Guidebook for Paraparaumu & Kapiti Coast

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Guidebook for Paraparaumu & Kapiti Coast

Food scene

Walking distance, only 5 minutes away. Awesome coffee, food and service. Our favourite neighborhood cafe. Caters for those who are GF, DF or vegan. Check out the menu in the blue guest folder.
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Tom Thumb Cafe
2C Donovan Rd
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Walking distance, only 5 minutes away. Awesome coffee, food and service. Our favourite neighborhood cafe. Caters for those who are GF, DF or vegan. Check out the menu in the blue guest folder.
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Marine Parade Eatery
50 Marine Parade
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Great smoothies and icecreams - including dairy free options.
Raw Planet - Organic Juices, Smoothies, Real Fruit Ice Cream
3 MacLean St
Great smoothies and icecreams - including dairy free options.
A great selection of food options.
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Ambience Cafe
36 Marine Parade
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A great selection of food options.
Long time local favourite where you'll always get a good Italian meal.
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Soprano Ristorante
7 Seaview Rd
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Long time local favourite where you'll always get a good Italian meal.
Contemporary Italian.
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The Surfer's Mistress
10 Seaview Rd
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Contemporary Italian.
Easy online ordering system and delivery service.
China Beach Restaurant
44 Seaview Rd
Easy online ordering system and delivery service.
Great coffee and delicious, authentic Italian food.
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Passo Pizza Pasta Caffe'
159 Kapiti Rd
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Great coffee and delicious, authentic Italian food.
Kimchi Korean Restraurant
9 MacLean Street
Fresh, tasty food at reasonable prices.
Kilim Kapiti
24 MacLean St
Fresh, tasty food at reasonable prices.
Another local cafe selling locally produced Dark Horse Coffee.
The Lockup Kapiti
52b Marine Parade
Another local cafe selling locally produced Dark Horse Coffee.
Highly rated. You will need to book!
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50-50 restaurant
22 MacLean St
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Highly rated. You will need to book!
Interesting menu. One of our favourites.
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Long Beach Cafe
40 Tutere St
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Interesting menu. One of our favourites.
Great food. Excellent online delivery service through the DeliverEasy app.
Jugnus Little India
Great food. Excellent online delivery service through the DeliverEasy app.

Drinks & Food

Drop into their factory shop and bar. Try the tasting menu. Especially good on a sunny day.
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Tuatara Brewery
7 Sheffield St
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Drop into their factory shop and bar. Try the tasting menu. Especially good on a sunny day.
Local chartered club (which is also home to the RSA). Here you'll get good bistro food and a stunning view of Kapiti Island.
Club Vista
32 Marine Parade
Local chartered club (which is also home to the RSA). Here you'll get good bistro food and a stunning view of Kapiti Island.
Highly rated by locals.
Jolly Pub
93 Mazengarb Rd
Highly rated by locals.
Good pub food. Monday night is quiz night.
Refinery Bar & Eatery Kapiti
8 Kapiti Lights
Good pub food. Monday night is quiz night.
Located opposite Tuatara Brewery. Call in for a tasting.
Duncan's Brewing Company
4B Sheffield St
Located opposite Tuatara Brewery. Call in for a tasting.
Great eatery and brewery.
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North End Brewery
11 Ngaio Rd
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Great eatery and brewery.

Essentials

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New World Kapiti
159 Kapiti Rd
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Call them for all your medical needs.
Team Medical
State Highway 1
Call them for all your medical needs.
Kena Kena Superette
2D Donovan Rd
Paraparaumu Beach Pharmacy
17 Seaview Rd

Getting Around

Regular trains into Wellington CBD. You can take the no. 262 bus from the bus stop just at the end of Watson Drive. It will get you to the train and also to the Paraparaumu shopping centre and Coastlands Mall.
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Paraparaumu Station
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Regular trains into Wellington CBD. You can take the no. 262 bus from the bus stop just at the end of Watson Drive. It will get you to the train and also to the Paraparaumu shopping centre and Coastlands Mall.
It's a smooth one hour drive to catch the ferry. (Except if you leaving between 7.15 and 8.15 am, when you will need to allow extra time. ) You can check http://www.drivelive.nz/kapiti for live driving reports.
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Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries
50 Waterloo Quay
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It's a smooth one hour drive to catch the ferry. (Except if you leaving between 7.15 and 8.15 am, when you will need to allow extra time. ) You can check http://www.drivelive.nz/kapiti for live driving reports.
It's a smooth one hour drive to catch the ferry. (Except if you leaving between 7.15 and 8.15 am, when you will need to allow extra time. ) You can check http://www.drivelive.nz/kapiti for live driving reports.
Wellington Interislander Vehicle Check-in
Aotea Quay
It's a smooth one hour drive to catch the ferry. (Except if you leaving between 7.15 and 8.15 am, when you will need to allow extra time. ) You can check http://www.drivelive.nz/kapiti for live driving reports.

Parks & Nature

Take an easy walk across the estuary.
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Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve
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Take an easy walk across the estuary.
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Paraparaumu Beach
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A great place to take children to see kiwis, tuataras, eels, ducks. Take a picnic.
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Nga Manu Nature Reserve
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A great place to take children to see kiwis, tuataras, eels, ducks. Take a picnic.
Stunning land and marine sanctuary that is pest-free. Book a day-trip via one of the two tour operators.
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Kapiti Island
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Stunning land and marine sanctuary that is pest-free. Book a day-trip via one of the two tour operators.
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Queen Elizabeth Park
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Best done on a fine day to get stunning views.
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Escarpment Walkaway
State Highway 1
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Best done on a fine day to get stunning views.
Make a day or overnight trip to the unique pest-free sanctuary that is Kapiti Island, where you will be hosted by people who have roots there that extend back to 1830.
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Kapiti Island Eco Experience
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Make a day or overnight trip to the unique pest-free sanctuary that is Kapiti Island, where you will be hosted by people who have roots there that extend back to 1830.

Entertainment & Activities

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Event Cinemas Coastlands
150 Rimu Rd
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Coastlands Aquatic Centre
10 Brett Ambler Way
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Shopping

A great place to buy your Icebreaker gear at good prices.
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Icebreaker Otaki Outlet
203 Main Hwy
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A great place to buy your Icebreaker gear at good prices.
Has everything you need.
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Coastlands Shopping Centre
State Highway 1
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Has everything you need.
My favourite retail outlet for a fantastic range of locally-made art, crafts and gifts and things for your garden. A great place to buy gifts.
Big Mac Slabs Creative Centre
289 Mazengarb Rd
My favourite retail outlet for a fantastic range of locally-made art, crafts and gifts and things for your garden. A great place to buy gifts.