August 2014
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The production of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Otaki this month demonstrates that good theatre is not the sole preserve of the city. It is truly good theatre. The Otaki Players, with ambition and courage, have once again given the Wellington region one of the best shows of our time and delivered it with style and energy worthy of any stage anywhere.
News
WWI Exhibition opens at museum
Otaki’s Heritage Bank Museum has opened the latest exhibition commemorating 100 years since the beginning of World War 1 and the four years of conflict that followed.
Otaki says Goodbye to Nan Simcox
By MARGARET ANDREWS
Otaki farewelled one of its oldest residents, Nan Simcox, last week, when family, friends and many others gathered at Rangiatea Church to...
Gardening
Potted Spring
Although it’s too late to plant tulip and daffodil bulbs, we can play catch-up in spring’s floral stakes with potted bulbs sold in flower...
Focus on growing boysenberries
This hybrid berry (also known as brambles) is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry, and is an easy crop to grow, requiring...
Thumbs up, Thumbs down
Thumbs up
- Carol Ward for organising the Otaki Business Women’s Network since its inception
- Matariki and all the forthcoming celebrations
- Three College kids who helped an elderly woman home from the supermarket last week.
- Two new shops: Clocks on the highway, Pianos downtown.
Thumbs down
Greater Wellington Regional Council for its failure to respond promptly to residents concerns about the Waitohu Stream, leaving the beach in a god-awful mess- The person who destroyed 4 young Norfolk Pines on the beachfront – is this an opportunity for some more appropriate planting?
Taking Ōtaki's Pulse
The Big Latch On
Short on numbers but big on smiles, for the sole ‘Big Latch On’ participant in Otaki, to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.
Ellie West, aged just...
MDHB Health Awards celebrate a decade of excellence
The first MDHB Health Awards, held in 2005, were for the primary care sector only, and saw 60 nominations across nine categories. It was...
History
WWI Exhibition opens at museum
Otaki’s Heritage Bank Museum has opened the latest exhibition commemorating 100 years since the beginning of World War 1 and the four years of conflict that followed.
Otaki Historical Society » August 2014
The 37th Annual General Meeting was held on 5 August at Rotary Hall. The meeting learned with regret that Anne Thorpe was standing down...
Life
Setting up your own email address » Tech talk August 2014
Although there are lots of free email services like Gmail, outlook.com and Yahoo!, setting up a domain name and customised email address is much...
Library Book Reviews
Kia ora from the Otaki Public Library – Te Wharepukapuka o Otaki
A Fatal Tide
by Steve Sailah
It is 1915 and Thomas Clare rues the day...
Business, industry & farming
Starpath – Local Boy Makes Good – an update August 2014
Last year, the Otaki Mail broke the story of Otaki man Hamish Scott, and his Starpath invention that was setting Britain alight. Since then, Starpath technology has become more than twice as bright, with rapid take-up by Councils across London and the UK. It is now a real alternative to street lighting.
Tasty Cheese Gems – a Te Horo Icon
Hyde Park corner is buzzing. Blue Skies art gallery, a busy Garden Centre and a bustling cafe ensure that the carpark is always full, with customers from far and wide looking for traditional fare.
Sports, arts, music & entertainment
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The production of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Otaki this month demonstrates that good theatre is not the sole preserve of the city. It is truly good theatre. The Otaki Players, with ambition and courage, have once again given the Wellington region one of the best shows of our time and delivered it with style and energy worthy of any stage anywhere.
Otaki Taekwondo Club Triumphs
On the 5th July 2014 we had 11 members enter the Hutt City Taekwondo Open tournament at Naenae Badminton Hall. The competitors were (S)...
KCDC Update
Environment
Small-town energy vision inspires » Transition Town Otaki August 2014
Kāpiti engineer David Rumsey broke from a family holiday in Croatia for a 1300 kilometre return journey to a German village known world-wide for...
Friends of the Otaki River August 2014
The annual Otaki River Walkover has been organised for Wednesday September 10, with a bus tour from the Upper Rahui down to the estuary...
Our people
Starpath – Local Boy Makes Good – an update August 2014
Last year, the Otaki Mail broke the story of Otaki man Hamish Scott, and his Starpath invention that was setting Britain alight. Since then, Starpath technology has become more than twice as bright, with rapid take-up by Councils across London and the UK. It is now a real alternative to street lighting.
Te Horo’s Diamond couple
Ray and Beverley (Bev) Marshall were married in Otaki’s Post Office sixty years ago. It was the 15th July, 1954, and getting married was...
