Night-time hide and seek games are on hold at Meander Drive while a seven-year-old Welcome Bay boy recovers from head injuries he received after being struck by a vehicle.

Rawiri Wilson-Te Whata is back at his Tauranga home with 35 stitches to his forehead and bruising to his upper torso.

Rawiri Wilson-Te Whata and his mother Corine Te Whata speak to SunLive about the incident. Video by: Tracy Hardy.

The Selwyn Ridge School pupil was playing spotlight with his brothers, cousins and friends about 6pm on July 7 when he went to cross the road on the way home for dinner.

Since then Rawiri's mother Corine has stopped her children playing outside because of what she says is 'careless driving” on the street.

'My kids always used to play down here and I've told them that there are cars that come down here and you need to stay off the road.”

Corine says Rawiri heard the car coming, but he didn't see it.

Now, the seven-year-old is learning the road rules and wants to become a road patroller.

'When we go for walks we're teaching him the road rules and he goes ‘stop, listen, and look'.”

Rawiri was placed in an induced coma and taken by ambulance to Tauranga Hospital before being airlifted to Starship Children's Hospital where he spent two days in an induced coma.

Rawiri awoke on his own three days later and was discharged on Friday.

After losing her 10-month-old son by cot death in 2010, Corine says it's a blessing to have Rawiri back at home.

'It's amazing. I'm glad he's still standing and that he's alive and recovered fast. Since this whole traumatic incident that's happened to my son, the memories have come back to me.”

Describing him as her 'miracle child”, Corine says Rawiri's injuries are healing faster than she expected, with his 35 stitches scheduled to be taken out on Thursday.

'There are some things that could happen around here like I could accidently drop a plate and he'll twitch and say mum please don't do that.

'I say why son, what's wrong? And he tells me that's what he heard when he got hit.”

The Selwyn Ridge Primary School Year 3 pupil is having trouble sleeping at night, but Corine is trying methods to encourage him to sleep.

Rawiri's doctor has told him he needs lots of rest with less television and more colouring and reading.

'His brain isn't allowed so much activity. It just drains him and makes him get a headache.

'We want to slowly get him back into his reading because he loves his reading. We're just taking it step-by-step at the moment.”

Despite not suffering permanent brain injuries, Corine says Rawiri may have trouble remembering names of people.

Rawiri will not be heading back to school with his fellow classmates when school holidays end in a week's time due to his head injuries, Corine has been told.

Instead, Starship Hospital has hired a tutor to home-school Rawiri until he is given the okay to go back to school.

During his week's stay in hospital Rawiri was joined by another seven-year-old who had been hit by a car in Pukekohe.

'My son was holding onto his hand saying ‘kia kaha bro'. If I can handle being hit by a car then you can.”