List of historic places in the Kāpiti Coast District

The following list of historic places in the Kāpiti Coast District contains buildings, structures and areas within the district that are listed by Heritage New Zealand.

The Kāpiti Coast District is a territorial authority of New Zealand located in the lower North Island in the northwestern Wellington Region. The population is concentrated in a chain of settlements along the coast stretching from Paekākāriki in the south to Ōtaki in the north, while the district also includes Kapiti Island. The region was first inhabited by Māori, including the iwi of Muaūpoko, while Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa later moved into the area in the mid nineteenth century. In the same period, Pākehā (European) settlers began to arrive in the region, including some of the earliest settlers as whalers on Kapiti Island and Christian missionaries in Ōtaki. The region's earliest surviving structures date from this period, while others date from the region's time as a significant link in the North Island Main Trunk railway line or as a base for United States Marine Corps forces in the Second World War.

Heritage New Zealand classification of sites on the New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero, in accordance with the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, distinguishes between Category 1 ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural significance") and Category 2 ("places of historic or cultural significance"). Sites containing a number of related significant places are listed as Historic Areas. Additionally, sites important to Māori communities are given special classifications, including for sites of spiritual, traditional, or ritual importance. Thirty-nine places located within the Kāpiti Coast District are included on the New Zealand Heritage List, including nine category 1 historic places, twenty-four category 2 historic places, one historic area, two and two areas. One further site, Ngatiawa Bridge in Waikanae, was formerly a Category 2 historic place but collapsed in 2017.

List of historic places +Historic places in Kāpiti Coast DistrictNameClassificationLocationConstructedRegisteredList #Image and notesField HutCategory 1Tararua: Tararua Forest Park192420249821New Zealand's earliest-surviving purpose-built public use tramping hut.Ōtaki Children’s Health Camp (Former)Category 1Ōtaki: 29 Health Camp Rd193220204098New Zealand's first permanent children's health camp.Paekakariki Railway Yard Water VatsCategory 1Paekākāriki: 219 State Highway 59190119864705Rare remaining examples of the railway water vats from the steam locomotive era. Relocated to Paekākāriki in 1975. Part of the Paekākāriki Railway Station Historic Area.Scottish KirkCategory 1Reikorangi: 5 Akatarawa Road186219987422Presbyterian Church that was also constructed to be used as a defensive blockhouse during the New Zealand Wars.South End Signal BoxCategory 1Paekākāriki: Paekakariki railway station, North Island Main Trunk/State Highway 59190919864706Rare remaining example of signal box in New Zealand, remained in use until 1985 and was restored in 2007. Part of the Paekākāriki Railway Station Historic Area.St Mary's Church (Catholic)Category 1Ōtaki: Convent Road185919864701New Zealand's oldest Catholic church still in use.Te Kahuoterangi Whaling StationCategory 1Kapiti Island183920067662One of the most intact remains of shore whaling stations in New Zealand. Known to have operated from at least 1839.Te Rauparaha Memorial and Jubilee MonumentCategory 1Ōtaki: Te Rauparaha St and Hadfield St188019894103A memorial to Te Rauparaha and a monument commemorating 40 years since the arrival of Christianity in Ōtaki, both erected in 1880. The original wooden Jubilee Monument was replaced with the present concrete obelisk in 1927.World War Two Fuel Tank Blast WallCategory 1Paekākāriki: Te Puka Stream, State Highway 59194220239869Blast wall constructed by the Public Works Department during the Second World War, intended to house an aviation fuel depot for the United States Marine Corps which was ultimately never constructed.ArapawaitiCategory 2Paraparaumu Beach: 10 Hana Udy Place184019854967Oldest surviving building in Kāpiti region, one of few surviving ferry inns in New Zealand.CottageCategory 2Ōtaki: State Highway 119854093Kildoon HouseCategory 2Waikanae: 48 Winara Ave191219854104Home built for Hemi and Huria Matenga, who gained national prominence after saving the crew and passengers of a founded ship. Kildoon StablesCategory 2Waikanae: 48 Winara Ave191219854105Stables built for Hemi and Huria Matenga, who gained national prominence after saving the crew and passengers of a founded ship.Mirek Smíšek Beehive KilnsCategory 2Te Horo: 990 State Highway 1197020239722Two pottery kilns constructed and used by potter Mirek Smíšek.Otaki BNZ (Former)Category 2Ōtaki: 49 Main St191820047534Former Bank of New Zealand branch office and Kāpiti Coast District Council office, currently home to the Ōtaki Museum. One of the oldest surviving buildings in Ōtaki and one of few surviving small town bank buildings. Paekākāriki Railway StationCategory 2Paekākāriki: North Island Main Trunk/State Highway 59190919854959One of the oldest extant island railway stations in New Zealand. Part of the Paekākāriki Railway Station Historic Areas.Paraparaumu Airport Control Tower (Former)Category 2Paraparaumu: 227 Kapiti Rd194720037532Former air traffic control tower for Paraparaumu Airport, constructed when this was the main airport for Wellington City.Lovat HouseCategory 2Te Horo: Hadfield Rd19854095Māori School (next to Rangiātea Church)Category 2Ōtaki: Te Rauparaha St19854968Māori University Building (Formerly Māori College Hostel)Category 2Ōtaki: Tasman Rd190919854096Hostel for Māori College that operated in Ōtaki from 1853–1939. Part of Te Wananga o Raukawa from 1981.Ōtaki Railway StationCategory 2Ōtaki: Arthur Street191119854099One of the diminishing number of railway stations following George Troup's Type B design.PitsCategory 2Paekākāriki19866139Archaeological remains of Māori pits.PitsCategory 2Paekākāriki19866140Archaeological remains of Māori pits.Pukekaraka PresbyteryCategory 2Ōtaki: Convent Rd189719854100Catholic presbytery located near St Mary's Church.Rahui Factory Social HallCategory 2Ōtaki: 35 Rahui Rd19854101Rahui Milk Treatment StationCategory 2Ōtaki: 35 Rahui Rd19854102Railway HouseCategory 2Ōtaki: 206 Mill Rd19854955Railway HouseCategory 2Ōtaki: 208 Mill Rd19854956Raised-rim PitsCategory 2Paekākāriki: Paekakariki Hill Road1850?19866138Archaeological remains of a series of clusters of square and rectangular raised-rim pits, approximately 23 in total. Largest known collection of pits in the Wellington Region, well-preserved.The WhareCategory 2Kapiti Island188019967342Oldest surviving building on Kapiti Island and New Zealand's oldest building associated with nature conservation.Union Parish Church (Former)Category 2Waikanae: 20-24 Reikorangi Rd1983939Relocated from Manaia in Taranaki.US Marines' Commissary Shed (Former)Category 2Paekākāriki: 219 State Highway 59194219854961Constructed for United States Marine Corps base in Paekākāriki during the Second World War. Later known as "Rail-Air Shed", served as a sorting depot for goods flown from Blenheim for distribution across Wellington Region.Waikanae Post Office (Former)Category 2Waikanae: 9 Elizabeth St190719937125Representative of the nationwide expansion of postal services in early twentieth-century New Zealand. Now the Kāpiti Coast Museum.Paekākāriki Railway Station and Yard Historic AreaHistoric areaPaekākāriki: North Island Main Trunk/State Highway 59188619857026Includes South End Signal Box, Paekākāriki Railway Station and island platform, US Marines' Commissary Shed (Former), Paekākāriki Railway Yard Water Vats, and the station turntable.Ruakōhatu UrupāWaikanae: 4 Pehi Kupa St20137825Urupā (burial ground) set aside for the descendants of Wi Parata.Te Rua Tūpāpaku o Te RangihiroaKapiti Island20179792Grave in Waiorua Bay of Kapiti Island.Takamore areaWaikanae Beach: Flaxmere St, Gates Rd, Weggery Dr, Waikanae River, Kauri Rd, & Puriri Rd19957263Contains a range of interrelated cultural, historical and archaeological sites.Te Pou o Tainui areaŌtaki: Convent Rd20007506Includes hauhau flagpole and totara tree planted by King Tāwhiao.Ngatiawa BridgeFormer Category 2 historic placeReikorangi: Mangaone South Rd19137189Truss bridge with a 27m span. Used until a new bridge was built downstream circa 1980. Collapsed in 2017.

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