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Pre 1822 Muaūpoko iwi lived well on rich marine, coastal, wetland and forest resources.
1822-24 Chief Te Rauparaha led Ngāti Toa from Kawhia to escape the Waikato/King Country musket wars. When Muaūpoko tried to assassinate him, he took terrible revenge on them and established Kapiti Island as his fortress.
1825-28 Te Rauparaha's allies migrated to the region: Ngāti Raukawa of Waikato moved to Manawatu/Horowhenua and Te Āti Awa of Taranaki to south of Ōtaki River.
Traders from Australia exchanged muskets for dressed flax from Māori.
1833-47 Shore whalers set up stations along the coast and offshore islands, often intermarrying with Māori. The trade in oil and bone collapsed around 1847.
1834-40 The existing tribal alliance was twice broken by the battles of Haowhenua and Kuititanga, but was then reinstated. Ripahau, a Christian teacher, had growing influence in the area.
1839 Octavius Hadfield set up a mission station at Kenakena Pa near the Waikanae River mouth.
The New Zealand Company's leader, William Wakefield, landed at Paraparaumu Beach seeking land for settlement.
1840 Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Kapiti Island, Waikanae and Ōtaki.
British settlers arrived in Wellington.
1840s Christianity, literacy and farming spread rapidly among Māori of the region. Hadfield built churches at Waikanae (1843) and Ōtaki (Rangiātea, 1849). Father Comte set up a Roman Catholic mission at Ōtaki (1844), where St Mary's Church was built (1859).
1842 A Wellington-Wanganui overland mail service was established, linking the few European settlers and missionaries.
1846-48 Disputes over land sales in the Hutt Valley led to a brief war involving Māori led by Te Rangihaeata and government troops assisted by ‘friendly Māori’.
Ferry inns were built at the mouths of the Waikanae and Ōtaki rivers.
An earthquake damaged Kenakena Pa and Church.
Many Te Āti Awa returned to Taranaki.
1850s to 1870s Sheep farms, both Māori and Pakeha, were established.
A regular coach service along the beach began in 1866.
Ōtaki and Paekakariki were centres for inns, trade and mail.
1865 A vehicular road had been formed over the Paekakariki Hill from Pauatahanui to Paekakariki along almost the same route as the present road.
1876 The provincial system of government was replaced by local bodies. The Waikanae River was the boundary of Hutt and Manawatu counties until 1885, when the Horowhenua Riding of Manawatu became a separate county.
1880s The Government bought Māori land along a proposed railway route, handing it over to a Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company which built the line and opened it in 1886.
1880 Ōtaki school was founded.
1886-1906 Wiremu Te Kakakura Parata gave land for the railway and moved the Te Āti Awa village to the Township of Parata (now Waikanae). The adjacent Māori land (Ngarara Block) was opened for sale as village and farmland.
1886 The Ōtaki Māori Racing Club was established.
1887-96 There were sales of railway company land at Paraparaumu, Ōtaki, Te Horo and Levin in 1888.
Saw -millers and farmers cleared bush and villages were established.
In 1886-96 schools opened at; Paekakariki, Paraparaumu, Waikanae and Reikorangi. The Transmission Gully Road route was mooted in 1888.
1897 The Kapiti Island Reserve Act reserved all Crown-owned portions of the island, which became New Zealand's leading bird sanctuary.
1890-1930 Saw -millers cut forests. Dairying became dominant. Horticulture flourished around Ōtaki.
From 1906 Railway excursions brought city holiday-makers to the coast. Boarding houses, hotels and seaside resorts flourished.
1940 The Centennial Highway and the Paraparaumu Airport were both opened.
1942 Thousands of US Marines began arriving to occupy the three camps built for them at: Oueen Elizabeth Park at MacKays Crossing, Whareroa Farm and Paekakariki.
1949 The Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club was established
1950s Paraparaumu airfield handled passengers and freight for Wellington. Paraparaumu acquired basic professional, commercial and service occupations.
Local government body Ōtaki Borough (1921-89) encouraged secondary industry in the Ōtaki area.
Between 1953 and1983 twelve schools, including two secondary schools, were opened
1960-75 There was rapid economic and population growth in the district. Building and related trades flourished.
Coastlands shopping centre and Te Roto industrial park were developed.
1960-89 Local Government bodies proliferated.
1974 The Ngā Manu Nature Reserve was established.
1975-89 The Kapiti Coast Promotion Council attracted investors.
Kapiti Borough Council took on a major works programme. The suburban railway system was electrified to Paraparaumu. Commerce and industry grew at Waikanae and Ōtaki.
1975 Raukawa Trustees established Generation 2000 (Whakatupuranga Rua Mano), an education and development programme for the region's three iwi. Kōhanga reo, Kura Kaupapa and Te Wānanga o Raukawa were founded.
1979 The Southwards Car Museum was established.
1989 The Kapiti Coast District Council was established, incorporating Waikanae and Ōtaki. A District Plan was drawn up to guide rural and urban growth.
1990s The population growth in the district was amongst the highest in New Zealand. Several retirement villages were built.
2000s Growth in new housing subdivisions.
2002 A new Paraparaumu Public Library was built.
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HP 3 Mr J W Howell's whare, the first bach at Paraparaumu Beach in 1890. The bach was located at what is now the corner of Howell Road and Marine Parade. G H Howell Collection
HP 1862 Opening of the Reikorangi Creamery 1902. Monk Collection
HP 1839 Waikanae Railway Station 1910. J Dempsey Collection
HP 372 Berretti wedding in Paraparaumu ca. 1914. B Howell Collection
HP 935 Tunapo Road, Paekakariki ca 1914. Photo courtesy of Mrs Middleton
HP 318 Paraparaumu School 1916. G H Howell Collection
HP 1397 Children on cow on Campion Farm, Reikorangi, 1922. Reeve Collection
HP 1060 Petera Ropata in front of new petrol run roller, Paekakariki, 1938. Beattie Collection
HP 1080 Railworkers head home on their jigger after the day's work. John Moxham on the right, J R T McIsaac on the left. Hemi Matenga's house in the background. Waikanae, 1937. Beattie Collection
HP 1512 Railway officials standing beside the first standard railcar in Paekakariki, 1939. J Buckley Collection
HP 516 Farewell party in Paekakariki Marine Mess during World War II. D Cameron Collection
HP 10 Marine Parade, Paraparaumu Beach, 1945. S C Smith Collection
HP 1475 Loading a Bristol Freighter at Paraparaumu Airport, 1955. Vaughan Collection
HP 644 Tamatehura meeting house in Katihuku, Ōtaki. The house is thought to date from the 1890-1900 period. It has kowhaiwhai designs above the door and a pierced design on the amo tops. Ōtaki, April 1967. C P Leonard Collection
HP 557 Extensions to Coastlands Shopping Mall August 1973. Kapiti Observer Collection
HP 272 New concept of housing, Waikanae 1975. Kapiti Observer Collection
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