Natasha Bray’s funeral was held at 1pm on Monday in the Elim Christian Centre. Family and friends attended to remember a loving, bright girl who will be missed by many. Natasha was farewelled in a white casket surrounded by pink flowers, and some of her friends who spoke wore bright pink t-shirts with a white message on [...]
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Natasha Bray
Posted in News: "School Canyoning Tragedy", tagged funeral, tragedy on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tom Hsu
Posted in News: "School Canyoning Tragedy", tagged cerebral palsy, Taiwanese, tragedy on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Huan (Tom) Hsu’s funeral was held at 10:30am on Monday morning at the Howick Baptist Church. Tom was a 16 year old from Taiwan, in his second year as an international student at Elim Christian College. He also lived with cerebral palsy. I remember hearing a man talk about him in an interview, I think it [...]
Portia McPhail
Posted in News: "School Canyoning Tragedy", tagged funeral, Portia McPhail, tragedy on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The funeral for Portia McPhail was held this morning at 9am at Elim Christian Centre. She was farewelled in a white casket covered in soft toys and orchid flowers. The 16 year old was a student at Elim Christian school where she played and coached netball;
Described as gentle, kind, beautiful and mature, Portia was always [...]
Floyd Fernandes
Posted in News: "School Canyoning Tragedy", tagged funeral, tragedy on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Floyd Fernandes was a 16 year old student at Elim Christian School in Auckland. Floyd’s funeral was held today and a thousand people went to show their respects. Floyd was a really talented musician, playing keyboard and guitar, and was into Christian bands Relient K and Switchfoot. Floyd also played sport and was a fan [...]
Who will save our children?
Posted in News: "School Canyoning Tragedy", tagged flood, grief, tears, tragedy on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I remember once when I was really young I was at a friend’s house for the night and we were watching a movie on TV, it was called The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? I remember it was about students dying in a huge flood, flashes of a person, or body, being washed into [...]
