Issue August 2014

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.

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...

At the clinic we often have stray pets handed in. Sometimes it is easy to reunite them with their actual owner but a lot of...

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.

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...

Information sought relating to Burglary at Konini Street, Otaki Beach on Saturday 16th August 2014 approx 2000hrs. Complainant arrived home from work and drove his...

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...

This hybrid berry (also known as brambles) is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry, and is an easy crop to grow, requiring...

A lot of people (especially men) complain about roses because they get attacked by the thorns. Shower of Gold could be the answer as...

Primlets Also known as the rosebud primula this little bedding plant comes in a myriad of colours, it will flower for you in sun or...

Flower garden Feed and mulch your roses, shrubs and trees - it’s also a good time to plant trees and choose new shrubs, such as...

Dahlias deserve a place in your perennial border, although they also rate a definite place of their own. Grown in a bed by themselves,...