New Zealand Remembrance Army
This is copied from a Facebook post:
Can you help us find this soldiers family?
In Napier there lies an unmarked grave of a WW1 veteran.
We are looking to get a headstone for this former serviceman.
11304 Pte William Lee Otago Infantry Regiment, NZEF. His NOK was Henry Lee, a butcher in Whangarei.
He was with the 12th reinforcements.
He was born 22 July 1870 in Ireland.
He was 45 when he enlisted and was injured in Egypt. He was then discharged via a medical board and sent to NZ.
He served from Dec 1915 to May 1918.
He was trapped by the Napier floods in 1938 in a landslide and died a few days later.
He lived in Wellington at 149 Willis Street (where his medafter the war yet is buried in Napier, dying the 4th August 1938
Poll: Do you think banning gang patches is reasonable?
With the government cracking down on gangs, it is now illegal for gang members to display their insignia in public places whether through clothing or their property.
This means arrests can be made if these patches are worn in places like restaurants, shops, on public transport or ferries, and on airplanes. Arrests were made recently at a funeral.
Do you think this ban is reasonable?
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77.9% Yes
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20.9% No
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1.2% Other - I'll share below
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Poll: Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?
An Auckland court has ruled a woman doesn’t have to contribute towards the cost of fixing a driveway she shares with 10 neighbours.
When thinking about fences, driveways or tree felling, for example, do you think all neighbours should have to pay if the improvements directly benefit them?
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82.1% Yes
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15.1% No
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2.7% Other - I'll share below
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