Tragedy far away from home

The news that two-year-old New Zealand triplets have been among the victims of a tragic fire in Doha, Qatar is terribly sad.

Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare. To lose three young children at once is almost too horrible to comprehend. That the family was living and working on the other side of the world and away from whanau and friends in New Zealand just adds to the enormity of the loss.

All we can offer is our thoughts, our prayers and our aroha both to the parents and any other family in Doha, and to the family back home. The days ahead will be grim, and we hope that this family will be given the space it needs to deal with its terrible loss.