Moa Mail 21 January 2015

The Inglewood Development Trust

Issue 133

OPEN 7.30am to

8pm Every Day

Specials End

25 January 2015

Fresh NZ Mince

$9.99 kg

Tui Beer 15 Pack

$19.99

Just Juice 2.4/2.8L

$3.99

Walk Amongst The Kiwi (Zaneta Ewashko) Summer is a perfect time to get out and enjoy some of the beautiful walks we have in our area. The Asplundh 2015 Guided Walks series is underway and on Sunday 25 January you can

participate in a walk at the Purangi Kiwi Project Otuhane Scenic Reserve. The Purangi Kiwi Project is managed by the East Taranaki Environment Trust which was founded 10 years ago by a group of local landowners who saw the opportunity to undertake kiwi conservation in our community. The private QEII covenanted reserve has grown to be home to more than 500 pair of kiwi with new chicks being added every year. This is a prime opportunity to walk with the Stratford Tramping Club through this forest rich in biodiversity. You can learn more

about the area and the project that has become a national stronghold for the future of the North Island Western Brown Kiwi. To participate: Sunday 25 January, 8.00 am - 2.00 pm. Meet at the Inglewood Railway Station car park for car pooling. The grade of the walk is a good surface but quite a climb. Please wear good boots or shoes , br ing warm clothes, raincoats, lunch, drink, snack, sunscreen, hat, camera and any medical requirements. The public walk series is brought to you by NPDC, DOC and TRC.

Above: Karen Schumacher (Chair of ETET) holds Maru, one of the kiwi that makes its home in the Purangi reserve

Welcome to 2015. Hasn’t the weather come to the party in the last few weeks? It has been mainly fine weather since Christmas and now we could do with a few showers to keep everything going. I am sure that the farmers will be looking for a bit of rain to avoid the pastures drying out altogether. The old saying ‘you can’t have too much of a good thing’ isn’t really true is it? Too much sunshine and the grass dries out; too much rain and then mud and floods start to cause problems. The problem is that we have to manage with what weather we get, as there is nothing we can do about it. Does anyone make New Year’s resolutions anymore? If you did, have you kept to them so far or are they just memories? I make the same resolution each year but it is so easy that I enjoy keeping it year after year. The art in setting any sort of resolution or goal is to make it achievable in a time-frame. If you set unrealistic goals then you will never get the satisfaction of getting a good result, and if you set too easy a target, then you get there without much effort and haven’t really achieved anything. A goal should be set so that it stretches you either mentally or physically, but it can be reached with a bit of effort. When you get to that goal, then you can feel really proud of what you have done and it was all worthwhile. Food for thought, eh?

Editor’s Comments

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Points and views expressed are not necessarily the views of The Inglewood Development Trust

As we start 2015 I look back to my youth (yes it was a good number of years ago), I can’t remember giving a great deal of thought as to what I would be doing or what the world would look like in forty or fifty years time. That I think was as much to do with the ignorance of youth as it was to do with the pace of life back then, it was just much simpler, there was change but it was slower and there was time to contemplate. Now and for some time already change has occurred at a increasingly rapid rate. Not necessarily a bad thing but certainly requiring more and quicker thinking. Expectations are higher now but self reliance is lower with plenty of us now expecting ‘someone’ should be providing it for us.

Richard Jordan Editor

Shade-by the River

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Bowling Notes (Up Shot)

TAI CHI/CHI GONG CLASSES Inglewood Town Hall

7 to 8.30pm Starts 27th January 2015 10 week term - $90 Beginners

welcome Phone Judi 7566907 or 0272682601

Or email jharre@primowireless.co.nz

Karate Classes restart Monday 2 Feb 6.00 pm

Inglewood Primary School Hall Adults and Children 10+ Welcome

Sensei Les Crowe 3rd Dan Enquiries 7567608 or 0272 006438

Another Xmas has passed, New Year is upon us. We trust everybody enjoyed the festive season sporting success within Moa Territory this

year. This has continued with Karla Wilson and Kerri McIvor winning the bronze medallion for their third placing at the NZ secondary schools bowls pairs championships in Auckland, well done young ladies. Final tournament for 2014, the hogget, was played indoors due to inclement weather. Cards were order of the day, a complicated scoring system sorely testing the mathematical prowess of some members. Winners of the day Don Gyde, John Mackie, Colin Busby and Jill Forbes. The spruce up around the greens continues, the front wall road frontage has been painted, at times a contentious issue, but now completed enhances our presentation. Our sun shades still await completion, we trust they will be in place for the TSB open which begins 19 January. As well as our green being used for competition, Inglewood has eight sides vying for success. The Friday 2nd January, mixed Fours Tournament saw a full green of sixteen teams. It was won by Paul Digby’s Stratford/Avon team, runners up Walshie’s Fiztroy side. In the ‘Over Eighties’ tournament, taking part were sixteen teams, fifty six bowlers right in the prime of their careers, 4200 plus accumulated years. The over eighties enjoyed their day in the sun. Les Moratti, with three ladies up front prevailed to be winners of day. One of those ladies was the oldest competing on the green, being ninety two years young, her other pastimes include swimming and ten pin bowling, so age is no barrier. As a club we farewelled Gary, Bert and Beryl. With the new year under way, we look to see you on or around the greens.

Above: John Mackie lets a bowl go Below: A lot of experience on show in the Over Eighties teams

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Girl Guides (Christine Miller)

Mike Self For Whangamomona

Republic Presidency

This week end, Saturday 24 January is Whangamomona Republic Day so head out and vote Mike Self for President. Every two years to celebrate their independence the people o f t h e R e p u b l i c o f Whangamomona hold a Republic Day. This celebration is full on family day with activities to suit everyone. Passports are essential for entry into the republic and can be purchased at the border. Buses can be caught from Stratford or take your car on the old coach trail from Inglewood via Tarata.

GirlGuiding in Inglewood and Lepperton finished 2014 strongly with the girls taking part in many varied activities. Pippins learnt Tie Dying, had fun with music, visited Lake Briar and visited Brooklands Zoo. Brownies have helped at the Foodbank garden and went on a 'trip' around the 5 Guiding World Homes (learning 5 things about each country). Guides visited the Foodbank centre and the Fire Station plus learning to cook outdoors on gas. Rangers had a fun Woozle night and have meet with 3 local women in very different occupations who explained their work to the girls. As a district we took part in the Inglewood Christmas parade with most of the girls being dressed in International uniforms and holding the flag of their

country. Inglewood Brownies, which meet on Mondays 3.30-5.00 pm are looking for a person to become a leader - if you have a passion for young people and would like to join GilrGuiding please ring Christine on 7568813

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Rotary Charity Car Show Coming (Jim Shepherd)

Crop Swap (Jayne Bright)

The Inglewood Rotary Club is presenting its 20th Annual Classic Car Show on Sunday 1st February in the grounds of Inglewood High School.

The show opens at 11.00 am and will finish around 3.00 pm. In recent years there has been upwards of two hundred vehicles of all shapes, sizes and vintages including classic motorcycles. This year the Military Vehicles Club promises a special display. Since its invention well over a

century ago there has been something about the sight, sound, and feel of the automobile that stirs the imagination, whether it’s the clatter of the single cylinder shining brass era car or the heavy thumping of big blocks. Something fuels the addiction of vintage cars, trucks and motorcycles and enthusiasts in us all. You will be glad you went, there is something for everyone. You don’t have to be a petrol head.

Do you have an abundance of zucchinis? Do they appear as if by magic overnight? What to do with the abundance? Bring them along to Crop Swap and swap for other fruit, veges, home baking, home crafts or other abundant surprises that will be filling the tables at the next Crop Swap. The swapping is starting promptly at 10.30 am and not much is left on the tables by 11.00 am. Come along at 10 ish to add your crop to swap to the tables giving you time to stroll around and look at the veggies, eggs, home crafts, baking, recipes, flowers, plants, seedlings, seeds, garden magazines and much more that other crop swappers have brought along to swap. The next swap will be Saturday 31 January (Waitoriki Hall). Gold coin donation is appreciated towards Waitoriki Hall funds and cuppa is included. Contact Jayne on 7566192 if you have questions or ideas.

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Folk Trio ‘Other Roads’ Performing At Puritawa

When Other Roads first performed around the North Island in 2014, it was as complete unknowns – this time it will be different! One of t h e UK ’ s f i n e s t contemporary folk trios

will be performing at Puritawa on Thursday 5 February, and this will be your one chance to hear them in Taranaki. ‘Other Roads’ appeared in New Zealand very briefly last year, and stunned every audience with their songs and humour. Their performance at Auckland Folk Festival's invitational concert brought demands from the entire campsite that they should return as headline guests. As the word spread, subsequent concerts in Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington completely sold out. Gregor Borland, Pete Abbott and Dave Walmisley draw upon their diverse backgrounds in Scotland, England and Africa to create an exciting and original sound. These talented multi-instrumentalists incorporate fiddle, bouzouki, guitars, mandolin and even harmonica with some extremely fine harmony singing. They perform an eclectic mix of older and original compositions, ranging from soft ballads to foot-stomping Celtic fiddle tunes and choruses. Their expert musicianship and infectious enthusiasm, laced with humour, are guaranteed to entertain. The band was formed and grew out of the former John Wright Band, following John’s sudden death in 2008. They have since developed their own unique identity, combining many new self-penned and carefully chosen songs from other writers, from the most touching ballads to foot-stomping fiddle sets, and wonderful 3-part harmony singing. The concerts always have an emphasis on 'entertainment'… lots of humour coupled with high-class musicianship… always a winning formula. Pete Abbott is a highly regarded and respected songwriter and guitarist, and an exceptional singer; Gregor Borland a championship-winning fiddle virtuoso who teaches at fiddle camps and workshops from America to New Zealand… and a great bass player too; Dave Walmisley plays guitar, bouzouki and mandolin, is also a songwriter, and his wonderful on-stage humour has made him a very popular member of the band since his introduction. Now with 5 albums already to their name, tours established in the UK, Germany, Holland, Spain and Denmark, we can expect ‘Other Roads’ to continue delighting audiences near and far for many years to come.

FIREWOOD FOR SALE

Pine Firewood $50 Cube (Cash)

Phone - 7624892

($20 pp)

Gardening Clues (With Sue From Hammer)

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Casual Gardener Wanted

Phone

7567612

Welcome back to Garden Clues, hope you all had a wonderful break, and the weather has certainly played its part. Probably one of the finest holidays periods for some considerable time, if you have been home, I’m sure you will have had some great opportunities to work around your garden. If you were like my family, I had to make the most of being home with extra hands to help in the garden. Pruning is always very necessary, if you let things get out of hand, a small job can turn into one massive job.

This may be why a single comment of “let’s trim that branch” turns out to be a massive tree pruning/chopping exercise. What starts out with one chainsaw and one branch, suddenly turned into 3 chainsaws, 4 neighbours and 8 truckloads of branches being carted away. Give a man a chainsaw, and then see what can be achieved! Maybe the best advice is keep things

trimmed little and often, and you won’t be left with unsightly tree stumps in your front garden…ok so looking for a good stump grinder. You should be eating your produce out of the garden by now, potatoes, beans, radishes, lettuces and spring onions. Keep planting salad seedlings, sow more beans, potatoes, carrots, spinach, silverbeet, in fact most things can be planted. Refresh your pots with new annuals or potted colour for instant effect, they may be suffering from a lack of water, and n o w w a t e r restrictions are in, please take note of the local bylaws. Have a great week, a n d g o o d gardening!

Rainfall for December 2014 (Mary Boekman)

Total rainfall for December 2014: 167 mm

No of rain days for December 2014: 14

Rainfall for December 2013: 199.9 mm

No rain days for December 2013: 17

Total rainfall for the year 2014: 2255.25 mm

Total rainfall for 2013: 2373.4 mm

Total rain days for 2014: 222

Inglewood Fire Brigade

Firewood For Sale (Fundraiser)

$65 Cubic Metre Dry Pine

Free Delivery Inglewood Town Inquire costs other areas

Ph 0800 895107 (orders and details)

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OPEN 7.30am to 8pm Everyday

06 7567404

Next Week’s Specials (Start 26 January End 01 February)

Pacific Beauty Apples

$3.49 kg

Telegraph Cucumbers

$1.29 ea

Golden Belle Peaches

$5.49 kg Inglewood Fun Run/Walk

Left: Marlene Austin and Jan Crofskey were overseeing the prizes Above: Gloria Moffitt and Geoff Old checking participants numbers as they finished Below: The crowd

relaxing at the end of the run

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Help Needed For Inglewood

WW1 Research

See Richard Jordan

At Fun Ho! Toys

Wine Appreciation Now In Masters Games (Donna van den Beuken)

Christmas Cathedral and Winning Tree (Mark Belchamber)

NEW BUSINESS

“ORGANICS MATTER” 185 KING ROAD

Organic and Spray free Fresh Fruit and Veges Delivered to Inglewood

Courier to other Taranaki Areas Can also be found on Facebook “Organics Matter”

Pick up available Farm Eggs and many other natural products

Contact 06 7568442 or 0273169449 for further info

T h e C h r i s t m a s Cathedral and Tree d i s p l a y a t t h e Inglewood Christian Fellowship’s Mamaku Centre prior to

Christmas was well attended and enthusiastically received. Inglewood Christian Fellowship would like to congratulate Guiding Inglewood on their winning tree this year (by popular anonymous vote) at the Christmas Cathedral. Thanks also go to all the other amazing trees and floral arrangements provided by many sections of the Inglewood community. Second place was taken by the Rotary tree and third by the McDonalds Real Estate igloo. ICF would like to thank the community for being part of our event and warmly invite you to join us on any Sunday from 10.00 am. We pray you had a peaceful Christmas and for

blessings in the New Year.

Taranaki Aviation

Transport &

Technology

Museum (Kent Road opposite Lake

Mangamahoe)

10.00 am-4.00 pm

Saturday/Sunday

$7 Adult/$2 Child

$16 Family

Wine Appreciation is new to the TET Taranaki Masters Games this year. Team HOPE is organising this event as a fundraiser for the charity. Wine Appreciation aims to be a fun night for a group of friends to get together and enjoy wine tastings of 6 wines. You don’t have to be a wine connoisseur to enjoy this event. After tasting each wine, questions will be

asked about the wine tasted. Supper will be provided on the night. Get a team together and come along and support Team HOPE and the TET Taranaki Masters Games in this new event. Enquiries to: Donna van den Beuken on 7654484 or bob.donna.vdbeuken@xtra.co.nz

Right: The Inglewood Guides winning tree

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Dinosaurs Leave Their Footprints At

The Library (Danielle Varey)

Check out the footprints at the exhibition at the Inglewood Library which runs until 14 February and then from 16 February - 22 March in the Lane Gallery in Puke Ariki. There was a time when dinosaurs wa l ked New Zealand and now we have the footprints to prove it! The d i n o s a u r footprints at the centre of the

exhibition are thought to be 70 million-years-old. T h e y w e r e discovered in sandstone cliffs in the north-west Nelson region by geologist Greg Browne in 2009. Thought to have been left by plant eating sauropods, the largest animals to ever roam the earth, the footprints are the first ever found in New Zealand. Check out the giant footprints that have amazed scientists around the world and see how you measure up. Dr Browne said Dinosaur bones have been found at only three locations so far – northern Hawke’s Bay, Port Waikato, and the Chatham Islands. Dr Browne spent several years wondering what kind of animal might have made the marks. After lengthy research, he concluded they were made by sauropods, a plant eating dinosaur and the largest animal that ever walked on Earth. Some sauropod species grew to more than 40 metres in length and weighed over 100 tonnes.

Above: A pair of titanosaurs roaming 70 million years ago the time when the footprints were made Below: Checking out the original

footprints in Nelson

Hangi Fundraiser (Clive Tongaaw’kau)

Farewell Rev Amos (Susan Case)

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The Inglewood community will soon be farewelling Rev Amos Muzondiwa. After s ix years at Inglewood United Church, our much loved and respected minister, Rev. Muzondiwa and his family are moving to Mt Albert M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h , Auckland where Amos will be the Minister. Amos has been involved in many different aspects of life in Inglewood and will be sorely missed. Amos has also been the Padre for the Inglewood RSA, conducting the Dawn Service on ANZAC Day and other duties. The community has a chance to join Amos and his family at a farewell evening at Inglewood United Church at 7.00 pm, Sunday 25th January. The farewell will be a short service, followed by supper - we’d love to see you there!

Another Hangi fundraiser is fast approaching. Cost is $10 and you get 3 x meats, 3 x Vegies and stuffing. Wednesday 28 January, pick up from Kohanga Moa Marae 4.00 pm. Contact Clive 021 818006. Any money made goes towards taking the team to the Kapahaka Nationals 2015. 65 to 70 people needing $60 to $70,000 for accommodation, travel and food.

Fire Brigade Report (Karl Shillingford)

Inglewood Cricket 125 Celebrations (Adrianne Potroz)

Community Childcare Raffle

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INGLEWOOD ROTARY CLUB

20th CLASSIC CAR SHOW

SUNDAY 1st FEBRUARY 2015

INGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

11:00am until 3:00pm Adults $6, Children $1, Family $12

On Sunday 22 February at the Joe Gibbs Reserve, Moa Street as part of the NPDC S u m m e r S c e n e Programme there will

be a Town Picnic and Fun Day. This will run from 11.00am to 2.00 pm. There will be a waterslide, frisbees, ferris wheel, miniature pony rides, free sausage sizzle and a free drink and free ice cream for the children. So do pack up your picnic basket, grab a rug and children remember your togs, and come along and join in the fun. Inglewood First is proud once again to be involved.

Well the holiday season is pretty much over now. It’s back to work and back to normality for most. We would like to thank you for taking care and being safe over the Christmas break. For the year end 2014 we had a total of 99 calls, not quite making the 100.

We have had our first callout for 2015 already. Just remember to be safe, obey the road rules and check with the New Plymouth District Council regarding fire bylaws and changes. Enjoy the rest of summer and take care.

Christmas Grocery Hamper Raffle was drawn on 18 December. The winner was Yvonne Brown

It’s not too late to register for the Inglewood Cricket Club’s 125 th Celebrations from Friday 6th February to Sunday 8th February, so please get your registrations in. If you require any details or a registration

form please contact Adrianne Potroz on 0273472635 or email adipot@ihug.co.nz

Inglewood Town Picnic Day (Vida Harkness)

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What’s on and Coming Events Please advise of your event 7567030 moamail@funho.com

Dinosaur Footprints Inglewood Library Until 14 February

Whangamomona Republic Day Saturday 24 January Whangamomona

Kiwi Walk Purangi Sunday 25 January 8.00 am - 2.00 pm Meet Inglewood Railway Station Good footwear-lunch-drink etc

Farewell Rev Amos Muzondiwa United Church at 7.00 pm Sunday 25 January Service, followed by supper

Sporting Trials Rose's farm Lincoln Road Sunday 25 January

Hangi Fundraiser Cost is $10 Wednesday 28 January pick up Kohanga Moa Marae 4.00 pm Contact Clive 021 818006

Inglewood First A5 Quest Integrity, Cutfield Street Next to Moa Milking Wednesday 28 January 5.30 pm All welcome

Crop Swap Saturday 31 January Waitoriki Hall Contact Jayne on 7566192

Rotary Club 20th Annual Classic Car Show Sun 1 Feb Ing High School 11.00 am to 3.00 pm

‘Other Roads’ Puritawa Estate 277 Wortley Road Thursday 5 February $20 entry Ph Lou 7520677

Inglewood Cricket Club 125th Celebrations 6/7/8th February 2015 Contact Adrianne 0273472635

Town Picnic Day Sunday 22 February Joe Gibbs Reserve, Moa Street 11.00am to 2.00 pm

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Above: Stanleigh Gardens showing its beauty. The Love Heart made by Ding Bat Creations (Andrew Bellringer) a local artist

Above: Moratti Contracting busy making hay while the sun shines

Above: Three little Miniature Kune Kune piglets (all little girls) and Sugar the sheep sporting her lion look alike hairdo. Check them out at Stoney Oaks Wildlife park

Above: Inglewood First volunteers cleared ‘Wandering-Jew’ from Joe Gibbs reserve

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