An Otaki teenager has been arrested after two ram raids at the same business. Police carried out a search warrant on Friday. A 17-year-old male was arrested and faced two charges of burglary.

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An empowering and enlightening celebration of indigenous excellence returns to the tiny North Island town of Ōtaki next month ...

One trail is the Hacchodarumi ridge, which connects the 2,936-meter Otaki peak to the highest Kengamine peak. Many of the 58 climbers killed in the 2014 disaster perished along this trail.

On a sweltering day in July, parcel delivery driver Takahiro Otaki called his subcontractor to say for the first time he would not meet his morning deadline for deliveries. Since 2021, Otaki ...