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Warning: This story discusses suicide.
The deaths of the three children and their father after a fire are being investigated as a murder suicide, RNZ understands.
The three children killed in a Sanson house fire on Saturday, have been identified on a page set up by the loved ones of their mother as August, Hugo and Goldie, aged 7, 5 and 1.
The Givealittle page has since raised more than $158,000 for their mother as she dealt with the "unimaginable loss".
"They were the light and love of her life, and her entire world has been shattered," the Givealittle page said.
"In the midst of this unimaginable grief, she also lost her home and everything she owned. She is facing the hardest journey possible, stripped of her physical security, while navigating the deepest emotional pain."
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The creator of the Givealittle page posted a thank you to "what felt like the whole of
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