Issue August 2015

First National: Proudly supporting the National Burns Centre

Every First National office in New Zealand is locally owned and operated. We are deeply involved in our local community and are committed to...

Two Plays, One Night! Friday 4th September, 7pm

It is all go in the Drama Department! Students are working hard to complete their production, learning lines and developing their characters. The theme will be...

Billycarts at MenzShed

Twenty seven children from Kidzone arrived at the Shed, and Ian, Eddy and I were on duty to give them a MenzShed experience.  The...

Outward Bound Low Impact Courses

Do you know someone aged 27+ years who has a mild physical injury (such as back pain or joint problems) and is looking for...

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...

Ōtaki College 2016 Information Evenings

Parents who would like talk with the Ōtaki Principal and Deans about enrolment for 2016 are invited to attend one of the following meetings...

Garden tasks for August 2015

Flower garden Continue planting new roses in rich, well-drained soil, with plenty of compost, and finish pruning existing plants in time for spring growth. Prune early...

From the Otaki Mail, Friday July 5, 1935

MAORIS 11 v PAKEHAS 9 One of the worst exhibitions of big football seen at Otaki for some time was the match between the Maoris...

Te Horo Talk, August 2015

Mid-winter dance rocks Te Horo locals enjoy a night out and if it’s a Scottish Ceilidh so much the better. More than 80 people “danced...

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,...