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The Inglewood Page 2 Moa Mail Issue 258 Page 3 Page 4 Moa Mail Development Trust th Moa Mail is a free Editors Comments Shade-by the River Colgate Games 25 Rotary Charity Car Show Coming fortnightly Issue 258 (Gloria O’Dowd) This week our community lost one of As we move steadily into year 2020 we need Inglewood’s TET Stadium was home publication delivered If you have a love of cars don’t miss out on this day! Moa Mail 15 January 2020 to all households in the good ones. to remember those resolutions that we made to the Colgate Games 2020 over the There will be an enormous range of vehicles, old, new Peter Anderson was one of those guys for the new year. I hope that you all set weekend. The towns population grew by 3000/4000. Friday the Inglewood and unusual, to see at this years Inglewood Rotary We Will Rebuild (Mark and Michelle Jackson) District. who would have given you the shirt off yourself some achievable goals so that you can morning saw the games declared open by Richard Jordan, th Clubs 25 Annual Charity Car Show on Sunday 2 his back if needed. He was involved in get some reward for keeping them. Too many Deputy Mayor. The opening consisted of a march past by Printed by The February at Inglewood High School. The day is sponsored by On Tuesday our community in so many ways, too people set their sights on targets that are so the 1,155 athletes, followed by the speeches, National th Inglewood CSR – Custom Street Rides, Inglewood. 17 December many to list, including the Inglewood far out of reach that they are never going to Anthem and athletes oath. Development Trust. Make it a day out for the whole family. Entry is just $5 per adult at 4.30pm, Development Trust which is the be achieved and therefore will soon be The North Island Colgate Games attracted 87 athletics Office 25 Rata Street and under 15's are free. Car enthusiasts and their plus one, can Inglewood Timber Processors founder of the Moa Mail. forgotten. clubs from across the country. The games have been (Inglewood bring their vehicle to be displayed for just a $5 donation with the caught fire with 12 staff inside. The team here at Moa Mail hope you People have been telling me that I watch too happening for over 40 years and are held by a different Luckily everyone got out safely, but Information Centre) major beneficiary of the day being the Inglewood High School find some comfort in your memories much television and so I have cut back, but the fire took hold and was a long Circulation 2900 Youth Health and Wellbeing Unit and other local Rotary and would like to extend our sincere maybe I have made too drastic a cut. I have Community Projects. Gates for public entry will open at time putting out. We have many The Moa Mail can be condolences to Andy and the rest of not watched television at all this year, and 10.30am. people and community groups we viewed on the web at Pete’s family. now I only get news second-hand, so it is time The Rotary Club will be onsite to help you with your hunger and need to thank and we apologise if we miss some. Inglewood Fire Brigade and surrounding fire brigades, Taranaki www.inglewood.co.nz Pete was loved, admired, respected to modify my thinking to make it sensible thirst and will have a BBQ and Hot Dog stall, drinks stall, coffee, Civil, HELRIMU Electrical, Fabish & Jackson, Lux Fonseka, Meta Engineering, Kaimata School, Playgroup and and on Face Book and valued by us here and will be truly again. For the next few weeks I intend to Community, the Harrisons, Bruce Williams, Property Wash, NPDC, Farmlands, Mainfreight, St Andrews Anglican watch the news and weather forecast every and ice-cream. Along with these there will also be trade stalls th News and Advertising missed. We appreciated his advice, family, and the many other well wishes’ from our amazing community. Taranaki Civil started demolition on the 19 evening, and possibly bring in a few of the and market stalls. Rotarians will be out and about selling raffle th Contacts: encouragement and words of wisdom tickets and still more vehicles to look at than you can imagine. December and completed on the 9 January. We are now well into the next stage as WE WILL REBUILD. and not only those relating to work. natural history programmes as well. It is all th Editor If you Inglewood Timber Processors wish to thank our staff. The staff are due back on the 20 January and we will be We are very fortunate to have known about making it work the way that is right for using their skills in the rebuild. Thank you to all. Phillippa Peters own a Pete and to be able to call him a friend. you. There is a lot to be said for the KISS special Office Phone method: Keep It Simple, Stupid. 06 7567030 Moa Mail Team car and We can only wonder what Year 2020 will Email w o u l d Seed Savers Network Point bring for us all. I suppose that it is going to be [email protected] a monumental year. We have government like to talk cars with other like-minded enthusiasts bring RSA Subs $20 / Badges $10.00 your vehicle along and enter the fun. There will be prizes Office Hours McGillie/Pumpkin Books: $15.00 elections to look forward to later in the year. car owners can win, so if you have a special car, please Mon-Fri 10.00 am to Printing/Photocopying/Booklets Let’s hope that we get a clear -cut result this bring down and show it off. 4.00 pm Laminating Up to A3 time and get away from millions voting and Sat-Sun 10.00 am to (Stapling/Colour): Up to A3 one man deciding the result. MMP elections Local Artists Gift Cards: $5.00 LandGirls - A Productive Patch - Starting From Scratch (Claire Butler) 2.00 pm obviously do not work for our small Join the Taranaki LandGirls on Sunday 19 January at 12.45pm to see how a bare paddock can be Fun Ho! Toys/Souvenirs electorate. There must be a better system region each year, giving the 7-14 year olds the Points and views AA Guides/Brochures/Cards developed into a productive food-growing area in just three years. Our hosts, at 636 Inland North that will give us a balanced result that we can chance to compete against their peers and make new expressed are not Available at: Road, Tikorangi, have used organic principles to surround their new home with a variety of garden necessarily the views of Inglewood Information Centre all work with. friendships. beds and fruit trees, many of them espaliered. With a wealth of experience in gardening techniques to be shared,

The Inglewood Fun Ho! Toys/Moa Mail Athletics is a great start for all children as it gives the including a discussion about composting, you’re sure to go home with some new ideas for your place! Door fee Development Trust Food for thought, eh? 7567030 (25 Rata Street) base for development to other sports. is $5pp. RSVP to Shonagh Hopkirk by 17 January, 7520889, [email protected] The event was very well run and conditions were perfect for a great weekend enjoyed by all.

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£ © ¨ £ ¤ § Garden Clues with Sue (Sue Marsh) Rainfall for December 2019 Croquet Club News (Jane chamberlain) ¦ ¦ ¢ ¢ ¦ ¡ ¦ ¥ A Good Positive Way to Start 2020 (Kevin Mace) Happy New Year to everyone, (Mary Boekman) The Inglewood Croquet Club held a very

hope you all enjoyed a couple Rainfall for December 2019: 218.75mm successful ‘Champagne Breakfast’ on Sunday Nexans Series - Taranaki Civil days off from your normal Rainfall for December 2018: 156.25mm 15 December with over 60 people Inglewood Fun Run/Walk 2020. routine. It certainly has been a No of rain days for December 2019: 18 attending. Several people had a go and Come on Inglewood folk, make

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- main crop potatoes still in the ground, mould up soil around the leaves to High School from 8.30am. encourage more tubers and to keep the sun off them. A side-dressing of The courses are based around streets of Inglewood and 2 2 0 $ % % ; 5 : 0 9 ! ( 1 # # 3 ( ( Potato Food will give them a boost. If aphids and whitefly are still a problem, 10km entrant’s will head out and utilise part of the 2 ( 0 % $ > 0 % 0 ( < ! ! , ( = 3 ! , = try blasting with a hose or spray with an insect control product, not sure what - - - Windsor Walkway. It is a fun, all-age event for all fitness E D A C A 0 % $ ? B @-0 / ! 1 ' ( # # # ( to use, then call in, and we can find the solution you need. 4 levels. Whether you sprint, run, walk or stroll it's a great I @ J I G + D H G A F 9 In the flower garden, deadhead or cut back summer flowers to encourage a fresh batch of flowers, and apply a way to increase your activity and have a bit of fun fertiliser to flower beds and pots and containers to replenish nutrients. Fertilise roses with Rose Food, especially outdoors. Join in the hospitality of Inglewood and have a after your light January prune. Give them a good soaking, a lack of water causes plants to become dehydrated with great day out. Good family affair. No dogs on School grounds please. wilted or curled leaves. To revive dehydrated plants give them a good, deep soak with water and an Organic A chance to stretch your legs after the festive season as well as having a one in six chance of winning a spot prize. Seaweed Plant Tonic. Thanks to some very kind sponsors. Prize giving will start at 12.00 noon at the High School. Coffee, ice cream and Your giant pumpkin plants should have at least one pumpkin formed by now, but from here on in, feed, feed, feed, sausage sizzle will be waiting for you at the finish. Start time of Event 10.00am. Entry forms at Inglewood Book and water, water, water! I need to listen to my own advice, ‘Pumpy’…that’s our home giant pumpkin…needs to get Shop, Library and Subway. Enter online at athleticstaranaki.org.nz/nexans or enter on the day. Check cost at: http:// a spurt on. Could be that the cat keeps snuggling up to him during the day, a lovely sheltered sunny spot, but he’d athleticstaranaki.org.nz/nexans better start growing, or my entry may be the smallest. Have fun in the sun, and very happy New Year gardening! A traffic management plan is in place but If traffic in the area of the Inglewood High School, Kelly St and surrounding Sporting Trials News (Sid Hirst) streets in that vicinity including Dudley and Windsor Road could please be aware of the walkers and runners during this event, particularly when you go out your driveways. This would be very much appreciated and we thank you all. The annual national Sporting Trial (King Of The Hill), Hill Climb was held recently. Unlike a Sporting Trials Competition the King Of The Hill event is just a straight long climb up a grassy Inglewood Family History Group (Mary Boekman) or dirt hill which gets progressively steeper and more difficult towards the top. Conditions were Thanks to some generous funding from the TSB Community Trust, the Group now has a new PC, a beautiful red quite dry but some of the ruts were causing problems. set of map drawers and a website. If you have a query about your family history that you would like us to tackle, go Young Cameron Hunger not only won the B grade but to https://genealogytaranaki.org.nz There you can won overall, beating all the A grade drivers and also choose between contacting the Stratford or did not lose a single point. This is the first time in the Inglewood Groups which make up our Society. We history of the event that a B grader has won and the have lots of records in our Library archive, and access winner has not lost any points. to many more, that can help you find your lost Cameron, 15, has only been competing in Sporting relations. Many people only start their family histories Trials for about six months, so is going to be the one at the point when they arrived in New Zealand, but to watch in the future. there’s a much bigger story to tell, and we can help you find where they came from and why. There could also be lots of cousins waiting to be found in England, Germany, Holland, or wherever they came from, and of course DNA results can sometimes solve intriguing mysteries!

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(Jayne Bright) Lions News (Viv Adamson) Crop Swap Waitoriki and Inglewood

What’s on and

Blue Mountain Sewing Handyman Available The New Year has got off to be a busy

A Very Happy New Year Crop Swappers, as Summer is here, the vege gardens are bursting

time for the Inglewood Lions members. Coming Events Fencing - Decking - Guttering, Cleaning/Repairs into life and the excess may be starting. If you do come along to the first Crop Swap of 2020, whatever excess you

The Colgate games was recently held in Clothing Alterations Please advise of your event New Guttering - Small Plumbing Jobs have is gratefully received on the Crop Swapping tables be it flowers, veges, baking, eggs and so much more.

Inglewood. Lion members manned the gates and 7567030 [email protected] Pruning of Trees - Small Concrete Jobs If you haven’t been to a Crop Swap yet and don’t have anything to swap, please still come along and see what Crop helped with the parking of vehicles. A huge task in Taranaki and Dress Making Fun Ho! Toy Museum House Repairs Swap is all about, it is a wonderful way to start the year. The swapping is starting promptly at 10.30am and not the hot windy conditions. Opening Hours Fritz Reuter Gallery Aviation much is left on the tables by 11.00am. Come along at The sensory garden at Marinoto Rest Home, which Inglewood Heritage Centre Transport Merv 027 481 1882 or 7566335 10.00am (ish) to add your crop to swap to the tables is being developed by the Inglewood Lions, is taking Tuesday - Friday Inglewood Sale Yards Exhibition & Technology giving you time to stroll around and look at the veggies, shape. The lawn has been laid and has already had 8.30am - 4.30pm Mon - Fri 10.00am - 4.00pm 2020 Enrolments eggs, home crafts, baking, recipes, flowers, plants, its first cut. The next stage is planting it out and Sat/Sun and Public Holidays Museum Ratapiko School seedlings, seeds, garden magazines and much more that also adding a water feature. This will be happening Saturday 10.00am - 2.00pm Kent Road opposite other crop swappers have brought along to swap. early March. Lake Mangamahoe Open for Year 1-8 students 9.00am - 12.00pm LandGirls A Productive Patch - The next Crop Swap will be Saturday 25 January. Koha 41 Richmond Street Starting from Scratch Open Every Day If you would like a rural school: with strong learning is appreciated towards Waitoriki Hall funds and cuppa Inglewood Sun 19 Jan 12.45pm During School relationships, two classrooms with low class sizes we could be is included. Crop Swap is the last Saturday of each 636 Inland North Rd, Tikorangi Holidays the place for your child. month. Contact Jayne on 7566192 if you have (Lime Green Building) Shonagh 7520889 We welcome visits and look forward to hearing from you. questions. Ratapiko School is 9km East of the 0279100199 Cue Theatre Hours Tariki Road/SH3 intersection 067568284 Like a Virgin Auditions 10.00am-4.00pm Christmas Wonderland Check out our recent ERO report Sun 19 Jan 10.30am $7 Adult - $2 It was a cloudy, windy Friday night when my friend and I took our www.ero.govt.nz/review-reports/ratapiko-school-21-08-2019/ The Taranaki Maize Maze which is operated by the Inglewood Sharren 027 2554124 Child $16 Family husbands and family to see the Christmas Trees at the Mamaku Contact [email protected] Lions Club, is already open for the season. The brilliant Twilight Croquet - Mondays Phone 7522845 Start date is 29 January 2020 Centre. On the lawn, animals were being affectionately patted and growing conditions that the maize loves enabled us to open Contact Jane 027 467 0462 oohed over by children and adults and what a lovely surprise upon on Saturday 4 January. The rapid growth lately will make it entering the darkened hall - Christmas trees of all shaped and sizes hot in the maze so bring your bottle of water and sunhats. Inglewood Junior Rugby AGM R.I.S.E.R.I.S.E. Kaimata School Wed 22 Jan 2020 - 6.30pm were on display. One could wander around on the path lit by little Grateful thanks for the amazing support from our sponsors Respect- Integrity- Self EsteemEsteem-- Excellence . Fern Lodge ground lights, admiring and exclaiming at the amazing variety and and the public who support this project. Since we first 715 Tarata Road, Inglewood, 4387, Taranaki e-mail - [email protected] Telephone - 06 7568334 interpretation of the entrants trees. As participants we would like to V LU Z V LU Y VW LMZ opened in 2001/02 we have raised over $230,000 for M ^ P ` Craft\ R ] AfternoonM X O _ Q \ ] U X PU R O T _ P _ O \ M R P ^ ] T P S \ U X O M O R U M R O K \ U Q [ X P K O N congratulate Neil, Sandra and their wonderful band of helpers in setting LU cb d V Y YM c LU b LUVL a V L Y LML V Taranaki Community Projects. Last year $18,500T \ U X ] P \ [ T ] O R \ [ P U wasU ` R U R X ]M U O M ] ] U \ R T M P ` XP M X U R P At St Andrew’s hall

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V VMh LM LU V YMZ Z Y LM bookings . P O ^ O O R R \ O P T ] \ U PU R _ U M T P X P ] T O \ _ O Q M ] K U a d Contact Jayne 7566192 Red Cross at Christmas Parade L Y Z ] U \ X _M X P \ O X M O M U R \ U [ X W X K P [ ] P ^ O Inglewood First January IA5 Nexans Series - Taranaki Civil New Zealand Red Cross’ Inglewood branch participated in the Inglewood Fun Run/Walk Christmas Parade. They displayed to the public their medical Sun 26 Jan - 10.00am Thank You Inglewood and Community (Gloria O’Dowd) equipment such as wheelchairs, moon boots, walkers, shower Hosted By Inglewood High School

Registrations at 8.30am Inglewood Rotary Club wishes to pass on a very special thank you to our chairs and crutches. These are available for loan from them. wonderful Inglewood and To loan these items please contact Ian Packman on 021 0678 Inglewood New World Inglewood Squash Club districts for their support for our Elves 021 for further information. Monday Club Nights The Branch has recently donated to the New Zealand Red Matai Street Begin Monday 27 Jan Sleigh and our collection of gifts for local Cross Pacific Disaster Fund. A life-threatening outbreak Contact Pauline 0273156086 families. We received over 80 beautifully wrapped gifts for children and nine extra of measles is growing in the Pacific right now, with children Inglewood Rotary 25 th Charity special gifts from Tarata CWI. being the most at risk. In the last month, Samoa has seen Car Show Sun 2 February Wednesday 29th January - 5.15pm This year they were distributed via over 5,300 suspected cases and 76 people have lost their lives. 10.00am to 2.30pm If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for New Zealand Come and celebrate the new year with Phil and his staff Inglewood Christian Fellowship, The Lions Inglewood Americarna Club and others via Inglewood Primary Red Cross’ Inglewood Branch, please contact Ian Packman on Enjoy some fabulous New World hospitality Thurs 20 February 021 0678021. You would be most welcome to attend one of School and Inglewood High School. Tarata Valley Trek Emotions ran high with the people helping our monthly meetings to find out more about what we do $5 Entry Charge - Everyone Welcome - Bring a friend Fri 21, Sat 22 and Sun 23 Feb here in Inglewood. We meet every third Wednesday of the and so you can only imagine how much Walk/horse ride/mountain bike Above: Debbie Carter, Inglewood Primary month, at 1.30pm at the Plunket/Red Cross rooms on the RSVP for catering to Jane Molloy 021 202 0049 email [email protected] joy was felt by the recipients. Well done School Secretary accepting gifts Inglewood. corner of Rata Street and Standish Street.