Connolly egged Anning after he made comments blaming Muslims on the Christchurch shooting, where a gunman killed 51 people and two of the city's mosques.

In the wake of the egging, two GoFundMe pages were made to help pay his legal fees for egging the politician but instead donated nearly $100,000 to the victims of the mosque attacks.

Connolly's generosity has continued.

"Remember the WorldVision fundraiser that I asked you guys to donate $1 each earlier this year? Well, today [Wednesday] I received this message that the money that was raised from this Instagram account allowed 902 children in refugee camps to be enrolled in child-friendly places," he wrote on Instagram, accompanied by a photo of a text message from a World Vision representative.

He thanked those who had supported the cause and donated.