Issue May 2014

Community Board Chair James Cootes is urging Ōtaki people to take a more responsible attitude to the dumping of rubbish – and Council to take strong action against those who litter the town’s beaches.

Funding is awarded under the Waste Levy Grants process and from the Waste Levy Fund. This does not come from rates. The levy money...

More than 50 jobs could be created in Ōtaki when the Entyre rubber recycling plant gets fully into production, converting a sizeable chunk of New Zealand’s waste tyres into products such as mats for dairy farms.

ACCIDENT IN MAIN STREET CAR CRASHED INTO POST A large motor-car, driven by a young man named Willis, ran foul of a verandah post at...

Quick reference list of tradespeople and services that have full ads in this issue of the paper.

A Burnable Book, Bruce Holsinger — The School Inspector Calls, Gervase Phinn — Forty Days Without Shadow, Olivier Truc — The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins, Irvine Welsh

If you’ve got money worries, getting your power disconnected because you couldn’t afford to pay the bill might be the last straw – especially...

The exhibition celebrating Rotary’s fifty years in Otaki has only another month to run, so if you haven’t seen it, be sure you do...

Available from Edhouse’s Store NZ Post (Otaki) Otaki Museum Caltex Service Station (SH1) Railway Bookshop (Main St) $25 per copy

The next public talk will be on Tuesday 3 June 2014 at 7.30 pm at Rotary Hall, Aotaki Street, Otaki. The speaker will be Fiona...

The Energise Otaki website is up and running. A voluntary effort coordinated by Miriam Richardson and Gael Ferguson has given the town a focal point...

The outside of the shed is painted, filled, windows puttied up and barge boards replaced where the rot was too much to fill ... the old girl is ready for quite a lot more years for us sheddies to enjoy. The inside is nearly finished with a race on to get it ready for the official opening and blessing on June 17.

By Margaret Andrews Te Horo School pupils and staff, the Te Horo Hall committee and local residents joined together for the annual Anzac Day commemoration,...

Otaki Mail and the Forthcoming Election In September we have a national election. The Otaki Mail has been approached by a number of political parties...

Otaki Rotary are delighted to announce another Celebrity Charity Debate will be held at Otaki Memorial Hall on Friday 4th July 2014 at 7pm,...