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Good Sorts: Waihi woman creates a place for friends

July 31, 2022

Trudy van Stee created a place for older people to go for some company. (Source: 1News)

This week's Good Sort is Trudy van Stee from Waihi Beach.

Trudy used to work in a rest home and noticed how lonely people were.

So she created A Friend's Place - a place where people could come for company.

Haydn Jones went for a look in the video above.

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