Luke Kirkness: What I learnt from covering Axle's disappearance

Luke Kirkness: What I learnt from covering Axle's disappearance
13 May, 2021 10:00 PM
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3-year-old Axle Hamblyn and his mother Haley Allatt. Photo / Luke Kirkness
In a topsy-turvy world full to the brim with so much division and sadness, the happy ending to the story of the missing East Cape toddler Axle Hamblyn was magnificent.
The 3-year-old boy with long
blonde locks and an infectious smile was missing in a forestry block near Tolaga Bay for 19 hours. Think rugged hills and deep gullies lined with pine trees.
Axle spent an entire night by himself in the dark wearing only a T-shirt, nappy and gumboots. The temperature dropped to 7C.

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