A life-size public sculpture of a family of seven humpback whales, swimming in pod formation, will feature in the not-so-distant future in Paraparaumu. Whale Song also doubles as an important community education project reflecting... Read...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake north-west off the coast of Paraparaumu has broken a GeoNet record for the most `felt reports` the agency has ever received for an earthquake. The shake occurred yesterday at 11.45pm and was felt by more... Read...
Thousands of Kiwis across the nation have registered to have felt a light earthquake which struck off the west coast of the North Island this evening.The 4.7 magnitude quake struck at 7.27pm around 50km north-west of Paraparaumu... Read...
Seven restaurant workers have been awarded tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages after they were dismissed without warning when the business they were working for suddenly closed.Smith & Co Hospo in Paraparaumu was also found... Read...
A Kāpiti woman has been reunited with her pet cat two and a half years after it went missing.`It`s just such an awesome Christmas present,` said Paraparaumu woman Kat Kerr, whose 11-year-old puss Caspa was finally brought home... Read...
A Paraparaumu Beach florist shop is surprising people with random acts of kindness.The Wilderness, in Seaview Rd, has been putting bunches of flowers in various places for unsuspecting people to discover.If someone sees the flowers,... Read...
Police have located the body of a male in Porirua Harbour.Train services are currently suspended between Porirua and Paraparaumu while police make enquiries into the circumstances.- More to come Read...
At a function to mark the 50th anniversary of Coastlands Shoppingtown, in Paraparaumu, special mention was made of the longest serving staff member.Keitha Lowe has worked in the shopping complex for most of those years in the Farmers... Read...