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...
Ōtaki Lions Changeover
On Wednesday 3rd June the Otaki Lions held their Changeover Night for Officers in the Otaki Golf Clubrooms.
Outgoing President Don Howden spoke about the...
Focus on growing grapes
Winter, when grape vines are dormant, is an ideal time to plant this member of the Vitaceae family, but wait until the risk of...
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...