\u201cNo words can explain the pain of losing him, or the emptiness that now sits where his laughter used to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I am so grateful for the five precious years we had with him \u2013 years filled with memories I will carry close to my heart forever.<\/p>\n
\u201cRest gently, my sweet baby boy. You will be forever loved, forever missed, forever five and forever ours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivar\u2019s death has led to an outpouring of support for his mother and her partner.<\/p>\n
Kroon thanked the community for an outpouring of support in a social media post on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour messages, visits, hugs, meals, donations and every small act of kindness have not gone unnoticed and has helped us hold up during the most painful time of our lives,\u201d the post read. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo words can fully express how much your support has meant, but please know that we are truly grateful.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour love has helped us keep going when everything feels impossible.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I have to learn to navigate a life without my baby boy and it is going to be the hardest thing I will ever have to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you for honouring Ivar, for speaking his name, and for wrapping us in so much care.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivar\u2019s School, Sacred Heart, said in a recent newsletter that his death was a tragedy that had affected everyone in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts and prayers remain fully with the Kroon and Crowther wh\u0101nau in what is an impossibly sad situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivar\u2019s School, Sacred Heart, said in a recent newsletter that his death was a tragedy that had affected everyone in the community.<\/p>\n
The Holy Family Timaru Catholic Parish priest Christopher Friel also paid tribute online, saying words were difficult to find when it entailed farewelling a \u201csmall boy of nearly 6 years\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIvar\u2019s funeral [on Thursday] drew a large congregation to support his mum Hana and family. The heavy morning rain was replaced by a very warm sunny afternoon to help dry the many tears.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said they continue to investigate the circumstances of the crash and have asked any members of the public who saw it or has information to get in touch via 105, referencing file number 251120\/2692.<\/p>\n
Jazlyn Whales is a multimedia journalist based in the Christchurch newsroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cNo words can explain the pain of losing him, or the emptiness that now sits where his laughter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[103976,28358,1558,103977,124,3549,6179,2209,103975,60083,78,3375,30510,111,43,139,69,15120,16784,96013,10536,22639,11729,61,20838,17454],"class_list":["post-157235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-5yearold","tag-alongside","tag-been","tag-brighten","tag-could","tag-crash","tag-died","tag-father","tag-fiveyearold","tag-heartfelt","tag-in","tag-killed","tag-mothers","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-remembered","tag-room","tag-smile","tag-someone","tag-son","tag-timaru","tag-to","tag-tribute","tag-whose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}