30/08/2026
One of the reasons I've been quieter in the photograph world.. my beautiful neice, my first model, my many competition muse, lost her life in November in a tragic and entirely preventable car vs truck crash.
None of what we do will bring back our girl and her baby. But her memory will live on strong through the thousands of hours of photos and videos we are privileged to have.
Please feel free to share the post below far and wide and if you are interested in supporting the kaupapa so that there is more accountability to those who choose to not abide by the road rules, pls sign the petition when it comes out.
đź’ś Meet Jade.
Before she became the reason we started Jade’s Law, she was simply our beautiful Jade.
Jade was just 18 years old.
She was pregnant with her precious baby Lily, and was building a life with her partner. She was working as a support worker for an adolescent girl, putting the same care and compassion into helping others that she showed the people she loved.
Jade was a loyal and loving daughter, sister and friend. The kind of person who cared deeply about the people around her and could be counted on when it mattered.
She loved sunsets and beaches. She loved challenge and adventure. She was a retired Highland dancer and a CACTUS graduate — determined, capable and never afraid to push herself.
She had so much ahead of her.
A partner she loved.
A baby she was waiting to meet.
A career she was building.
Family and friends who adored her.
Dreams that had barely begun.
On 18 November 2025, everything changed.
Jade was involved in a devastating crash after a professional truck driver ignored a stop sign and collided with her car. Jade suffered catastrophic and massive brain injury instantly and never regained consciousness.
Three days later, on 21 November, our family had to say goodbye to Jade after respecting her final wishes. Jade gave the gift of life and donated her organs.
Our beautiful 18-year-old daughter was gone.
And so was the future she was meant to have with Lily and her partner Josh.
We cannot change what happened to Jade.
But we can try to make sure her death leads to change.
That is why we are advocating for Jade’s Law.
Because Jade was not just a victim of a road crash.
She was a daughter.
A sister.
A partner.
A friend.
A young woman with a career and a future.
And a mum who never got to meet her baby.
Jade deserved a future.
We will tell her story.
And we will work to make New Zealand’s roads safer for everyone.
This is Jade’s Law. 💜
