Eighteen months after a near-fatal accident Whanganui potter Ross Mitchell-Anyon is back in his studio but missing his wife.
In April 2015, while working in his Taupo Quay building, Mr Mitchell-Anyon fell 12m. He suffered multiple skull fractures, 10 broken ribs and a broken pelvis, and spent time in a coma in intensive care at Wellington Hospital.
After that he had six months' rehabilitation at an acquired brain injury unit in Porirua. He was able to return to his Whanganui house in November last year.
Shortly afterward his wife Bobbi, who had looked after him devotedly, had a major stroke herself. She is now in Auckland, where she has a daughter and sister, being cared for in an institution.
She can't walk, but her mind is unaffected. She's determined to recover, Mr Mitchell-Anyon said, but may never be able to return to Whanganui.