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Strong Turnout for Final Public Meeting Before the Election
Thanks to everyone who came along on Sunday 3rd August for our final public meeting before the local body elections. We had another fantastic turnout and an engaged, thoughtful audience. Kathryn delivered an insightful presentation on the key public issues shaping our district. With her deep experience as an independent senior international development consultant—specialising in…
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Public Meeting sunday 3rd august
Please join us for the last of our series of public meetings prior to the local body elections.
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CANDIDATES FOR THE KAPITI COAST LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS
Nominations opened on the 4th July – we will be listing candidates for all aspects of the Local Body Elections for the Kapiti Coast as they come to hand. If you, or someone you know, is standing and we don’t have their details please let us know and we will add them as soon as…
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A Buzz Is Building Around This Year’s Local Elections!
There’s huge interest in the 2025 local body elections — and one of the best ways to get informed is to see and hear directly from the people putting their names forward. From 14th August to 2nd October, a full line-up of “Meet the Candidates” events is planned across the district — giving you the…
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JUST RELEASED: Community Funded Peer Review of Kapiti Coast flood hazard management reports
Coastal Ratepayers United (CRU) have just released the peer review conducted by Dr Willem de Lange. Back in May we wrote on why an independent peer review of Flood Maps is Crucial, in early June wrote a piece on Flood Modelling and Ratepayers: a crisis of confidence and supported CRU’s endeavours to commission an independent…
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An almost full house – ratepayers turn up for change
Over 80 passionate and concerned residents packed the Waikanae venue on a beautiful Sunday afternoon — proof that our community is ready to take a stand. Our presentation sparked real engagement, along with some shock and disbelief as we laid out the hard facts about where your rates are going. Those who attended were appreciative…
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Intergenerational Debt and Council-Owned Assets: Who Pays?
A Technical and Social Analysis of Kāpiti Coast District Council’s Debt Policy and Optimal Strategy Introduction Intergenerational debt is central to how councils like Kāpiti Coast District Council (KCDC) fund, maintain, and renew large, long-lived public assets. The method and pace of debt repayment determine which generations bear the cost for assets that serve the…
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Adoption of the Annual Plan and what that means for our rates
This year, the Council decided to roll the rate rise into the Annual Plan, with Mayor Janet Holborow saying it wouldn’t be a good use of ratepayers’ money to consult on the increase (but apparently there’s still money for non core-activities, fringe donations and partnerships—just saying). On the 29th May, a member of Concerned Ratepayers…
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Join us at our next Public Meeting Sunday 15th June
Happy with your rates increase and council performance?Rates are rising fast — let’s talk about where the money’s going and what we can do about it. Join us on Sunday 15th June, 3pm at the Waikanae Community Centre – bring a friend, a family member, a neighbour. Share this email or you can download the…
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Flood Modelling and Ratepayers: a crisis of confidence
The Promise vs. The Track Record Kapiti Coast District Council is asking ratepayers to trust their latest flood modelling exercise – a sophisticated computer simulation using “advanced modelling techniques” and climate projections stretching to +3.7°C of warming. The maps look impressive, the technology sounds cutting-edge, and the scientific methodology appears robust. But there’s a fundamental…
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