Brent Mulholland, managing director of Paraparaumu-based ELE Group outlines the case for labour hire. I have been employed in what is known as the `labour hire industry` for the best part of 16 years. Prior to working in the... Read...

Kāpiti Coast District Council is to apply to the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) to pay for half the costs of a proposed Kāpiti Island Gateway visitor centre located in Maclean Park, Paraparaumu Beach.The single storey, 235sqm,... Read...

A Levin man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a woman on the Kāpiti Coast.Brian McConachie, 49, today admitted murdering 45-year-old Irina Scantee in a Paraparaumu house last August.Name suppression also lapsed today... Read...

The Power Plant on Maclean St, Paraparaumu Beach was hit hard by the Covid-19 lockdown but, with the increase in home offices, the need to create the perfect backdrop for Zoom calls and the desire to lift spirits while stuck at home,... Read...

A multimillion-dollar proposed Kāpiti Island Gateway building and visitor centre represented an opportunity not to be missed, Kāpiti mayor K Gurunathan said.The single storey 235m² building, with decking and a new bridge... Read...

A Paraparaumu Beach mother and daughter`s participation in a virtual Relay for Life has had extra special significance.Tracy Lee and daughter Phoebe, 17, walked from 10am until 6pm on Saturday around the Kotuku Park subdivision... Read...

`It`s good to be back mate,` says barber Andy Ross as he snips another bit of hair off.It`s early Thursday morning, the first day of level 2, and there`s a buzz, excuse the pun, inside Andy`s Barber Shop in Maclean St, Paraparaumu... Read...

Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club general manager and superintendent Leo Barber has won a prestigious award from a United States golfing association.Each year the Golf Course Superintendents Association of New Jersey present the Ed Walsh... Read...

Over 1500 people work in businesses throughout the Coastlands shopping centre in Paraparaumu. Like so many businesses in the country, there`s been no escape from the effects of Covid-19 . David Haxton caught up with senior centre... Read...

For Paraparaumu artist Theo Arraj, every piece of art he has worked on is 30 years in the making.All the learning, travels and past experiences shape his creative outlet - his paintings, and his piece HU1A for HOME festival, the... Read...