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Post shop closure angers residents ‘Shutting this right before Christmas is crazy.’ Val Carter ANDREW KING
Fendalton residents are furious they could lose their suburban bank and post shop, saying the timing just before Christmas is appalling. The lease of the post shop, in Fendalton Mall on Memorial Ave, ends next month. But New Zealand Post said it has struggled since June last year to find another business in the area keen to take over the banking and postal services.
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ANGRY: Hamilton Otara Resident Association chairman Doug Archbold said if the post shop was to go, it would be ‘tremendous loss’ to the community. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
The timing couldn’t be worse said to Fendalton-Waimairi Community Board chairwoman Val Cater. “Shutting this right before Christmas is crazy,� she said. Fendalton PostShop, which also operates Kiwibank, is the latest suburban bank and postal service to be closed in the city. Across town, Woolston Kiwibank and PostShop is closing and will move to Ferrymead. If NZ Post cannot find a local
Have your say Does Fendalton need a post shop? Send your thoughts to andrew.king@starmedia.kiwi business to run the Fendalton services by October 30, it will look at relocating its post office boxes to a nearby location, said a NZ Post spokeswoman. Hamilton Otara Residents Association chairman Doug Archbold said he was angry
about the news. “I think it would be a tremendous loss for me and the community. I don’t think it is progress, it is a backwards step.� A spokeswoman for NZ Post said residents could use services in Riccarton and Merivale. But Mrs Carter said those branches were not accessible nor convenient for Fendalton residents. “The Riccarton one is not that
accessible, Merivale is alright but out of the way for Fendalton residents,� she said. Mr Archbold said one of the biggest things he will miss is the staff. “The staff there were very long serving who made the people welcome,� he said. “For some people it was a point of social contact and the interaction with the staff they looked forward to that. It performed a social function.�
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