Mt Roskill Intermediate student Jason Madanu remembered after unexpected death weeks before birthday

Zeb Tupa'iMultimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·29 Sep, 2026 04:00 PM5 mins to read‌Jason Brendon Madanu, 12, was a student at Mt Roskill Intermediate.Jason Brendon Madanu, 12, was a student at Mt Roskill Intermediate.The father of a 12-year-old Auckland schoolboy who died says he has lost his “strength” and “best friend”.Jason Brendon Madanu, a Mt Roskill Intermediate student, died on September 7, just weeks before his 13th birthday. A pathologist’s provisional opinion was he suffered bleeding inside the skull as a complication