Issue May 2015

Editorial: Whose Beach is it Anyway?

The Otaki Mail has become aware of dangerous, irresponsible driving on Otaki Beach. There has always been a tension between the common belief that...

Focus on Winter lettuce

Our recent cooler morning and night-time temperatures are a cue to start planting cool season crops, but if you’re not ready to let go...

Rongotea Sale 22nd April 2015

The yards were full to capacity at Rongotea today, with even the drafting pens needed to cope with the large number of boner cows...

Te Horo talk May 2015

New kid on the block: State 1 Designs Te Horo’s old veggie shop has been granted a new lease of life. Previously a hand-crafted jewellery...

Garden tasks for April

Flower garden Lift gladioli corms and dahlia tubers once the foliage has died down, and store in a cool, dry place. Plant your lily bulbs or...

From the Otaki Mail, Friday April 26 1935

ANZAC DAY CELEBRATION IN OTAKI Twenty years ago yesterday the immortal name of Anzac was first forged ’mid blood and fire on Gallipoli heights, and...

The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy

Mahara Gallery is currently hosting the national touring exhibition ‘The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy,’ curated and developed by leading New Zealand...

Fruit Trees Galore

We have some treasures for you… Just some of the many varieties available now available. Te Horo Garden Centre Main Highway & Te Horo Beach Rd TE...

Otaki Museum

Have you seen the latest items in Otaki Remembers World War I? There is a focus on Gallipoli where twelve local men died a...

Reevedon Village; no worries

For 96-year-old Wynne Bullen, mowing the lawns and taking care of the property maintenance had become a real nuisance in her retirement. That’s until...

Combiguards & Fert tablets

Do you want every plant to have the best chance of a boosting through salt winds, animal browse or a drought in your big...

Otaki Historical Society

There was a disappointingly small turnout for the recent speaker on 7 April, and those who stayed away missed a stunning display of Pip...

Celebrating Parents’ Achievement at Waitohu School

Waitohu School celebrated their first Computers in Homes programme on April the 22nd 2015. 9 Families completed the 20 hours of computer training at...

Autumn

Darkening skies, gloomy mornings and early nights. Some people hate it. It heralds the cold of winter, of less time in the garden enjoying...

Kapiti Libraries at the Forefront

For those who embrace new technologies and like the idea of borrowing ebooks from the library, help is at hand with our district libraries...