In a particularly serious event, where additional powers would be made available under the Civil Defence Act, the mayor would declare

A Paraparaumu Beach pair is finding time between a busy schedule of cutting and styling to capture industry-leading barbering skills

About 20 years ago a quirky children's book title popped into Jonathon Harrison's head called A Cabbage in a Spiderweb. He thought

Work is underway to redevelop Paraparaumu College's main entrance. This project was initiated by the college's Board of Trustees

A Kapiti Coast man who disappeared on his way to work yesterday has been found.

A Raumati Beach couple have bought the historic former Marycrest Catholic rehabilitation girls school in Te Horo, north of Wellington. The

A newly decked out SPCA Mobile Desexing Caravan is parking up in Kapiti this week, offering low cost animal desexing services in conjunction

Sifting through a box of historical family artifacts, rested beside an aged silk satin wedding gown, Paraparaumu's Lynette Maclean

The last site of the Waikanae Lions Spring Garden Trail. A tunnel of kohekohe embraces visitors like a birth channel. Into an immaculately

Despite earthquakes, flooding and a mini tornado, more than 40 people attended the launch of Relay For Life Kapiti 2017 on Wednesday

I've been bungy jumping and parachute jumps but the scariest thing I've ever done is standing in front of all of you.Te Radar Success

A young Te Horo woman living with chronic daily pain has started a support group for others in the district living with the incurable

Human skeletal remains discovered on Kapiti Island in early October will be reburied soon. A Department of Conservation ranger discovered

Trains have stopped running between Waikanae and Paraparaumu.

A 27 truck military convoy battled poor weather and the threat of more landslides to deliver 8860ltrs of fuel and 10,000ltrs of water to Kaikoura today.

Going through some photograph albums the other day, one image piqued Doug Johnston's interest. It was him standing in his own fish

Questions are being asked about why key government buildings in Wellington have been impacted so badly, as concerns about more buildings emerge.

Madi Potiki-Grayling is Otaki Players' youngest director of a play. The 16-year-old has been in charge of Bugsy Malone which starts

LIVE BLOG: US warship on its way to Kaikoura as aftershocks continue to shake the North Canterbury region.

A Kapiti man is among a group of New Zealand's best aspiring hip hop and R&B musicians battling it out for the chance to gain a career

Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

Senior Sergeant Chanel Chapman is the new Kapiti area response manager. Ms Chapman, who officially started the role on Halloween

Rain and possibly thunder and lightning are expected to lash parts of the country again as MetService issues a severe weather watch for Manawatu down to Buller.

Valerie Freeman is the Kapiti Elder Person of the Year. She was given the award at a function at Metlifecare Kapiti Village on Tuesday

An email bomb threat that led to Waikanae Primary School being evacuated this morning was a hoax according to Kapiti police. The

The Waikanae Lions Super Spring Garden Trail takes place this weekend. A total of 13 gardens will be on show, including John and

A Kapiti Coast school has been evacuated to a nearby community hall following a bomb scare, which the principal says was sparked by an email from overseas.

"It's a kick up the backside to a stereotype," says 76-year-old Ken Ash, who is about to embark on the 3002km long scenic Te Araroa

A man has been hospitalised after he was injured at a rubbish transfer station near Paraparaumu.

Patricia McKechnie is one of a large number of people expected to take part in the Kapiti Relay For Life early next year. The relay