UpdatedJazlyn WhalesJournalist·NZ Herald·28 May, 2026 02:36 AM6 mins to read‌Three-year-old Sapphire-Hope Couch, also known as Sapphy, and her 23-year-old mother Rose-Maree Couch were killed in a Christchurch house fire. They have been farewelled today. Hundreds of mourners have gathered today to farewell a young mother and her 3-year-old daughter who died in a Christchurch house fire.Sapphire-Hope Couch and her 23-year-old mother, Rose-Maree Couch, died after a fire tore through a home in Whitehall St, Mairehau, on May 14.

Sapphire-Hope, known as Sapphy,