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Alexia Russell

Long Read: How Mike Wahrlich became 'the juggler'

Local personality Mike 'the juggler' Wahrlich was one of five fatalities from the Loafers Lodge blaze in Wellington last month. Photo: RNZ/Samuel Rillstone

This is The Detail's Long Read – one in-depth story read by us every weekend.

This week, it's How Mike Wahrlich Became 'The Juggler', And The Lessons It Leaves Us, written by David Cohen and published on RNZ.

Cohen has written extensively about the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry, and is the author of Little Criminals: The Story of a New Zealand Boys' Home.

You can read the full article here.

The death of Mike 'the juggler' Wahrlich in the Wellington fire prompts David Cohen to examine Mike's past and how that one particular activity became such a source of self-esteem in his life.

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