The View From Opoutere
Useful information about the Opoutere area brought to you by the Opoutere Ratepayers and Residents Association.
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Working Bee Update, let’s do it again this weekend!
Last Saturday there was a terrific turnout to our late-notice working bee in the elaeagnus behind the Youth Hostel. We continued to cut a path through the elaeagnus and managed to free up an ancient pohutukawa that was rapidly being colonised…
Read MoreImpromptu Working Bee! Saturday 10-12, behind the YHA
That elaeagnus in the bush behind the YHA has been on our minds, so we have decided to have a little go at it this Saturday, February 7. We will be there between 10am and noon so it’s not a…
Read MoreTsunami Open Day
Tsunami Information Open Day – Sunday Sun, 25 January 2015 10:00 am – 03:00 pm Venue: Thames Coromandel District Council Office, 620 Port Rd, Whangamata The open days provide you with an opportunity to learn more about what we understand…
Read MoreTaking On The Thickest Of Thickets…
Today a hearty bunch of about 30 people showed up in the bush behind the YHA for the first Weedbusting Working Bee of 2015. We targeted an enormous patch of elaeagnus that is in the process of smothering the beautiful native…
Read MoreORRA AGM REMINDER
Don’t forget that the Opoutere Ratepayers and Residents’ Association is holding its 2015 AGM on Friday January 2, 10am at the Opoutere School. Here’s the agenda… See you on Friday!
Read MoreThe 2015 Opoutere T-Shirts Are Here!
It’s been years since we had an official Opoutere t-shirt and public demand spurred our fundraising team into commissioning this fantastic design. The t-shirts cost $30 and all proceeds come back to the Opoutere community via the work that ORRA…
Read MoreRegatta Update
The annual Opoutere Regatta takes place in Bruce’s Bay on Monday 29 December. It will kick off at 12.30 (earlier than previously advertised here) with the little kids’ races, followed by the hotly contested swimming and kayaking races. You definitely…
Read MoreNZ Conservation Is Showcased In The New Yorker
Here’s some excellent summer reading for you! The wonderful weekly publication The New Yorker has just come out with a very good article on New Zealand’s delicate and unique ecology. It is worth having around for visitors and locals…
Read MoreDotterel Family Matters
The Dotterels have started nesting but have already lost their first nests due to high tides and storm swell. Being determined little characters they have replaced their nests and will hopefully have a chance at hatching this summer’s chicks. Nicki…
Read MoreSummer Has Arrived!
With the arrival of December we say ka kite ano to spring and kia ora to summer! Temperatures may still be a little on the low side but according to the calendar it’s time to put away the woolies and dust off the swimming…
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