A four-year-old girl has spoken for the first time since she was shot in the Christchurch terror attack.
The child, who has court-ordered name suppression, was shot three times while walking towards the Deans Ave mosque with her father on March 15.
She suffered brain damage, and was transported to Starship Hospital.
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After remaining unresponsive for over a month, she has finally begun to speak.
On Tuesday, a post to her father's Facebook page from his family announced the little girl was making progress.
"[The child] is speaking! (Slowly) English and Arabic!" read the post.
"Thank you for all your prayers. Now we need to get body control and eyesight back."
A Givealiitle page set up for the family has reached $58,569.
The page says the child is making daily progress, and recognises her mother's voice.
Newshub.
