😒πŸ₯ Let us not forget the behaviour that emerged from some people through the COVID era.

As a person forcibly split from my husband in one country and 14 year old in yet another country, I learned of modern β€˜spite’ from my fellow Kiwis.

I had to navigate a mass of documentation, massive costs, and forced separations, it was made worse by the words of my people.

My daughter tried to console me so I didn’t have to jump on a flight to the UK to take care of her (she couldn’t get to NZ), she said to me:

β€œMum, don’t worry, just get me an Air B&B in London, and I will get a foster dog to keep me company until I can get a place in MIQ”.

The attached comes from public posts the Kiwis in London Facebook group gathered.

We didn’t need to loose our respect for each other.

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Kirsty Merriman
For years I would plan houses, travel widely and observe communities. I also had the privilege of working for New Zealand's largest dairy company in both New Zealand and Malaysia. All the while supported by my husband and young daughter. After a while, our roles swapped and we moved to the Arabian Gulf. Meanwhile my passion for property and communities continued to simmer.

Along came COVID and had no choice but to pivot... in the words of Robert Frost, I looked for and "found the road less travelled by" and decided that maybe I could "make [a] the difference".

I look for to find insights and built a few of the houses that we need. This means a saleable house and a profitable and sustainable business.

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