Author: John Freer
By John Freer An olive branch with the aim of bringing together the Coromandel Alliance Association and Thames Coromandel District Councillors to establish a constructive relationship. It came during an interview between Mayor, Len Salt, and Alliance chairman, Richard Shelford-Woodcock. The alliance represents a collective of residents and ratepayer associations it claimed that council was […]
By John Freer It was the term localism which stood out at this weekâs re-opening of the Whangamata Community Swimming Pool. Several speakers talked about the development of the pool since its origins back in the 1990s through until its latest six-month $430,000 refit. Every one of them referenced a similar theme â their town […]
By John Freer By the end of next year the eastern seaboard of the Coromandel Peninsula should have its own 3D Mammogram machine for breast screening. This from Mike Brown, the driver of Project Mammogram, which raised the $350,000 needed to turn the life-saving idea from a dream to reality. The target was reached last […]
By John Freer Significant shifts in the local media landscape over recent months as Coromandelâs local radio station, CFM prepares to blow out the candles on its sixth birthday cake. Changes, which have sparked reactions from our local community leaders, started back in March when after 45 years, the Hauraki Herald suddenly stopped publishing. Then […]
By John Freer Update 9.30am 19/11/2024 Police have made two arrests overnight following the car chase yesterday from Matarangi to Tapu on the Thames Coast. A third person is still being sought. Police have issued the following release. Two people have been arrested in connection with an incident in Coromandel yesterday, which ended in a […]
By John Freer A renewed warning â stay away from the closed Cathedral Cove walking track or risk jeopardising an early December reopening. Department of Conservation staff are reiterating their numerous requests for people to stay off the track while reopening work continues. With good progress being made, DOCâs Regional Director, Tinaka Mearns, said staff […]
By John Freer Road cones – maybe one of the biggest topics of conversation, not just around our region, but across the country. Sad thing is I recently picked up some friends at the airport after returning from three months in Europe, low and behold before even hitting the motorway, the question of road cones […]
No indication yet as to who will be campaigning to be Thames Coromandel Districtâs Mayor at next yearâs local government elections. This after CFM approached all existing Thames Coromandel District Councillors to see who would be putting their hands up again for the next three-year stint. Current Mayor, Len Salt, advised us that it was […]
There will be between 5000 and 6000 Scandinavian tourists visit the Coromandel Peninsula this coming summer â one of the people responsible for this is maintaining the number is only going to grow in future years. Stockholm based Travel Designer, Stefan Ostrom, has spent the past four days of a month long New Zealand visit, […]
Two milestones were recognised by Hauraki District Councillors at their meeting in Paeroa today â they bid farewell to long serving chief executive, Langley Cavers, while also acknowledging 20-yearsâ service by the Deputy Mayor, Cr Paul Milner. Staff had previously said their farewells with Langley ending 29-years with council this Friday, Councillors formally recognised his […]
