Children killed in Sanson fire remembered at funeral

25/11/2025 4 min
Children killed in Sanson fire remembered at funeral

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A special musical tribute from a New Zealand entertainer filled an auditorium in Palmerston North today as mourners gathered to farewell the three children killed in a fire at their home in the Manawatu town of Sanson. 7-year-old August, 5-year-old Hugo, and 1-year-old Goldie Field died in the blaze earlier this month. Their father, Dean Field, was also killed in what's being treated in a murder-suicide, but the children's funeral today was about remembering three bright young lives tragically cut short. Jimmy Ellingham reports.