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Inglewood Fire Brigade
1935 Borough Jubilee
Inglewood Hockey Club
1912
Moa Mail 27 January 2010
The Inglewood
Development Trust
Camp Quality began in 1985 with a camp which was attended by 22 children from
throughout New Zealand. Since then it has grown to have regular camp locations
situated in five areas with Taranaki area being in the Wellington/Central District.
Each year more that 300 children aged from 5 to 16 years attend the camps which
aim to bring fun, hope and happiness to the lives of the children living with cancer.
This year 62 children along with carers were based at St Mary's Diocesan School in
Stratford for the annual camp. On Friday they came to Inglewood, 150 in all in 3 bus
loads to Fun Ho! Toys
to see the museum
and see toys being
made, to Stoney
Oakes to see and
touch the animals, to
the Maize Maze to get
lost and have fun doing
it, to the Fire Station
where they also were
able to ride in Mitch
Mitchington’s ‘Little
Flick’. Lunch was at
TET Stadium. The day
was coordinated and
run by the Inglewood
L i o n s C l u b .
Thousands of hours
each year go into
raising funds and
organis ing these
programmes.
Camp Quality is a
total ly voluntary
organisation with no
individual receiving
remuneration.
Inside:
Page 2 Contact Details
Page 2 Editors Comment
Page 3 Sports News
Page 6 What‟s on and
Coming Events
Page 7 Picture Gallery
Issue 8
CAMP QUALITY COMES TO INGLEWOOD
Little Flick was very popular
So that’s how he makes the toys!!
Milking
Moa Mail is a free
fortnightly publication
delivered to households in
the Inglewood District.
Printed by The
Inglewood Development
Trust.
Office 25 Rata Street
(Inglewood Information
Centre)
Circulation 2600
News and Advertising
Contacts:
Paper Editor/Office
Richard Jordan
Phone
06 7567030
Fax
06 7567864
Office Hours
Daily 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Points and views expressed
in contributed articles are
not necessarily the views of
The Inglewood Development
Trust
Shade-by the River
Doesn’t the media in general have a lot
to answer for?
Last week we had the TV news really
getting stuck into a newspaper for
publishing the picture of Willie Apiata
as he was serving overseas in the SAS.
The odd thing to me is that every time
they complained about the newspaper
publishing the picture, they showed the
same picture. The TV coverage would
be infinitely greater than the original
transgression. In the same week we
were told on TV that certain drugs
were being taken off the general sales
list and would be ‘pharmacy only’.
They then went through the drugs and
listed which could be used to
manufacture illegal drugs. In other
words they were almost inviting the
‘badies’ to stock up and make their
illicit brews.
The devastation in Haiti has been at
the top of the news. Eleven days after
the earthquake they have officially
abandoned the search for survivors
under the rubble that once was a large
city, but they are still finding people
and digging them out. Imagine being
trapped under a collapsed building for
eleven days without food or water.
What inner strength and will to live
these people have shown.
Makes you think doesn’t
it?
Editor‟s Comments
On Friday the Inglewood Lions Club
entertained over 60 children and their
volunteer ‘buddies’ from Camp Quality
(Children living with cancer). The group
visited Fun Ho! Toys among other
places and we were very impressed, and
if the saying ’from adversity comes
strength’ needed an example these
children are it. There was much fun
being had and life was being enjoyed to
the full. The Lions and the ‘buddies
were also all smiles, well done, you
made my day.
Richard Jordan (Editor)
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Inglewood Travel
Centre Cnr Rimu & Rata Sts
Phone 756 8150 / 0800482368
“Melbourne Cup Tour”
29 Oct to 3 Nov
6 days
Hill Stand tickets
Expressions Of interest
Space limited!
Call or pop in for more details
Angels of Disguise
New and Second Hand
Clothing Jewellery etc
Come and see Belinda
Wanted to Buy XL Plus
(Men's and Woman's)
I buy and sell (and sell on behalf)
43 Richmond Street
Inglewood Phone: 7567025
New stock arriving daily
(Barter Card accepted)
From the foundry furnace
these unique sand cast toys are
all hand made in the museum
foundry and for sale in the
museum shop
Open 10.00 am-4.00 pm Daily
Ph 7567030
The 2010 season has got underway with
the Thursday $2.00 nights, these nights
have players playing 5 consecutive games
with the results going towards a $12.00
prize.
The Taranaki Civil in-house Teams
Challenge will commence on February
2nd and continue for 5 weeks (Six teams
made up of 6/7 of the members of all
ages and abilities)
Inglewood Squash Club (Pauline Stachurski)
Page 3 Issue 8
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Jim Okeroa (David Ertel)
For almost four decades, Jim Okeroa
was an integral part of Inglewood
Primary School, and for even longer than
that, a well-known member of the larger
community, including his involvement
with the Greatest Show on Earth
committee for a long period.
Now he lives around the coast at
Pungarehu.
During his teaching days here he took
his 12 and 13 year olds to Puniho to
camp and to "rough it a bit" an
experience they emerged from with
feelings of achievement and many happy
memories.
Jim's musical expertise, his sardonic wit,
his love of practical jokes and his delight
in "stirring" colleagues, pupils and friends
endeared him to many while his
knowledge and ability as an educator
gained him much respect. He remains a
legend as he approaches his next decade,
h a v i n g j u s t c e l e b r a t e d h i s
eightieth birthday.
Well
Done
Jim
NEW LISTING
Space Galore
17 High St East
Waitara
4 + bdrm G J Gardner home
2 x dbl garage Freehold $385,000
A pilot scheme to reduce
water wastage by reducing
water pressure has
proved a marked success.
Work began in 2007 and
as a result average use
was down eight per cent
and there were 43 water
pressure-related failures
compared to 91 in
2007/08 – a reduction of
53 per cent.
In 2007 Inglewood’s water
pressure averaged 83m,
with one area having up to
160m of water pressure.
As most plumbing features
are not designed to take
these pressures, property
owners were frequently
calling in plumbers to fix
leaks, now Inglewood’s
water pressure averages
50m.
Inglewood Water
The Taranaki sporting trials club will be
holding the first event of the year on the
31 January.
This is to be held on Ashley Hill’s farm
123 Kent Road, Egmont village.
Anyone can come along and watch, entry
is free, but please no dogs.
Sporting trials is an extreme off road hill
climbing motor sport, which originated
in England in the 1930’s and was intro-
duced to New Zealand in 1995 by Sid
Hirst of Inglewood.
The cars are very specialised vehicles,
they are extremely responsive and ma-
noeuvrable with a high power to weight
ratio. This is the gentleman's version of
four wheel driving and even though these
vehicles are only two wheel drive and
use road tyres they have the climbing
agility that makes four wheelers envious
Taranaki Sporting Trials
Club (Mike Webber)
OPEN 8am to 8pm Every Day Owned and Operated by Ross and Donna Jordan
Matai Street, Inglewood Ph: 7567404
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A walking we will go -
Jubilee Park Lookout (That Girl)
It doesn’t matter where you travel
there are always little gems you
discover, one such gem is our third
walk in Inglewood, Jubilee Park
Lookout, to be honest I am not even
sure whether this has a proper name
but, after years spent within the
stands of Inglewood’s Jubilee Park, I
never took any notice of the hill
behind. Entering via the main
cemetery driveway on Rata Street
we followed the drive almost to the
end. On the left hand side there is a
wooden gate with trodden grass
path beside. This is obviously a well
worn track for those already in the
know as it leads directly towards the
back fence of Jubilee Park before
taking the intrepid walker up the hill
along a wide path to a well
appointed lookout complete with
seating. The view is wonderful over
our town including vistas of the
mountain, rugby grounds, pony club
What has twelve legs, four wheels, and a pile of literary awards? The
New Zealand Book Council’s Words on Wheels tour, which sends a
wagon-load of top writers into a different region of New Zealand each
year. This year Taranaki is the location, and we are lucky enough to
host an event in Inglewood. On the bus this year is our very own local
author David Hill (teen fiction), Duncan
Sarkies (fiction), Briar Grace-Smith
(scriptwriting), Alison Wong (poetry) and
Janet Hunt (non-fiction). The group will
be in Taranaki from 12 – 18 February.
Inglewood Library ‘Words on Wheels’ (Bridget Terry)
Jubilee Park to the Mountain
and even the well screened
sewerage ponds. It was
worth the climb (under five
minutes) and I only wish we
had taken a picnic lunch to
enjoy. On the walk down
we took time to appreciate
the views of the Inglewood
Cemetery – a truly beautiful
and serene spot. There was
no bird life or native foliage
of note but who needs it
when the views are so im-
pressive, however recent
plantings of Totara and
other natives will certainly
enhance the area in coming
years.
An important tip – don’t
forget your camera on this
one!
Inglewood Guided Walk
70 people (a very impressive
crowd, one of the largest of the
series) joined the 2 NPDC staff
(one of which was our own Adele
Wisnewski) for a very warm and
pleasant 2 hour Sunday afternoon
stroll around some interesting
points of interest in town.
The walk went via from the
Railway Station (newly painted),
the Band Rotunda (under
reconstruction), the Inglewood
Town Hall (recently refurbished),
along the Percy Nops Walk, down
to the grave of Captain Trimble
(Trimble Park) at the Inglewood
Cemetery and finished on the look
out above Jubilee Park.
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Fritz Reuter Gallery
„Judith White and
Friends‟
The current exhibition celebrates
the re-emerging popularity of pastels
and includes works by a great
collection of artists, most are
Taranaki members of PANZ (Pastel
Artists of New Zealand) of which
Judith White is the President and
members of the 'Garage Group' .
Exhibition Works by Judith White,
Jan Leighton, Barry Lethbridge, Judith
Kirkland, Patricia Wood, Ida Ure,
Shirley Peck, Glenys Bloor-Howland ,
M a r g a r e t I n n e s , B a r b a r a
Anderson, Jill Turner, Fred Ellis and
Joyce Young are on display.
With the closure of O & B Equipment we are now Inglewood‟s stockists of
Tedder tynes Mower blades Cat pins
Lynch pins Hydraulic hose and fittings Bolts and nuts
Specialists in repairs to PTO shafts
‘Rural Delivery’ by Joyce Young
‘Irises’ by Barry Lethbridge
Better to remain silent and be
thought a fool, than to speak and
remove all doubt
Two empty rabbit cages were stolen
from the former Childcare Centre
at 32 Kowhai Street over the
weekend of 19-20 December. There
return would be appreciated as the
children are missing not having the
rabbits around. Could anyone who
has any information please contact
the Inglewood police.
A bank is a place that will lend you
money, if you can prove that you
don't need it
A clear conscience is usually the
sign of a bad memory
Behind every successful man is his
woman. Behind the fall of a success-
ful man is usually another woman
A diplomat is someone who can
tell you to go to hell in such a way
that you will look forward to the
trip
Rabbit Cages
The voices in my head
may not be real, but they
do have some good ideas!
What‟s on and
Coming Events
Judith White and Friends
Fritz Reuter Gallery
Open to 21 February
Open Daily 10.00 am-4.00 pm
Taranaki Maize Maze
Upper Egmont Road
Weekends and Public Holidays
Taranaki Sporting Trials
31 January
123 Kent Road
Egmont Village
Classic Car Show
Inglewood High School
6 February 11.00 am-3.00 pm
Marriage Course
Mamaku Centre, Mamaku Street
Starts 7 February
Call Neil Chesterton 7568914
‘Words on Wheels’
Inglewood Library Saturday 13
February 11.00 am to 12.00 noon
Americarna Inglewood
24 February
3.00 pm-9.00 pm
‘Leading Ladies’
Cue Theatre
March 23-April 3
Inglewood Lions Taranaki Maize Maze is again open
for business.
This is the ninth year of operation and 2010 will see
visitors challenged to a bigger and better maze. The
maize is planted in mid-October, and after designing
the maze club members mark out the design and
remove maize plants to form the tracks.
This year’s Maze Maize is situated on Upper Egmont
Road (towards the mountain from Egmont Village).
Lions members
are rostered to
operate the
maze, all work
b y c l u b
members is
v o l u n t a r y ,
totalling about
1000 hours
e a ch y e a r .
Inglewood Lions
have run Maize Mazes since 2002 and in that time
have donated over $100,000 to the community,
recipients include Taranaki Hospice, Taranaki Alpine
Cliff Rescue, Taranaki Search and Rescue, Taranaki
Surf Life Saving, Plunket and the Inglewood
Volunteer Fire Brigade.
This year the Maize Maze is made up of 3 Mazes of
varying difficulty with 22 points of reference to
locate and is the largest maze yet with 3.2 hectares
of maize with tracks cut in, plus there is the cube
test puzzle to try and solve.
The maze is open on weekends and public holidays,
weather-permitting, and also available by
arrangement for schools and other organisations
during the week.
For further information contact
Inglewood Information Centre 06 7567030
Taranaki Maize Maze
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Taranaki Maize
Maze
Mum/Dad
And
Kids Days
Great Family
Entertainment
Special Open
Days
Wednesday 27 January
Thursday 28 January
12.00 noon to 5.00 pm
Also open on weekends and
public holidays, weather-
permitting, and also available by
arrangement for schools and
other groups during the week.
Adults $6.00/Children $4.00
Further info
Inglewood Information Centre
7567030
Fritz Reuter Opening - Camp Quality-Inglewood Walk
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Judith White with some of her ‘Friends’
Anne Jordan with Graham and Jennie Meads
Part of the 50 strong group that attended the
opening
Some of the children from Camp Quality at
Fun Ho! Toys
Katie Underwood (Camp Quality ‘Buddy’) in
front of her granddad at Fun Ho!
Little Flick was in great demand
The Inglewood walk group hear about the
Inglewood Flagpole
The Fun Ho! ‘garden gnome’
The Inglewood General Store in the Adelaide
hills, South Australia
Who said the aussies were slow!, they even
stole our name
They only have one pub though
The motorbike may have only taken one at a
time but it sure was popular
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