Author: John Freer
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The Coromandel Peninsula and Hauraki Plains awoke this morning to more overnight weather havoc. Day four of the current weather bomb has revealed another wild night. The top half of the Coromandel Peninsula is again cut off. Thames Coast Road from Tararu and Whangapoua there are 25 slips. Waiomu to Coromandel is closed, Whangapoua Hill […]
The Coromandel Peninsula is isolated. Thames Coast Road closed mid-morning due to flooding at Manaia. The south eastern access was closed around 11am, again, flooding being the cause this time between Whangamata and Whiritoa. This all occurred more than three hours before the high tide. With 2m tides at present, all other low lying levels […]
A major slip which is being described as having the appearance of being hit by a major earthquake, has closed indefinitely SH25A – the Kopu Hikuai Road. Both Waka Kotahi and Thames Coromandel District Council confirmed today that the area of highway which had previously developed cracking, has now suffered a major failure. Closure of […]
Waka Kotahi realises that it may have a serious fix on its hands to overcome the cracks near the State Highway 25A summit. As the roading agency closed the Kopu-Hikuai Road until further notice and taking out the main east-west connection on the Coromandel Peninsula, spokesman Liam Ryan said there was still considerable assessment required […]
By John Freer Ideas and thoughts are being run up the mast as the Mercury Bay Boating Club looks to save not just its historic clubhouse, but its entire club. During the past week the club has demonstrated the power of community involvement by saving the building from the advancing foreshore, ensuring the highly successful […]
By John Freer The crack which has caused the closure of State Highway 25A remained under investigation today by engineers. Waka Kotahi’s Rob Campbell, told CFM, the evaluation was continuing today as the Coromandel Peninsula’s main east-west connection route remained closed. The call to close the Kopu Hikuai highway was made late yesterday after engineers […]
By John Freer Mercury Bay Boating Club has given up trying to protect its clubhouse from the advancing sea, instead it will go ahead and work to move the building. Club Commodore, Jonathane Kline, confirmed the decision with CFM yesterday after the club had failed in an attempt to place concrete blocks in front of […]
By John Freer It would have to be one of the longest drawn-out sagas on the Coromandel Peninsula – and it does not appear to be reaching a solution anytime soon. We are writing about, and you are reading about, the proposed Tairua Skatepark project. For more than 30 years residents, Thames Coromandel District Council […]
By John Freer Securing a 35-hectare site has residents of the Peninsula’s top end celebrating more than Christmas this year. The land parcel is the catalyst for an ambitious proposed development which will provide the infrastructure for health, wellbeing and community facilities, impacting all communities within northern Coromandel Peninsula. Having its beginnings five years ago, […]
Upgrading and breathing new life into the 55-year-old Whangamata Surf Club is on track with the club already raising more than $500,000 towards its $2.5 million target. Project Transformation started in late 2020 with the club determining that its Williamson Park based building needed a repaint. This opened a massive opportunity as the repaint prompted […]
