Ōtaki is a town of 7,000 on one side the Taraura ranges, the other, Kapiti Island and the sea, through our small gardening group formed informerly over the last three years, we have an agreed statement which supports our aim:
‘ all children regardless of their educational preference will have access to a gardening curriculum in Ōtaki”
Our point of difference is that we have in our town Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa, the māori university, whose philosophy underpins some of our teachings.
In our town there is: