Next stage of Raumati Straights kicks off next week
The next stage of the Raumati Straights Upgrade is due to begin this Sunday (June 12), and two lanes will continue to be open during […]
Month: June 2016
Food for thought and feed the mind in Kāpiti
New Zealand’s largest and tastiest culinary festival will once again be at your service over 17 days from 12-28 August 2016.The eighth year of Visa […]
Last Ganz Mavag EMU Journey
The last Ganz Mavag train ran from Wellington to Melling and return on 27 May. It was the end of 34 years of service for […]
Digital Journey brings Stuart Dillon-Roberts to Kāpiti Breakfast
Electra Business Breakfast KāpitiBe Part of the Kāpiti Digital Journey – Technology is changing rapidly, lets go. Wednesday 6 July 2016 from 7.15am to 8.45amSouthward […]
Dramatic horse rescue in rising Ōtaki flood water
Today (June 10)saw the dramatic rescue of Poppy, a two year old horse who found herself stranded down a steep bank alongside rapidly rising flood […]
Kāpiti’s Tramway Museum wins restoration award
At the Annual Conference of the Federation of Railway Organisations of New Zealand (FRONZ), the Wellington Tramway Museum, operators of the tramway at Queen Elizabeth […]
Implicit puffery portrayed
Editor, D’Oyley Carte would have applauded a highly articulate ratepayer’s rendition (KCDC Environment and Community Development Committee meeting of 14 April) of Councillor Michael Scott’s […]
Council loses in court – again
I have just obtained the CCTV footage of my supposedly “approaching staff” when I accompanied my wife Kathy a few weeks ago for her to […]
Kāpiti Coaches Coached By One of the Best
Fifteen local basketball coaches were put through their paces by Deslea Wrathall on the BBNZ Community Coaching Course held recently at the Paraparaumu Community gym.Deslea […]
Winter Lecture Series at Mahara Gallery
A Special Winter Lecture Series on Frances Hodgkins with renowned Art Historian Pamela Gerrish Nunn is being held at the Mahara Gallery from June through […]