Ahuriri said Wildbore-Brumby struggled in several areas of his life. “He wanted to stay in another world with alcohol because he hated the life he was living in here. Every day was a struggle for him.”
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Owen Charles Wildbore-Brumby, 40, was found dead in Te Marae o Hine/The Square on Tuesday. Through the years their friendship grew and Ahuriri tried to look after him, offering Wildbore-Brumby a place to stay during the first Covid-19 lockdown. Eventually Wildbore-Brumby returned to the streets. “He wasn’t able to operate here because we ve got rules. He’d just lived too long in that other life of one set of clothes for the week.”