Devastated father of murdered Christchurch boy Leon Jayet-Cole says Oranga Tamariki is broken
14 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mike Cole, father of Leon Jayet-Cole, inset, who was murdered by James Roberts in 2015. Photo / George Heard
Mike Cole, father of Leon Jayet-Cole, inset, who was murdered by James Roberts in 2015. Photo / George Heard
Even in his darkest moments, Michael Cole can still feel the touch of his son s skin. It was a hot summer s day. Leon Jayet-Cole, on the spectrum of autistic and somewhat non-verbal, sat with his father under a running tap.
For hours, he wrapped his little body around his dad, the cool water tumbling over them. Leon hummed contentedly.
Remarkable chapters in the life of Charles Dickens who lived at Gads Hill in Higham until his death in 1870
Published: 06:00, 12 January 2021
Last year marked the 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens - but often his life, and death, proved to be as engaging as some of his most famous literary works.
He had been writing the Mystery of Edwin Drood at his home of Gads Hill Place in Higham when he was hit by a stroke on the evening on June 8, 1870.
Charles Dickens, far right, in front of his Higham home - today it is Gad s Hill public school. Picture: Gad s Hill School
minutes. thank you for inviting me here tonight, and i am astounded how many people have shown up for this event. it all has to do with george thomas, i am sure, and his comments yet on hold the appreciated virtues, and i will talk a great deal about them tonight. .. is certain in this he was always reluctant to do it, and so am i. if but i trust, if i channeled his marshall courage and falso trammel george corrade haifa the i will do okay tonight, so trammel i will. i was thinking on my way over here tonight, that it is some 43 years ago when i was just out of high-school that i helped organize the first i believe it was the first community teach men against the war in vietnam. [applause] it was held about a mile from here in chelsea ps11 on july 30, 1965. i recently came upon the hand littered flier that i did put out of that event and a framed it. why do i think of that now? because it was a way of speaking truth to power. and there was another kind of power that scholar