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New Zealand Remembrance Army

Denise from Marewa

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

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3 days ago

What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.

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4 days ago

Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.

This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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Do you think NZ should follow suit? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.

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Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
  • 84.8% Yes
    84.8% Complete
  • 13.8% No
    13.8% Complete
  • 1.4% Other - I'll share below
    1.4% Complete
1620 votes
22 hours ago

Railing planters

The Team from Resene ColorShop Napier

To gain extra growing space, make and hang these easy-to-build planters on almost any wooden fence or deck railing. Use Resene FX Blackboard Paint so you can easily identify what plants are in each. Find out how to create your own with these easy step by step instructions.

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