August 2015
News
TPPA Protest Attracts Big Support
Over 50 Kapiti protestors descended on Otaki MP Nathan Guy’s Paraparaumu office to deliver their anti-TPPA protest.
“We were happy with the level of public...
Hot Air at TTO Annual General Meeting
Transition Town Otaki’s AGM, held at The Tele on July 29, is to be followed by a screening of Hot Air, a documentary by...
Gardening
Spring Flowering Trees at Te Horo Garden Centre
Tamarix Juniperina Something special and not often available.
A native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. Very hardy with masses of pink flowers in...
All sorts of cool botanical bits and pieces
All sorts of goodies... It’s an exciting time of year at the Greenery.
All the orders we made last Summer have been arriving and we...
Taking Ōtaki's Pulse
With your help there is hope Daffodil Day, Friday 28th August
The Cancer Society of NZ Manawatu Centre (which includes Ōtaki) fundraiser and Daffodil Day co-ordinator Faye James says the most important message to give...
History
Otaki Historical Society, Tuesday 4 August, AGM with films The Red...
The Annual General Meeting will be held at Rotary Hall at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 4 August 2015. This will be followed by two...
Ōtaki Museum: Kapiti Island exhibition opens 30 July
The museum’s exhibition about the First World War ran for eleven months, and attracted more visitors than any other exhibition so far. The newest...
Thumbs up, Thumbs down
Thumbs up
- Those thoughtful people who had flu injections
- Honour our Otaki Firemen on 15 August.
- Otaki Village Promotions group – finalists in the Wellington Airport Awards.
- Young people who assisted an eldery woman who fell on Main Street.
- Zierra in Arthur Street who donated shoe boxes for a Children’s Holiday Project.
- Reds in Arthur Street, getting back on their feet with Dinners Fri, Sat, Sun.
- Local Author Penelope Haines for her debut book The Lost One and its fabulous cover.
Thumbs down
- Those people who did not have flu injections.
- The person shooting cats with a slug gun in Hariata Street.
- To the government which changed the rules and now denies beneficiaries the right to do voluntary work.
- To the junk mail deliverers who persist in delivering junk mail to boxes with a No Junk Mail sticker.
- The adults who drove by and ignored the fallen woman.
- The people who tooted impatiently as the young people were helping the fallen elderly woman back to her car.
- Idiots smashing bottles at Rahui.
- Burglars who smashed the front door of Riverstone cafe.
Life
Sink your teeth into this
Not many of us like going to the dentist, but once in a while, most of us have to pay them a visit anyway.
Animals...
Moving Forward in Ōtaki — Finding Work
For the first time WINZ have contracted to have the Moving Forward course in Otaki. The course is for those of us who have...
Sports, arts, music & entertainment
Martial arts masters
Three young Ōtaki martial artists travelled to bright lights of Auckland last month to compete at the National Championships and pit themselves against some...
Coastal Wanderers complete Cook Strait challenge in Ōtaki Pool
Recently Ōtaki Pool celebrated the end of their 20 week pool challenge to cross Cook Strait without leaving the pool. During this time the public...
KCDC Update
KCDC meetings, August 2015
DayDateMeetingTimeVenue
Thursday
6 August
Audit and Risk Subcommittee
10.00 am
Council Chambers Ground Floor, 175 Rimu Road, Paraparaumu
Tuesday
11 August
Council Meeting (Additional)
10.00 am
Council Chambers Ground Floor, 175 Rimu Road, Paraparaumu
Thursday
13...
Join The Kapiti Arts Trail!
Be part of this year’s Arts Trail which will be held over two weekends for the first time: 31 October/1 November and 7/8 November.
This...
Stormwater improvements underway
Work on a new stormwater pump station for Ōtaki started this week.
Council’s approval of the pump station in June was welcome news for flood-prone...
Our people
Hairing it up Over the Years — Lesley Smith retires
“Hairdressing hasn’t changed, just the techniques and names” said Lesley Smith as she prepares leave her vocation after 52 years of cutting and styling...
Recognising Paula
After giving her services to the Order of St John volunteer wing for 20 years, Paula Johns has finally received her badge and certificate...
Segwaying to Hands-Free Mobility
It’s now hands-free mobility for Otaki’s Marcus Thompson, as he’s followed and trialled the development of the OGO, designed and created by his friend...
Te Horo’s Mary Harris retires from Parliament
Parliament is a fascinating edifice. When we lived in Wellington, we would sometimes listen to parliament on the radio, and in the 1980s, when...
