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,...
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...
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...