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NZ champion bird's winning song surprise
New Zealand champion canary's song comes as a surprise to Levin owner.

Retired doctor flown to hospital after heart attack
"I'm the poster boy for how not to have a heart attack, but I had one anyway."

Fishing host nets food fair role
Celebrity chef for the Kapiti Food Fair is TradeZone Addicted to Fishing host Nicky Sinden

Rugby on skates without a ball
Excitement builds towards Kapiti Coast Derby Crew's first home game.

Man charged with murder after woman dies in Paraparaumu
Irina Scantee was killed in Paraparaumu on Saturday night.

Kāpiti artist makes Waikato National Contemporary Art Awards finals
Micheline Robinson has made the finals for her work Loneliness.

Paraparaumu Beach market futureproofed
"...great news for our local business community." - Sharon Hunter

Over 600 trees planted in one week for school project
Predator free programme grows with 640 trees planted at Paraparaumu Beach School.

Inspiring Fox River rubbish clean up journey
Theo Barsanti spent six days in a row picking up all sorts of rubbish at Fox River.

Magnitude 4.1 earthquake 'jolts' lower North Island
Kiwis across the lower part of the North Island woke up to a "hard jolt" this morning.

Ōtaki solar farm one step closer
Six hundred photovoltaic panels will generate over 160 kilowattpeak of electricity.

Plane without wings attraction soars again
In the hills of Paekākāriki Kāpiti's Fly By Wire is back up and running.

Dates set for prohibited gun buy-back event
Venue is former Whitireia New Zealand Kāpiti campus.

Scouts troop flying high
Established 18 months ago, the Waikanae Air Scouts are going from strength to strength.

Nathan Guy had 'finger firmly on the rural pulse' say Feds
"He has real empathy for the sector and for the wellbeing of rural communities".

Another senior National MP to stand down
Third National party MP in a month announces decision to walk away.

Pensioners left waiting for more than two years for council housing
Average wait for accommodation to become available: 817 days.

Sisters first in grades at orienteering championships
Sarah came first in the senior girls and Jessica came first in the intermediate girls.

Art Studio Kapiti: More than an art group
Coming together for art each week, Art Studio Kapiti is also a great support network.

Team dives into resources to win deep sea mapping contest
Ocean competition involved sea-floor mapping and data crunching.

Venturer off to World Scout Jamboree
Ethan Mackay is part of the New Zealand contingent attending the World Scout Jamboree.

K Gurunathan: Timely look at rural sector
It's good to remind ourselves that Kapiti has a 160-year history of being a food supplier.

Non-traditional 'drawings' have impact at national drawing awards
Kate Hartmann and Elisabeth Vullings are finalists for the Parkin Drawing Prize.

Bakery owners saying au revoir
The doors of Raumati Village's beloved French bakery L'amour en cage are closing.

Submerged car proving increasingly difficult to remove
Two diggers have tried to remove car to no avail.