Mandy Hager wins Children’s Book Award
Kāpiti’s Mandy Hager has won the NZ Post Children’s Book Awards young adult fiction category with Blood of the Lamb: The Crossing, a coming-of-age story […]
Month: May 2010
Operation Glow targets cyclists
Winter is upon us, and this means dark and dangerous roads for the district’s cyclists. The Kāpiti Council and police are urging cyclists to take […]
Mixed results for HK badminton teams
The Horowhenua Kāpiti number 1 and 2 teams came away with mixed results from the North Island Inter Association competition played last Saturday.The HK number […]
Job losses ‘Huge blow to Kāpiti’
Telstra Clear’s announcements that 120 jobs could go from their call centres, including 50 in Paraparaumu, again highlight the Government’s lack of ideas about retaining […]
Book award finalist to tour Kāpiti
Mandy Hager is one of 25 finalist writers and illustrators touring the country as part of the annual New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Festival; […]
Venus Club grows as number of women business entrepreneurs increase
Small businesses (19 or fewer employees) comprise 99% of New Zealand businesses and Dr. Kate Lewis (Research Associate of the NZ Centre for SME Research) […]
Sir Bob sues Kāpiti advisor Lee
Former politician and property tycoon Sir Robert Jones is suing Kāpiti Coast investment adviser Chris Lee for defamation.
Bob Jones cherry-picked article and simply wasnt defamed, court told
May 12 (BusinessWire) Sir Robert Jones, the property magnate and some-time political party leader, cherry-picked a 2007 article written by financial adviser Chris Lee and […]
Peka Peka to North Ōtaki Expressway – Complaint laid with Ombudsman
It is now more than four months since the Te Horo Road Action Committee (THRAC) chair, Peter Curling, requested explanations and justifications in the wake […]