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...

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...

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...

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...

Congratulations to our raffle winners: Waitohu School raffle

The term of swimming lessons kindly donated by Kāpiti Coast Aquatics (Ōtaki Pool) has been won by: Christine Fearon — ticket number 16. The grocery hamper raffles were...

Peter Hugh Thorpe July 20 1930 – June 11 2015

Market gardening, tomatoes in particular had always been a major part of Peter’s life. He had worked on his father, Fred’s market garden in...

Ōtaki Players Whistle Down Wind opens July 30th

The curtain will be up on Otaki Players latest musical production, Whistle Down the Wind, when this issue of the Otaki Mail comes out....

Citrus trees galore!

We have an amazing variety of citrus trees 3 varieties of Lemon 2 varieties of  Grapefruit 4 varieties of  Orange 4 varieties of  Lime 5 varieties of  Mandarin 2 varieties of  Tangelos Special offer! 5 x six-pack...

Ōtaki Food Bank Inc AGM, August 20, 7pm

Annual General Meeting Thursday August 20 at 7.00pm Annual reports election officers and committee

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...