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Kapiti Coast District Council - Latest News [Page 16]

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 >>

Council Building Inspectors Train For Natural Disasters

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

Kāpiti Coast District Council building inspectors are being put through their paces for quickly assessing the safety of buildings in a natural disaster in a training exercise next week (15 November). Building team manager Steve Cody says the recent ... More >>

Wonder Awaits For Visitors To Kāpiti Coast Art Trail

Thursday, 27 October 2022, 10:59 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Art lovers are in for a sensory feast with more than 125 local artists showcasing their work as part of the annual Kāpiti Coast Art Trail being held during the first two weekends of November. Many more artists are exhibiting in the local galleries ... More >>

Statement From Mayor Janet Holborow

Friday, 21 October 2022, 12:22 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Council to carefully consider Te Uruhi Mayor Janet Holborow says the future of Te Uruhi is a priority for the newly elected Kāpiti Coast District Council. “As a Council, we have been listening to the community and their concerns regarding the ... More >>

Newly Elected Representatives Welcomed With Mihi Whakatau

Thursday, 20 October 2022, 9:48 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Newly elected Kāpiti Coast District Councillors and Community Board members were welcomed into the Council Chambers yesterday with a Mihi Whakatau. Mayor Janet Holborow said it was a wonderful start to the new triennium. “Councillors old and new welcomed ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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