Kapiti Coast
Revamped playground earns top award for Kapiti
A revamped playground on the Kapiti Coast has won Playground of the Year for some outside-the-box thinking. Audio
TikTok blamed for multiple car thefts on Kāpiti Coast
Kāpiti Coast community leaders are concerned social media platform TikTok has a role in vehicle thefts around Wellington, averaging about 10 per day.
Police confirmed there were 290 vehicles stolen… Video, Audio
Transmission Gully transforms busy coastal towns into quiet settlements
Towns north of Wellington that were once thoroughfares for State Highway One are now quiet seaside settlements after the$1.25 billion highway, Transmission Gully, opened three weeks ago.
Getting a rapid antigen test on the Kapiti Coast - an exercise in the absurd
Opinion - If you woke up on Saturday morning with Covid-19 symptoms and you lived on the Kapiti Coast, you wouldn't have been able to get a RAT. You wouldn't have got a free one. You wouldn't have…
My Current Song: The Black Seeds, 'Let the Sunshine Through'
The Black Seeds are the sound of summer for many Kiwis. As frontman Barnaby Weir puts it, when you hear one of their songs, it can only be one band. The eight-piece, Wellington-based band have just… Audio
Gillian Candler's Nature Heroes - conservation for kids
Gillian Candler is a writer who takes her love of nature and conservation to create children's books that teach kids about native wildlife, and how to help protect it. She's released a new book -… Audio, Gallery
Saving our coasts from climate change means not building pointless and expensive seawalls
Guyon Espiner talks with a panel of University of Otago experts: Associate Professor Janet Stephenson, Dr Ben France-Hudson. Dr Caroline Orchiston and Professor Lisa Ellis. Audio
Kapiti Councillor appeals conviction and sentence
Kapiti Coast councillor David Scott, whose penis was measured during his trial for indecently assaulting a staff member, is seeking to overturn both his conviction and sentence. Audio
Man charged with murder after woman killed at retirement village
A 75-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of a woman at a retirement village north of Wellington. Reporter Jonathan Mitchell joins Checkpoint live from Raumati Beach on the Kapiti… Video, Audio
Kapiti Coast to Auckland flight back up and running
Air Chathams stepped in to resurrect the Kapiti to Auckland route after Air New Zealand abandoned it in April. The first Air Chathams flight departed this morning. Audio
NZTA re-evaluating planned Ōtaki-Levin highway
The Transport Agency is re-evaluating a planned four lane highway aimed at making the road safer, and opening up the corridor between the two towns, north of Wellington. Audio
Kapiti coast residents call for hospital
Kapiti Coast residents, fed up with having to drive to Wellington in emergencies, have presented a 22,000-signature petition to Parliament demanding a hospital for their region. Audio
Kapiti Coast locals at war with ants
Frustrated residents on the Kapiti Coast are waging a war against Argentine ants, which they are finding in their gardens, homes, hair, and constantly crawling up their bodies. Warmer weather has… Video, Audio
Air NZ keeps promise to ditch Kapiti Coast
Kapiti Coast locals are outraged Air New Zealand has cut its daily service to Auckland, with 150 of them turning up to a rally at the airport last weekend. Video, Audio
Final Kapiti flight to Auckland departs from Paraparaumu
The final Air New Zealand flight from the Kapiti Coast to Auckland had departed from Paraparaumu airport. Flight 8860 was farewelled by the acting Mayor James Cootes, District Council members and… Audio
Record breaking temperatures blamed for fish deaths in Kapiti
Local iwi are concerned after receiving more than 12 reports of dead eel and trout along the Waikanae river. Video, Audio
New mums cheer paid parental leave extension
A group of first-time mothers in Kapiti, near Wellington, wish paid parental leave was extended earlier so they could spend more time with their babies before returning to work. Audio
Police are advising motorists to expect delays
Police are advising motorists to expect delays and avoid Old State Highway 1 in Peka Peka as emergency services attend a crash. Audio
Kapiti Coast heading for housing crisis, mayor warns
Kapiti Coast mayor K (Guru) Gurunathan is warning of a housing crisis in the area as soaring prices push out poorer families and cause big shortages of homes for elderly people. Audio
Hairdressers to spread Civil Defence warnings in novel trial
The mayor of the Kapiti Coast is calling on the district's hairdressers to spread the word of civil defence preparedness. Audio