Local Support during Weather Event (Tuesday Jan 31st)

From Tanya Svendsen, Omaha’s Neighbourhood Support Coordinator: Hi Omaharians Weather Alert for the next couple of days. Keep an eye on Civil Defense Notifications! Keep off the roads if possible, stay out of the water or flooded areas, check your water tanks, if already full, empty them a bit, and please look out for your…

Reminder to Animal Owners

17th January Once again, we welcome the Animal Management team to Omaha today – thanks for your efforts! 12th January We very much appreciated the visit to Omaha today by one of the Council’s Animal Management officers. A reminder from OBC to all owners of dogs, horses, cats, etc about the need for you to…

Walkway Maintenance – Thanks to Council

A note of thanks from the Omaha community to the Council for the speed with which they’ve dealt with broken/dangerous/missing boards on some of our wooden walkways recently (notably Walkway 3 and the walkway near the southern watchtower). The maintenance contractors (UMS) have attended to them within 2 or 3 hours of the Council being…

Recycling Collection – Saturday Update

Update at 12.30 pm Saturday – Hold on, Southerners! Our hard-working Murray@OBC has been in regular contact with Council again this morning. Whilst the Council’s contractor was able to make a start on the Recycling collections early this morning, from where they ended in Northern Omaha yesterday, they’ve been unable to complete collections in the Southern…

2022 OBC Newsletter!

Welcome to our popular summer newsletter which is released each year just before Christmas. Our thanks to all the contributors, advertisers and our wonderful editors. Enjoy! OBC Newsletter 2022

Auckland Transport – Electronic Speed Sign for Causeway

It’s been great to see the Police actively monitoring the speed on the causeway in recent months and, after a fair bit of lobbying over recent years, we’re very pleased to see this announcement from Auckland Transport: Kia Ora, Auckland Transport is improving safety on Broadlands Drive, Omaha. We are planning to install a driver feedback sign…