Miss Peach and The Travellin Bones
Miss Peach and The Travellin’ Bones are a Dark Folk/Country band from the foothills of the Ranges. Consisting of Jodie Peach on Vocals and Guitars, Sarah Radford on Double Bass, And Rich Manic on Drums. They recently had their photo shoot at Oratia Folk Museum. Jodie Peach, being a local, had come across this stunning […]
Oratia Features in TV One’s Neighbourhood Series This Sunday At 11am
Oratia, Sunday 7 September, 11am on TV One August 31 in Oratia, New Zealand This week Italian born Alessandra Zecchini shows us around her neighbourhood – Oratia a rural community of about two and a half thousand lucky souls on the border between Auckland’s city sprawl and the wild forests and beaches of the West […]
The Oratia Jungle Festival – this Saturday March 1st
Set in the lush surroundings of Landsendt Subtropical Gardens in the West Auckland rural village of Oratia, The Oratia Jungle Festival is a one day celebration of top NZ live music, art, sculpture, film and visuals, wine and creativity in one of the most stunning locations in Auckland.
Oratia Originals
As part of the Article in NZ Life and Leisure about local Interior Designer Janice Kumar Ward, there was an aside about some of the great local artisans and food producers that make our community and our rural landscapes special. Click through for photographs and stories about Brian Nola (still growing his own – support […]
Oratia Artisan – Jean – Building a Classic Guitar
atepayers and Resident’s committee BBQ rocked out this year with some amazing guitar jams, blues and rock n roll, by our host Geoff Hall and Oratia local man and Oratia R&R committee member, Jean van Polanen Petel. Jean’s guitar, however, was extra special. He has a weakness for Yamaha Superaxes and he played a classic […]
dance dance dance School at Oratia Settlers Hall
Contemporary dance artist, choreographer, and Oratia local Christina Houghton is bringing dance to the Settlers Hall. So check the proposed timetable then book in and dance! dance dance dance School aims to develop a student’s awareness of their own moving bodies through space in relation to the floor, music and others in an […]
Dragicevich Orchard Profiled on Pod Gardening
It’s been out for a while now, but we wanted to share the professional photographs and interview from Pod Gardening – celebrating Mate, and the iconic Dragicevich Shop and Orchard. See the full article on podgardening.co.nz. A taste of the pictures below. To get a taste of the fruit pop down to the store […]
Oratia Jungle Festival – 1st March
Seussical!
If you haven’t been to the Glen Eden Playhouse yet – you should! It’s in an iconic brick building which was previously Glen Edens Town Hall. Seussical sounds like a cool play for the kids and lollies and cups of tea for sale at intermission. Book it!
Bridge at Bella Rakha by Oratia blacksmith Chris Moore of Artistic Ironworks
The new masterplan for Oratia proposes artistic bridges to define an entrance to our village area. I was reminded of this beautiful iron work by local blacksmith Chris Moore from Artistic Iron Works. The bridge belongs to the Bella Rakha retreat centre and the Oratia School kids cross it when they go for their […]