Issue August 2015

Keen to write your life story? Your Life Your Story Workshop...

Keen to write your life story? Like to record a particular experience? Your Life Your Story 10-week Workshop begins Wednesday 28 August in Otaki

Hear Andrew Little, September 11th

Hear Andrew Little talk about equal pay and social justice and its relevance today. Friday 11 September at 6:30pm Otaki College Hall, Mill Road, Otaki

Films: The Red House and the Otaki Railway Station 4...

Two films by Otaki film maker Errol Maffey on the Red House and the Otaki Railway Station will follow the Historical Society AGM being...

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...

Rod Oram to speak in Otaki, 27 & 28 October 2015

Rod Oram to speak in Otaki Noted economist and clean technology advocate, Rod Oram will speak in Otaki   on 27 & 28 October. Otaki College...

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...

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...

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...

A Te Horo memory

Shards of charred timber, bent and blackened corrugated iron and a solitary brick chimney remain. Those warm-yellow bricks conjure up memories of fireside dinners,...

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...

Ōtaki Gorge Road

Council is looking at whether the bank at the site of recurring slips on Ōtaki Gorge Road needs to be re-stabilised. A slip a fortnight...

Ōtaki Library, August 2015

Kia ora from the Ōtaki Public Library – Te Wharepukapuka o Ōtaki Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill In the beginning, it was easy to imagine their future....

Winning winter flowers

If our dreary cold weather is wearing you down, the sight of flowers on winter bare branches is sure to lift your spirits. Their...

Kapiti Concert Orchestra 8th August, Waikanae

Kāpiti Concert Orchestra ~ presents ~ BRITTEN’S The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestraan entertaining narrated introduction to the instruments of the modern orchestra CONDUCTOR...

Editorial: The Vulnerability of Living in the Country

The devastating sight of the Red House Cafe burning down showed graphically how vulnerable we are here in our idyllic little world. Through no...