Month: March 2018
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Top Four Family Bike Rides in Kapiti
The Kapiti Coast is well known for its beautiful scenery, and what better way to enjoy this than to take you and your family on a bike ride across one or more brilliant locations, all right here in Kapiti. Here are our top four family-friendly bike rides in Kapiti: 1 – Expressway Bike Track There…
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Waikanae Easter Market 2018
Destination Waikanae will be holding their annual Waikanae Easter Market tomorrow, the 31st of March. The event is free entry and runs from 9 am until 2 pm and will be held at Mahara Place. It’s a family-friendly event and a lovely way to celebrate Easter alongside the Waikanae community. [ad] There will be a…
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Traffic lights needed for Chatham Airlines to take over Auckland bound route
Plans for Air Chathams to begin operating the Paraparaumu – Auckland route from Kapiti Coast Airport have been discussed between the airline, Air New Zealand and Kapiti Coast mayor K Gurunathan. Craig Emeny, Chief Executive Officer of Air Chathams, has stated that the company are ‘very interested’ in taking over the route. Air New Zealand…
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Opportunities to come with the new Kapiti Youth Development Center
Progress is being made rapidly on the new ZEAL Kapiti Youth Development Center. The million-dollar facility is set to open on the 28th of June, on Rimu Road, and it’s coming along well so far. “The new youth development centre is a space for young people to discover and express their creativity”, says manager David…
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Successful Raumati South School Coaster Event
The Raumati South School Coaster event was held today. There was a great turnout with 250+ children and adults participating in the ride. Over 2000km were cycled. There was a festive atmosphere bunting and an ex-student mc giving the safety briefings. The event organiser, Megan Rowe was really pleased with the perfect weather and the…
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Disappointed but not surprised; Air New Zealand to end all flights out of Kapiti
Just this morning, Air New Zealand has disclosed that they will be discontinuing all flights between the Kapiti Coast and Auckland. The flights will be stopped as of April this year, and being so close to the Kapiti airport open day, where the hopes of expanding the potential of Kapiti airport were very high, it…
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Kapiti Run For Youth
The 7th Annual Kapiti Run for Youth, organised by tech company Web Genius, will be held on the 25th of March at Marine Parade, Paraparaumu Beach.
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Census 2018
Census 2018 will be happening today (6th of March). Census is a survey run by the government to find out key information about citizens nationwide. Questions asked include your personal details, your place of residents, health and work status, etc. There is also a dwelling form to be filled out regarding your place of residence.…
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Reliability to Improve – Kapiti Airport Open Day
Kapiti Airport held an open day on the 3rd of March, there was a fantastic turnout with thousands of people coming to see our airport. Air New Zealand bought down a Q300 aircraft to be featured at the event. This gave everyone the opportunity to take a look at the inside of the aircraft. A…
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Parks Week Kapiti
Kapiti Coast District Council are once again holding their annual Parks Week in March. The celebration will run from Sunday the 11th through the 18th, and there will be events throughout the week. [ad] Highlights include a guided walk through the Kaitawa Reserve with Mayor Gurunathan, on Monday the 12th, Yoga in the Park on…
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Coasters – The Family Biking Event
Raumati South School will be holding a family biking event on Sunday the 11th of March. This is going to help fundraise for building new cycling tracks for use of both the school and the wider community. The event begins and ends at Raumati South School, with groups separating and embarking on different bike courses…
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Cloudy Water in Paraparaumu
Reports starting coming in last night from all over Paraparaumu that the water had gone cloudy. While some residents have claimed there has been no noticeable change in the water, a good selection of the Kapiti Coast community have noticed the cloudy colour. Some even going as far as to say their water had been…
