Month: February 2018
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World of Wearable Arts 2018
Ticket sales for World of Wearable Arts 2018 are soon to open to the general public on the 1st of March 2018. With this year marking the 30th anniversary since WOW began, we highly doubt you would want to miss out on the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event. WOW is known to display…
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Win a Helicopter Ride – Life Flight Open Day
On Sunday the 18th of March, between 10am and 2.30pm, Life Flight Trust are opening their doors for people of all ages to come and visit. The open day will be at 17 George Bolt Street, Rongotai, Wellington. [ad] For those who do not know, Life Flight is a charitable organisation that provides free emergency…
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FREE Tickets up for Grabs – Airport Open Day
Mayor K Gurunathan has announced the Kapiti Coast Airport Open Day, in partnership with Air New Zealand, that will be held on the 3rd of March. The open day will start after the first flight, which is scheduled to leave at 11:30 am. The event will see Porirua City mayor Mike Tana and Horowhenua mayor…
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Thousands of Play Balls in Waikanae River
On Saturday, thousands of plastic play balls were found in the Waikanae River. The report first surfaced on Facebook when a local posted photos of the mess. UPDATE: The source of the balls has been found: “I found the source of the balls, I parked in the car park next to the dricon yard in the…
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Swim, Bike and Run – Kapiti Women’s Triathlon Photos
The 35th Kapiti Women’s Triathlon was held earlier today at Marine Gardens. This morning, local women from all over Kapiti and further afield headed to Raumati Beach to swim, bike and run. The What’s On Kapiti Team went along to take photos and report on the fun. ”It’s a really special event, because it’s about…
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The Mystery Fish – Unidentified Species in Kapiti
An unidentified fish (aka The Mystery Fish) has been found at the Kapiti Marine Reserve. Diver Ben Knight, who is also the chairman of the Guardians of the Kapiti Marine Reserve, found the mystery fish whilst off the coast of Kapiti in January. “I was out for a snorkel in the marine reserve and spotted…
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Council is proposing lower speeds on 37 roads – Here’s why
Kapiti Coast District Council is proposing to adjust the speed limit on 37 local roads, because of the new expressway. Another factor is that there are many roads that are marked as Dangerous.
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Raumati Road Burst Main
Yesterday’s water main burst caused water to go out for large parts of Raumati. There was lots of confusion on why this happened and why there was a large hole in the ground on Raumati Road. Most people thought it was a sinkhole caused by the water leak but it was dug by the council…
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Kapiti Flooding and Sea Damage
Gita might have passed but the bad weather continues, last night 6 people were evacuated from their homes and fire crews have been out since 2.30am this morning responding to 12 calls regarding flooding. Most of these came from the Paraparaumu Beach area. [ad] Looking North from Raumati Beach – Photo: Murray Short The six homes (in…
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Reopening SH1 Paekakariki to Pukerua Bay
Update: The road has been reopen and there is a 50kph speed limit for northbound traffic. The New Zealand Transport Agency has announced that state highway 1 between Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay will be reopened to traffic in both directions from 5 am tomorrow morning. [ad] Photo taken of damage to the sea wall from…
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Kapiti Gita Damage Report
Flights in and out of Wellington were grounded, power poles came crashing to the ground and electricity was out for almost 100 homes – all before the worst of ex-Cyclone Gita’s weather even made it to the capital. Got any photos or information? Email: [email protected] [ad] The storm has passed us and is now moving…
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How to Prepare for Gita
The guts of Cyclone Gita still have not hit us. Although we have already experienced most of the rain, sharp winds & some more rain is still to come. [ad] The latest MetService report states that we should expect the worst winds of the storm to be from 7 PM Tuesday to early…
