The Kenyan man killed in Christchurch at the weekend will be farewelled in a service tomorrow.
Stephen Mwangi Maina, 39, a Kenyan freezing worker who lived in Ashburton, was found dead alongside the badly beaten body of Lydiah Munene, 34, in an Avonhead house on Monday night.
Ms Munene isin an induced coma in the intensive care unit at Christchurch Hospital.
Her estranged husband, Samuel Ngumo Njuguna, 39, is believed by police to have been involved in the attack.
He caught a flight to Kenya on Sunday and police here are working with Interpol and Kenyan police to trace him.
Detective Inspector Greg Williams told The Press the inquiry team was working with Mr Maina's family to help arrange a funeral.
Mr Maina's former boss at Ashburton's Canterbury Meat Packers, Alan Rei, said a service was being arranged for tomorrow. The body would then be returned to Kenya.
The couple's two children were being cared for by members of Christchurch's Kenyan community.
A community member, who declined to be named, said a meeting was being arranged for today to discuss a response to the attacks.
Mr Williams said scene examinations continued yesterday at Ms Munene's flat and at the house she jointly owned with Mr Njuguna in suburban Mairehau.
Mr Njuguna's red Peugeot was also examined.
New Zealand has no extradition treaty with Kenya but it does have a law that provides for extradition to Commonwealth countries.
Police have discussed the options with officials at Kenya's High Commission in Canberra and at the Crown Law Office in Wellington.
Crown Law spokeswoman Jan Fulstow said an extradition from Kenya would be the first in some time.
A search of records could not find a case in the past 20 years.
