Until last week this now white building was ASB (Auckland Savings Bank) just round the corner - now it doesn't even have a notice saying it has closed!

That is the second local bank to close and I have been told that all but one of our five local bank branches will be gone by next April

That photo is taken on a sunny afternoon but there are already bugger all shoppers - I am expecting the local shops to mostly go bust once the banks close.

Darn, I'm being negative again!