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• Big prices for Kia’s big electric SUV

  Kia New Zealand has revealed prices for its all-electric large seven-seat SUV, the EV9, that is due here in October.

• It’s Showtime for charity concert

  Paraparaumu College’s upcoming It’s Showtime charity concert promises to be “a fantastic evening’s entertainment”, show director Merrick Stein said.

• Fertiliser fundraiser making gardens bloom

  Many Waikanae gardens will be in fuller bloom this summer following another successful pre-ordered fertiliser distribution by the Lions Club of Waikanae to 250 households across the town.

• NATURE rules supreme

  The brilliance of Buller is amplified in spring, as the sun-splashed countryside and lush pastures positively vibe with the vivid lime greens of new and verdant growth. I was itching to explore the wonderful West Coast. Point the car north from Westport and venture over the vast bush-clad heights of the twists and turns of Karamea Bluff, thickly robed in rimu and matai forests.

• Parenting tips for modern families

  Angela North is a psychologist with 30 years’ experience employing play therapy with children, adolescents and their families to treat a range of emotional and behavioral problems.

• Argyle Trio back to perform

  The Argyle Trio, led by well-known violinist Wilma Smith, one-time Concert-master of the NZSO and the Melbourne Symphony, will soon be returning to Kāpiti.

• Artist joins in Forest & Bird project for centennial

  When Forest & Bird put the call out for volunteer artists, Amelia Hadfield knew she had to get involved.

• More people taking on the challenge of learning te reo

  “It’s a celebration of how far we’ve come, both as a country and as a people.”

• Growers cultivating new garden

  When Jonathan Mines and Tae Luke-Hurley first met each other at the Kaitake Farm market garden in Taranaki, they were only just starting to develop their passions for gardening.

• Quilting exhibition on this weekend

  This weekend will be a good one for the district’s quilting community, with the arrival of the Kāpiti Coast Quilters Exhibition.

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• A natural history

  Established in May 1992, the Kāpiti Marine Reserve was just the fourth in New Zealand to be established, following the Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve in 1975, Poor Knights Islands in 1981 and the Kermadec Islands in 1990....

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• Society challenges tender process, council responds

  The Kāpiti Coast District Council has responded to a press release by the Kāpiti Improvement Society which was critical of a council press release (published in last week’s edition) about seeking a lead contractor for the Te Uruhi development at Paraparaumu Beach....

• Winning short story competition entries

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• COMMENT Collaboration of partners holds water

  We’ve seen the public conversation around the Government’s Three Waters reform ramp up in recent weeks as councils across Aotearoa have convened to formulate their feedback on the proposed four water service entity model. Kāpiti is no different in this respect but, while much of the conversation...

• Teenagers share their stories of

  An ordinary urban street is abuzz with foot traffic heading in and out of the Kāpiti Youth Support (KYS) building in Paraparaumu. Inside, lives are being saved....

• Winning short story competition entries

  Second placeJudge’s comments: Clever and intriguing — a quirky and exhilarating imagined future where books are elevated to their rightful status as high currency, but with the inevitable dystopian elements that come with extreme government control in a capitalist system. The originality and well...

• ‘I broke down and wept for an hour’

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