New Zealand - Kapiti Coast - Waikanae School - Room 1, Form 1 - 1978 Photo Courtesy of Sue Carson Waikanae School - Opened in 1896 on the corner of Seddon Street and Reikorangi Road Waikanae - A town on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast - The name is a Māori word meaning "waters" (wai) "of the grey mullet". - The town lies about 60 kilometres north of Wellington: New Zealand's capital city; between Paraparaumu, eight kilometres to the southwest, and Ōtaki, 15 kilometres to the northeast. - Another settlement called Waikanae Beach exists near Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. (Reference: Wikipedia)