One frustration we'll sometimes encounter as we go through life is that we'll only hear about somebody impressive or fascinating after they're already gone.
As annoying as this attitude can be, it at least makes it a little easier to understand where those who claim they were "born in the wrong generation" are coming from. It can be hard to form a connection with something or someone that you have no chance of ever experiencing in person.
So when the news broke that an eccentric and surprisingly popular wizard was planning to retire, perhaps it was out of a similar lament that word of this reached corners of the world where most people had never heard of him.
Yet it seems that those who are now dying to see the official wizard of Christchurch, New Zealand in action can breathe a little easier since he apparently has no intention of hanging up his pointy hat.