Tag: Kapiti Coast

  • Kanohi Ki Te Kanohi, Face to Face

    Kanohi Ki Te Kanohi, Face to Face

    The Kanohi Ki Te Kanohi exhibition at Mahara Gallery in Waikanae closes tomorrow. [ad] The exhibition features photos by well-known Kapiti Coast photographer Bruce MacMillan. From the 50s right through to the 80s, MacMillan took thousands of photos of people, industries, the town and all. His collection has been bought by, and stored by, Kapiti…

  • Waitangi Day 2018 Exhibition currently being held in Paekakariki

    Waitangi Day 2018 Exhibition currently being held in Paekakariki

    The exhibition for the 2018 Waitangi Day commemorations is currently being held at the Paekakariki Station Museum from the 3rd of April to the 8th of May. This year’s Waitangi Day commemorations were held at the Council chambers in Paraparaumu. [ad] Waitangi Day is a public holiday in New Zealand that falls on the 6th…

  • Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Regionals 2018

    Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Regionals 2018

    The Kapiti regionals for the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2018 are to be held at Paraparaumu College this year, on Saturday the 7th of April. For those who don’t know, this event is a competition between schools in the Kapiti region, who will perform extracts of the famous works of William Shakespeare. Students from Paraparaumu College,…

  • The Smallest Beer Festival to be Held in Paekakariki

    The Smallest Beer Festival to be Held in Paekakariki

    The Smallest Beer Festival will be held in Paekakariki on Saturday this weekend. The event, hosted at St Peter’s Hall, will feature four Wellington breweries. 2018 is St Peter’s Hall’s centennial year, and has been used as a community venue since its construction. The four breweries visiting are Duncan’s in Sheffield Street, Paraparaumu, North End…

  • Top Four Family Bike Rides in Kapiti

    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…

  • Traffic lights needed for Chatham Airlines to take over Auckland bound route

    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…