Author: John Freer
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By John Freer Tourism on the Coromandel Peninsula continues to face significant challenges – having experienced the impacts of storms and pandemics, the region’s main lifeblood is still very much exposed. Aware of this and advocating the position is the person charged with the task of encouraging visitors, being Destination Hauraki Coromandel General Manager, Hadley […]
By John Freer The Hauraki Coromandel draft cycle and bike strategy, currently out for public feedback, could increase the region’s cycling economic impact by 47 percent. This is one of the reasons given for the importance of the proposal which, currently for the east coast alone, contributes $8.4 million each year. Outlining the strategy and […]
By John Freer A second Chinese sister city relationship could be on the cards for the Hauraki District. Local Mayor, Toby Adams, recently visited the Pinggu District on the outskirts of Beijing with the aim of repeating the existing relationship with the Shanghai based district of Jiading. Following the visit Mayor Toby said while the […]
By John Freer The Hauraki Gulf has been in the news over recent days with an announcement relating to a Marine Protection Bill, and the Hauraki Gulf Forum released its three-year State of the Gulf report. Living in Thames, Katina Conomos has worked with several entities on Hauraki Gulf restoration. Katina is currently the Programme […]
By John Freer A number of players in this year’s Thames Valley Heartland rugby team will be making their provincial debut tomorrow in the team’s championship opener. The situation is not lost on co-coach, David Harrison, this week saying there was a new challenge with a bit of a new look team. The Valley Swamp […]
By John Freer He has been in the job for 10 months – Thames Coromandel Mayor, Len Salt, chaired the August Council meeting yesterday and looked to introduce a committee which he believes will help him deliver his election promises. His council has deferred introducing his proposed Sustainability and Community Resilience Committee until its next […]
By John Freer Removing the Thames Create the Vibe will end a highly divisive scenario which has been experienced over the past two years. The Thames Business Association Chief Executive, Sue Lewis O’Halloran, made a submission to the Thames Community Board this week before the vote was taken to remove the pedestrian precinct. Sue, when […]
By John Freer The decision to terminate the Create the Vibe pedestrian precinct in Thames has met mixed reaction – this being the situation experienced by Thames Community Board members even just before voting on the matter. The board deliberated for an hour, which included hearing seven submissions on the $336,000 Waka Kotahi funded initiative, […]
By John Freer Despite of the significant impact storms have had on Coromandel Peninsula roads they do not feature in the National Party’s 10-year Transport Policy announced this week. When released it was obvious to locals that the words Coromandel Peninsula were missing from the National Transport Policy. This after the disastrous impact the weather […]
With less than three months until the general election, parties are lining up their candidates for the Coromandel electorate. CFM will be posting interviews with all candidates over coming weeks. The first is the recently appointed Labour Party candidate, Thames-based Beryl Riley. Beryl has strong and long connections with Labour and sees the time now […]
