Join us in honouring the ANZAC spirit

The Team from Kāpiti Coast District Council

Join us in honouring the ANZAC spirit on Tuesday 25 April to remember those New Zealand and Australian soldiers who bravely served together.
Stand alongside our local RSAs, serving and ex-serving personnel and their whānau to acknowledge the strength that comes from working together to overcome adversity. To find out more about ANZAC events in Kāpiti, visit www.kapiticoast.govt.nz...

And if you're out and about tomorrow, be sure to pick up a poppy for the annual poppy appeal. Donations collected on Poppy Day help Royal New Zealand RSA improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand's veterans of all ages. ❤️

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17 hours ago

Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?

Marie from Waikanae

If so, its good to know you are still alive and reading this.

We have a function to go to over Christmas up that way and having heard a few hairy stories about the road, I went up there on Thursday to check it out. The road's ok, narrow and winding, but not much worse than a Wellington hill suburb. What was pretty scary was the behavior of other drivers. Three vehicles heading the other way at speed would have crashed into me if I hadn't been pulled off the road. I had pulled in to check the address when a truck came flying past, taking up all of the narrow road at speed. There is no way the driver would have been able to stop had they come around the corner immediately in front of me. The other two drivers came hurtling past as I had turned in to turn around and come back down the hill. They were also driving at speed and taking up most of the road. Coming back down I passed another car coming up and estimate that the safe speed to pass another car was about 30-35 kms.p.h. So, now we're thinking, do we go to the function or not.? Feels a bit like we're taking our life in our hands going up there. Drivers appear to be overconfident, and they are courting serious injury.