Issue June 2015

Enrolments now open Unique environment — Awesome facility — Qualified staff The holiday programme runs every school holidays up to Term 4. It is a physically active programme...

Ōtaki, the northernmost pearl in the district's string of townships, is poised for economic growth and expansion as its political leaders push for advancements...

CACTUS — the Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit and Support programme — is designed to extend a young person’s mind and physical capability, with...

From the Principal After recently having time off for knee surgery it is certainly great to be back at work seeing the fantastic things that...

On the 2nd of May 2015 six amazing families from Otaki College completed the Computers in Homes programme for 2015. These six families have successfully...

One of Otaki’s most dedicated teachers has retired from full-time work after a life teaching children. Pene Ryan said goodbye to Otaki Kindergarten at a...

There sometimes comes a time in a pet’s life where you as their owner have to make the heart-wrenching decision to say goodbye and...

Born and grew up in Ranfurly, Central Otago, Trevor Hunter was the eldest of three children. Dad was a joiner, and when he left school, Trevor Hunter took up an apprenticeship with him. After coming out of his time, Trevor spend 4 more years in dad’s joinery factory, then went into partnership with a friend, and ‘went building’.

Let’s Change our Money-as-Debt Problem By Amanda Vickers You’d think that the most important aspect of a sovereign nation would be for its Government to have...

Clean Technology Intern for Otaki Om Dolasia, a postgraduate student from Western Australia, will be arriving in New Zealand and coming to work in Otaki...

The Friends of the Otaki River FOTOR, held their first open planting day for the season, last Saturday with over 50 people bedding 700...

To look up the definition of a word in the search bar enter ‘Define <word>, then expand the result box for translations, word origin...

Well, we are now heading into the cooler months but still the beautiful vista from our beachfront residence keeps a smile on our dial...

With the recent natural disasters in Vanuatu and Nepal, many of Otaki’s school children know they have contributed to aid through the Otaki Rotary Club’s Shelter Box project. “The kids now have an idea of what we are doing (helping in time of disaster),” Rotary Shelter Box facilitator, Derek Chisholm said. “It’s just a small bit but I’m sure there will always be a need. With Vanuatu and Nepal it’s brought home to the kids we’re doing something to help.”

From the Otaki Mail, May 8, 1935 A meeting of the Mayor’s relief committee was held at the Council Chambers on Friday afternoon, the Mayor...