Issue October 2014

By MARGARET ANDREWS October is the time the churches commemorate St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, so it was the animals turn to...

Are you thinking of having a break over the holiday period and are requiring a safe, homely and caring place for your elderly loved...

Otaki Rotary, in conjunction with Manakau School, are once again on the pavements, selling tickets in our ever popular Trailer Raffle. Tickets are $1...

Make sure you save the weekend of 15/16 November for the Kāpiti Arts Trail! This is a not be to missed opportunity to browse, be...

By ANN CHAPMAN When we were at Trinity Farm we had room for Wisteria – that wonderful thug of a rambler best seen gracing the...

by Vivienne Bailey Flower garden Mulch your perennials, trees and shrubs to help conserve moisture, using compost, bark and peat. Complete dahlia and chrysanthemum planting, and stake...

Hot corn on the cob dripping with melted butter - no wonder sweet corn is a garden favourite - and a winner with families!...

By Vivienne Bailey This vigorous, cold-hardy climber produces a glorious display in Alan Bailey’s Otaki garden. Every spring a profusion of softly perfumed, mauve-blue flowers...

 Transition Town Ōtaki Potluck meal & speakers’ programme-–all welcome. 6pm Wednesday November 26, venue Casa Romana, north of Ōtaki on SH1. Topic: Likely impact of the expressway...

So then. What’s coming up at the Otaki Players? It is a musical cabaret directed by the talented Huia Veale entitled “An Evening of Soul” Performance...

By Belinda McLean “There’s no such thing as waste, only the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time”, says Simon Calcinai, KCDC’s...

Working towards a violence free Otaki by 2040   Family Violence Intervention   Public Meeting 5th November 2014 330pm or 630pm Gertrude Atmore Supper Room, Memorial Hall  With a Pilot...

Although there were no Otaki based health professionals in the winner’s line-up this year, the supreme winner is very relevant to all of us....

Labour Weekend signals the start of the social summer season in New Zealand. The weather gets warmer, Christmas festivities and holiday planning begins – present...

Michael Houstoun, the renowned New Zealand pianist is the special guest soloist in a concert on Sunday, 23 November at Nga Purapura, Otaki at...