The Inglewood Page 2 Moa Mail Issue 172 Page 3 Page 4 Moa Mail Development Trust Moa Mail is a free Editor’s Comments Shade-by the River Why Primo Wireless (Kelly Ellis) Heads Up For Kids (Viv Adamson) Issue 172 fortnightly publication Twenty five tonnes, the guestimated You would probably be surprised at The big thing in the news lately is the price of Director and Sales Manager Brad Craig tells us delivered to all equivalent to four elephants, 36 cattle or 3 August 2016 the large number of people both housing, especially in Auckland. Different bodies why the team at La Nuova Apparelmaster like Moa Mail households in the 5000 cats has been collected in obsolete local and from further afield who come up with ideas on how to solve the Primo Wireless. Inglewood District. coins and bank notes by the Lions Clubs have visited the Polish settlers problem of rising prices and the difficulties of La Nuova is ahead of the game when it comes to technology in the Nell Clark’s Land Girl Service Finally Recognised (Jo Curd) Printed by The “Heads Up For Kids” project. display in the Fritz Reuter Gallery. first time buyers. And all the time house prices laundry. In 2007 they invested in new plant machinery which Inglewood This weighty milestone made of old kiwi and foreign The Land Girls served in New Zealand from Many just sit and peruse the books, are going up. Add to this the number of state necessitated the need to move to larger premises in Inglewood. Its Development Trust. photos and family trees. For some it houses that have been taken out of the equation money (Approx $500,000) has been reached in five 1939 - 1946. central location is perfect to service their clients across Taranaki/ years with New Zealanders digging out their unwanted The Inglewood and Districts RSA recently Office 25 Rata Street is the first time they have had the and have been left to be vandalised. It’s a mess! Whanganui and with over 60 staff employed at the site, mostly from cash and donating it. The money goes towards assisting had a great afternoon at the Midhirst Hotel, (Inglewood opportunity to trace their ancestry Perhaps I am missing something, but keeping the the local area, La Nuova is one of the largest employers in Inglewood. primarily to present a well-earned and belated certificate and badge Information Centre) and family history. For others it is a mortgage rates low is not making the market young kiwis to attend various courses to help them La Nuova processes over 10,000 garments per week. This is all tracked cope with life (Hillary Outdoors, Spirit of Adventure, to Nell Clark in recognition of her service as a Land Girl during Circulation 2750 time of recollection and memories easier, quite the reverse. With low borrowing in the cloud from online ordering, internal department movements - Discovery for Teens). World War II. The Moa Mail can be of people they knew from the past. rates, more and more people are trying to scanning, The Reserve Bank estimates that there is still over While the men went off to War the women worked hard on farms viewed on the web at It does bring the thought of the realise the dream of owning their own home. dispatching and $80 million in old decimal and pre-decimal NZ coins until the war ended and the men returned home. The pay was www.inglewood.co.nz diverse culture that we are, it is This then has a bearing on the supply and billing. “As a and $20 million in old banknotes unaccounted for. If minimal (approx $3.60 per week). and on Face Book fascinating how accepting we demand; there are more and more people technology focused appeared to be back then and how wanting to buy and therefore the prices spiral you have any old Kiwi or foreign currency tucked away The girls were required to wear News and Advertising company our unaccepting we can sometimes be up and up as they compete to buy the houses. and would like to donate it can be left in the collection uniforms in public and served in Contacts: continuous boxes that are placed at the Inglewood Library or Fun New Zealand but were not now. History is a great teacher, all The higher sale price for properties also has a improvement Editor Ho! Toys. For any information on this National Lions recognised by or allowed to join we have to do is listen, read and knock-on effect on the rental property market. requires the need Richard Jordan project contact Pat Julian phone 7567590 the RSA at that time. learn. The more valuable the property is, then the for a good, fast and Assistant Editor It has taken many years to right Richard Jordan Editor higher the rental that is going to be expected. solid internet provider, without it we would be held back. We Phillippa Peters Having to pay higher rents adds to the Red Cross AGM (Don Reeve) that wrong and recognise the have no server, everything is in the cloud and our phone Seed Savers Network Point service of the Land Girls. Many Office Phone difficulties of saving for a deposit to buy. It’s one systems use the internet connection, even our machinery can In her final Annual Report to members, President Ann Meads said one have passed on without official 06 7567030 RSA Badges $10.00 big merry-go-round. of the highlights of the year was celebrating 100 years of Red Cross in be remotely accessed directly by the manufacturers”. McGillie/Pumpkin Books: recognition but ‘We Will Fax How would it be then if the mortgage rate went Primo Wireless has provided this service across La Nuova’s New Zealand and Daphne Crone (former President of many years) $15.00 Remember Them’. The following is 06 7567864 to a more realistic level until these grandiose Taranaki sites since 2011. “As locals we like to support locals, being able to participate in the celebrations. Thanks were conveyed to Richard at “Fun Ho! Toys” for the use of Printing / Photocopying building schemes kick-in a few years down the just one verse of a poem from a South Taranaki Land Girl. It’s title was “The Call Email with Primo Wireless we get local service and competitive those facilities during the celebrations. Another very successful lunch for volunteers had again attracted a large (Stapling / Colour): Up to A3 track? It would probably reduce the number of of the Land” Come lend an ear, you maidens fair, And hear your country’s call, [email protected] pricing”. “It’s great to talk to someone up the road and not in a representative group of local volunteers. While there is still one woman left, This land shall never fail ….. Local Artists Gift Cards: $5.00 buyers, as some would realise that their time Ann expressed sadness at the passing during the year of long time active member Heather Law, Heather was Office Hours call centre in India”. To get your business ahead of the game The Women’s Land Service was one of the most remarkable services organised Fun Ho! Toys / Souvenirs was not now. House prices might stabilise a always one of the first to offer help when something needed to be done. Ann also acknowledged and thanked Daily 10.00 am to Above: Brad Craig from La Nuova contact Primo Wireless, phone 0800 123 774 for more details. during the Second World War but it was also one of the least recognised. AA Guides/Brochures/Cards little, and with that the rents as well. In other members for their efforts during the year, keeping Red 4.00 pm Well earned Nell, we are proud of you. Available at: words it would give everyone a breathing space, Lepper Road/Junction Road Intersection (Kevin Rowan) Cross “alive and well” in Inglewood. Points and views expressed and time to take stock. Other Reports indicated a significant amount of Medical Inglewood Information Centre You may have been wondering whether the NZ Transport Authority had made any progress on the Lepper and Top Right: Nell receiving her badge and certificate from RSA President Graham Loveridge Below: Nell (second from right) are not necessarily the Equipment had been lent for long and short terms; more views of The Inglewood Fun Ho! Toys / Moa Mail Junction roads intersection. After being contacted, the news was not as good as previously indicated. in uniform with some of her colleagues in the Women’s Land Service Food for thought, eh? than four thousand Meals on Wheels were delivered; Development Trust 7567030 (25 Rata Street) They have advised that the turning bay work did several families had been assisted with clothing and other not make it into the “16/17 year minor safety necessities, Anne Holloway and helpers had knitted a lot programme” due to financial constraints, and the of articles that were given to the Neonatal Unit to hand risk factor being regarded as lower than other on to premature babies. 37 patients were transported to works. medical and other appointments in New Plymouth, The good news is the Dudley Road/State Highway entailing travel in excess of 1200 Kms. Maureen Martin 3 intersection has a higher risk factor and is had assisted with the “Trolley Service” each month at therefore higher up the list, so will be attended to Base Hospital and Liz Finnigan represented the Branch on sooner. Lepper Road remains on the schedule the Emergency Planning Committee.