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Supporting Fin Paddison and Family

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Supporting Fin Paddison and his family

Warkworth, Auckland

On Saturday 19th April, Fin was in a freak accident whilst on holiday at a Queenstown property. They were relaxing on the balcony when the glass balustrade Fin was leaning on gave out. Fin fell a significant height and has suffered horrific and life changing injuries.

Fin was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital where he remains, and was put in an induced coma. He has suffered a major brain injury. He has multiple breaks in his back and neck.

Fin's parents Dayne & Tracey, partner Taryn and brother Eli are all from Warkworth and are staying in Christchurch, by his side waiting for a miracle. His friends who were with him on what should have been the trip of a lifetime have also travelled to Christchurch to support him and his family.

We would love to help take some of that financial burden off their shoulders while they focus on Fin and his recovery.

If you could please help Fin and our family in anyway it would be greatly appreciated.

Poppy Stenbeck's involvement (page creator)

This page is for my cousin Fin and aunty and uncle.

Use of funds

Any money raised will help with the day to day expenses of Fin's family holding up in Christchurch to be near him and to help with Fin's recovery and rehabilitation, if he gets through this. ACC will provide some financial support for Fin's medical cost.

Latest update

An update from Fin 7 July 2026

Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd share a quick update and say a massive thank you to everyone who's supported me along the way. I'm incredibly grateful for all the kindness, encouragement, and generosity you've shown me—it really has made a huge difference.

Things are slowly but surely moving in the right direction. ACC have built me a new fully accessible cabin, which has been awesome and I can’t wait to move in soon!

I'm still keeping busy with rehab, doing physio and occupational therapy twice a week, plus speech therapy once a week... along with a mountain of homework that I definitely don't volunteer to do!

Dad and I have also been spending plenty of time down at the shed. We've been working on all sorts of projects, including restoring my motocross bike from the ground up, which I'm pretty proud of. I've also been keeping myself entertained with a bit of wheeling and dealing whenever I can.

Progress might be slow at times, but it's definitely happening.

Thanks again for all your support—it's been amazing to have so many people behind me.

Fin

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