Author: John Freer
A spike in burglaries and car thefts has police issuing warnings about people taking more care to protect their property. Over recent days two cafes on the Hauraki Plains, Woodturners on State Highway 2 and Bugger at Pipiroa, were broken into with tills being the target. On the south-eastern Coromandel Peninsula there has been an […]
The Mercury Bay Boating Club has been granted a lease for land on Whitianga’s Dundas Street, but now a special general meeting will be held to determine what happens next. Club Commodore Phil Hart told us that while securing the site was positive, the lease conditions came with hefty costs. Rent, which was previously to […]
By John Freer It was almost appropriate that the battlelines associated with this campaign, flowed through right to the final stanza. When Three Waters originated it caused conflict, it did ease a little with the arrival of Local Waters Done Well, then yesterday it was the Thames Coromandel council table which was the venue for […]
By John Freer Over half of the potential voters for the coming local council elections are still to decide who they want as their Thames Coromandel Mayor. According to the results of a recent Curia poll, undertaken by CFM, 54 percent of voters remain unsure of who will get their tick. The poll was conducted […]
The man behind the podcast Finding Heidi, says the discovery of human remains at Mataora Beach on the south-eastern Coromandel Peninsula, warrants a further search. Ryan Wolf has revealed that a credible report late last year did prompt a response from police. Now though he wants the matter further investigated as he continues to push […]
Seeking to be returned as Thames Coromandel District Mayor in Octobers local government elections, Len Salt is returning to an issue which was high on the campaign three years ago. There is no denying there is an element of Deja vu with community empowerment being on his agenda. As a second term mayor, he said […]
By John Freer The primary asset promoting tourism to the region has been lost and may not be restored. For the regional tourism organisation, Destination Hauraki Coromandel, a major setback this week in that its website domain, the coromandel dot com, has been compromised and the website cloned. A temporary website domain, hauraki coromandel dot com […]
By John Freer Fairness and equity won over public feedback when Thames Coromandel District Councillors today agreed to change the district’s rating system. The potential change from a land valuation system to capital values, brought about some lively debate for one and half hours before a 6/4 voting margin decided the issue. Council had undergone […]
In the space of a month adopted Waihi son, Ryan Fox, has written himself into NZ golfing immortality. Winning yesterday’s Canadian Open on the US PGA Tour, Ryan in less than a month, has won two titles. Sir Bob Charles and Dame Lydia Ko, until yesterday, were the only two New Zealanders with multi-championship wins. […]
By John Freer Repairing what he describes as isolation between its community and district council is a key objective of Thames Coromandel Mayoral candidate Peter Revell. In an interview about his campaign for the coming local government elections, Peter said the isolation was causing frustration for residents, community boards and ratepayer groups. To him there […]
