Kāpiti and Coast Independent

The Treaty found us in the throes of cannibalism…This was at a time when the Maori tribes were fighting fiercely […]

“… the All Blacks are fantastic, and we felt we prepared well, all week we felt we had a game […]

With the 250th anniversary celebrations of Captain Cook’s arrival in New Zealand in full swing, inevitably the “what if’s” of […]

Detailed figures for the Kāpiti election show newcomer Gwynn Compton came within just 971 votes of ousting K Gurunthan as […]

If we lose this one, we’re going home. All Black captain, Keiran Read A very good All Black side By […]

Kāpiti Coast Council election results have been declared today — and there are no changes from the provisional results last […]

Department of Conservation (DoC) warns skippers From Carol Sawyer Skippers are not to warn tourists about the dangers of drinking […]

The curse of Gutenberg has hit the library book cutters of Kapiti. Former Council bigwigs Michael Scott, Mark Benton and […]

Learn detachment. Do not let younger family members hear raised voices. Shouting in the young is a sign of energy, […]

Political Correspondent Roger Childs has this advice for the new Kapiti Coast District Council: You have been elected to be […]

Ralph Mcallister asks: ‘Why do some of us have insatiable appetites for the thriller genre? ‘So here are a few […]

Poetry Editor Gill Ward says ‘Greetings from an appreciative inhabitant of a pretty good place on the planet!’ High time […]

The Editor reports ‘I ran into returning Kapiti Mayor K Gurunathan just outside the cinema at Coastlands at high noon […]

Penny Gaylor, Kapiti’s sitting representative on the Greater Wellington Regional Council, has kept her seat in the local body elections. […]

The provisional results for the Kapiti local elections show voters have made some important changes in the four Community Boards. […]

Progress results in the Kapiti local election show sitting Mayor K Gurunathan is back. And the youngest-ever Councillor, climate campaigner […]

In the Horowhenua, first results show Bernie Wanden has replaced the sitting mayor Michael Feyen. The first results are: Mayor: […]

The library action group ROBB says the KCDC is spending $32,100 a year storing 20,000 books from the Waikanae library, […]

Roger Childs asks if ratepayers are happy with Kapiti Coast Council (KCDC) having a punt on derivatives and losing some […]

RNZ reports the Pope has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Palmerston North, Charles Drennan, following an investigation into […]

Two candidates for the Levin Ward in Horowhenua, standing on a platform of change, believe rates business differentials that favour […]

Kapiti Coast District Council is spending $32,100 pa on storing Waikanae library books with a private company. But booklovers are […]

‘As a Canadian voting in this year’s local elections, I have had to try and understand and come to terms […]

Guy Burns, Deputy Chair of the Paraparaumu Raumati Community Board, asks why the Kāpiti Coast Council has doubled its public […]

Veronica Harrod reports from Levin the Horowhenua District Council’s chief executive, David Clapperton, may have acted unlawfully by authorising a […]

Poets to the People presenter Gill Ward says ‘if the library book cuts are to help fix up Waikanae Library […]

Mayoral and Paraparaumu ward candidate Martin Halliday says there’ll be two extra ‘Meet the Candidates Meetings’ this week. They are: […]

Police say the wreckage of a light aircraft has been found in the northern Tararua Ranges — and the two […]

Salima Padamsey reports the KCDC’s latest ‘standing orders’ cut deeply into citizen’s rights. Current standing orders recommended for the 2016-2019 […]

Horowhenua mayoral candidate and Levin Ward councillor Bernie Wanden’s conflict of interest under the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act is […]

In her first column, Dawn Sanders ONZM, QSM, gives this quote… We know who we are, but know not who […]

Following KIN’s request for action to prevent a child being killed or hurt in heavy traffic in the Raumati Village […]

Dawn Sanders, ONZM QSM, the First Lady of Shakespearean life in New Zealand, is coming onstage at KIN. Dawn is a […]

Veronica Harrod reports that Horowhenua mayoral candidate Bernie Wanden is refusing to publicly comment on the exact nature of his […]

Well-known Paraparaumu Beach identity Ken Ash says the history of libraries stretches way back into antiquity — and they have […]

ROBB’s (Restore Our Book Budget) campaign to get the book buying budget for KCDC libraries is getting overwhelming support, according […]

Salima Padamsey reports key moves by the Kāpiti District Council over the past few months have been undemocratic. And she […]

Waikanae School’s 2019 production was a right royal affair.   The popular biannual event is a highlight of the Waikanae […]

Death and taxes were two of the topics for Kapiti’s mayoral hopefuls at a public forum in Otaki yesterday morning. […]

Kāpiti’s Chief Librarian has directly contradicted political claims that huge numbers of library books are lying unused in cartons and […]

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST! SAYS RALPH McALLISTER Margaret Atwood ‘s The Testaments was published worldwide on Tuesday last week, […]

Last year the fan-favourite Kererū swooped in and claimed Bird of the Year 2018, but now it seems the native […]

Anne Marie Tomlinson, of Restore Our Books Budget, collected some 140 signatures for the campaign to restore the libraries’ budget […]

Gill Ward says ‘I hope you were able to pick up a poem somewhere during the week for National Poetry […]

Open Letter to KCDC Chief Executive, Wayne Maxwell:  We are conducting a campaign on behalf of local people worried about […]

The BBC reports today on what could develop into the most important story ever — the discovery of life on […]

The state of Waikanae’s Mahara place and the closing and reopening of the town’s library were recurring themes when council […]

The new Kapiti readers group ROBB — Restore Our Books Budget — has just launched a people’s petition to save […]

Our Horowhenua reporter Veronica Harrod asks: ‘Will the Government’s brand-new water policy now respond to a Waitangi Tribunal finding the […]

It’s always good to see ourselves as others see us, says Ralph McAllister. Sometimes. Michele Amas’s 1st Michele Amas’s play […]

Jeremy Smith reports that rates, rubbish collection, council housing and the cost of consultants were the hot topics when KCDC […]

Six iconic Te Araroa trail locations are immortalised on postage stamps today, with the release of a series celebrating some […]

Reader Chris Walker has suggested these questions which he feels sure voters would be interested in( the Independent agrees): 1. […]

Asher Wilson-Goldman, a candidate for the Kāpiti‎ Coast Council, says a new online map makes voting for Kāpiti Coast District […]

The Editor has been advised that some readers may confuse his opinions with those of the Kapiti Friends of the […]

Retired Professor Paul Dunmore of Paraparaumu says as we prepare to vote in the current election we should pay attention […]

Kāpiti Coast District Council officials have revealed the Mayor and councillors can still vote to reverse the massive cut in […]

The Kapiti and Coast Independent stands by its stories on the massive cuts to the Libraries books and material budget. […]

The Editor is happy to publish this unabridged and uncorrected letter from Mayoral candidate Jackie Elliott. ( Editor’s reply in […]

The Transport Agency says the Transmission Gully motorway will not be tolled.The motorway, a 27-kilometre, four-lane road, due to open […]

The Horowhenua NZ Trust, a charitable trust established over a year ago (in May 2018) has not provided its first […]

Local historian Anthony Dreaver has attended one of the first election meetings –and come away convinced ‘we need to do […]

Veronica Harrod reports the Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council has refused to act against the private owner of Lake Rakau Hamana […]

Guy Burns, Community Board representative and Councillor candidate, is calling forKāpiti Coast District Council to reverse its decision to slash […]

41,000 MEMBERS ‘ROBBED‘; A group of Kapiti Coasters, outraged the Mayor and councillors have slashed the library budget, are determined […]

KIN writer Jeremy Smith, who worked for last year’s census, explains why it was such a disaster. He says he […]

Former Kapiti mayor Iride McCloy says Kapiti residents are once again being used to defuse budget deficits. She says: ‘As […]

Local body election candidate meetings in Horowhenua are heating up –0 with a Horowhenua Greypower meeting, and a joint meeting […]

Police say they can now confirm the identity of the woman who was killed on the Kapiti Coast last Saturday, […]

Veronica Harrod says Ex Horowhenua mayor Brendan Duffy may be sacked as deputy chair of MidCentral District Health Board after […]

Kapiti Cr Jackie Elliott has told the public they should listen to audio recordings of a Council committee so they […]

It’s a crowded field for this year’s local elections in Kapiti with four people trying for the mayor’s chain and […]

Detective Senior Sergeant Warwick McKee says a homicide investigation is underway following the death of a woman on the Kāpiti […]

Kāpiti Independent says a powerful new protest group will form soon on the Coast to fight the KCDC’s slashing of […]

Horowhenua could see a brand “new look” Council if the 19 nominations received for five seats in the Levin Ward […]

The prestigious Friends of the Libraries group is the latest community organisation urging the Kapiti Coast Council to abandon its […]

From Horowhenua comes a story about a man, a cam, a building which may or may not be earthquake proof,  […]

The Kapiti and Coast Independent will not publish comments attacking the verdicts in the David Scott indecent assault case. Some […]

Community advocate Salima Padamsey says a damning official report on the KCDC shows its mismanagement has caused the problems which […]

Former Kapiti Coast Councillor David Scott is standing again for a districtwide seat on the KCDC. In June, he lost […]

‘Council are recommending reducing most of the 4 hour time limits, at the library, to either one or two hours […]

JOE COUNTRY by Mark Herron is the sixth in the series about inept washed-up spies, banished to Slough House, mostly […]

Sonnet of the Book Thieves — ‘The KCDC tried to slip this one through on the quiet Telling the Friends […]

Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board members Bernie Randall and Guy Burns say they’re upset because cuts for spending on new library books […]

Coman Tait reports that 80% of Kapiti residents belong to our libraries, but they’re being treated like enemies. There are […]

Mandy Hager writes: ‘I’ve read with interest the debate around the cutting of the books budget for our local libraries. […]

In my time in Dublin, most of the Library thefts took place in the dirty books section. And the blame […]

The Paraparaumu Beach Saturday Morning Market looks set to move to a permanent home in Maclean Street. This will provide […]

The late John Murray, one of Kapiti’s greatest ethical leaders, has been honoured at last by the Kapiti Coast District […]

Janet Holborow, the Kāpiti Coast Deputy Mayor, has defended the swingeing cuts to the District’s budget for library books. In […]

The new 30km speed limit signs have gone up around Raumati Beach Village but modifications are needed, according to Community […]

Kapiti Mayoral candidate Gwynn Compton says the slashing of the book budget illustrates how the impacts of the Waikanae Library […]

The Kāpiti Coast Council is slashing its Libraries book budget by a massive amount this coming year. The move follows […]

Experts have told the Kāpiti Coast Council it must do a much better job of looking after assets like its […]

The Kapiti and Coast Independent says a child could be killed on dangerous roads at Raumati Beach unless the Kapiti […]

Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board member Bernie Randall says the Kapiti Mayor and Councillors who stopped funding community safety groups have put […]

In Paraparaumu, the old Whitireia Polytech building at the junction of Kapiti Road and Milne Drive has been identified as […]

Community safety in Kapiti will get a boost with the police working closely with Neighbourhood Support and the Council to […]

The Independent financial rating agency Standard and Poor’s has upped the Kāpiti Coast Council’s credit rating by two grades, from […]

“France just put a digital tax on our great American technology companies,” Trump tweeted about the law, which targets US […]

The Kāpiti and Coast Independent says the Prime Minister Ardern must act to help resolve the Ihumātao land dispute. Earlier […]

Massey University academic Dr Cathy Strong has given warning the review of the Resource Management Act should not just focus […]

Kāpiti kids experienced books and story-telling as never before in the District’s libraries during the school holidays. They were taking […]

The Kāpiti Coast District Council is watching closely a compensation decision for flood victims in the small Bay of Plenty […]

 Kapiti Mayor K Gurunathan has hit back at Cr Jackie Elliott’s claim that social housing units could be in danger. […]

Responding to KIN’s latest social housing story, Kapiti Cr Jackie Elliott warns the District’s pensioner units could now be under […]

Residents and visitors to Waikanae East can have confidence they’ll be able to access vital services in an emergency following […]

The well-known Kāpiti author Lynn Jenner has written an imaginative work putting the Kāpiti Expressway under the microscope. Tbe book, […]

Kāpiti Coast mayoral candidate Gwynn Compton has slammed Kāpiti Coast District Council’s attitude and lack of any plan to deal […]

One has to say ‘watch this space’ when dealing with our eminent Mayor and Guru, K Gurunathan. On June 24, […]

 Paraparaumu Raumati Community Board Members Guy Burns and Bernie Randall welcome the news that work will start this week on […]

Our resident Poet Laureate, Gill Ward asks: ‘Time to read? No? Well that is one benefit of liking to read […]

The Kapiti District Council says that from next Monday, 15 July, it will be putting up new speed limit signs […]

Greater Wellington Regional Council says that with the help of local communities it has planted 30,500 native trees in Queen […]

Greenpeace will hold peaceful civil disobedience training in Wellington this weekend, following the arrival of a 40,000 tonne oil rig […]

I’ve now received advice that Kapit Mayor K Gurunathan is finally thinking of a reply to my 3-week-old request for […]

Otaki community board member Shelly Warwick will be standing for the district council’s Otaki ward seat at the local elections. […]

A $16 million investment in water supply, safety and resilience is underway in the Kāpiti Coast District. That’s on top […]

Kia Ora, Begorah — It’s been a great few weeks for the Irish. And only last week I was belatedly […]

Waikanae’s new library, located in the former Artel building in the town centre, was busy on its first day at […]

1 July 2019 Improved access to after-hours and urgent healthcare for Kāpiti Some Kāpiti residents requiring emergency ambulance care and […]

AT THE WOLF’S TABLE AT THE WOLF’S TABLE  by Rosella Posterino is the chilling tale of ten German women who […]

Otaki  beach’s distinctive health camp rotunda, a Category One historic building,  may get a new life. Otaki resident and camp […]

Guy Burns, Deputy Chair, Paraparaumu Raumati Community Board welcomes the news that an independent review of Kapiti Coast District Council […]

Kāpiti Coast District Councillor David Scott has been immediately removed from his council seat following a failed attempt to appeal his […]

Media expert and Otaki resident Cathy Strong says that on the surface it appears KDCD staff are balking at a […]

The Police have announced two sessions in Kapiti for firearms collections. But unlike most other areas, the Kapiti venues have […]

A challenge by our new columnist Sean Fintan O’Toole to politicians has been taken up by Penny Gaylor, Kāpiti’s Regional […]

Sean Fintan O’Toole reports it’s a tough job being a journalist because he’s continually working with paid liars  — i.e. […]

In case you missed the story — a baby was born in the car park of the Lumsden maternal and […]

  Most Waikanae library services will resume soon in a new central location. The Kāpiti Coast Council says from Monday, […]

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has drastically cut speed limits to 30k in many built-up areas. The new speed limits […]

Two Kāpiti political candidates have now announced intentions to deal with the housing crisis in the District. Yesterday the youngest […]

Paekakariki teenager Sophie Handford, who led the recent School Strike 4 Climate campaign, will stand for a seat on the […]

‘Greetings from the land of poems, poetry and poets,’ says Gill Ward. ‘ do sometimes mention other books or literary […]

The sun shone and the Mayor came along when Paraparaumu School pupils went to the opening of Kāpiti’s newest classroom […]

Two six-metre high statues will mark the gateway to Ōtaki when the expressway from Pekapeka is completed. The design of […]

Dear PM, it really is time to concentrate on doing something about our two biggest problems — housing and education. […]

  Sofie Claridge from Kāpiti College has been selected by Royal Society Te Apārangi to go to a Summer Research […]

Police have located two clues in the search for missing British tramper Darren Myers. Police have been searching the Tararua […]

The Kāpiti Coast Council is reassuring users of the Paraparaumu Library who’ve seen plastic-wrapped scaffolding on the walls of the […]

THE EXTRAORDINARY PIANIST NIKOLAI SARATOVSKY IS RETURNING TO NZ — AND A MULLED WINE CONCERT AT RAUMATI SOUTH. Saratovsky is […]

Sixty years is a long time for any love affair but that is what I have had with Bernstein’s wonderfully […]

Community Board members Bernie Randall and Guy Burns are calling for action to ease parking problems around the Paraparaumu Library. […]

The alienation of Maori land at the Kāpiti Airport will be included when hearings for Kāpiti Treaty claims continue at […]

A BBC ‘Future’ report says reading fiction is said to increase people’s empathy and compassion. But it asks: Does the […]

Raumati resident Asher Wilson-Goldman, who’ll run for Districtwide Councillor on the KCDC, promises to try to get the Council to […]

Sir Jon Trimmer, of Paekakariki, loved dancing in the Royal Danish Ballet — but there was a hitch. He never […]

Kāpiti Coast mayoral candidate Gwynn Compton says emergency housing grants have nearly doubled in the past year on the Kāpiti […]

Living Wage Porirua says faith, community and union groups are delighted with the Porirua City Council’s decision to pay directly-employed […]

Kāpiti’s ratepayers are facing average rates rises of nearly five per cent, reports Jeremy Smith. The District Council’s annual plan […]

‘A wonderful day last week when I attended the Auckland Writers Festival and had the huge pleasure of listening and […]

The Kapiti Council chamber was filled with clapping when the councillors unanimously voted to declare a climate change emergency. More […]

Award-winning author Mandy Hager supports the teachers, but has a large brickbat for education bureaucrats. She says: ‘For the last […]

Salima Padamsey reports the Kāpiti District Council now owes more per head than any other council in NZ, bar one! […]

Mandy Hager has this bouquet for teachers… ‘I’ve just returned from a five-day Storylines tour around Otago with three other […]

. The latest Nga Uruora-Kāpiti newsletter contains a fascinating early painting from Paekakariki (left) — and a pioneer’s letter to […]

The late John Murray, one of Kāpiti’s finest campaigners, looks set to get a decent public memorial after a long […]

Well-known Paekakariki editor and polymath Don Polly chats briefly with a future US President during an embarrassing encounter in Los […]

Until recently, Lisa Faaifo had her hands full as a busy mother of five — now she’s taking the driver’s […]

Veronica Harrod says development contributions can now be collected from developers for public amenities as well as essential infrastructure after […]

Nearly 50 Waikanae kids have shown their creative storytelling skills in the Kāpiti Council’s ‘Why I love Waikanae’ contest. And […]

Prue Hyman says the Welfare Expert Advisory Group Report is excellent but unlikely to be fully implemented. She says: “Last […]

At 5 minutes past 10 today the Police announced the new non-emergency number – it’s 105. And the Paraparaumu Digital […]

Gill Ward reports it’s time for more Poetry and Lit-talk. She says: “It’s enjoyable writing this column. It isn’t an […]

Jacinda Ardern is still the same ‘clumsy, opinionated girl’ who once crashed her dad’s tractor into a nashi pear tree […]

  The NZ ‘Anti Bases Campaign’ (ABC) says the planned — but aborted — American B-52 bomber visit earlier this […]

The rising rate of rheumatic fever among Māori and Pasifika children is one of the sharpest examples yet of the […]

Jeremy Smith reports the Te Newhanga Community Centre in Paraparaumu is leaking and will need remedial work after mould spores […]

Foxton Beach has a new shared pathway, bringing plans for an eight-kilometre loop around the coastal community a step closer […]

The NZ Forest Owners Association and Federated Farmers have congratulated the Opportunities Party for its gene editing policy. They say […]

Long-time Labour stalwart Judith Holloway writes that Jacinda, and Labour’s, Dilemma is Winston Peters. Judith says ‘What a pity that […]

Poetry Editor Gill Ward says this is an April offering but it’s on the cusp of May so whenever you […]

Police have arrested Alan James Harris who was being sought following a burglary at the Palmerston North police station on […]

  Police are urgently seeking Alan James Harris in relation to a burglary yesterday at Palmerston North Police Station in […]

The Kāpiti and Coast Independent wants two committed ethical writers to join its high-quality team. If you want to cover […]

Police say they are looking for the occupant of a kayak located off the Kapiti Coast today. A green kayak […]

A Kāpiti parents group is organising a ‘Great Car-Boot  Sale’ to provide a heart defibrillator for Paraparaumu College and the […]

Ralph McAllister reports he’s got a pile of new books to read over the next month or two when not […]

Prue Hyman reminds us again that Labour promises more than it delivers – not surprising when it is so tied […]

Around 60 members of Extinction Rebellion Te Whanganui-a-Tara gathered in Parliament grounds yesterday to protest against intensive dairy farming. They […]

Starting today Extinction Rebellion Te Whanganui-a-Tara has launched a Week of Action against climate change and the 6th mass extinction. […]

Prue Hyman says more is needed than the April 1 increase in the minimum wage. Those on benefits miss out […]

Jeremy Smith reports all three Otaki-based councillors voted against a new district gambling policy approved only by the casting vote […]

Cars racing around Matatua Rd into Raumati Rd at Raumati Village are worrying Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board member Bernie Randall. Children […]

The lawyer for Kapiti Coast councillor David Scott, who was convicted of indecent assault, says measuring his penis was a […]

Ian Littleworth has been appointed as Kāpiti Coast District Council’s new Libraries and Arts Manager. He stepped into the role […]

Our Correspondent Veronica Harrod reports that in just three years the amount of wealth owned by the top 20 per […]

“An ant exclusion zone has now been established in Raumati South” says Michael Freeman of the Raumati South Residents’ Association. […]

Guy Burns, deputy chair of Raumati Paraparaumu Community Board, says he’s outraged at the latest hike in rates for the […]

Greater Wellington Regional Council has voted to increase regional rates by an average of 5.9%. This amount was forecast in […]

Police say four people have received minor to moderate injuries following vehicle robberies and a high-speed chase in the Kapiti-Mana […]

Veronica Harrod reports that Audit NZ and the Maori Land Court have both revealed the Horowhenua District Council made at […]

Ralph McAllister says every so often a play reaches our shores and reminds us of the power of theatre. ‘The […]

NZ’s National Library says it’s taking action on the Kāpiti’s Mayor’s appeal for help in stopping computer access to violent […]

Kāpiti District Councillor Jackie Elliott  has condemned the Horowhenua Council’s $85,000 Agreement to silence neighbours and Iwi complaints about the […]

Kāpiti’s Mayor K Gurunathann is appealing to the National Library to block access to gun-related violent games on computers in […]

Kāpiti Coast Mayor K Gurunathan is encouraging the Kāpiti Coast community to join people from across the region in Wellington […]

The controversial Levin landfill agreement says all 11 parties have to sign the agreement but only five parties have put […]

The acclaimed British play ‘The Children’ will have its premiere this Saturday at Circa in Wellington. And KIN readers will […]

Lawyers acting in a Maori Land Court case have spoken of difficulties in securing full and frank financial disclosure from […]

One thousand five hundred students at Kāpiti College took part in a massive haka today for victims of the  Christchurch […]

Kāpiti Mayor K Gurunathan has apologised to Raechel and Vince Osborne, of Waikanae, for defamatory comments over their iconic hedge The comments […]

Greater Wellington Regional Council is advising people not to swim or walk dogs off-lead in and around the Waikanae River […]

The Mayors of Kāpiti and Porirua want a thousand Haka to resound against the Christchurch attack exactly a week later. […]

In response to the Christchurch massacre, the Kāpiti Coast Council has been placing condolence books in the District’s libraries for […]

Ralph Mcallister recommends these titles to readers seeking good books for these dark days. ‘As mentioned in my last column,’ […]

Horowhenua correspondent Veronica Harrod reports a startling official attack on local democracy in the district. She says ‘draconian’ clauses in […]

Editor Alan Tristram reports hundreds of Kāpiti citizens backed students striking for action on climate change last Friday. The terrible […]

Police Commissioner Mike Bush says work is continuing today to build a complete picture of the tragic events in Christchurch […]

Kāpiti’s Mayor K Gurunathan says he is “absolutely shocked’ by the Christchurch massacre.   “This is not the New Zealand […]

Levin correspondent Veronica Harrod says some local Maori have been excluded by the Hokio District Council from consultation over Levin’s […]

Kāpiti Councillor Jackie Elliott says she backs statements made by Community Board members Guy Burns and Bernie Randall that the […]

Prue Hyman says ‘teenagers are braver than politicians —  let’s support the youth strike on Friday,  March 15.’ In her […]

  Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council ( known as Horizons) has been asked to confirm how many resource consents have been […]

Mandy Hager says: ‘I’ll be supporting the students on strike for the climate from 9am next Friday outside the KCDC […]

The Transport Agency will soon begin surface repair work on 15.8 kilometres of the Mackays to Peka Peka (M2PP) Expressway. […]

Waikanae River, north of Wellington, has been chosen by the Department of Conservation (DOC) as a priority river catchment for restoration from […]

A 75-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 70-year-old woman at the  Costal Villas Retirement […]

World-class pianist Michael Endres will perform at the Raumati South Memorial Hall on Sunday, March 10. Michael, who has just returned to […]

  Preparations are well underway for the eighth running of the Kapiti Joggers and Walkers In the Footsteps of the […]

The Court of Appeal has set a date just five weeks away for hearing Kāpiti Cr David Scott’s appeal against his conviction in […]

Kāpiti Mayoral candidate Gwynn Compton wants an independent review of Kāpiti Coast District Council’s asset management following the news there […]

Campaigners trying to clean up Lake Horowhenua say the plans of the Horowhenua District Council(HDC) are ‘full of holes.’ Veronica Harrod […]

The Greater Wellington Regional Council says the weekend rain has washed toxic algae from regions’ rivers It says: “The rain […]

More than 30 artists have contributed works to send a team of young Kāpiti women to the Junior World Vaulting Championships […]

l Kāpiti College students have called on the Council to go carbon-neutral. A delegation of Kāpiti College students spoke to […]

Veronica Harrod reports concerns about a new Horowhenua District Council infrastructure manager, appointed last August, but gone less than four […]

‘Towards Oblivion,’ by Maran Larvik. My lovely dear – as we sit here, our hands entwined, your gaze is blank, […]

Gill Ward reports: ‘February Greetings coming up… such a lovely time of the year. Maybe in many ways the best […]

Kāpiti Independent says hard-hearted KCDC councillors have refused to help a large Maori family with a special-needs child who are […]

Local Govt. reporter Jeremy Smith asks: ‘How much are Kapiti’s 16 community board members worth in terms of their pay?’ KCDC […]

Lake Horowhenua is in the spotlight again because the  Horowhenua District Council has finally submitted its resource consent application to […]

The Kāpiti and Waikanae Health Advocacy Groups have met to discuss  ‘urgent and after-hours care’ in the district. Iride McCloy, […]

The Greater Wellington Regional Council has given warning that people and dogs must avoid going into the water at the […]

Kāpiti Mayoral candidate Gwynn Compton is proposing a moratorium on all Council-owned house sales until a proper social housing plan […]

Multi-award-winning Raumati-based author Mandy Hager is the winner of the 2019 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for life-time achievement and a […]

Ten projects enhancing the Kāpiti’s environment heritage will get money from the Kāpiti District Council this year. “Each year Council […]

If you want the very latest news, quickest, follow Kapiti Independent on twitter. Our address is — ‘twitter@kapiti_reports’ We provide […]

Kāpiti Districtwide Councillor Jackie Elliott has become the first councillor to condemn the sale of a council house, and the […]

Prue Hyman asks: ‘Fair pay agreements –- will they be allowed to make a difference?’ In her latest column, Prue says: […]

Former Kāpiti Mayor Iride McCloy says the KCDC must act now to protect social housing. And she slates Kāpiti’s present Mayor for […]

A key series of Waitangi Tribunal Hearings will begin at Whakarongotai Marae in Waikanae tomorrow. Large numbers of Maori are […]

The Waikanae ‘pop-up’ library will soon be popping up in the art gallery next door. On Monday 18 February, the Kāpiti Coast District […]

Unique chamber music in Raumati, with  Hayden Chisholm, on tour from Germany. Hayden Chisholm, the internationally acclaimed Kiwi-born jazz composer, alto […]

‘Australia’s former foreign minister aims to help the National return to government, sharing her experience with the party at their […]

Kāpiti Coast mayoral candidate Gwynn Compton says news the KCDC is slowing down a house sale while a family get a suitable […]

Kāpiti Coast District Mayor K Gurunathan has asked Council staff to do everything in their power to avoid the large […]

A new year and time to catch up with some literary achievements — Ralph Mcallister says THE SPY AND THE […]

  Friends of Kapiti Libraries are promising ‘Treats for Readers of all Ages’ with four poets and a varied programme for […]

The Kāpiti Coast Council has replied to claims it is forcing a large family out of a house it owns […]

Kapiti Districtwide Districtwide Councilor Jackie Elliott says if she becomes Mayor she will try to remove the fixed daily water […]

Former Kāpiti Mayor Iride McCloy is appealing to the present Mayor and Council  to abandon plans to force a large Maori […]

  The petition to reinstate the Pekapeka interchange has 500 signatures, with more expected after the weekend. Jeremy Smith reports […]

The KCDC says it doesn’t know when the Waikanae Library will reopen, but a temporary ‘pop-up’ library is proving increasingly popular. The […]

  Veronica Harrod reports Horowhenua ratepayers are paying more for huge debt levels at Horowhenua District Council. These have climbed […]

KCDC  Parks staff have been busy over the past week installing 10 selfie-posts in local parks to make photo-taking easier […]

This photo of a Reverend Murray in the U.S. bears an uncanny resemblance to Kāpiti’s Mayor K Gurunathan (right), but […]

Paraparaumu community campaigner Salima Padamsey has taken the Kāpiti Council to task for its complete failure to honour the life […]

Deirdre Kent, of Waikanae, describes a Kāpiti group’s work to cut air miles…and global warming.  ‘Rebecca McFie, an investigative journalist […]

Supporters of a memorial for Kāpiti’s famous peace campaigner the Very Rev. John Murray want to know why nothing has […]

Harald Daehne, in Berlin, headlines his report:  German Social Democrats before the ruins? He quotes what Lord Rolf Dahrendorf, a German-British […]

‘Oh well everyone – I’m sure we can say happy New Year right up to the end of January?’ says […]

Paraparaumu resident Gwynn Compton has launched the first electoral challege to Kāpiti Mayor,Mr K Gurunathan. Mr Compton is standing for […]

Veronica Harrod reports the Regional Council Horizons has approved a request for more funding for an integrated management plan to […]

Veronica Harrod reports that almost two months after being adopted two Horowhenua District Council strategies on land and property development […]

Lucky escape for teens swept out to sea at Waikanae Beach — Three teenagers had a lucky escape on the […]

Prue Hyman sings the praises of Paekakariki — I hope I can be forgiven for starting my sixth year of […]

Veronica Harrod reports that two strategies about political and economic priorities of Horowhenua District Council for the next 20 years […]

The NZ Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC) says NZ’s  ‘most significant contribution to the US effort to manipulate world business and diplomacy […]

Editor Alan Tristram reports it’s holiday time at the Kapiti Independent. He adds” But we’ll keep a ‘skeleton’ paper going until […]

Local politician Guy Burns says  the KCDC scores only 4.5 out of 10 on performance this past year — and improvementsare  […]

    KIN’s third major poetry prize has been awarded to Paraparaumu poet Sue Byford for her poem ‘Pohutukawa.’ The […]

KCDC Districtwide Cr Jackie Elliott gives her highs and lows of the past year in Council ‘2018 was a busy […]

Ralph McAllister asks: ‘What have these four novels got in common?’ — MILKMAN, LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, THE SELLOUT, and […]

Ralph Macalister presents his holiday selection of non-fiction books… Whether you prefer reading fact or fiction, or jump back and […]

Veronica Harrod reports that last month Horowhenua deputy mayor Wayne Bishop’s  development company was sold 2.7 hectares next to land […]

Local iwi Te Āti Awa ki Whakarongotai says arsenic and lead contamination of watercress in the Wharemauku Stream pose a […]

Prue Hyman gives some random end of year thoughts — Looking back at my 2018 columns, I’ve written with approval […]

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Julie Burns explains how she suddenly found herself organizing a climate change demonstration: “Like so many of us I was […]

A new non-profit indoor market, fundraising for Wellington Shoebox Christmas, will be held at the Waikanae Memorial Hall on Sunday,16th […]

The Kāpiti Coast Council says the Waikanae Library will be closed ‘for the foreseeable future’ as the toxic mould is […]

  The NZ Transport Agency is linking up with the  Kāpiti Coast and Horowhenua District Councils to reduce serious crashes on State […]

Veronica Harrod has been studying a UN report and says heatwaves will be the next big climate change and will […]

Expert sniffer-dog Rhys-Jones has scoured Kāpiti Island for any sign of Argentine ants and given it the all-clear. Called in […]

Veronica Harrod says two of the Lake Horowhenua Māori owners, Vivienne Taueki and Charles Rudd of MuaUpoko Iwi, have been […]

Waikanae Library staff will be moved to other libraries while their building is closed because of toxic mould. Natasha Tod, […]

The Kapiti and Horowhenua  mayors say several fatal accidents in the past few days on S.H.1 are ‘totally unacceptable to […]

The Kapiti Coast Council has closed the Waikanae Library and Service Centre because of  toxic mould. It says this is a precaution, […]

Police Minister Stuart Nash has opened the new Police Communications  Centre, Te Whare Torotoro Waea Pirihama, in Paraparaumu. It will eventually house […]

Rose Rose was not a Holocaust survivor. Rose was a lively 97 year old. Most of us never knew her. […]

A Berlin correspondent has asked us to attribute the photo (left) which appeared in a story 0n January 5, 2017, to […]

Kāpiti District Mayor K Gurunathan  has warned the Government the district ‘flatly opposes’ any compulsory  marriage with other councils to supply water. […]

Kāpiti’s Marine Reserve is now  being monitored 24/7 by a high-tech web camera that provides a live feed of any […]

Horowhenua correspondent Veronica Harrod says Horizons Regional Council wants ratepayers to pay again for a plan to cut sediment flowing […]

Local author Linda Hansen found completing The Fire Keeper’s Girls, her third activist novel for teenagers, her greatest writing challenge. […]

Ralph Mcallister reporte the Trolls are taking over Wellington. Royalty has been reduced to poverty. Mrs Miller and son Arthur […]

KIN’s poem of the week comes from Kāpiti’s poet laureate Gill Ward. ‘The telephone’ ignores body language does not glimpse […]

Ralph McAllister says : ‘We all enjoy a good scare, now and then. Trouble is sometimes reality is more frightening […]

The Kāpiti Coast Chief Executive, Wayne Maxwell, has answered Low Carbon Kāpiti (LCK)criticisms over the Ōtaki Pool. LCK said (story below) it […]

Local group Low Carbon Kāpiti (LCK)  says it’ s discovered that  fossil-fuel use at Ōtaki Pool has increased by 17% […]

The Kapiti Independent has received  the first entry  in its third major  poetry contest. Other Poets in Kapiti or Horowhenua can […]

Poetry Editor Gill Ward says ‘What a wonderful place Wellington is for literature and culture – up there with Wellywood […]

Horowhenua correspondent Veronica Harrod says there has been a tsunami-like increase in the stormwater network discharging into Lake Horowhenua. 39 more kilometres […]

Well-known author and campaigner Judith Holloway, of Levin, says she knows of rest homes that refuse to allow some visits to […]

Kāpiti Coast Council says there are still problems on the Wharemauku Stream following Monday’s sewage overflow under the Coastlands shopping […]

  Our poem for the week is by a Scottish poet who didn’t start publishing till the 1960’s though she […]

 Prue Hyman  says please make a submission  right now to  make  the welfare system fairer for low income families. She says: […]

The Kāpiti Coast Council is advising people to stay out of the Wharemauku Stream and stream mouth at Marine Gardens, […]

The veteran Kāpiti and Wellington journalist Jim Webber never stopped writing, even penning his own obituary as his health failed. […]

KIN’s senior reporter Jeremy Smith is visiting the USA during the 2018 mid-term elections. Here’s his report on the lead-up […]

At one stroke the Kāpiti Coast Council is raising the official temperatures– and tourist potential — for the District. It’s […]

  Veronica Harrod reports the Maori Land Court has appointed Clinton Hemana of Rotorua sole trustee of the Lake Horowhenua […]

The National Council of Women says two thirds of  NZers agree that a woman should have the right to choose […]

The Council of Trade Unions has welcomed the Government announcement that Kiwirail will retain 15 electric engines on the Northern Trunk Line […]

Kapiti Independent News this week launches its third big poetry competition, with a prize worth more than $75 . Poets have […]

The Kāpiti Coast District Council’s enhancements to Maclean Park are continuing this week, with contractors working to expand the recreational grass area. “We’re transforming the area […]