Real Estate and the internet — a personal perspective
The job description of a real estate agent has been turned on its head with the acceleration of internet usage.
My experience as an agent...
KCDC urges support for Capital Connection and public transport
The Kāpiti District wants the Greater Wellington Regional Council to commit funding support to enable the Capital Connection train service to be retained.
Mayor Ross...
Redesigning the Economy at the Tele
About 25 people will gather at the Tele at Queen’s Birthday weekend to talk about how to remodel the political economy, according to Co-leader...
The biggest kamokamo
A whopping 6.25 kg kamokamo was the clear winner of “The biggest kamokamo” competition, run by the organisers of the Seasonal Surplus Stall on...
In the darkness — tales from the Otaki Community Patrol
It was a cold night, and I really wanted to surf the couch with a good book but burglary spends no time on couches...
Second Maoriland Film festival a huge success
Otaki put itself on the world map with its indigenous film festival last month. This was the second occasion, and we can look forward to it becoming an important event on the cultural calendar.
120 short films, 10 feature films and 10 documentaries from indigenous film makers all over the world were viewed in the Civic Theatre, Nga Purapura and Hadfield Hall.
Menzshed’s Marathon White Crosses Project
Anzac Day was celebrated differently this year, with over 80 white crosses for the soldier’s cemetery, constructed in memory of those from the Otaki...
No bones about it…
Should you feed your dog bones? There is much debate around the issue, no bones about it, but we say no, and here’s why.
Bones...
Major Planting Season Ahead
Friends of the Otaki River embark on another busy planting season commencing Saturday 16 May with the Otaki New World Planting Day.
5,100 native trees...
Otaki College Remembers
Otaki College held a very moving Anzac ceremony last Friday which included a slide show of 30 New Zealand soldiers who died at Gallipoli...
From the Ötaki Police
In recent weeks their have been a number of burglaries and thefts in the Ötaki Beach and rural areas. Items targeted in these incidents...
Rangiatea Church gets new paint
It would have been hard to not to spot the Keep Out — Building site signs on the Rangiatea Church gates in recent weeks...
New print shop in town
The drums are beating around town about a new print shop. When this is corroborated by a couple of charitable organisations who have received...
Otaki Rotary News: Presentation of Paul Harris Fellow to Ngaire Lutz
The success of Otaki Rotary over the last 50 years, has been due, in no small part, to the help of member’s wives and...
Editorial: Whose Beach is it Anyway?
The Otaki Mail has become aware of dangerous, irresponsible driving on Otaki Beach. There has always been a tension between the common belief that...