Last Friday, fifty people were killed by a gunman who opened fire on two Christchurch mosques. A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder.
The GoFundMe page has reached almost NZ$122,000 of its NZ$147,000 goal after being set up by Guy Oseary, the manager for Madonna and the band U2, who pledged $US18,000 himself.
Actors Ben Stiller and Ashton Kutcher, and filmmaker Judd Apatow each pledged NZ$1460.
