Paekākāriki.NZ

Perky’s eulogy

Gilbert Haisman

No-one in Paekākāriki talked about ‘diversity’ in 1971 but the Perkins family soon came to epitomise it. The culture of the Middle Run family farm was right wing, left-leaning, New Age, rural, cosmopolitan, outdoors, arty, horsey, gentle, blokey, into surf life-saving, and famous for teasing humour noted for a consistent lack of tact. The John Perkins era attracted wonderful people to our village: people who might not be like-minded―the Perkins family is incapable of being that boring―but certainly people who are, by and large, remarkably like-hearted.

How it started – Paekākāriki Escarpment track

Ken Fraser

“This is crazy!” We were hacking a path through 2-metre tall cape ivy in the quarry.

Te haerenga: the journey

Holly Jane Ewens

“It takes a village, right? Thankfully, I was in one.”
An introductory editorial.

How to grow lizards

Paul Callister

I have lived in Paekākāriki for over 35 years. Most of that time I have not known much about lizards. Sure, there have always been a few skinks running around my garden. But that was about all I knew. All that began to change when Ngā Uruora hired Ecogecko to do a series of local lizard surveys.

Contract offered: Coordinating Editor (part-time) Paekakariki.nz

Mark Amery

Putting the cycle back into recycling

Poem / Sofi Bloom

Extended hours! New shows!

Jan Nisbet

From Sunday 28 February Paekakakariki 88.2FM’s extending its hours so your day kicks off at 8am after the Kapiti bird’s dawn chorus. But wait there’s more! We have six new shows starting this month, with a big injection from new local DJs who are either at Kapiti College or Paekakariki School.

Announcing Paekākāriki.nz

Mark Amery

Welcome to Paekakariki – we hope this site helps you to find your way around. Paekakariki: To the Ngati Haumia who settled here it was the bay of the kakariki – some say it’s another name for paradise … it’s even been called The Centre of the Universe. But whatever it’s been called, while you’re here, you can call it home.