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the council Waikanae Beach forum launch

30 Friday Oct 2015

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The most searched for post on this blog is the one dealing with the effects of the Expressway on Waikanae and commercial development opportunities west of the Expressway route are certainly behind it.  Although the local developer quartet have their notions — the comment in the feedback mentioned below ‘there was a lone call to “stop prescriptive measures in the PDP/SEV (let us live!)”’ was probably made by one of them — they are not the only ones; big Auckland-based developers are involved, too.  Do you want that?  If not, the time to start mitigating their impact with a comprehensive official policy is now.  The council can’t stop developers from buying properties, but it can tell them what they can and can not do.

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Kia ora tâtou

Since the last drop-in session we have been working on a number of things:

  • A document which reflects your input at the two drop-in sessions held on 6
    and 22 September
  • A new online forum
    information and discussion sessions on specific topics including the design
    of urban form, land use planning and consenting processes, and traffic and transport planning and management.
  • Drop-in sessions feedback

We’ve pulled together a document, attached, which summarises the rich and interesting feedback you have given us regarding what you love about Waikanae Beach and what your concerns are for its future. We’ve done our best to ensure your input is captured somewhere (even if not exactly in your words) under a number of themes.

Online forum

No doubt you’ll want to comment on the content or themes that emerged from the drop-ins and potentially build on some of the ideas, or suggest completely new ones. The best way to pursue this conversation with people in your neighbourhood will be to visit your new online forum –

Waikanae Beach community forum

We’ve set up the forum specifically for the use of Waikanae Beach residents and property owners to discuss ideas for the future and see how everyone else feels. We’ve started the ball rolling by posting the document summarising the drop-in themes. Now it’s over to you. Council will participate in this discussion as well.

The forum is a public site – anyone can read any post. However, in order to ensure that only bona fide members of the Waikanae Beach community are participating in the forum and sorting out the future of their neighbourhood, there are a couple of rules for people who want to post. These are contained in the registration agreement and reproduced below. Please read the registration agreement carefully or your registration may not be activated. These rules are also intended to help reduce the number of offensive posts and spam. When you have accepted the registration agreement, you will fill in a form which will be OKed by the site administrator. You will be asked:

1. to choose a user name. Please use your preferred name and last name initial, e.g. Alison L or alisonl.

2. to provide your address in Waikanae Beach. The administrator will check that you are the owner of the property before activating your membership account. If you live at the address but are not the owner, please email a scanned copy of a document which proves your residence such as a bill or dog registration form, to waikanaebeach@kapiticoast.govt.nz

You must e-mail it from the e-mail address on the registration form.

Please note that your physical address information will only be used for the purposes of registering to participate in this forum. It will not be used for any other purpose.

Information and discussion sessions

Lastly, just a reminder to keep the evenings of 10 and 18 November, and the afternoon of 29 November free.

On Tuesday 10 November, an expert will talk briefly about the design of urban form – what tools are available and what issues need to be considered – and then answer questions. This will include some discussion of examples of special character areas.

On Wednesday 18 November, Council planners and an external expert will talk about what can and can’t be done with land use planning and consenting processes. Bring all your expertise and questions about the complex world of land use planning.

On Sunday 29 November, experts from the Council and external organisations will talk about traffic and transport planning and management including cycleways, traffic calming measures, and what modelling has been done of the Expressway impacts. Greater Wellington Regional Council will also have someone present to answer questions about public transport services.

We will confirm details of these sessions (time and venue) very soon via e-mail and the online forum.

Ka kite anô

Alison Lash

Waikanae Beach drop in feedback

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a strong current in the Waikanae River today

30 Friday Oct 2015

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The rain over the previous two days made the flow of water strong and muddy, and as well as being noticeably swollen there were some vegetation debris and large puddles visible on the Otaihanga Bank, the standpoint of this pic.  No doubt if there is no rain over the next two days it will be back to normal.

Whitebaiters can be seen in this pic also.  The season began this year on 15 August and lasts till 30 November.

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The bar-tailed godwit (kuaka) has been crowned New Zealand’s Bird of the Year for 2015

28 Wednesday Oct 2015

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BarTailedGodwitCraigMcKenzie520

In the annual vote organised by the Forest and Bird Protection Society the kuaka won the highest number of votes, by a significant margin, of the 52 nominations.

See all the nominations, and details of them with their calls, here

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live music at Kapiti Music & Photo

26 Monday Oct 2015

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Kapiti Music & Photo on Kapiti Rd [Paraparaumu], just down from the Z Service Station are hosting monthly live music gigs.

Dave Berry has created a special environment:

~ a musical instrument shop,

~ a photographic shop with full printing facilities,

~ a coffee shop

~ an on-site servicing department for guitars and amplifiers.

At the rear is a large room which is an artists’ exhibition space and also a live music venue.

Full article on the Kapiti Independent News site

We mention this because it is a venue that will be very convenient for Waikanae Beach people when the Expressway opens, and there is nothing like it in Waikanae now.  As mentioned earlier, property developers who are eyeing up opportunities in Waikanae Beach are well aware of it, too.

For our overseas readers, “koha” on the poster is Maori for donation.

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the Southward Museum’s foyer exhibit

25 Sunday Oct 2015

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Southward 1928 Chrysler

A splendid 1928 Chrysler convertible.  As mentioned in the previous post, this museum is at Otaihanga about 4 km south of Waikanae and easily accessible from State Highway One.  Afer the Expressway opens, however, its patronage may suffer like the shops in Waikanae off the present SH1.

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a year of Siggy’s Pies!

23 Friday Oct 2015

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Siggy a.k.a. Sigrid Woolloff opened her gourmet pie shop in Mahara Place a year ago.   Facebook page

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Spring Market in Waikanae tomorrow

23 Friday Oct 2015

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WaikanaeMarket

The weather forecast looks ok.

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Southward Museum open day next 6 March

22 Thursday Oct 2015

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Southward Museum 2016

It’s over 4 months away, but Southward Museum in Otaihanga, just south of Waikanae, has begun advertising this event.  This is a great car museum, and the collection doesn’t just feature some very rare cars but some aircraft and other historical items.  In the grounds outside, a few hundred privately owned classic cars will also be featured.

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the southern end of the Kapiti Coast

20 Tuesday Oct 2015

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Paekak Pukerua

A photo looking south, showing both the road along the Pukerua Bay shore and a long distance passenger train, probably bound for Auckland, taken a few years ago. Officially the Kapiti Coast begins about 1 km further along this road and ends north of Otaki.

As conservationists, one of things we always notice is the many magnificent native trees around here, not only the pohutukawa, but also cabbage trees, rata and karaka, among others  — a great entrance to Kapiti when heading north! 🙂

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the national flag debate heats up

20 Tuesday Oct 2015

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NZ Quality

As a result of the All Blacks heading for the Rugby World Cup final again, quite a few NZ flags can be seen fluttering around the region and in Waikanae, many more than you normally see.  The bemusing aspect is that no doubt because of the national flag referendum, some are flying the present official flag rather than the black and silver fern, lest they be seen as supporters of a flag change, and as a result there are are probably more of the existing national flag (pictured) to be seen than in a long time…

flag poll

Members of the Neighbourly website will have noted a vigorous debate between supporters of the existing flag and those who prefer changing it, and the two camps are about evenly split, after some 1400 votes.

We are on the side of those who think NZ needs a better flag than one which looks like a communist version of the Australian flag. If the results of the poll are reliable, the Kyle Lockwood black flag (pictured) has the slight edge over the red and blue version.

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