The grief stricken family of Uetaha Dahtanian Ransfield-Wanoa, who lost his life in a tragic tractor-mower accident last week, wore green T-shirts printed with "Rest Easy Bubbies" and released balloons into the sky as a tribute to their "cheeky" boy.
Hundreds of mourners, including four generations of family, gathered in Camberley on Saturday to farewell the 4-year-old who was run over by a council tractor-mower at Kirkpatrick Park in Hastings on Tuesday afternoon.
Children and adults walked with heads bowed, some carrying flyers featuring his smiling face, as a tiny casket was carried to the waiting hearse.
"RIP my little neph Uetaha. Sadly you leave us so soon. You've brought your whole whanau together here in Camberley, plenty more koros, nannies, aunts, uncles and cuzzies to arrive and surround you with tears of unconditional love," Angel Eriha-TePapa posted on Facebook.
Another tribute said it was a "sad" day to farewell "our little boy," adding that he would never be forgotten.