Oratia Farmers Market – Open Tomorrow 9-12
ust too nice to be at Pak n Save. Get your provisions from Oratia Farmers Market. Back open tomorrow.
Foothill Foodies Take Note. Council Test Kitchen for hire. Article from Idealog.
Food and beverage makes up more than half of our exports and we export four times the amount of food as Japan. And for all the talk about being too reliant on a commodity economy, you have to admit it’s too much of a monster to stop now. Andy Kenworthy peeks inside Auckland’s FoodBowl innovation […]
Oratia Gateway Signs Please!
t the Waitakere Ranges Local Board December Meeting, Secretary, Penny Sparks , spoke on behalf of the Oratia Ratepayers & Residents requesting Gateway Signage for Oratia. At last years AGM the Oratia R&R highlighted the lack of visual identity for Oratia village. The town’s main sign used to be the signwriting on the Oratia Settlers […]
Oratia Jungle Festival – 1st March
Season’s Greetings
And thank you Isthmus Group for crafting the Oratia Village Masterplan – a vision for our future based on our heritage. Merry Christmas to you and your team.
Waiheke Signs for Rural Roads. Less clutter, clearer message
Waiheke is trialling a sign campaign that is specifically aimed at winding rural roads that are shared with multiple users. Yeah. Just like ours. Below is their sign campaign. And then ours which is an ugly cluttered mess, and not particularly effective judging by the number of crashes at this spot.
Holey Amaze Balls! Waitakere Slow Food and POP Dining Forage up a Feast.
In our very own Oratia Settler’s Hall an amazing feast happened with Waitakere Slow Food and POP Dining. For the full story on how they pulled it together with foraged and collected ingredients have a look at their website here, and maybe join their group for next year as it looks like they […]
SUMMER ISSUE OUT NOW
ot Off the Press – Apple Newsletter. Summer Issue Out Now.
AGM Folk Museum
2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ORATIA FOLK MUSEUM SOCIETY. Wednesday 11th David Harre, 527 West Coast Road, Oratia. Phone 818 7816. The Museum Committee extends a warm welcome to all members and to any people who may wish to be involved or keen to assist with the promotion and support of this very valuable […]
Congratulations to Gary Henderson
Congratulations to Oratia Local, Gary Henderson – Playwright and our very own President of the Oratia Ratepayers & Resident, for winning the Playmarket Award 2013. The award recognises a playwright who has made a significant artistic contribution to theatre in New Zealand. Nice!