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...
Focus On: Trevor Pye
What’s most fascinating about Otaki is its diversity of residents. Someone suggested that we had a famous illustrator of children’s books living in our...
Focus on carrots and parsnips
Carrots and parsnips from your own garden have an earthy sweetness about them — once tasted the shop-bought ones may never taste the same.
These...
Changes to Employment Law
There were some significant changes to Employment Law as from 6 March 2015. These changes mainly affect employees’ and employers’ rights relating to flexible...
Real estate: 12 month sales report
Otaki; A total of 170 properties sold in Otaki during the last 12 months to 31st March, at an average sale price of $237,660....
Roses
Duc de Cambridge is from the Damask rose family — the family of roses that rose oil and rose water are traditionally made from....
Kia ora from the Otaki Public Library — Te Wharepukapuka o...
The King’s Curse
by Philippa Gregory
As an heir to the Plantagenets, Margaret Pole is seen by the King’s mother as a rival to the Tudor...
Cancer Support
Anyone affected by cancer, whether they are the patient or support person is welcome to come to our Support Group Meeting, held on 3rd...
Arts, Crafts & Fun at Trinity Farm
Weather was good, numbers were good and people enjoyed themselves at the Trinity Farm Arts and Crafts weekend over Easter. There was pottery, sculpture,...
Close-up with the natives
I’ve just taken off a few days to walk the Heaphy track, one of New Zealand’s 8 great walks. I really enjoyed sharing my...
What’s that twiggy plant?
The divaricating branching system is an iconic feature of many New Zealand native plants and is characterised by tight branching and small leaves. Some...
Bees Through the Seasons
In recognition of the importance of bees to our lives we are starting a regular column by bee keeper Penny Kerr-Hislop. She will provide...
Kapiti Coast Quilters Guild
Quilt Exhibition at Southward Theatre in Otaihanga on 16th and 17th May.
Why hold a show
To let people know who we are and what we...