Seniors

Kapiti Strawberry Festival – let the sun shine in November 15, 2024 The Kāpiti Strawberry Festival will be bathed in sunshine on Saturday 16 November (according to the forecast) so Kapiti Coasters and Visitors will likely flock… ...
Safer Plates – Kāpiti Community Patrol November 12, 2024 Keep thieves away from your vehicle’s rego plates. An event to find out about Safer Plates is being held on Saturday 23 November 2025 at… ...
Remembrance Day Commemoration November 7, 2024 Lest we forget – Horowhenua District Council is working with local Returned and Services Associations to observe Remembrance Day. At 11am on 11 November 1918… ...
Kapiti’s AndCo Group tops Consumer NZ Survey October 28, 2024 Consumer NZ reveals the best and worst real estate agencies in 2024. Established in 1959, Consumer NZ is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to getting… ...
Kapiti Volunteers in the Pink October 20, 2024 Kapiti residents will have noticed over the last couple of days the volunteers in pink helping out to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation.… ...
Judge names Kapiti woman accused of murder October 12, 2024 A Judge has ordered the name release of the Kapiti woman charged with the murder of her 79 year old mother Helen Gregory in Khandallah… ...

Kāpiti Affordable Housing Trust established October 1, 2024 Seven appointees have now been confirmed for a new independent trust tasked with providing more affordable housing options in the Kāpiti Coast District. District Mayor… ...
$3300 worth of Arborist/Tree work, giveaway September 26, 2024 Kapiti arborist Luke Burns of Lukes TreeWalkers says last years offer of free work was so well received he is doing it again this year… ...
Broadway favourites for Kapiti Chorale September 22, 2024 🎶 Join Kāpiti Chorale for Session 3! 🎶 Kapiti Chorale is kicking off their new season on Monday, 23rd September, and they would love for… ...
Kapiti hosts The Romance of Europe (September 18, 2024) Ten Tenors star Cameron Barclay is one of the headliners in Operatunity’s upcoming concert tour The Romance of Europe which will be performed at Southward Theatre on… ...
Kāpiti is helping older people use technology (September 17, 2024) Technology is needed in most aspects of our lives now.  So the Kāpiti Council and our community are getting behind older adults with free help… ...
Do you know who I think I am (September 8, 2024) If you are not sure then the Kapiti Genealogical Society might be able to help you. At the Society's next neeting on September 24 the… ...
Police issue warning after man loses over $22,000 in online scam (August 24, 2024) Police are aware of reports emerging in our police district where people have lost money though a “Task Scam”.  A Task Scam is a form… ...
Vinnie’s helping feed Kapiti (August 18, 2024) A good news story got better and better after a conversation with Peter Ryan from Kapiti Vinnie’s (The Kapiti Coast conference of St Vincent de… ...
Toi MAHARA exhibition sheds light on memory loss (August 18, 2024) Thirteen Months of Memories, an exhibition at Toi MAHARA by artist and academic Huhana Smith, sheds artistic light on the experience of memory loss during… ...
Arrest in Kapiti Coast Jewel Thefts case (August 14, 2024) Detective Nathan Dickey says a 42-year-old man has been remanded in custody following burglaries along the Kapiti Coast, and after recovering a trove of stolen… ...
Probus Club of Kāpiti Coast to celebrate 50th anniversary (July 25, 2024) The Probus Club of Kāpiti Coast’s 50th anniversary will be marked with a celebration lunch later in the year. Club president Richard Chilton says about… ...
Age Friendly Kapiti goes Digital (June 25, 2024) Digital Seniors is delighted to share that we have been invited to support Kāpiti's Age Friendly Group around DIGITAL INCLUSION for the Kāpiti senior community.   "Kāpiti’s Age… ...
Kapiti Law on the Move (June 18, 2024) Jane Stevenson’s favourite business line is ‘At Kapiti Law we say relax, we’re only lawyers.’ Jane has been involved in Kapiti civil and legal society… ...
Kapiti Lions e-Waste Collection Catching On (June 14, 2024) Kapiti people are getting a firmer grip on the opportunity to get rid of old electrical equipment including computers and cellphones under a Lions Club… ...
Justice of the Peace at Kapiti Libraries (June 12, 2024) A Justice of the Peace (JP) service is up and running at the Kapiti Coast libraries – you don't need an appointment, just come along,… ...
Waikanae Professor features in King’s Honours (June 8, 2024) Professor Christine Stephens of Waikanae has been awarded an ONZM for services to health psychology and seniors. Professor Stephens has been co-lead with Professor Fiona… ...
Digital Seniors give tech boost in Kapiti (June 7, 2024) Watch out kids – pretty soon your grandparents will be teaching you a few tricks about modern technology.  After starting up in the Wairarapa in… ...
Kāpiti Council focused on debt reduction in LTP (June 4, 2024) Kāpiti Mayor Janet Holborow says prioritising the reduction of debt was the strongest message Council received leading into the Long-term Plan 2024–34 considerations. “A 17… ...
Kāpiti community raises over $45,000 for Hospice (May 18, 2024) Mal Bird has done it again. With taking on organising the National Spearfishing Championship for the first time, he was gutted when this year’s fish… ...
Heritage photos capture a century of Ōtaki women’s lives (May 17, 2024) Photographs of Ōtaki women taken during the 110 years between 1860 and 1970 caught the eye of Toi MAHARA curator, Vicki Robson, during a visit… ...
Police warn of WhatsApp scam (May 17, 2024) Some people on the Kapiti Coast have already been targeted and Police are warning people to be wary of a WhatsApp scam following an increase… ...
Culinary icon Ruth Pretty moves on (May 16, 2024) After 36 years running an internationally renowned Te Horo business, Ruth Pretty has called time. Ruth and her Ōtaki-born husband, Paul Pretty, are retiring, and… ...
Police identify body – missing since 1988 (May 12, 2024) Police can now release the name of the person whose remains were discovered in Titahi Bay on Wednesday 31 January 2024. Detective Senior Sergeant Hamish… ...