2019

A Kāpiti Coast District Councillor has backed a call for greater investment in rail in the Wellington region.  Ōtaki Councillor and transport portfolio holder on the Kāpiti Coast...

Kāpiti Coast District Mayor K Gurunathan is calling on environmental groups and conservationists to have their say on how New Zealand protects its at-risk indigenous...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has welcomed the recent government announcement of changes to improve road safety in communities.  The Tackling Unsafe Speeds programme...

Thanks to provider of daily flights between Kāpiti and Auckland, Air Chathams, Kāpiti residents and visitors will get a second chance at a retro-flying experience above the Kāpiti...

Christmas has traditionally been the season of indulgence but there are growing concerns that the season of excess puts a strain on our environment.  This Christmas celebrate with...

A new public artwork is set to add vibrancy to Te Uruhi/Maclean Park in Paraparaumu Beach in 2020.  Hoardings have been set up around the site of where new sculpture Tohorā,...

Parking changes at the Kāpiti Coast District Council civic precinct in Paraparaumu will free up space for library users and improve access for disabled drivers. From November 18...

Over the next 10 years, the Kāpiti District is well placed to maximise the benefits and manage the risks of its ongoing growth, but significant work will be required to make sure...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council confirmed its governance structure and committee memberships for the next three years, at its first formal meeting today. A new portfolio...

Works to ease congestion at the intersection of Ratanui Road and Mazengarb Road in Paraparaumu are complete. Access and Transport Manager Glen O’Connor says Ratanui Road is an...

Kāpiti Coast District Council 2019 local body election results have been declared today (17 October 2019), following preliminary results released after voting closed on 12...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has passed a review of its accreditation as a Building Consent Authority with flying colours. Auditors from International Accreditation New...

A statement from Wayne Maxwell, Chief Executive Kāpiti Coast District Council: "At a meeting of Council on 26 September 2019, Councillors considered a proposal to purchase two...

Kāpiti Coast District Council’s Heritage Fund is open for applications from landowners wanting help to protect our special places for future generations. The Council established...

Councillors last week adopted Kāpiti Coast District Council’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2019. The report highlights significant progress in strengthening the...

Kāpiti Coast District Council has today given the green light for the Paraparaumu Saturday Morning Beach Market to relocate to Maclean Street and Park following strong support from...

Kāpiti Coast Mayor K Gurunathan says Fonterra’s decision to close its Te Roto factory is a blow for the region but Kāpiti’s local economy is strong and growing, and can absorb the...

The on and off ramps at Mackays Crossing, south of Raumati, on State Highway 1 will be closed overnight tonight and tomorrow night for emergency repairs Wednesday 25 September and...

There’ll be more options for the way Kāpiti voters can have their say in this year’s local body elections, which start this Friday 20 September. This includes a local mobile voting...

Media release from Greater Wellington Regional Council: The 'All Ages on the Go Expo' is coming to the Waikanae War Memorial Hall on Saturday September 21 to encourage positive,...

Kapiti Coast District Council has awarded over $34,000 to 23 community groups through its annual Community Grants Scheme. The Scheme provides grants of up to $2,000 to...

Kāpiti Coast District Council has awarded $22,904.40 to nine local art projects through the latest round of the Creative Communities Scheme. The Scheme, which is funded by Creative...

KiwiRiders to bid farewell to the Kāpiti Coast Kāpiti Coast District Council’s temporary loan of the award-winning KiwiRiders sculpture has come to an end and the installation is...

The Council is advising people to stay out of the Mazengarb stream following a wastewater pipe break this afternoon. “The pipe was damaged while contractors were working to...

Kāpiti Coast District Council and Air Chathams have today celebrated a year of flying Kāpiti skies. The airline, which undertook its first commercial flight from Kāpiti on 20...

The Council scored the best possible overall rating for its management of the District’s paths, roads and cycle ways in a recent audit carried out by the New Zealand Transport...

The Hon Jenny Salesa, Minister for Building and Construction, met with Kāpiti Coast District Council Chief Executive Wayne Maxwell and the Council Building Team early this week to...

Council will shortly commence work to upgrade stormwater network capacity in Raumati. The upgrade will involve replacing a section of pipe below the ground on Margaret Road between...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has awarded $175,000 to five local events that showcase a distinctly Kāpiti flavour and provide return on investment for the local economy. Trail...

Innovative work by the Kāpiti Coast District Council to reduce its emissions by 76% over the last 10 years has been recognised in the 2019 Enviro-Mark Solutions Awards. The Awards...

The Paraparaumu Beach Saturday Morning Market is looking to secure a permanent home in Maclean Street, providing stallholders and patrons with certainty that the popular Kāpiti...

Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti and Kāpiti Coast District Council launched the annual maramataka Friday 2 August with an official ceremony at Whakarongotai Marae. Te Atiawa hosted and...

A report into the closure of the Waikanae Library, commissioned by the Kāpiti Coast District Council, has been tabled for discussion at the 8 August Council meeting. The Morrison...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has today published its pre-election report to help inform candidate and community discussion in the lead up to local body elections in October...

Independent financial rating agency Standard and Poor’s has today revised the Kāpiti Coast District Council’s credit rating outlook up two grades from A+ to AA. The report confirms...

Kāpiti kids experienced literature and story-telling like never before during the school holidays at this year’s Beyond the Page festival – NZ’s largest literary festival for...

Residents and visitors to Waikanae East can have confidence they’ll be able to access vital services in an emergency following Council’s completion of an emergency rail...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council is progressing work to investigate the feasibility of building a Kāpiti Island Gateway Centre at Paraparaumu Beach.    Economic Development...

Volunteer groups and individuals gathered in the Council Chambers last night for the annual Kāpiti Coast Civic and Community Awards. Kāpiti Coast District Mayor K Gurunathan says...

Next week the Council will begin works to improve traffic flow at the Ratanui Road/Mazengarb Road intersection in Paraparaumu. “It’s a busy road and a major link between the...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council is advising motorists that new speed limits for 47 rural roads and three village centres (Paekākāriki, Raumati South and Raumati Beach) will come...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council welcomes the news that two Kāpiti businesses have been successful in securing funding from the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund. Otaki-based...

A $16 million investment in water supply, safety and resilience is underway in the Kāpiti Coast District. That’s on top of the $9 million spent in 2015 on the first stage of work...

The 2019 Kāpiti Major Events Fund, offered through the Kāpiti Coast District Council’s economic development programme, has opened for applications to run events that have a unique...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council is gearing up to have a community conversation about what it might need to do to help Kāpiti Coast communities thrive in the face of climate...

Kāpiti Coast District Councillors agreed yesterday to reaffirm the Council’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2025, after considering some of the potential ways it could get...

Participants in Kāpiti's second PopUp business school will be sharing their business ideas with the public at a one-off trade show at Coastlands. The budding business-operators...

Improved library and customer services will be available to the Waikanae community from the beginning of July. “From 1 July 9 Mahara Place (formerly the Artel Gallery) will become...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council’s Animal Management team is reminding the community that it’s dog registration time and registration packs have been sent out to dog owners in the...

The second round of this year’s Creative Communities Scheme funding grants offered through Creative NZ and the Kāpiti Coast District Council has just opened. “The grants support...

The complete Annual Plan document outlining what Kāpiti Coast District Council will work on in the next financial year has been released. The plan is available online from today...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has confirmed new speed limits for 47 rural roads and three village centres (Paekākāriki, Raumati South and Raumati Beach) in Kāpiti, following...

This August’s Wellington on a Plate event sees Kāpiti venues out in force with fourteen venues offering special menus, cocktails or events. There are 9 burger, 5 dine and 3...

Council is reminding ratepayers on low incomes, or families with high water rates and two or more dependents who receive Working for Families tax credits, that government or...

The Council is responding to calls from the community to improve the safety of a busy intersection in Waikanae Beach, where Te Moana Road meets with Ono Street and Waimea...

Statement  We’ve just kicked off work to upgrade the Ōtaki Library public toilets, following on from a request from the Ōtaki Community Board. Work has started to install another...

The Kāpiti Coast District’s new Youth Development Centre built in partnership with Zeal Education Trust is a finalist in this year’s Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) EXCELLENCE...

Mazengarb Reserve sportsfields will be a top location for winter sports this year, following recent drainage upgrades and an installation of field lights over the next few...

Following on from the success of the inaugural Kāpiti PopUp Business School in 2018, the free ten-day business course is coming to Paraparaumu again in 2019. Budding business...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council’s annual plan for 2019-20 was adopted by Council yesterday. The plan outlines what Council has budgeted to work on in the next financial year from...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council is set to become carbon zero by 2025 following a unanimous vote at yesterday’s Council meeting. Mayor K Gurunathan says the commitment to reduce...

This year’s Kapiti Arts Trail will include over 100 destinations for visitors to experience the creative process live. Applications for the Council-run Trail closed this week and...

A taskforce has been formed to look at the waste minimisation approaches set out in Kāpiti District’s Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) 2017. The plan outlines Kāpiti...

Nearly 50 Waikanae kids showed their flair for creative storytelling in the Council’s Why I love Waikanae letter writing competition, held over Easter. “Our panel had a hard time...

At the end of next week the Council will start work to kit out 9 Mahara Place (currently Artel’s Gallery) as the new location for its customer and library services in Waikanae for...

Fourteen creative Kāpiti groups and individuals benefitted from the first 2019 round of Creative Communities Scheme grants for community arts projects. Just over $22,200 was...

The Council is starting work to strengthen part of a Raumati beachfront wall to protect a local sewer main. The wall will better protect the local community from the risk of...

The first two weekends of November have been earmarked by the Kapiti Coast District Council for this year’s Kāpiti Arts Trail. The annual districtwide event attracts thousands of...

Te Newhanga Community Centre users and Kāpiti Coast District councillors heard today that Council is working on developing options to address recommended remedial work for the...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council's refreshing six Kāpiti playgrounds over the next financial year, and is asking residents to have their say on what they’d like to see. Parks and...

Updates to the Kāpiti Coast District Council’s gambling policies, adopted today, will clarify the rules for pub and club operators wanting to cancel or transfer their pokie machine...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council will carry out a minor refresh of the existing Maclean Park facilities block this autumn, replacing the existing toilets and basins, as well as...

The Council’s Operations and Finance Committee today gave the go-ahead to upgrades that will improve traffic flow and safety at the Ratanui Road/Mazengarb Road intersection – an...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has launched Antenno, a free mobile app that allows residents to raise issues with Council, and be alerted to Council service-related things going...

Local landowners who play an important role in protecting and managing the special natural heritage features of the Kāpiti District will get just over $29,000 of rates support from...

Codling moth in your apples? Leaf curl on your peaches? A rare chance to workshop with fruit tree master Sarah Frater is coming up on 28 April in Raumati South, as part of Kāpiti...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council will make the most of quieter roads during the school holidays to make improvements to Rimu Road. For two weeks, from Monday 15 April until Friday...

Kāpiti Coast District Council has confirmed the Kāpiti i-SITE is now closed and has announced new locations for some of the information services previously provided at the site...

The Kāpiti Coast District’s annual Civic Awards paired with the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards are back again to honour the outstanding people who make our...

It’s Neighbours Day on the Kāpiti Coast and now, more than ever, it’s important to get to know your neighbours, and look out for those who share your neck of the woods. Kāpiti...

Following on from Friday’s tragic events in Christchurch, we’re aware that many of you want to know what you can do to show your support for the Christchurch community, and those...

Kāpiti Coast District Council’s annual plan process for the 2019/20 year is underway with Councillors agreeing proposed key areas of focus yesterday. Mayor K Gurunathan says the...

A new dog control bylaw and policy, adopted by Council today, aims to clarify the responsibilities of dog walkers in public spaces. “The bylaw provides more guidance about the...

Gardening on sandy soils is challenging at the best of times and during periods of drought it can feel pointless.  Local gardeners will share one solution at an upcoming workshop...

The Council’s re-development of Maclean Park will pick up again next week, with more recreational space, covered BBQs, outdoor furniture and a new re-located basketball court all...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council is bringing neighbourhoods together in Kāpiti, by encouraging residents to host Over the Fence Cuppas for the tenth year. It’s all about getting...

Parks Week 2019 in Kāpiti will launch this year with the second annual Park to Path 6k/10k fun run/walk event on Sunday 10 March, starting in Otaraua Park (Lancelot Grove,...

Kāpiti Coast District Council is seeking views on proposals to change the speed limits of more than 60 local roads across the District. “In 2018, we changed speed limits on 36 of...

After perusing nearly 180 fantastic submissions, the Kāpiti Coast District Council’s #lovemybeach judging panel has chosen three outstanding photographs as the best in their...

Kāpiti Coast District Council wants to let you know that Greater Wellington Regional Council is advising people and dogs to avoid going into the water at the Ōtaki and Waikanae...

Kāpiti Coast District Council has made the operational decision to close the Kāpiti i-SITE premises in the Coastlands complex and look at how these services can be delivered...

Ten local projects to enhance the Kāpiti Coast’s natural environment and protect our heritage will receive a boost in funding from Council this year.  “Each year Council sets aside...

The Kāpiti Coast is going electric and Raumati Village will get its first electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station installed later this week. This is the second charger in a...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council is advising people against driving to the Waikanae Town Centre next week, while Waitangi Tribunal hearings will be taking place at Whakarongotai...

On Monday 18 February, the Kāpiti Coast District Council’s pop-up Waikanae Library service will begin running from the Mahara Gallery. Group Manager Place and Space, James...

Kāpiti Coast District Council’s Parks and Recreation officers have been busy over the past week installing 10 selfie-posts in local parks to make photo-taking easier and more fun...

Mahara Place in Waikanae is set to be a hive of activity over the next few months as improvements to create a plaza begin. Group Manager Infrastructure Services Sean Mallon says...

Kāpiti Coast District Council Mayor K Gurunathan says Council is disappointed by the NZ Transport Agency’s decision not to include a second Expressway interchange at Peka Peka in...

Plans for the establishment of two new long-term investment funds for Kāpiti have been set aside, following a decision at today’s first Kāpiti Coast District Council meeting for...

The Kāpiti Coast District Council is keen to hear from budding artists with inspiring ideas for community arts activities. “We’re now taking applications for funding from the...