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Members of the lower North Island's Riversdale community have come together in an outpouring of support for a teenager left paralysed after hitting a sand bank while swimming during the Summer holidays
His father, Stu Berkeley said he was humbled and "lost for words" after $62,000 was raised in one night to assist the young man's recovery.
Noah Berkeley, 16, hit a sand bank as he dove into a wave while swimming between the flags on Riversdale beach on January 2.
The accident damaged two cervical vertebrae leaving him paralysed from the chest down.
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