Coromandel
An undertaking today by the Department of Conservation that it will prioritise investment in Coromandel’s Mautohe Cathedral Cove, but will no longer maintain the Waimata-Gemstone Bay Track and Hahei Beach Short Walk. Recent efforts to reinstate the Waimata-Gemstone Bay and Hahei Beach Short Walk Tracks were undone by the January 2026 storm. Although DOC contractors […]
Having increased the party vote at the last two elections, the Greens are now looking to their third term Coromandel candidate to push the vote into double figures. Pamela Grealey launched her bid for the Coromandel seat in Thames this week, telling supporters she wanted to replace the sitting MP while also receiving 10 percent […]
An 80-year-old man has had a very lucky escape after getting lost last night while hiking in the Kauaeranga Valley area. He was saved by a mother and her two teenage children. Details revealed this morning said police were altered at 10pm to a missing elderly man who had become lost on the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail […]
Anti-mining groups have acted swiftly on the back of yesterday Waihi North Goldmine fast track approval, Coromandel Watchdog is planning a rally tomorrow. The “rally of resistance” against what spokesperson Catherine Delahunty describes as an environmental crime, will take place at the entrance to the Wharekirauponga forest at 11am. She said the aim was to […]
Approval today under the fast track process for the Waihi North Mining Project under the Coromandel Forest Park. The project includes the Wharekirauponga underground mine which is located approximately 10km north of OceanaGold’s current Waihi Operation. The operation will extend mining at Waihi to around 2040, with the mining company OceanaGold saying it will provide […]
Explore Group has today announced it was be reinstating the popular Auckland to Coromandel ferry service this summer launching on October 24 just in time for Labour weekend. The company announced that initially it will operate an express Friday evening service, as well as Saturday and Sunday departures with plans to increase the schedule with […]
By John Freer The future of Oceana Gold mining activities will be determined by the approval of the Waihi North Project, which according to the company, has been enhanced by the Government’s new minerals strategy. Resources Minister, Shane Jones, launched the Minerals Strategy for New Zealand and Critical Minerals List at Oceana Gold’s Waihi Mine. […]
The man accused of shooting two people on the 309 Road last Friday has been named as Stuart Campbell Edmondson, aged 77. Name suppression lapsed today when he appeared in the Hamilton High Court. Edmondson entered pleas of not guilty to the charges of murdering Kevin Mabbott of Whangamata and the attempted murder of a […]
By John Freer The first move on the Thames Coromandel Districts top job has been made with Councillor Peter Revell today announcing he will be challenging for the mayoralty next October. The former Thames Community Board member and now a district councillor, said the decision came after much reflection and discussion with family and friends. […]
By John Freer After being closed for seven years the 125 year old Coromandel Town Gold Stamper Battery is being reintroduced as a tourist attraction. The man behind Rocket Lab, Sir Peter Beck, is also behind NZ Gold Mining Heritage Limited which is reopening the icon. While the battery will initially be available as a […]
