Issue May 2014

Contents of the May 2014 issue

Farmers need to know it’s okay to ask for help

Dairy farmers need to know they can ask for help to deal with stress and depression, says Lisa, a Waikato share milker. Lisa’s husband Hamish did an interview with mental health advocate Sir John Kirwan that featured in a recent campaign by the Government’s Health Promotion Agency.

Skin Tight, 5 June, Civic Theatre, Otaki

Skin Tight opens on the 5th of June. A story of love full of carefully entwined beauty with unanticipated moments of remarkable clarity, this...

The Civic Chat

Why go to live theatre? Someone said “it's like why have live actual sex when you can watch it on film. Or why go to a concert when you can buy a CD? People go to the theatre to suspend their belief... and give in to the world of LIVE entertainment. There is an energy that is given off from people performing on stage.

Garden tasks for June 2014

Flower garden: Plant lily bulbs or divide existing ones. Dig up bulbs and divide bulb scales - plant in seed-raising mix. ... Orchard ... Vegetables ... Lawns

A Tale of Many Toes

Recently two abandoned cats were brought into the clinic and interestingly one of them was polydactyl. Polydactyl literally means ‘many toes’, and these cats...

The Otaki Real Estate market is on the move

Grant Robertson The first influence is a pickup in the arrival of UK immigrants, now getting used to the shrunken pound, and accepting that the...

Pretty as a pansy

Cheerful, fragile-looking pansies are one of the toughest performers for chilly winter gardens — and who can resist falling for that pretty, velvety face — whether plain, patterned, smudged or be-whiskered? They come in more colours than the rainbow — ruby red and regal purple, azure blue and glowing gold, apricot and rusty brown, snowy white and even black.

Focus on growing feijoas

The spicy aroma and tangy taste of these green, South American natives is unbeatable, and their shape and size make them good lunch box fruit for children — manageable for small fingers in a hurry!

Focus On … the results of the 2013 Census

Who Are We ? The results for the national Census performed in March 2013 have just been released.

Matariki Lantern Carnival Cancelled

Otaki Village Promotions Group Inc. Chair, Ian Carson announced this week that regrettably, the Matariki Lantern Carnival planned for late June has had to be cancelled.

New patron for Mahara Gallery

Gillian, Lady Deane recently accepted an invitation to become the patron of Waikanae’s Mahara Gallery, a move which has come at a pivotal time for the district’s art gallery, currently immersed in fund raising to redevelop facilities.

Current exhibitions at Mahara

Three new exhibitions opened at Mahara Gallery last month: Stag Spooner, Wild Men of the Bush, ‘The Human Expression,’ created by John Lawrence, and in New SPACE is Jack Penman’s interactive display, ‘Party Lines: The Story of Waikanae’s Early Telephone Exchange Operators.’

Older Persons Council to Meet in Otaki

The Kāpiti Coast Older Persons’ Council, a partner of the Kāpiti Coast District Council, is meeting in the Otaki RSA on Wednesday 25th June. John...

Friends of the Otaki River Plant More Natives

With the planting season on us, the Friends of the Otaki River held their first public planting day, the Pub Charity Family Planting, above Chrystalls Bend recently. About 30 people turned out and made short work of imbedding the 1000 trees, shrubs and grasses in the prepared holes.

Great Gatsby Theme for Otaki College Ball

The recent Otaki College ball was another outstanding success with attendees elegantly dressed to The Great Gatsby theme and most arriving in either 1920’s vintage cars or 1950-60’s classics.