
Poll: Have hard times led to closures in your area?
Tokoroa’s “social supermarket” has quietly closed its doors after its founder could not afford to keep it running any longer.
Opened in August 2022 by Auckland-based community leader and former professional boxer David Letele and his BBM (Buttabean Motivation) health charity, the social supermarket handed out the last of its supplies not long after Christmas.
Have hard times led to closures in your area? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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50% Yes
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41.7% Not sure
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8.3% No

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Tagbusters have performed an Anzac Day miracle restoring the Nga Uri o Hinetuparimaunga sculpture at the Hamilton Gardens entrance to its former glory.
Two Tagbusters’ technicians toiled for two hours on Saturday removing spray paint defacing and desecrating the prominent Nga Uri o Hinetuparimaunga sculpture at the entrance to Hamilton Gardens.
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