"Whenever I work on it, I feel like he’s right beside me," Darryl Tackney said. Jaydon Tackney had been riding motorbikes since the age of 4 and was "a very skilled rider". He was an apprentice refrigeration engineer but Darryl Tackney said his true passion involved vehicles. In the end, Jaydon Tackney’s friends stepped in and got the car running so it could be driven at his funeral. Darryl Tackney also felt his boy’s absence every day but knew his son would not want him to be overwhelmed by grief.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 08, 2021 16:30 UTC