Interview
Locally based Marine Scientist, Riley Elliott, was nothing short of ecstatic by the recent images of ORCA encounters around Mercury Bay. CFM posted incredible images of a baby ORCA coming up to the back of a boat over the weekend. Also over recent days there have been images of OCRA and dolphins swimming around the […]
Two candidates are contesting Thames Coromandel’s seat at the Waikato Regional Council table. Tairua’s Warren Maher currently has the position after winning the right three years ago, up against him is Thames Coast resident Jason Roxburgh. The pair have already spoken at a number of meet the candidate events, CFM has interviewed both touching on […]
It was a good day yesterday for Coromandel Peninsula residents who have patiently waited for an Auckland ferry service to be reinstated. Work involving several organisations came to fruition with the Explore Group announcing the revival of the passenger water link between Coromandel Town and downtown Auckland. Managing director of Explore, William Goodfellow, indicated it […]
A plea from the chairman of the Thames Community Board, Adrian Catran, for residents to help in curbing the Thames drug and crime problem. The matter of crime and drug use in Thames was raised at the weekend at a meet the candidate’s event for the coming council elections. Adrian confirmed yesterday that wastewater tests […]
With 35-year-old Waiomu man Jared Sutton now having been missing for over a week, family and friends are urging residents of the region to assist in locating him. Jared was recorded as driving through Coromandel in his black Mitsubishi ute on Sunday of last week. His Auntie Angela Sutton spoke to CFM yesterday, expressing the […]
By John Freer Facing competition for the role this time round, Hauraki District Mayor Toby Adams is advocating many things, two stand outs being the need for experience at council tables and that the day to day stuff matters. Up against him is Levi Burton who also goes as Levi Phoenix, and Roman Jackson. Â […]
A spike in burglaries and car thefts has police issuing warnings about people taking more care to protect their property. Over recent days two cafes on the Hauraki Plains, Woodturners on State Highway 2 and Bugger at Pipiroa, were broken into with tills being the target. On the south-eastern Coromandel Peninsula there has been an […]
The man behind the podcast Finding Heidi, says the discovery of human remains at Mataora Beach on the south-eastern Coromandel Peninsula, warrants a further search. Ryan Wolf has revealed that a credible report late last year did prompt a response from police. Now though he wants the matter further investigated as he continues to push […]
Seeking to be returned as Thames Coromandel District Mayor in Octobers local government elections, Len Salt is returning to an issue which was high on the campaign three years ago. There is no denying there is an element of Deja vu with community empowerment being on his agenda. As a second term mayor, he said […]
In the space of a month adopted Waihi son, Ryan Fox, has written himself into NZ golfing immortality. Winning yesterday’s Canadian Open on the US PGA Tour, Ryan in less than a month, has won two titles. Sir Bob Charles and Dame Lydia Ko, until yesterday, were the only two New Zealanders with multi-championship wins. […]
