Global financial crisis – all options need to be considered
The aftershocks from the global financial crisis continued to ripple around the world throughout 2010.Here in New Zealand we have also had to contend with […]
Regional News
Fluoride debate alive and well
A workshop at Hamilton City Council showed the Waikato DHB is completely ignorant of the science on fluoridation. Medical Officer of Health, Felicity Dumble, claimed […]
Use of local businesses for local work
The Kāpiti Chamber encourages anyone requiring work done in Kāpiti to look to local businesses to do that work, wherever local businesses can do that […]
How to Set Goals and Achieve Them
There’s one significant difference between people who succeed in life and those who struggle; their ability to set goals and achieve them.To have what you […]
Funding cut to Girls Self Defence Project
The Mental Health Foundation has expressed its concern over the axing of funding to The Girls’ Self Defence Project and is calling for funding to […]
Weak evidence offered for metering
Ratepayers will foot the bill if water metering doesn’t go according to plan and the Kāpiti Coast District Council’s estimate for reductions in water use […]
Behive Chat from Tariana Turia
If you enter the word, Mana, into Google, within 0.06 seconds a staggering 176,000,000 entries result.There’s the Mana coach service, Mana magazine, a suburb in […]
A Brief History of the Kāpiti Coast
Māori chief Te Rauparaha established a base on Kāpiti Island, and from this position, he was able to launch attacks on other tribes during the […]