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
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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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82.4% Yes
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14.8% No
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2.8% Other - I'll share below
Live Q&A: Garden maintenance with Crewcut
This Wednesday, we're having another Neighbourly Q&A session. This time with John Bracewell from Crewcut.
John Bracewell, former Black Caps coach turned Franchisee Development Manager and currently the face of Crewcut’s #Movember campaign, knows a thing or two about keeping the grass looking sharp—whether it’s on a cricket pitch or in your backyard!
As a seasoned Crewcut franchisee, John is excited to answer your lawn and gardening questions. After years of perfecting the greens on the field, he's ready to share tips on how to knock your garden out of the park. Let's just say he’s as passionate about lush lawns as he is about a good game of cricket!
John is happy to answer questions about lawn mowing, tree/hedge trimming, tidying your garden, ride on mowing, you name it! He'll be online on Wednesday, 27th of November to answer them all.
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