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 […]
Public Kept in Dark: Board Slides More Money to “Weeding” / Conflicted trusts .
In a late addition to the Boards Nov 12 Agenda, Waitakere Ranges Local board has allocated another $104k to weeding and Ecomatters Trust, with which it has significant conflict of interest, for another door to door knocking campaign and weeding. The details of the private properties receiving assistance were closed to the public. This is a […]
Event: Te Henga Quarry Open Day : November 22nd
What’s On 14 & 15 Nov: Open Studios Waitakere, including free claymation and Lopdell rooftop gig
Open Studios Waitakere is happening on 14 + 15 November. Tour the studios of local Waitakere artists. Web page here. Brochure/map here. As well as these events: CLAYMATION WITH GUY CAPPER Saturday, November 14, 2015 , 10:00am 4:00pm Especially for Open Studio Weekend, in addition to Te Uru’s Portage weekend events, you can experience the work of […]
Thank you Monique Endt for our Oratia Valley Mural
A huge thank you to local artist Monique Endt for her brilliant work creating the Oratia Valley Mural on the utility box at the corner of Shaw Road and West Coast Road. It’s been nice to drive by each day and see it progress and all the detail being added. It really captures our beautiful valley, […]
Settlers Film Club : Christmas Special Friday 20th
Friday 20th Nov. 7:30 onwards (Film starts at 8pm) UR LAST FILM of the SEASON (PG) A MOVIE – MULLED WINE – MINCE PIES – WINE & CHEESE AND more…. An occasion to meet up before the Christmas holidays and celebrate our 2015 season, see friends and neighbours, enjoy adrink and some food, PLUS a […]