NZ Post communication advisor's corporate masters pay her to apply her spin to bad news stories in the provinces and the googly she tossed Whanganui's way about goings-on at our Victoria Ave branch caught the Chronicle lbw and would've made Kane Williamson proud.
Fortunately, the reliable Whanganui grapevine had weeks ago filled in the gaps in the story. Despite the corporate spin doctor pulling the "confidential" label out of her bag of PR tricks, regular customers have been queuing up for weeks to sadly farewell the wonderful, long-serving NZ Post/Kiwibank staff. That's because they have turned down head office's offer of continued employment with the bank in the Victoria Ave premises after the NZ Post side of the business moves to Trafalgar Square in a couple of weeks.
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No amount of spin can counter the obvious effect of another business abandoning our main street with the substantial foot traffic it generates now destined for the mall. That includes the many older folk who remain loyal users of postal services and have always received excellent service from the dedicated, caring staff in Victoria Ave.
Businesses and individuals with PO boxes and private bags have also made up a sizeable proportion of traffic in and out of the Avenue entrance. As a long-standing box holder, now paying $180 a year for convenient round-the-clock access to my mail, I have reason to doubt that the new bank-level security will allow us to continue using the Avenue entrance to reach the box lobby at the rear, facing the St Hill Street. Weekend snafus blocking entry via the controlled St Hill St entrance are already a regular event and we've not even had the courtesy of receiving a note in our boxes telling us what's going on.