Otaki has also become the outlet shop capital of the lower North Island lately and has become famous for its traffic jams at the SH1 roundabout - who woulda thought it?
Easy Biker
Otaki has also become the outlet shop capital of the lower North Island lately and has become famous for its traffic jams at the SH1 roundabout - who woulda thought it?
Cheers
Merv
Resident Redneck
Originally Posted by merv
Have noticed Bendon have a warehouse there, and are looking for a storeperson....and perks of the job are staff discounts....bras for manboobs???
Highway Biker
You poor bugger
If you intend to buy look at say, Tauranga! Lived 43 years in Otaki. what a shit hole. Night life NIL. Job prospects NIL. Future NIL.
DON'T DO IT MAN!!!
Levin's not a lot better. Waikanae is god's waiting room full of moaning old farts. If you are in stores and logistic's you will end up working in Wellington. Another shithole. Cold wet and farking windy.
GO NORTH YOUNG MAN.
"May the motorcycle god's keep your tyres pumped"
"The shortest distance between any two points on a motorbike, is the long way round"
Highway Biker
When did you live in Otaki? could I know of you? you too have a high opinion of the "old home town". I lived there from 1958 to 2001. don't know where my brain was at.
sadly I have to keep going back because my Mum's still there and my son lives in Pram (marginally better) hate to go there and can't wait to leave that's if you can get round that fucking stupid round about at the bottom of the ramp.
"May the motorcycle god's keep your tyres pumped"
"The shortest distance between any two points on a motorbike, is the long way round"
Forum whore
Work there if need be but don't go living there. Dodgy as. As others have said, go no further North than Waikanae. I'd be happy to live in Waikanae.
Hibernating
hmm well i have to say a town is what you make it .. I live in levin & its ok however I do not live in the urban area about 5 mins to work but live rurally & its great palmy is just over 30 mins away, & most of the time I can get to welly in just over a hour (depending on time & day travelling)
veggies are cheap here with all the market gardens.. it depends on what your looking for rider urban or rural living .. keep in mind it really does not matter where you live scum are everywhere .. however some parts of levin you do not want to live
Have toKarma ... Justice catches up eventually !!
Bring back Buell
born in levin and raised in Waitarere beach.
shit i miss that area.
would move back in a flash if the missus would.
awesome memorys as a kid roaming free at the beach.
Harley Davidson: The most efficient way to convert gasoline into noise without the side effects of horsepower.
'Fast' Harleys are only fast compared to stock Harleys.
the middle path
Dont know if we let rednecks in on the loverly Kapiti Coast....you may need a passport...and you will need to become a Hurricanes supporter!
Experience......something you get just after you needed it
Deus ex ukulele
Otaki is in the Kapiti Coast District and the Greater Wellington Region. We need more ratepayers. Welcome!
The "Horowhenua" is part of three Districts (Manawatu, Horowhenua and Kapiti Coast) and two Regions (GW and Horizons).
What few stretches of winding road this area once had are being progressively vandalised by Transit.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Just a Dog
Think its relevent to the lifestyle ya want !
Party animal? Go to palmy or wellington ! Nothing to do when it comes to nightlife in between the cities !
Coast has become crack central so if ya have any sort of issues with that shit, You'll know you wont be able to help but associate with the likes !~
Kids ! Mmmmm not so good up this way, then where is for teens ?
Beaches and bush? Cant beat the coast !
Riding ? Further north ya go the better !
I personally hate to travell south of here (otaki), Cops seem to spring up everywere, only reason to do so is to hit the paekok hill and loop through the wairarapa, then home via paihiatua track (3 or 4 hr loop), but then still prefer to do it the other way round !
Traffic ? lol will either frustrate the hell out of ya or scare ya shitless after riding the southern roads !~ There is a traffic jam nearly every day in otaki now (getting worse), once you get past say levin it thins out (feul costs dont seem to be slowing the trend)
Ppl in general (excluding riders) ya meet in the street ? well known fact that the further north ya go the less ppl acknowledge ya !
Used to get blown away by the southern hospitallity when i cross the ditch !
Crime ? irrelevent, Doubt ya leave ya doors open at night down there now anyway ! (just so happens i do, wide open, for the dog to go out at night)
Any place is as safe as ya want it, sure there are areas ya dont want to live in lol but the element in every town !
If you and the mrs trip up here for her interview or the like, give us a yell ! Dont have accom. to offer but know of a few affordable options !
If yr fully licenced, bring your gear even if you dont bring the Nij. Spare bike screaming to be riden here ! Will take you guys for a look around, see if we cant con the palmy guys into joining us for a strop round the manawatu !
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
The Loose Goose
Tut tut, I hope you were NOT referring to me, madam!
My husband was born and bred (we chose not to breed) in Otaki and lived there until I met him, sad bastard! I got him to move to Levin a while later, now we're north of there and it's lovely. Away from all the ones who either used to be in Kimberly or should have been...
But I digress - great roads nearby and great cafes in Palmerston North. Otaki has all the outlet shops but Levin is bigger. Depends on what you're after really. Do you like nightlife? Then neither place is for you! Do you like peace and quiet? I'd go for Levin. My brother-in-law lives in Otaki and works in Palmerston North - he even rides to work (pushbike!) in summer.
Yes, I am pedantic about spelling and grammar so get used to it!
Deus ex ukulele
Didn't some long obscure band of the early 70s have a hit called "Otaki"? Quincy Conserve or the High-Revving Tongues or Fourmyula or summat? Could some other really old person but with a better memory than mine please assist?
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Loud and Uncouth
NOOOooo.... NOT to the Noffeyeland!!!
Full of non-mainlanders I tells ya, you'll have an uphill struggle to push the Redneck Credo there boy.
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Hardcore Biker
My Mum lives in Paraparaumu and now my eldest is living down there and attending school. I really quite like the area & Waikanae. Some lovely little beach places as well. Its a far different feel from where I live in Hawera .. a much better feel! Good luck with the move! Change is always is fantastic!
Resident Redneck
NOOOooo.... NOT to the Noffeyeland!!!
Full of non-mainlanders I tells ya, you'll have an uphill struggle to push the Redneck Credo there boy.
Guess what Scummy, I was born and bred in the norf...Born in Auckland, spent my young years in Turangi, then from 7-11 in Nat Park, then 11 to 16 in Auckland...Moved down to CHCH when I was 16...thats 22 years ago....My how the years roll on by...
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