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A Syrian refugee and his son were buried in New Zealand during the first funeral of those killed in two attacks on mosques on Friday.
Khalid Mustafa leaves behind a woman, a girl and another son injured in the shooting.
Six burials took place on Wednesday after investigations delayed the surrender of bodies, preventing fast burials prescribed by Islam.
Brenton Tarrant, Australian white supremacist, is accused of shooting down 50 Muslim worshipers and injuring many others in two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
In a disjointed "manifesto," Tarrant said he was partly motivated by the desire to stir up religious clashes between Islam and the West.
Australian Prime Minister rejects "offensive" remarks
At the same time, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "highly offensive" remarks.
Erdogan presented the New Zealand attack as part of an badault on Turkey and Islam and said that anti-Muslim Australians would be "returned to coffins" as their grandfathers in Gallipoli.
The Turkish coastal city was the scene of a World War I battle in which thousands of Australian and New Zealand soldiers were killed.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has asked Erdogan to withdraw his remarks.
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