The mother of the three children killed in the Sanson fire has spoken out, saying her babies “did not deserve this.”
Chelsey Field said her children, August, 7, Hugo, 5, and Goldie, 1, were taken from her in the most horrible circumstances.
Field had been a stay-at-home mum since having Hugo in 2020.
“Before that, I was an early childhood teacher and August came to work with me every day, and I am so glad I got this time with my darlings.”
Field said she enjoyed quality time with her children and had so much fun together.
“I will forever cherish all these special memories.”
Field also said that she didn’t just lose her children on the day of the incident “but I also lost our beloved miniature schnauzer, Marlo, who would have been six this Christmas”.
The mother-of-three said she also lost the ashes of her stillborn Iris who would have been nine this year.
“I have lost her ashes, photos and all her special keepsakes. I know my darlings will be reunited with their big sister.”
Field said the incident has left her heartbroken and devastated.
“My children did not deserve this.”
August, 7
August, the eldest, would have been turning 8 just two weeks after the fatal fire.
“He was such a happy, kind and outgoing boy. He loved sport, especially football, he was a massive Messi fan.”
Field said he was a fantastic big brother and “he loved his siblings, especially his baby sister”.
“He liked to get her out of bed in the morning, he would make her bottles and feed her. He loved his brother Hugo and they were always glued at the hip, either wrestling or playing outside making huts, digging in the sandpit or playing on the trampoline.”
Hugo, 5
Field said Hugo was kind, thoughtful and considerate and “was such a mama’s boy”.
“He started school at the beginning of Term 2 and was taking it in his stride. He had begun to read so confidently, he was learning to count so proudly and he loved writing stories.”
Field said Hugo loved his little sister Goldie too and “was such a doting big brother”.
Goldie, 1
Field said Goldie was her special little girl that she had waited so long for.
“I am so glad I never spent a day or night away from her in her short life.
“She had just gotten her top two teeth and was pulling herself up to standing and attempting to coast around furniture.”
Field said Goldie was was the happiest little girl and such a cruisy baby.
“She loved to have big snuggly cuddles and her brothers were the best things in the world to her.”
Field acknowledged the first responders on the scene and those that had helped her since.
She also extended sincere thanks to the many thousands of people around New Zealand who had been so generous during her difficult time.
“I have felt the aroha of those around me, in my community and around the country. This support has given me the strength to carry on in honour of the short lives my children lived and the impressions they left on so many people’s hearts.”
The three children were seemingly murdered by their father at the family home which was consumed by fire. Police have confirmed they are treating the incident as a homicide.
Their father Dean Field is believed to have died soon after in a suspected suicide.
