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Fund Opens For Proposed Growth And Major Events In Kāpiti

Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 10:04 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council’s Major Events Fund is open to applications for growth and major events that will stimulate tourism and contribute to the district’s economy. Kāpiti Coast District Councillor Liz Koh says the annual Major Events Fund ... More >>

Hark! Funding For Creative Art Projects Available Again

Friday, 24 February 2023, 11:38 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Calling Kāpiti creatives! Kāpiti Coast District Council is pleased to announce the Creative Communities Scheme will open for applications on Tuesday, 28 March. In this round of the twice-yearly fund from Creative New Zealand Council has $25,000 ... More >>

Over The Fence Cuppa Events To Connect Communities

Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 2:23 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council are calling for community-minded people to run Over the Fence Cuppa events for their neighbourhood or street to help grow connected communities. Kāpiti Coast mayor Janet Holborow says the widespread impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle ... More >>

Arts And Heritage Funds To Boost Cultural Sector

Friday, 3 February 2023, 9:58 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Two new development funds to support the Kāpiti arts and heritage scenes are now open for applications. Kāpiti Coast District Council has created the Museums and Heritage Development Fund ($30,000 annually) and the Arts Sustainability Fund ($36,000 ... More >>

Building Inspectors Head North To Support The Recovery Effort

Thursday, 2 February 2023, 12:31 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

The Kāpiti Coast District Council building team is doing their bit to support the mammoth recovery effort in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland by sending staff to support the rapid building assessment process. Mayor Janet Holborow says three staff will ... More >>

Kāpiti Coast Community Wellbeing $5.26 Million Better Off

Thursday, 2 February 2023, 10:39 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council has secured $5.26 million Better Off funding, as part of government’s investment to support councils to transition to the Three Waters Water Service Entities on 1 July 2024. Kāpiti Coast Mayor Janet Holborow ... More >>

Locky Dock Secure Bike Parking Coming To Kāpiti

Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 9:28 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

The first of two Locky Dock free, secure bike racks with charging stations for e-bikes and e-scooters planned for Paraparaumu will be installed soon, reports Kāpiti Coast District Council. Mike Mendonca, Council’s Acting Group Manager Place & ... More >>

Key Consenting Milestone Continues Journey For Ōtaki To North Of Levin

Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 9:58 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Council District Council has received a Notice of Requirement application from Waka Kotahi for its new Ōtaki to North of Levin highway - a key consenting milestone for the project to move forward. Approximately 3.6km of the new highway ... More >>

Stormwater Network Upgrade For Paraparaumu

Monday, 9 January 2023, 11:30 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

A 12-month upgrade of the Paraparaumu stormwater network begins in January, reports Kāpiti Coast District Council. More than 800 metres of new, larger stormwater pipe will be installed from Iver Trask Place towards Rimu Road, then along Rimu Road to ... More >>

Peka Peka To Ōtaki E-way Opening An Early Christmas Present

Friday, 23 December 2022, 6:57 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council has welcomed the opening of the Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway ahead of Christmas. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency opened the expressway in stages over the past couple of days, with it now fully operational. Kāpiti District ... More >>

Te Uruhi Granted Resource Consent

Friday, 16 December 2022, 3:23 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council today received the decision from the independent hearing panel that they have granted a resource consent to build and operate the Te Uruhi biosecurity and visitor centre. Chief Executive Darren Edwards said in line ... More >>

Council To Deepen Partnership With Kāpiti Youth Support

Monday, 12 December 2022, 1:32 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council is to deepen its partnership with Kāpiti Youth Support through a memorandum of understanding with the organisation which is a key provider of services, programmes, and advocacy supporting rangatahi in the district. Mayor ... More >>

Council Moves To Become Accredited Living Wage Employer

Monday, 12 December 2022, 10:56 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council unanimously voted at last week’s meeting to take the next steps towards becoming an accredited Living Wage Employer. The Living Wage is an internationally acknowledged term for a wage which enables workers to live ... More >>

Updated Regional Plan For Waste Management Underway

Thursday, 8 December 2022, 8:58 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council is to work with the other seven councils in the Wellington Region on an updated joint waste management and minimisation plan (WMMP) that will change the way we deal with waste. Councils are required by law to adopt a plan for ... More >>

Council Supports Lowering Voting Age To 16

Thursday, 8 December 2022, 8:52 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council is backing a national campaign to lower the voting age to 16 years of age. A majority of councillors supported a notice of motion submitted by Cr Sophie Handford at today’s Council meeting endorsing the Make It 16: Lower ... More >>

A Kāpiti Summer Is A Summer Done Right

Friday, 2 December 2022, 11:21 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council is in full preparation-mode with an expected swell of approximately 35,000 visitors over summer. Kāpiti Coast Mayor Janet Holborow says that district’s 500 hectares of parks and sports grounds, 100 kilometres of ... More >>

Raumati Village Unity Reflected In New Public Artwork

Monday, 28 November 2022, 2:55 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kotahitanga (unity, togetherness) is the theme of a new public artwork that was formally received and blessed in Raumati Village today. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2211/07e49d72d0098016cc72.jpeg" width="720" height="405"> Artist Theo Arraj’s new mural ... More >>

Kāpiti Council Backs Mayor’s Committee Chair Appointments

Friday, 25 November 2022, 10:14 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Mayor Janet Holborow has set up five core Council committees, with two new subcommittees that will focus on social sustainability, and climate change and the environment. “I think it’s really important that all councillors ... More >>

Maps Show Rezoning Requests From Intensification Plan Change Submitters

Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 2:31 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council has mapped the rezoning requests from submitters on the intensification plan change (PC2) to assist people wanting to make further submissions. Council planning manager Jason Holland said because of the significance ... More >>

Record Rainfall For Kāpiti Contributing To Elevated Groundwater Levels

Friday, 11 November 2022, 2:38 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Record rainfall over the last year is causing significantly elevated groundwater levels across the Kāpiti Coast district. Average annual rainfall at the Paraparaumu Aerodrome is 1030mm but 1432mm was recorded between August 2021 and August 2022 - ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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