This weeks #KapitiKids summer events
It's the last week of the school holidays for some so check out our #KapitiSummer summer events calendar to help with the boredom busting and get your tamariki exploring Kāpiti! To see the full list of events, visit www.kapiticoast.govt.nz...
🐰 Kāpiti Coast District Libraries are celebrating the Lunar New Year
🚲 our Find Your Play team have free events throughout the week including the Bike Rodeo and Scavenger Hunt on Saturday
💦 it's the last week of Summer SPLASH at our pools and aquatic centre and it's also the last Manu Bomb Competition of summer!
Don't forget to get the kids colouring in their suns with the Summer Reading programme and if you are stuck for ideas for holiday fun, download our #KapitiKids summer activity sheet - www.kapiticoast.govt.nz...
Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?
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.
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