1660 days ago

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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1 day ago

Poll: Should we ditch daylight saving? 🕰️

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

First introduced in New Zealand in 1927 with the passing of the Summer Time Act, it's what we know as 'Daylight Saving' and this year it ends on the first Sunday in April.

While we do get to sleep in this time around, some people would like to scrap the clock tinkering for good.

And why? Some evidence suggests the time changes are bad for our health as they mess with sleep patterns leading to short-term fatigue and affecting mood. Meanwhile the hour change is frustrating for farmers and a nightmare for getting the littlies to sleep. But what's your take?

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Should we ditch daylight saving? 🕰️
  • 40.8% Yes - get rid of the clock changes
    40.8% Complete
  • 57.4% No, I enjoy it
    57.4% Complete
  • 1.8% Other - I'll share below
    1.8% Complete
1189 votes
3 hours ago

RYOBI 36V CHARGER

Darryn from Onekawa

PLEASE PLEASAE PLEASE URGENT - Does anyone have a RYOBI 36V Charger I could borrow urgently to charge my MOWER Batteries - SomEONE borrowed mine from the car parked in the front yard while i was mowing in the back yard - TOOK THE SPARE BATTERY AND THE f____ CHARGER - TEXT DaRrYn 021 633 039

1 day ago

Don't overthink this riddle...

The Neighboury Riddler

I have a silver sole
but no feet,
I make my living by bringing the heat.
What am I?

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