2013

New traffic lights will be installed on Kapiti Road where it intersects with Larch Grove and a new access road leading to the Coastlands Aquatic Centre. The traffic lights will...

The deadline for submissions on coastal hazard provisions in the Proposed District Plan has been extended by a month to give affected property owners more time to prepare. The...

Kāpiti Coast District Council is not surprised that the Greater Wellington Regional Council has put forward additional questions concerning Council's Waikanae River Recharge with...

Kāpiti Mayor Jenny Rowan has welcomed the draft decision by the Board of Inquiry into the MacKays Crossing to Peka Peka Expressway. "It is fair to say this project has deeply...

The installation of water meters in Ōtaki is almost completed. More than 3000 meters have been installed over the past few months by contractor Thomas Plumbing and Gas Ltd. "They...

Coastlands Aquatic Centre will open to the public on Saturday, 10 August. The date is later than Council had hoped for but Chief Executive Pat Dougherty says the stalling of the...

A removable ramp has been approved for the main pool at Coastlands Aquatic Centre. The Dutch manufacturers of the pool's moveable floor, VarioPool, last week confirmed that a...

You'll have to be in quick if you want to become a small and permanent part of the Coastlands Aquatic Centre. There are only four gold tiles left at $500 each and they will only...

Kapiti Coast District Council has been praised by the Minister of Building and Construction Maurice Williamson for the way it responded to a recent audit of its building consents...

Coastlands Aquatic Centre has been described as a 'world class' facility when it comes to catering for the disabled.Sandie Waddell on the raised, moveable floor of the main pool at...

A strategy to plant locally native species along the Waikanae river corridor is underpinned by long-standing agreements between Council, the Friends of the Waikanae River group and...

The decision by independent commissioners to approve a resource consent application for the Waikanae River Recharge Project is a major breakthrough, says Kāpiti Mayor Jenny...

In the last financial year Council completed the Civic Administration Building, substantially completed the Aquatic Centre, installed district wide water meters and spent millions...

Council refuse bags will no longer be collected from 1 October 2013.  This follows a Council decision to stop selling refuse bags from 1 July 2013 due to a substantial drop in bag...

Council has decided to slow down the District Plan review process to allow the community more time to consider and discuss issues around future land use and development in the...

The appeal period for the River Recharge Project closed on Friday with no appeals lodged. Resource consent for the project was approved in mid-September and a tender was sent out...

Residents considering renovating their home or building with natural materials will have the opportunity to get some ideas and advice with two talks happening in October. The...

To ensure the community can have absolute confidence in the independence and integrity of a recently-commissioned independent review of the Proposed District Plan (PDP), Chief...

Council has decided to continue with the water supply project that was approved by the Council in the previous triennium. The vote was 7/4 in favour and came at the end of a five...

Almost $2 million has been saved as a result of the competitive tendering process for Stage 1 of the River Recharge Scheme and the Water Treatment Plant upgrade. Kāpiti Mayor Ross...

Anyone hosting Christmas or end-of-year functions after 18 December needs to be aware of the changes to the law around the supply of alcohol to under-18s. On 18 December, new...

Vandals have hacked down 10 Nikau palm trees in a protected kohekohe-tawa forest between Waikanae and Paraparaumu. The privately-owned forest in Aston Road is protected by a...

A High Court judge has ruled that Council was required by law to put coastal hazard information on Land Information Memorandums (LIMs) relating to coastal properties in the...