The Edge Breakfast surprised a deserving student with Olivia Dean tickets

CAN'T. STOP. CRYING. AND SMILING.

Clint, Meg and Dan from The Edge Breakfast pulled off one of their most wholesome and heartwarming 'pranks', surprising a very deserving high school student with a double pass to see Olivia Dean live at Western Springs Bowl.

Jade's school got in touch with The Edge, saying the young superfan didn't have tickets to the sold-out Auckland show, which just happens to land on Jade's 18th birthday.

Clint, Meg and Dan teamed up with Jade's school this week to make it happen, calling her out of class before revealing they were from The Edge and handing over the tickets.

Posing as 'Olivia', an official from the Department of Education And Nurture (see what they did there?) under the guise to review student welfare, Meg sat Jade down for what seemed like a routine one-on-one, telling her that her name had "popped up a couple of times."

As Jade answered her questions, Meg gently read back all the things she's been quietly getting on with.

You bring people together with warmth, humour and genuine kindness," Meg told her. "I thought you'd like to know that.

Then the crew dropped the act and told her the real reason they were there. And what a list of reasons it turned out to be.

Jade is the Head Pacific student at her school and a Niuean leader. She's led cultural events and Pacific initiatives, the kind of quiet, behind-the-scenes work that brings a whole school community together. She's interning at an early childhood centre right now, which she absolutely glows talking about.

I love it so much," she said. "It's so good.

And she's off to university to study early childhood education, with a dream that tells you everything about her: she wants to be there for future generations of deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

By every account, she does all of it with warmth, humour and so much kindness. "We heard that you're such an amazing young woman, and a great leader," Meg said as the tickets came out. "We just wanted to give you a little bit of kindness." Her teacher, standing by, put it more simply: "You deserve it, Jade. You work so hard."

And how's this for timing - Jade turns 18 on the 17th of October, the very same evening Olivia Dean plays Auckland. So now she will be watching her favourite artist on her birthday - how good.

Happy early birthday, Jade. If anyone's earned a night like this, it's you.

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