first photographer outside the mosque - and captured imagery that will probably never see the light of day.

In this episode, George Heard talks to Rev Frank Ritchie about running on adrenaline, recording history and the processing that followed.

What is Friday Prayers?

On the afternoon of March 15, 2019 an unthinkable act was perpetrated on the Muslim community of Christchurch New Zealand.

News media professionals played a critical role in covering the events of the day and the on-going conversation that was had in the public sphere.

This series pulls back the curtain on the people on the front-line... the often overlooked first-responders.