Ōtaki Repair Café
Since 2019, Energise Ōtaki has run highly successful Repair Café events, aimed at re-creating a culture of repairing items with the help of knowledgeable volunteers. We encourage the attendees to become involved in the repairs, so they’ll learn skills to use again.
Ōtaki Bike Space
Since 2017, the Ōtaki Bike Space has been accepting pre-loved bikes from the community, repairing them and re-gifting them.
REGEN: Integrated Waste Management
REGEN: an integrated waste to energy system for the Ōtaki Transfer Station.
Seminar Series: 6 July, 6pm, Ōtaki Memorial Hall Supper room, Otaki :
Food and Energy: Harnessing Food & Organic Waste
At least 11 tonnes of food is wasted in Ōtaki town every week. This amounts to about $500 per household being lost in a year, quite apart from the landfill emissions. A huge amount of energy used to process and transport this food is also wasted.
