Author: John Freer
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By John Freer The region this week has been able to move into recovery mode from the eight weather events which started last November. Thames Coromandel Mayor Len Salt spoke to CFM this week about that recovery. There is good and not so good news. The Mayor tells us that he is pleased with the […]
A respite in the weather has been welcomed by the Thames Coromandel civil defence team who yesterday had the opportunity to show their Minister Kieran McAnulty some of what is described as the raw Coromandel Peninsula. Civil Defence controller Garry Towler said having the Minister see the likes of the Tapu Coroglen Road and the […]
With Friday being the cut off for public consultation on the Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Management Plan, Hauraki Gulf Alliance member, Legasea, has been angered to what it sees as being late changes to the plan. Legasea spokesman, Sam Woolford, described changes allowing commercial bottom trawling and scallop dredging, as insulting to the many groups which […]
Business trading in Thames has suffered on the back of the spate of recent storms with some reporting a 50 percent drop in sales. During today’s Thames Business Association forum aimed at finding ways to reboot the economy – which attracted 80 people, business owners reported a trading downturn of between 30 and 50 percent. […]
Get prepared as Cyclone Gabrielle is going to hit the Coromandel and Hauraki regions with an intensity similar to that which smashed the Thames Coast in 2018. Local Civil Defence officials have been blunt in their prediction on the coming storm front and its potential to create havoc. Thames Coromandel Controller, Garry Towler, said the […]
By John Freer Ten properties on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula remain empty after being evacuated due to potential landslides. The properties are at Koputauaki Bay north of Coromandel, Ruamahunga Bay and Tapu on the Thames Coast. Civil Defence controller Julian Snowball today told CFM all properties were at risk from potential slips, […]
Civil defence has now shifted its approach from storm responses on roading, to potential property damage. This came as three properties were today damaged by slips on the Thames Coast at Thornton’s Bay. One of the properties is understood to have mud and debris entering the building. No-one was injured and the residents are staying […]
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 […]
