Kane Watson’s grieving partner has welcomed their second baby into the world, Zire-Kane (inset) – a day after what would have been his 29th birthday. Kane Watson was killed when a sand dune collapsed on him at Muriwai Beach. She also took a photo of Watson as he dug in a sand dune. Jasmine Cooke has been left heartbroken after the death of her partner Kane Watson after a sand dune collapsed on him at Muriwai Beach. “So, I walked back down to the bottom of the sand dune and just as I got back down to the bottom of it, my 10-year-old sister yells out, ‘Kane’s buried’.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 04, 2026 23:35 UTC