Freemans Bay Project Costs Found on Waitakere Ranges Local Board Performance report

 Waitakere Ranges Local Board most recent accounts  reported that the bulk of our Local Community Services expenditure went to a Picton Street Environmental Project.    The problem is Picton Street is  not in Waitakere Ranges Local Board, it’s in Freemans Bay. The Board unanimaously approved the accounts with Waitakere Residents  charged $13,000 for a Freemans Bay project. ** Link Here. […]

Book Oratia’s Settlers’ Hall or Small Hall

Book one of Oratia’s heritage Community Halls for your next event. Check out the costs, picture and details for Oratia Settlers’ Hall here or Oratia Small Hall Here.   Hall Hire :   Email  Audrey Nelson at hall@oratia.org.nz.  or Phone 889 0377 Include your Name, Number of people, Date required, Purpose of event.   The halls are […]

Broadband Survey for our Area

Council have emailed the R&R , and they would like some more accurate info so they can advocate for us to be part of the Government funded rural Broadband programme  in our area.  So please take 2 minutes and fill out the quick survey below so they have the data to advocate on our behalf. “From […]

Expert Guided Waitakere Nature Walks

There are some cool expert guided Waitakere nature walks  for the new year. Super local walks.  Book so you don’t miss out. Summer Bat Walks: Learn about bats on Summer Bat Walks: Monday 4 January 2016 – Wednesday 27 January.  Full Details Auckland Council website here. Nightwalks with Nature:     Bookings required: Full details Auckland […]

Oratia Twilight Market

ratia Twilight Market. Avoid the grocery store and stock up at the Oratia farmers market for your Christmas essentials. Twilight Market will be on Wednesday, Dec 23rd from 5 pm to 8 pm

Good Community Elves Busy at Small Hall

Thanks again to the Oratia R&R  for the funds  and our community volunteers  who helped  on the weekend.  Tables, Newly Painted Posts, Christmas Lights.  It’s begining to feel a lot like Christmas.

Waitakere Ranges Local Board $$ Support Onehunga Protest Rally

Should Waitakere’s local rates budget be used for protesting the government in Onehunga or  should Waitakere rates fund  improvements to  local services, assets and infrastructure for  Westies? Waitakere  Ranges Local Board allocated $10,100 of local budget for  raising awareness of Maui  Dolphins  for development of materials such as flags . The flags were  “to be used to raise […]

Christmas Events

T The Oratia Christmas Picnic:  Oratia Church  Sunday 6 December 6:30pm (RAindate 13 December) Music, Show-time, carols, Santa, Free Sausage Sizzle, Bring a rug and a picnic tea. And Please bring an unwrapped gift for charity. Carols & Readings: Sunday 20 December 7pm  Enjoy the spirit of Christmas with the Oratia Singers.  

Local Artist Chris Moore @ Sculpture Botanic Gardens

Local Oratia Artist Chris Moore, from Artistic Ironwork features as one of the 20 artists on display at the Auckland Botanic Gardens “Sculpture in the Gardens”. Described as, “One of New Zealand’s most outstanding sculpture events, featuring twenty outdoor artworks on a 1.8km trail through the magnificent gardens, Sculpture in the Gardens runs between 29 […]

Transparency Alert: Boards Declarations of Interest….Disappear

Figure 1  Waitakere Ward is named with declarations from Councillors Hulse and Cooper.  But Waitakere Local Board’s 2013, 2014, disappear & 2015 has never been published Council publishes a dropdown list of all Elected Members  “Declaration of Interests, showing property interests, companies, employment, trusts community ogranisation and anything that might be a conflict and is […]