A Givealittle page has been set up to support registered nurse (RN) Hannah Furse and her whānau after the death of her son, Max Furse-Kee, 15, in the Mount Maunganui landslide.
The page for Furse, an NZNO member, and whānau can be found here, while one set up for the whānau of Sharon Maccanico, his girlfriend, can be found here.
In a public statement after the tragedy, Furse said her family’s world “changed forever” on January 22, when her son, a Pakuranga College student, was taken from them.
“As a family, we cannot begin to imagine life without him. Max was our communal baby, a beautiful soul who brought immense light, laughter, and love into our world.”
She asked that people keep Max and all the other affected families in their thoughts. “Love your loved ones, life can be heartbreakingly unfair.”
“Max was our communal baby, a beautiful soul.”
Six people were killed in the landslide last month at Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park.
The family was not just grieving the person they had lost, said Furse, but “all the milestones, memories, and future moments that will now never be”.
“No words are big enough to capture this pain.”
Ka mihi Kaitiaki ki te hunga nō nā noa nei i mate.
E tangi ana te ngākau ki a rātou kua riro ki te ringa o Aituā.
Ka pīataata tonu mai tō rātou aroha i tēnei ao kikokiko, hei whakamahana i a tātou o te hunga ora mō āke tonu.