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'I'm not risking my life': Threats force end to free meals

Otago Daily Times Online News·Monday, 4 May 2026·29 days ago
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A winner of TV’s Good as Gold award has ended her charity work in Christchurch after receiving threats of violence from streeties. For more than a decade, Flow Waaka has run free weekly community feeds in the central city. “They’re for anyone that’s struggling,” she said. For her dedication, Waaka received the $10,000 ASB Good as Gold award from  Seven Sharp  in October last year. But the recognition came amid harassment, intimidation, and threats from a group of about 12 streeties she had previously banned from her meals due to their behaviour. Waaka said the award seemed to have to intensified hostility towards her. “A lot of them (streeties) went against me because of that. They said they're entitled to it, not me or the kaupapa,” Waaka told The Star . Waaka said the money was placed directly into her registered non-profit charity, Feedabro on the Road. Ten days ago, she made the decision to stop feeding the homeless.…

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