Issue August 2015

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Three young Ōtaki martial artists travelled to bright lights of Auckland last month to compete at the National Championships and pit themselves against some...

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...

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....

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

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...

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

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...