Finding support for her grandson is a full-time job for Whanganui woman Anamaria Jones, and right now she is seeking someone with woodwork, metalwork or other artisan skills they can share.
Razeal is 13 and to all appearances is a physically active and healthy teenager who enjoys the same things as most boys his age - computer games, playing guitar, walking a friend's dog - and there is a bandage on his shin from a skateboard mishap.
But Razeal has a condition named pachygyria, a rare brain disease caused by malformation of the cerebral hemisphere, and he also lives with the after-effects of a car accident that occurred when he was just 18 months old.
Mrs Jones, who has full-time custody of Razeal, said because her grandson did not "tick the right boxes" when it came to funding and support, he had not been able to attend school since November 2013.
He has a visiting teacher from Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Correspondence School who works with him for six hours each week.