Author: John Grant
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High-spec addition to Coastguard Whitianga fleet made possible by unique partnership with Lotto NZ and Emirates Team NZ. Crew from Coastguard Whitianga have set sail this morning from Auckland, bringing home a brand-new Coastguard Rescue Vessel (CRV) that will play a vital role in keeping boaties safe along the Coromandel’s eastern coastline. Named Takareto, Whitianga’s […]
The organisers of the Oceans festival have announced that with great disappointment the Whitianga Oceans Festival will not go ahead in September 2022 as was planned. The much anticipated 2021 Festival was cancelled just 2 weeks out due to Covid-19 lockdowns. The organisers had hoped that 2022 would be easier to navigate from an event […]
For nearly 30 years a skatepark in Tairua has been the subject of intense discussion and debate. A situation that’s escalated with time, as the community has been unable to find agreement on a skatepark for an area with a growing population. In more recent times the campaigns have become intense with locals split, particularly […]
The Rural Connectivity Group (RCG) has livened their 300th site under the government funded Rural Broadband Initiative Phase 2 (RBI2) and Mobile Black Spot Fund (MBSF) programmes. Both residents of Coroglen and the thousands travelling through the area are the latest to benefit from improved cell phone coverage with the eagerly awaited the tower at […]
Update 11:50am Jacinda Ardern stated at the press conference “the whole New Zealand will move into the sitting of the traffic light system at 11:59pm tonight. She said “the evidence from overseas is that boosters significantly reduced the likelihood of getting sick and needing to go to hospital. It also helps to reduce the transmission […]
The expected impact of Cody, that at one stage looked to be heading for a direct hit on the Coromandel Bay of Plenty area, will be less now that it will pass well to the east of New Zealand. MetService has issued Severe Weather Watches for Eastern Bay of Plenty and Gisborne, Wairoa District but […]
Here is the MetService Cyclone Cody report for Friday. There is no mention of Coromandel in the report but they still warn that the Cyclone can change direction at any time. Sizable swells are expected from this event. Cyclone CODY is forecast to approach the waters north of the North Island overnight Sunday, then move […]
Here is our latest update. Yesterday our tracking was showing Cyclone Cody tracking to make landfall east of Whakatane. Today Cody has moved slightly east and now looks likely to miss New Zealand although it’s still a powerfull storm and the impact from Cody will still be felt here on the Coromandel. We are awaiting […]
Tropical Cyclone Cody is moving towards New Zealand and MetService are forecasting very stormy weather to impact parts of the North Island and upper South Island. Impacts are likely to begin in the north on Sunday and move down the country. The Coromandel is expected to see large swells and plenty of rain over a […]
Greenstone entertainment has today announced the cancellation of their summer concert for 2022. Here is their release issued a short time ago. Despite working hard behind the scenes and had confirmed a fabulous international line-up for 2022 some time ago. Covid restrictions lead us to delay our announcement, as we didn’t feel it was appropriate […]
