Author: John Freer
Kylie Hawker-Green is coming to the Coromandel and Hauraki Districts to run what potentially could have the most significant future impact on the region, the development of the tourism section. She is the new General Manager of Destination Hauraki Coromandel, joining what is new new board having been tasked with operating the regional tourism marketing […]
Moving to halt destructive bottom contact fishing by the Waikato Regional Council, is something worth celebrating accorder to the former president of the Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club, Gordon McIvor. He was responding to the recent council move putting an end to bottom trawling and dredging around the Coromandel Peninsula coast. The Council’s Coastal Management […]
The decision to close State Highway 25A for two weeks was necessitated by what the New Zealand Transport Agency is describing as high priority essential rebuild work. This in response to an approach by CFM following significant criticism of the closure by businesses on both sides of the Coromandel Peninsula. A spokesperson for the transport […]
Health providers took the opportunity to share their views on how services could be better delivered across the region when attending yesterday’s rural health roadshow in Thames. It was the 12th roadshow, this time involving Associate Minister for Health Matt Doocey, the Minister for Rural Communities, Mark Patterson, and local Member of Parliament Scott Simpson. […]
Getting local government voting papers into letterboxes or back into council offices is the plea this week, as of yesterday only 20 percent of residents and ratepayers having had their say. Former chairman of the Coromandel Peninsula Residents and Ratepayers Alliance, Richard Shelford-Woodcock, is one who has taken up the campaign encouraging people to have […]
State Highway 25A the Kopu-Hikuai Road will be closed for urgent road works during daylight hours for two weeks in November. The closure was announced today by the NZ Transport Agency – it will be in place between Monday, November 10 and Friday, November 21. Outside of these hours traffic management will be in play. […]
By John Freer The five new trustees responsible for delivering tourism marketing for the Thames Coromandel and Hauraki Districts have now been in the role for seven months, their chairman Jason Hill is encouraged by the progress to date. Recently Destination Hauraki Coromandel held its annual general meeting, it took the opportunity to update those […]
By John Freer Nearly 5000 homes are expected to be without power tonight following extensive weather relayed damage to the Powerco electricity network. Areas affected include Whangamata, Onemana, Opoutere and Whiritoa. Power was lost around midnight as winds gusting up to 150kph hit the coastal areas from Opoutere to Tauranga. This afternoon Powerco’s head of […]
The newest Commanding Officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Canterbury says his 35-year Navy career started with an inspiring recruiter who visited his high school in Thames. Commander Wayne Andrew uttered “I have the ship” at a Change of Command ceremony at Devonport Naval Base on Thursday, receiving the ship’s symbol of command […]
The tragic fatal fall by a 13-year-old boy at Hahei Beach in January has been described by the coroner as a parent’s worst nightmare. Coroner Michael Robb has released his findings of the January 11 incident saying it was tragic accident where an everyday childhood activity went dramatically wrong. The boy, whose name is withheld […]
