Mayoral Debate and Meet the Candidates sessions
It's time to get to know your candidates, Kāpiti! Before you cast your vote these local elections, come along to our Mayoral Debate and our Meet the Candidates session starting Monday 22 September.
🔷 Mayoral Debate: Monday 22 September, 6.30–8.30pm, Te Raukura ki Kāpiti, Raumati Beach
All six mayoral candidates will speak and answer moderated questions. The debate will also be livestreamed and available on Council’s website. While audience questions won’t be taken on the night, you can connect with your mayoral candidates at our Meet the Candidate sessions.
🔷 Meet the Candidates: Starting 22 September
All Mayoral, Districtwide and Ward Councillors, and Community Board candidates have been invited to these drop-in sessions. Pop in at any point and put your questions to the candidates directly.
🔷 Raumati: Monday 22 September, 4pm-6pm, Te Raukura ki Kāpiti
🔷 Paraparaumu: Tuesday 23 September, 4pm-6pm, Southward Car Museum
🔷 Paekākāriki: Friday 26 September, 3pm-5pm, Paekākāriki Memorial Hall
🔷 Waikanae: Saturday 27 September, 3pm-5pm, Waikanae Bowling Club
🔷 Ōtaki: Wednesday 1 October, 2pm-4pm, Ōtaki Memorial Hall.
Get involved these elections, watch the Mayoral Debate, meet your candidates, help shape the future of Kāpiti and VOTE! To check out the dates and info on all the candidate sessions across Kāpiti, visit www.kapiticoast.govt.nz...
Turned 18 recently? Need to cast a special vote? Heading overseas? Lost your voting papers? Get the answers to all these questions and more on our website 👉🏼 www.kapiticoast.govt.nz...
Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
🎉 2026 is almost here!
We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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10.4% Yes! New Year, New Me
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20.6% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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68.9% Nah - not for me
Quote for the Day
Interviewer:
"Do you think that the British class system has finally ended?"
Upper-middle class Romance author, Dame Barbara Cartland:
"Well, of course it has; otherwise I would't be sitting here, talking to someone like you!"
Happy New Year [hopefully!]
Mike
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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