New Zealand

Nearly a million dollars poured in to help victims of Christchurch massacre

March 16, 2019 4:19 pm

Nearly a million dollars in donations have poured in to help the victims of the Christchurch massacre.

The New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups set up a crowd-funding page just before midnight last night – less than 11 hours after the shootings at two mosques in the city.

In little more than six hours, more than $500,000 had been given to the Givealittle cause.

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The web page for the cause is now thought to be overwhelmed with traffic and is intermittently crashing.

A separate appeal on LaunchGood was up to more than $460 000 this morning.

The Givealittle appeal states that it is the official Victim Support fundraising page for victims of the Canterbury shootings.