Author: John Grant
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By John Freer The group set up to review the design of the proposed Tairua skateboard park will have its first meeting today (Friday), but according to Thames Coromandel District Council staff, public and the media will not be allowed to attend. The reason, according to council, is to allow for free and frank discussion. […]
If you thought the rise in crime is impacting only our larger metropolitan area, then it’s probably time for a reset in those thoughts. The latest crime statistics have been released and Thames Coromandel is showing a whopping 26% increase in property crimes for the 12 months ended September. The increase for all of New […]
Story by John Freer Residents of Onemana woke this morning surprised to find a light aircraft parked on a fire break alongside Tuna Place. At the same time they were heaping praise on the pilot who undertook an emergency landing in the single-engine Cessna on Thursday morning, saving the lives of himself and his two […]
Details on this breaking news story are still being clarified and further detail will provided as it comes to hand. What we know so far is a plane on a commercial flight from Tauranga travelling to Great Barrier Island yesterday with a pilot and two passengers onboard made an emergency landing at Onemana after an […]
Here is our latest update at 3:30PM Road Closures SH25 Hikuai to Tairua due to flooding near the one lane bridge SH25 Hikuai to Whangamata due to a slip 1km north of McBeth Road Hikuai Settlement Road closed due to several areas of flooding Kennedy Bay Rd is closed from Driving Creek Rd […]
Rugby halfback Richard Judd has long declared his desire to return to Thames and give back to the club and people who helped launch his career. But after the weekend, Juddy as he is known to his team mates, might just put that return on hold. On Saturday as a member of the Wellington Lions, […]
On Saturday the carcass of a 16 metre dead sperm whale was washed up at Matapaua Bay approximately 14km north of Whitianga. Department of Conservation in consultation with local iwi decided that Matapaua Bay was not an appropriate burial location and the whale was towed the 11.5 kilometres to Wharekaho Beach adjacent to the Ngāti […]
The Ministry of Primary Industries has today extended the Controlled Area Notice (CAN) through to the end of October. The current notice was due to expire on 20 October and a number of boaties were awaiting the announcement of any extension or change. In extending the notice to 11:59pm on 31 October MPI have shown […]
Ministry of Primary Industries Fishery Officers in Auckland had a busy weekend, catching two fishers with 211 kahawai on Saturday after they’d been fishing at Karioitahi beach, Port Waikato. The daily bag limit for kahawai is 20 per person and the people involved had more than five times the limit each. “The public are our […]
Coromandel landowners have contributed 934 hectors of land towards an overall total 5,777 hectors of unproductive land to a conservation programme supported by the Waikato Regional Council. It’s the equivalent of 21 average-sized farms of unproductive land and planted over 3 million trees in the past five years. The council’s Integrated Catchment Management directorate manages […]
