The mother of a two-year-old New Zealand girl swept away in a torrent of water says her daughter was a bright shining light who charged through life, regardless of what stood in her way. 9News
Ivy "charged through life with a beautiful smile on her face regardless of what stood in her way", Mrs Collins said, and did everything with her mum and big sister, while dad worked.Mrs Collins said Ivy and Imogen were everything to her and her husband."Right now it seems an insurmountable mountain, but we have each other; my husband Jack, our daughter Imogen, our baby due in August and our families, friends and community. We all have each other.
"Jack is the only reason that he, myself, Imogen and our neighbours survived. He is a literal f------ hero and one day I will tell you all what he's done." "Your love for your kids is next level, even taking them out of daycare to be able to teach and love on them even more," McMaster says on the page.
McMaster said Mrs Collins was pregnant with her third child, due in August, and said the family would have no income as her husband's work was now "on hold" indefinitely.
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