Support for Zakaria Bhuiya's family

It is with deep sadness that we learnt from the Christchurch shootings over the weekend that one of our AMT Mechanical employees Zakaria Bhuiya’s life was lost. He had taken a day’s annual leave on Friday to celebrate his 33rd birthday at the Riccarton Mosque.

Zakaria was from Bangladesh where his wife and family live. He was working as a welder in New Zealand to provide for his direct and extended family. He lived on the bare basics in order to maximise the money he could send home to support his family. The quality of his welding was second to none and as a company we were very proud of his workmanship.

The AMT community is deeply saddened by the events of Friday. He was a respected member of our team and a dear friend of ours.

We have set up a Give A Little page in order to raise funds for Zakaria's family. We hope the funds raised will offer the family some financial support as well as an opportunity to visit New Zealand if they so wish.

The AMT Group of Companies and staff will be making financial donations on this page, and we are also asking our key suppliers if they would be so kind to also donate.

We thank you on behalf of Zakaria's family in advance for you generosity.