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• Soaring success Soaring success

  ŌAMARU IS UNDENIABLY one of New Zealand’s greatest towns, with its stately and seductive good looks, stirring wildlife, astonishing heritage treasures, and alluring artisan verve.

• MUSIC REVIEWS New wave will knock socks off

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• FITS THE BILL

  Cities have their motoring highlights: Monaco has F1, Bathurst has Mt Panorama and Invercargill has Transport World. Yes, we just related Monte Carlo to Invercargill. But it’s more than Invercargill, as this museum is arguably the country’s best automotive collection and museum. Staggering is one word.

• Ham it up: Meat the preferred dish

  Retail Meat New Zealand’s Great Kiwi Christmas Survey results are in and ham has edged lamb out to become the top choice for New Zealanders’ festive tables.

• Martha doco a ‘compelling’ watch REVIEW

  Martha (R, 115 mins) Streaming on Netflix

• A gem in 60 years of book repairs

  Bill Tito repairs many books, and there aren’t many he hasn’t heard of.

• IN BRIEF

  Service centre move The Ministry of Social Development’s Kāpiti Work and Income Service Centre in Paraparaumu will close temporarily from Wednesday, January 22, at 5pm while it relocates to a new site. The interior design of the new office, at Shop 915 Coastlands Shopping Centre (between Animates and KFC), will provide a more welcoming space for visitors, improved privacy for clients working with case managers and better security for visitors and staff. “We’re looking forward to opening our new Kāpiti Service Centre,” MSD Wellington regional commissioner Gagau Annandale-Stone said. Clients will still be able to access services while the current site is closed, via MyMSD, the Work and Income website, or by calling 0800 559 009. Scheduled appointments will receive a phone service. If people need to speak with someone local, they can call the Work and Income 0800 number to book a phone appointment. “We are pleased to be able to bring these improvements to Kāpiti,” Annandale-Stone said.

• The pros and cons of a 7% jump

  ■ 1. Property values still searching for a clear direction

• Geo wonderland

  THE WONDERFUL Waitaki district sure knows how to stimulate the summer road-tripper.

• Reflecting on a year of wins, gains and the occasional loss

  My final column for the year and this brilliant local paper.

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• Winning short story competition entries

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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....

• 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....

• 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....

• Flow of information important as flow of water with reforms COMMENT

  The Government’s Three Waters Reform proposal is a complex beast and there are a range of considerations. These include the financial model underpinning the case for change, and the time and effort to transition to the proposed four water service entity (WSE) model....

• 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...

• Showman’s magical journey from shy kid to master illusionist

  Let’s begin at the beginning, how old were you when you first discovered magic and saw it as something you could do? I was 12. I was actually a very shy kid, very introverted, and I didn’t learn to read until I was 12. My mother was a school principal so she was really worried by this. She took me...