Tag: Kapiti
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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…
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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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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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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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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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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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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…
