News
Flipping Heck!
How long does it take to flip a tractor tyre the 4.5 kilometres from the Main Highway to the beach? If you were Ngawira...
The worst floods in twenty years
Otaki wasn’t alone in suffering from a downpour this time. Wanganui suffered much worse.At the Waikawa Stream, the State Highway One bridge was taken...
Gardening
At the Te Horo Garden Centre
Two favourite shrubs to delight you in winter are available this month which the birds and bees love
Dichroa – The Evergreen Hydrangea with its...
Edible blooms
The culinary use of flowers, particularly those of herbs, dates back thousands of years. You’ll find rose petals in many Indian dishes, squash blossoms...
Trees and Green crops at the Greenery
Trees! Fruit trees, Evergreen and Deciduous Trees!
Our suppliers have been busy delivering and we have been busy bagging them up. The Manawatu flooding has...
Thumbs up, Thumbs down
Thumbs up
Kapiti Council for the bbq table/seats in the skate park- All our volunteers
- Emergency services during the recent flood event
- Otaki College students who graduated from the CACTUS course
- New World for supplying breakfast to the CACTUS kids
- Joseph from Body and Soul for a free month’s membership in July for CACTUS kids and their parents
- Matariki
- Errol Maffey for filming the CACTUS kids
- Terry Moore and the Otaki Police for the CACTUS kids initiative
- Atea and Ngawira, flipping for Rena to raise funds for her treatment
Thumbs down
The rubbish dumpers at Te Rito School recycling bins thereby negating the value of teaching the kids the value of recycling- The sightseekers after the flooding who invaded Atkinson Ave, leaving wheel ruts in the verge
- Fonterra & supermarkets — why does milk have to cost so much?
Life
Energise Otaki update
Clean Technology Interns for Otaki
Om Dolasia, a postgraduate Environmental Engineering student from Western Australia, will be arriving in New Zealand and coming to work...
New Protection from Unfair Contract Terms
From 17 March 2015, it will not be legal to include unfair contract terms in standard consumer contracts. This applies to contracts entered into,...
Business, industry & farming
Tech Talk
Don’t forget your Phone Filters
This used to be the first question that Internet providers asked when a customer reported an internet issue. Now it...
Ultrafast broadband for Ōtaki
To stimulate business growth and productivity, Ōtaki is making a bid to be linked up to ultra-fast broadband (UFB).
KCDC is preparing a submission for...
Sports, arts, music & entertainment
KCDC Update
Environment
River watchers wanted
Ōtaki and Te Horo were hard hit in the recent floods, particularly homes andrural blocks in low-lying areas near waterways.
Living by a river or...
The worst floods in twenty years
Otaki wasn’t alone in suffering from a downpour this time. Wanganui suffered much worse.At the Waikawa Stream, the State Highway One bridge was taken...
Our people
We note the passing of two Otaki Stalwarts:
Richard Orzecki
Former Otaki community board member. He has also been an active member on the MidCentral District Health Board.
Peter Thorpe
Our condolences go to Ann...
Focus on: Rod Clifton
You could call Te Horo’s Rod Clifton the original boy racer. And you’d be right.
Rod has been racing cars (stock cars, saloons and super...
