Issue May 2015

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...

Otaki College held a very moving Anzac ceremony last Friday which included a slide show of 30 New Zealand soldiers who died at Gallipoli...

In recent weeks their have been a number of burglaries and thefts in the Ötaki Beach and rural areas. Items targeted in these incidents...

It would have been hard to not to spot the Keep Out — Building site signs on the Rangiatea Church gates in recent weeks...

The drums are beating around town about a new print shop. When this is corroborated by a couple of charitable organisations who have received...

The success of Otaki Rotary over the last 50 years, has been due, in no small part, to the help of member’s wives and...

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

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...

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

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...