Always good to see happy people with their friends having a good chat over coffee and lunch. Seen at the local Mitre 10 coffee shop.
There was a sad bit of local news that's sent this town buzzing lately. Next to our local McDonalds building is there is a vacant building that was until recently home to a number of people living inside in separate apartments. The health department deemed it unsanitary to live in and closed it down but since then there have been local squatters living in it, one of which was found sadly dead outside the building on the ground earlier this week. I had a feeling who it was and I was correct. It has now turned into a homicide investigation with the victim being an elderly man who use to come into my work now and again who was homeless and living in the building. I had heard from someone else that they had helped him go to the local council who then gave him a granny flat to live in but, as with alot of homeless people, he preferred it seems to live on the street. It's like one of those situations in life where no matter how much a person is helped, it's like it's not going to end well no matter what. It's a very sad thing.
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Sad story.
We recently came across a YouTube video discussing how many New Zealanders are leaving the country due to the rising cost of living. If that's true, it's really unfortunate. Hopefully, steps can be taken to turn things around and retain the people who call it home.
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