Deepest condolences to you all ❤️❤️

We took a moment today to celebrate and pay tribute to an old time member of our school whānau, Damien Smyth. Our biggest hope as educators is that children will find their passion and nurture it. In doing so, they find their true self, their place in the world and success in life. Damien’s time may have been short, but he definitely achieved this. This was partly due to the amazing parents that influenced his life. All children want their true self to be seen and accepted by their parents and that was definitely the case for Damien. Our heart goes out to the Ruffle-Smyth family. While the tears and the pain may be somewhat consuming at the moment, we hope you manage to get to a point where you can smile and share all the good times that you all had together. Damien may not be there in body, but he will live a lifetime in your memories. Farewells are never easy, especially when they pass so young, but today gave us a chance to gather together with everyone who cared for Damien. Some beautiful and genuine memories were shared by his loved ones. He will be deeply missed and often thought about.

watching the live and can see how much damien is loved and will be dearly missed sending my loves to you sarah, daniel and the kids xo sorry i couldnt make it down

Sending our love and thoughts to you Sarah and Daniel and family. A beautiful service.

Watching live stream and sending all my love to you Sarah, Daniel and kids. Such a hard day. R.i.p Damo.

My deepest condolences to you Sarah and family, its not easy losing someone you love. May Damien shine in the sky as he will be looking down at you.

Sending our condolences to you Cooter, Daniel and family.

Condolences to Damos family Damo wasn't just a good co-worker, but a mate. Gonna miss our conversations and our banter. He will be sadly missed. Rest easy my friend, knowing that I will always think of you. Dave Cooper and family

Dear Danial, Sarah, Shaun, and Dean, We are so deeply sorry to hear of your heartbreaking loss. Please accept our sincere condolences during this incredibly difficult time. Our thoughts are with you all as you navigate through the grief. May you find strength in each other and comfort in the love and support of those around you. Please know that you are in our thoughts and that we are here if you need anything at all. With deepest sympathy From your mates at Taranaki Bio Extracts

I have fond memories of teaching Damien; he was quiet, sincere and gentle. Am so very sorry that this accident happened. Much aroha to your whanau.

Condolences to the family, thinking of you cooter

The sadness we all feel will slowly fade the joy and laughs you gave us will last our lifetime You must of known you were going to be here for a good time not a long time because you lived your short life at 100 MPH and some and you have owned more motor vehicles and bikes then most people do in there lifetime,always that cheeky smile on your face if you had done something your were proud of like buy another bike or car or you had crashed your car or got a ticket was hard to read if it was going to be good or bad news the sort of face that could get away with nearly anything RIP. D-Dawag love all The Hughes

Sincere condolences to a beautiful family pete and Lizzy

To Daniel, Sarah and Family So sorry to hear of the sad loss of Damien Our deepest sympathy and condolences at this very sad time

Sarah & Daniel, im utterly speechless. I was just looking at photos of this time last year when you all came to say goodbye to Roger. Im positive Roger was waiting for him, trying to turn him around to be back down here. Only the good die young eh. Damo was a real credit to you as parents. One foot in front of the other guys. Sending love and light to you all at this tragic time xxx

RIP Damo, you were such a cool kid,young adult. I remember when you got your job in okiawa you would toot out every morning as u drove past, always polite and friendly when your turned up to visit Clay. Massive part of clays childhood and memorys. Gone way to soon, love and thoughts with your family at this time ❤️

Rest In Love Damo Condolences, love and respect to Ruffle & Smyth family.

Dear Damien you will never be forgotten, you made your family proud. My sincere condolences to your family taken too soon.

Miss you cuz Damien and sorry for loss aunt uncle cousin Love from me and my son

Sarah, Daniel and family, deepest condolences to you all, rest in peace Damien, fly high with the Angels xx