High demand for emergency ambulance services
Hato Hone St John continues to experience high demand for its emergency ambulance service, with 111 call volumes yesterday just under last Monday’s record. On […]
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UPDATE: Serious crash south of Waikanae
7.40PM The scene of the crash just south of Waikanae on the old state highway is now being cleared. The seriously damaged car has been […]
Kāpiti photo challenge winners announced
Judges for the inaugural Kāpiti Coast Photographic Society’s digital challenge for Kāpiti colleges were blown away by the students’ skill and creativity. Nationally recognised Society […]
Te Ara Whetū – new library hub for Waikanae
There was great excitement recently on site as the first large glass panels were lifted and installed onto the southern façade of Te Ara Whetū, […]
Paraparaumu School – Kapiti treasures expressed through artwork
Artist Taupuruariki (Ariki) Brightwell has again been instrumental in bringing another vibrant mural to Kāpiti. In 2024 Ariki completed Tuna Heke at Raumati with the […]
Public meeting to see the signs for teens and tweens
Tina Budd from See the Signs says as our rangatahi leave the safety of primary school, they enter a world of greater independence, peer pressure, […]
Kapiti gets Millionth Tree
Kāpiti’s Queen Elizabeth Park in now home to the millionth native tree planted in Greater Wellington regional parks, a milestone in efforts to reforest former […]
Waenga – great cast, powerful play comes to Kapiti
Created by Hariata & Tamati Moriarty and directed by Jim Moriarty, ‘Waenga’ centres on a young wahine Māori who is arrested and finds herself in […]
Kāpiti Hot Chocolate winners…
Visit Kāpiti has announced the winners for the 2026 Hot Chocolate competition. “Congratulations to our winners, and a huge thank you to every venue that […]
Six Kāpiti Coast organisations awarded Māori Economic Development Grants
Kāpiti Coast District Council and Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti have announced six successful recipients of the Māori Economic Development Grants Fund 2026/27. The contestable Fund, established in 2013, supports whānau, hapū, iwi, mātāwaka, and Māori […]