Fatima Zahra Charitable Association (Hey`ate Fatemiyah) marked the martyrdom of the Master of the Martyrs, Imam Husayn (as) and his companiions, with lectures by Sheikh Hamed Soltanian and mourning ceremonies by Madaah brother Behrooz Koohi, Brother Fahim and Brother Shir Ali during the nights of Muharram and the day of Ashura. On the day of Ashura Fatima Zahra Charitable Association took out a procession into the open for the second time in New Zealand history.