Inglewood
A view of Inglewood from Lincoln Road, with Mount Taranaki in the background, hidden by cloud
A view of Inglewood from Lincoln Road, with Mount Taranaki in the background, hidden by cloud
Map
Coordinates: 39°9′S 174°12′E / 39.150°S 174.200°E / -39.150; 174.200
CountryNew Zealand
RegionTaranaki Region
Territorial authorityNew Plymouth District
Ward
  • Kōhanga Moa General Ward
  • Te Purutanga Mauri Pūmanawa Māori Ward
CommunityInglewood Community
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityNew Plymouth District Council
 • Regional councilTaranaki Regional Council
Area
[1]
 • Total2.94 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total3,870
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Postcode(s)
4330
The Shoe Store Building, a Victorian commercial building in the centre of Inglewood with a Category II heritage listing

Inglewood is a town in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of New Plymouth on State Highway 3, close to Mount Taranaki, and sits 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level. The town services a mainly dairy farming region.

History

The settlement was founded in 1873 and was originally called Moatown. The name was then changed to Milton, before ultimately being renamed to Inglewood in 1875 to avoid confusion with Milton in the South Island.[3]

The railway reached Inglewood in 1877,[4] connecting it with New Plymouth as part of the first extension of what is now the Marton–New Plymouth line.

Until 1991, Inglewood was home to the Moa-Nui Co-operative Dairies factory (which was the fourth largest dairy factory in New Zealand) before it was shut down in favour of centralised processing near Hāwera.[5]

From 1949 until the late 1980s, Inglewood was home to Fun Ho! Toys, a manufacturer of collectible die cast metal toys and one of New Zealand's largest toy companies.[6] The factory shut down in 1987 but a museum in the town still exists with over 3000 toys on display.

Despite its small population, the town has gained notoriety from a string of violent crimes which tend toward the gruesome,[7][8] bizarre[9][10][11] and barbaric.[12][13] A 2015 book by the anthropologist Michael D. Jackson refers to "Inglewood’s violent past" and "the popular claim that Inglewood is the 'murder capital' and 'psychopathic centre' of New Zealand".[11]

Studies lend some support to this claim. While the national murder rate is about two per hundred thousand per annum, my hometown boasts a rate of twenty five per hundred thousand—not alarming by US standards (Inglewood, California has thirteen murders per thousand yet is safer than 25 percent of cities in the U.S.), but troubling for New Zealanders. It isn’t just the discrepancy between the pastoral appearance of my hometown and its hidden history of violence that is so mystifying; it is the brutal and bizarre form that this violence takes.

— Michael D. Jackson, Harmattan: A Philosophical Fiction (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture)

A number of buildings are listed by Heritage New Zealand. The Railway Station and Yard is listed as Category I.[14] The Shoe Store Building on the corner of Rata and Richmond Streets is one of eight listed as Category II.[15]

Marae

Te Kōhanga Moa Marae is located in Inglewood. It features the Matamua meeting house, and is affiliated with the Te Āti Awa hapū of Pukerangiora.[16][17]

In October 2020, the Government committed $817,845 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade it and Muru Raupatu marae, creating 15 jobs.[18]

Demographics

Inglewood covers 2.94 km2 (1.14 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 3,870 as of June 2023,[2] with a population density of 1,316 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20063,087—    
20133,243+0.71%
20183,543+1.79%
Source: [19]

Inglewood had a population of 3,543 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 300 people (9.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 456 people (14.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,404 households, comprising 1,707 males and 1,836 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.93 males per female. The median age was 38.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 741 people (20.9%) aged under 15 years, 654 (18.5%) aged 15 to 29, 1,503 (42.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 648 (18.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 91.1% European/Pākehā, 14.4% Māori, 2.3% Pacific peoples, 2.5% Asian, and 1.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 11.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.9% had no religion, 33.3% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% were Hindu, 0.1% were Muslim, 0.1% were Buddhist and 1.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 312 (11.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 738 (26.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $29,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. 339 people (12.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,371 (48.9%) people were employed full-time, 414 (14.8%) were part-time, and 96 (3.4%) were unemployed.[19]

Education

Inglewood has a number of coeducational schools.

Inglewood High School is a secondary (years 9–13) school with a roll of 48.[20] The school was established in 1957.[21]

Inglewood Primary School and St Patrick's School are full primary (years 1–8) schools with rolls of 364[22] and 52,[23] respectively. Inglewood Primary School was founded in 1875.[24] St Patrick's is a state integrated Catholic school.[25]

Rolls are as of February 2024.[26]

Notable people

Inglewood has produced four All Blacks (John Major, Handley Brown, Dave "Trapper" Loveridge, Chris Masoe), and a leading contemporary artist, Michael Stevenson, who represented New Zealand at the 2003 Venice Biennale.[27]

Other notable people include:

References

  1. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  3. ^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 180. ISBN 9780143204107.
  4. ^ Yonge, J.R. (1993). New Zealand railway and tramway atlas. Exeter, United Kingdom: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0900609923.
  5. ^ "Old dairy factory up in flames". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland. 15 August 2017.
  6. ^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 180. ISBN 9780143204107.
  7. ^ Coster, Deena (12 December 2018). "Prison door about to swing open for convicted murderer after 25 years behind bars". Stuff. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Jury finds woman guilty of fraud and killing pensioner". The New Zealand Herald. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  9. ^ Lay, Graeme (May 1995). "Murder in Moaville". Quote Unquote. Auckland, New Zealand: Quote Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via quoteunquotenz.blogspot.com.
  10. ^ "Man clung to car bonnet before crash". Taranaki Daily News. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  11. ^ a b Jackson, Michael D. (21 April 2015). Harmattan: A Philosophical Fiction (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture). New York, USA: Columbia University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0231172349.
  12. ^ "Con artist murderer given 17 years non-parole". The New Zealand Herald. 17 August 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  13. ^ Coster, Deena (16 September 2016). "Parole could be years away for man jailed after 'barbaric' murder of woman and her baby son". Taranaki Daily News. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Inglewood Railway Station and Yard". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  15. ^ "Shoe Store Building". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  16. ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  17. ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  18. ^ "Marae Announcements" (Excel). growregions.govt.nz. Provincial Growth Fund. 9 October 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Inglewood (219600). 2018 Census place summary: Inglewood
  20. ^ Education Counts: Inglewood High School
  21. ^ "School Facilities". Inglewood High School. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
  22. ^ Education Counts: Inglewood School
  23. ^ Education Counts: St Patrick's School
  24. ^ Richardson, Diane (2000), Inglewood Primary School 125th jubilee : Easter 2000, Inglewood Primary School
  25. ^ "Education Review Report: St Patrick's School". Education Review Office. March 2006.
  26. ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Image of the New Zealand exhibition by Michael Stevenson at the Venice Biennale 2003". Creative New Zealand. Archived from the original on 1 October 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
  28. ^ "Obituary". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. XLI. 11 March 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

Further reading

General historical works

  • 125th anniversary of Fritz Reuter Polish settlers in Taranaki, 1876-2001, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: Polish Genealogical Society of New Zealand, 2003
  • All about Fritz Reuter Place, 1875-2002, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Florinda Lambert, 2002
  • Heritage trail: Inglewood walkway, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: Mainstreets Inglewood, c. 1996
  • Inglewood County, Wellington, [N.Z.]: New Zealand Historic Places Trust, 1982
  • Bade, David (2006), Nineteenth century West Prussian/Polish immigrants to Taranaki: identity, culture and impact on present-day Taranaki, Auckland, [N.Z.]: David Bade
  • Brown, Robert W. (n.d.), Index to Te Moa: 100 years history of the Inglewood community, 1875-1975, n.p.: n.p.
  • Brown, Robert W. (1975), Te Moa: 100 years history of the Inglewood community, 1875-1975, Inglewood, [N.Z.] ; New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: Masterprint Press
  • Cornwall, Joyce (1993), Upper Durham Road : a Taranaki history, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Durham C.W.I.
  • Denne, Carolyn (1991), Inglewood: an environmental area (B.R.P. (Hons.), Massey University)
  • Lambert, Florinda Louise (Floss) (1991), All about Inglewood, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Florinda Lambert
  • Pobog-Jaworowski, J.W. (1977), Polish settlers in Taranaki, 1876-1976, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Taranaki Polish Centennial Committee
  • Smillie, Dorrie; Broadmore, Urban (1993), 100 years of Dudley School and district, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: The School
  • Stewart, Derek W. (c. 1970), Inglewood and the Moa District in 1875, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Inglewood Borough Council

Arts and literature

  • 19 years of drama: Inglewood Dramatic Society, 1975, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Inglewood Dramatic Society, 1975
  • Inglewood: stories and poems of Inglewood, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: G. Gibson for the Inglewood Writer's Group, c. 2000
  • Mackie, Selina; Ertel, David (2006), Inglewood Dramatic Society Incorporated: celebrating 50 years of exceptional theatre, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Inglewood Dramatic Society

Business history

  • Brown, Robert W. (c. 1988), A collection of papers on the history of the Brown family, the Rev. Henry Handley Brown and the sawmilling firm of Henry Brown and Co. Ltd, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: R. W. Brown
  • Gifford, John E. (1963), 100 years of timber: a history of Henry Brown, "the founder of Inglewood" and the company he founded, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: Taranaki Newspapers
  • Griffin, R. H. (1978), BNZ Inglewood: a century of service, 1878-1978, Wellington, [N.Z.]: BNZ Archives

Churches

Anglican

  • All about St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Inglewood and, other Anglican churches in the outer Inglewood district, n.p.: n.p., n.d.
  • Brown, Robert W. (1969), A short history of the parochial district of Saint Andrew's, Inglewood, Inglewood, [N.Z.] ; New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: R. W. Brown ; Taranaki Newspapers

Catholic

  • Julian, Pat (2000), A history of the Sacred Heart Parish, Inglewood, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: P. Julian

Methodist

  • Ashworth, John Cyril Robert (1946), Souvenir to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Inglewood Methodist Church, 1876-1946, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: Taranaki Daily News

Clubs and organisations

  • Inglewood: stories and poems of Inglewood, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: G. Gibson for the Inglewood Writer's Group, c. 2000
  • Inglewood Fire Brigade & Ambulance: station opening, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Inglewood Fire Brigade, 1999
  • Dickson, T. H.; Hammonds, J. K. (1996), Lodge Moa No. 110 : 100 years, 1896-1996, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: The Lodge
  • Mackie, G. Helen, ed. (1998), Inglewood United Rugby Football Club centennial, 1898-1998, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: The Club
  • Mackie, Selina; Ertel, David (2006), Inglewood Dramatic Society Incorporated: celebrating 50 years of exceptional theatre, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Inglewood Dramatic Society

Environment

  • Franks, John A. (1980), Ngatoro Stream Catchment, Stratford, [N.Z.]: Taranaki Catchment Commission

Maps

  • New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey (1984), Map of New Plymouth, Oakura, Inglewood, Waitara (3rd. ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand

NOTE: Scale = 1: 12 500

  • New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey (1987), Streetfinder New Plymouth: Oakura, Waitara, Inglewood (4th. ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey

NOTE: Scale = 1: 15 000

  • New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey (1995), Streetfinder New Plymouth: Inglewood, Oakura, Okato, Urenui, Waitara (5th. ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey

NOTE: Scale = 1: 15 000

People

  • 125th anniversary of Fritz Reuter Polish settlers in Taranaki, 1876-2001, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: Polish Genealogical Society of New Zealand, 2003
  • Bade, David (2006), Nineteenth century West Prussian/Polish immigrants to Taranaki: identity, culture and impact on present-day Taranaki, Auckland, [N.Z.]: David Bade
  • Brown, Robert W. (c. 1988), A collection of papers on the history of the Brown family, the Rev. Henry Handley Brown and the sawmilling firm of Henry Brown and Co. Ltd, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: R. W. Brown
  • Gifford, John E. (1963), 100 years of timber: a history of Henry Brown, "the founder of Inglewood" and the company he founded, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: Taranaki Newspapers
  • Lambert, Florinda Louise (Floss); Dobson, Mary (n.d.), Honours awarded to Inglewood people, n.p.: n.p.
  • Lambert, Florinda Louise (Floss); Dobson, Mary (2001), Inglewood awards and outstanding citizens, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: New Plymouth Library
  • Poletti, Margaret (c. 1998), The Inglewood Laurences, Papakura, [N.Z.]: M. Poletti

Schools

  • Inglewood High School 25th jubilee celebrations, 4–6 June 1982, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Jubilee Committee, 1982
  • Waitoriki School 125 years, 1880-2005, Waitoriki, [N.Z.]: Waitoriki School Jubilee Committee, 2005
  • St. Patrick's Convent School, Inglewood: 75th jubilee, May 29–30-31, 1981, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: St. Patrick's Convent School Jubilee Committee, 1981
  • Hunt, Janet (2007), Three cheers fifty years: Inglewood High School, 1957-2007, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Inglewood High School History Publication Committee
  • Richardson, Diane (2000), Inglewood Primary School 125th jubilee : Easter 2000, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: Inglewood Primary School
  • Smillie, Dorrie; Broadmore, Urban (1993), 100 years of Dudley School and district, Inglewood, [N.Z.]: The School

External links

New Plymouth District, New Zealand
Authority control databases: National
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