Interview
By John Freer An olive branch with the aim of bringing together the Coromandel Alliance Association and Thames Coromandel District Councillors to establish a constructive relationship. It came during an interview between Mayor, Len Salt, and Alliance chairman, Richard Shelford-Woodcock. The alliance represents a collective of residents and ratepayer associations it claimed that council was […]
By John Freer It was the term localism which stood out at this week’s re-opening of the Whangamata Community Swimming Pool. Several speakers talked about the development of the pool since its origins back in the 1990s through until its latest six-month $430,000 refit. Every one of them referenced a similar theme – their town […]
By John Freer By the end of next year the eastern seaboard of the Coromandel Peninsula should have its own 3D Mammogram machine for breast screening. This from Mike Brown, the driver of Project Mammogram, which raised the $350,000 needed to turn the life-saving idea from a dream to reality. The target was reached last […]
There will be between 5000 and 6000 Scandinavian tourists visit the Coromandel Peninsula this coming summer – one of the people responsible for this is maintaining the number is only going to grow in future years. Stockholm based Travel Designer, Stefan Ostrom, has spent the past four days of a month long New Zealand visit, […]
By John Freer On Friday, 1 November, a 29-year career with the Hauraki District Council comes to an end for its chief executive Langley Cavers. Langley has held the senior role for 23 of those 29 years, that longevity is not uncommon for Hauraki District. As he tells us the council is very stable with […]
Another success on the local business front, Whangamata’s Meat at the Beach has taken out a Bronze Medal in the Great NZ Sausage Competition in the real beef sausage class. Rob Holding asked Janene Braithwaite what is behind her and husband Steve’s success. Click on the link to hear the interview.
A significant change to the Beach Hop 25 programme with Pauanui back in the mix after a 14-year break. This was announced yesterday by Beach Hop’s Noddy Watts who outlined that the Pauanui Airfield will be the location to host the Repco Power Cruise on Thursday, March 27. With it comes the opportunity to link […]
By John Freer There is nothing quite like a sporting win to set up a good week, well the Thames Valley Swamp Fox Heartland championship win on Saturday could impact rugby around the region for the coming seasons. And now with the Heartland championship title returning to Thames Valley, it provides the opportunity for local […]
If you are a Thames Coromandel district ratepayer, pull out your rate demand and check the numbers. For some people their rates have increased around 27 percent over the past two years. Earlier this week your council started looking at its annual plan which will set next year’s rates. Those councillors have forecast another 7.7 […]
By John Freer Census data which shows per head of population that 35 percent of people living on the Coromandel Peninsula are over 65, has triggered a need for a different approach on our handling the region’s aging population. In raising this Thames Coromandel Mayor, Len Salt, also opened the vexed question of council’s responsibility […]
