Issue May 2015

If you are faced with the task of replacing your aging laptop you would be safe in assuming a new laptop would be both...

Term 1 saw a full-on start to the year with exciting programmes in place across the College. These included the continued development of Google...

Tena koutou, What a fantastic event our Maorilands Film Festival is. Starting with the moving powhiri at Raukawa marae on day one — to the Red...

The Kapiti Concert Orchestra will present a concert to commemorate those who fought and died in the First World War, those who lived through...

We were spending the last few weeks of March in Melbourne recently, catching the last of the city’s summer and meeting up with family....

The job description of a real estate agent has been turned on its head with the acceleration of internet usage. My experience as an agent...

The Kāpiti District wants the Greater Wellington Regional Council to commit funding support to enable the Capital Connection train service to be retained. Mayor Ross...

About 25 people will gather at the Tele at Queen’s Birthday weekend to talk about how to remodel the political economy, according to Co-leader...

A whopping 6.25 kg kamokamo was the clear winner of “The biggest kamokamo” competition, run by the organisers of the Seasonal Surplus Stall on...

It was a cold night, and I really wanted to surf the couch with a good book but burglary spends no time on couches...

Otaki put itself on the world map with its indigenous film festival last month. This was the second occasion, and we can look forward to it becoming an important event on the cultural calendar. 120 short films, 10 feature films and 10 documentaries from indigenous film makers all over the world were viewed in the Civic Theatre, Nga Purapura and Hadfield Hall.

Anzac Day was celebrated differently this year, with over 80 white crosses for the soldier’s cemetery, constructed in memory of those from the Otaki...

Should you feed your dog bones? There is much debate around the issue, no bones about it, but we say no, and here’s why. Bones...

Friends of the Otaki River embark on another busy planting season commencing Saturday 16 May with the Otaki New World Planting Day. 5,100 native trees...