Put this in your Diary: Oratia Country Fair
World famous in West Auckland, Oratia District School’s biennial Country Fair returns on Sunday 22 March 2015 – bigger and better than ever. Put the Oratia Country Fair in your Diary and like us on facebook to support our wonderful school fundraiser. All funds raised will go to some new soft fall for the Junior Playground. Planning is […]
Misleading Consultation – Oratia Was Not in the Budget (2015-18)
Oratia is not funded in the next three years despite local board declaring it as a top initiative. Before Christmas, Waitakere household’s were sent a consultation questionnaire about the Local Boards Draft 3 year budget (Draft Plan 2014 Budget 15/18) asking – Do you support the boards three key local board initiatives: Environment, Improving Glen […]
Karekare Beach Races
Heritage Grant Enables Ceiling Restoration
The Small Hall, our treasured Category II heritage building – a gift to Oratia from the Catholic Church, has had some much needed restoration work to its interior. The mould on the ceiling has been treated and its had a fresh lick of paint over the summer. It was a joint effort with Oratia R&R […]
West Auckland Yoga at the Oratia Settler’s Hall
WE ARE BACK! Look forward to seeing you on the mat. Tuesday 6.30pm. Wednesday 9.30am. Friday 9.30am. Make a commitment to yourself – love that body you were born with and get yourself to YOGA. Click to visit their facebook site.
Oratia United Soccer Junior and Youth Registrations 2015 -THIS SUNDAY
Junior and Youth Registrations open Sunday 1st February, you can register online at www.oratiaunited.co.nz or come down to the clubrooms between 1-5pm on the 1st and 8th February.
New Sign for the Oraita Hall and a Bit of a Garden Tidy up
The Oratia R&R got busy before Christmas, smartening up the public space. We received permission as the leaseholders to put in a new sign. The new sign reflects the heritage of the original building with the name signwritten on the building in an arch over the door. And because we wanted to finish off the entrance area , […]
ORATIA NEW YEAR’S DAY PICNIC
NEW YEAR’S DAY PICNIC at the home of Barbara and David Harre 527 West Coast Road, Oratia from 3pm, Thursday January 1st, 2015. Bring … – food and drink – all your picnic gear – a piece of wood per family for the steam engine – a gold coin per person for the Folk Museum […]
Oratia Christmas Picnic Pictures
Your Right to Know
In New Zealand, every citizen has the right to access information held by public bodies. By law, they have to respond. Essentially that we, the public, own the information that’s held by government. And we’re entitled to see it on request unless there’s good reason to withhold it. “Good reason” isn’t just any old reason […]