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Port Macquarie primary school students participate in 'Aussie Kids Growing Koala Food Trees' program where they plant trees for koala conservation.

Students from Tacking Point and Hastings Public schools are learning how to collect gumnuts and propagate koala food trees to future-proof Port Macquarie's koala habitat.

Nick Layne, 17, died on July 1, "due to fatal injuries resulting from an accident involving fireworks," his parents wrote in their son's obituary.

Nick Layne died one month shy of his 18th birthday.

As Hanover County residents Michael and Brittany Layne try to piece together how their 17-year-old son, Nick, died from an incident involving fireworks, they say none of the information they’ve received makes any sense.

Nick Layne died one month shy of his 18th birthday.

Nick Layne, 17, died on July 1, "due to fatal injuries resulting from an accident involving fireworks," his parents wrote in their son's obituary.

Nick Layne died one month shy of his 18th birthday.

Nick Layne died one month shy of his 18th birthday.