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Wildbore-Brumby, 40, was found dead in Te Marae o Hine-The Square on Tuesday. Friends and acquaintances shared their memories of him, with many calling him a kind man who will never been forgotten. Awhena Peachey, a close friend for many years, said he was taken too soon from their lives. “You are in our hearts forever. Aroha mai, my boy, aroha mai.” Ngamo Cribb, from Legacy Church, said Wildbore-Brumby would be missed.
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Reuben Read, who has known Wildbore-Brumby since Read was a child, writes his thoughts among the other tributes. “He touched so many people. This is so sad. He was a good person and we are going to miss him.
But back in the 1950s and 1960s, at No 89, there was a previous dairy. The dairy closed and other businesses took its place. Today the space is a hairdressing salon specialising in wigs and hairpieces. Before that story is told, here are some memories from back when No 89 had other identities. Marie Therese, administrator of the Old Palmerston North
Facebook page, recalls her childhood in this part of Ruahine St. “I remember the dairy and the cake shop. My mother had eight babies and being the oldest I can remember many visits to the hospital between 1956 and 1964. We used to go into the dairy to get her a magazine, some flowers and anything else she needed. I also remember the cake shop on the corner.
Just Zilch volunteers gave away the packed lunches, with people initially unsure about the offer. Eventually a queue formed. Some returned to their offices, but others sat in The Square and ate. Director Rebecca Culver said Just Zilch gave away more than 1000 lunches, including 144 kilograms of bananas. “It’s a good opportunity just to share with the community,” she said. She was calling for people to grab one of the meals, even if they took the food home and ate it later. “Please, I need to give away the food.”
David Unwin/Stuff The remaining food was likely to be given away at the Just Zilch store.
“They have got 4000 lunches and they re doing that as a trial run because school hasn t started yet.” The Ministry of Education has this year extended its free school lunches programme to schools across the country and it will start next week when term one starts. She said Compass Group had contacted Just Zilch through the New Zealand food rescue network. Culver said of the other 2000 lunches they were given, 1000 would be given out in the Just Zilch shop and the other 1000 would be given to community organisations such as Te Pataka Kai 4412 on Maxwells Line and UCOL. She said being able to give away 4000 lunches would be “huge” and would help a lot of people.