Interview
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The decision to propose an average rating increase of 11.4 percent across the Thames Coromandel District, for the Mayor, it is a matter of balancing the books. Mayor Len Salt told CFM that it was as simple as that. Public consultation on the proposed rate increases and the council’s annual plan opens tomorrow and extends […]
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was on the Coromandel Peninsula today inspecting storm damage along the Thames Coast. After a flying visit which included the opportunity to meet with Thames Coromandel Mayor and Civil Defence staff, the Prime Minister did not provide any concrete solutions to the challenges being experienced by the region. There were lots […]
The fragile nature of the regions roading network was again exposed yesterday as SH25 between Opotuere and Whangamata remains off limits to heavy trucks and is single lane only for light vehicles. Traffic management is in place as engineers continue to assess the damage caused by what is described as a significant underslip. Thames Coromandel […]
It is being hailed as just the tonic the Coromandel and Hauraki regions need and event organisers are making sure that everyone gets a slice of the action. Organisers of this months Beach Hop, as previously announced, are having the event touch every community from Waihi and Paeroa in the south, to Coromandel Town and […]
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 […]
Nanaia Mahuta has today said that it will be mandatory for Councils to adopt the Three Waters reforms and signals another shot across the bows of New Zealand democracy. The announcement was made by Nanaia Mahuta today and signals a full steam ahead approach to reform the management and control of the three waters, being […]
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta spoke to Rex Simpson on CFM’s Our Coromandel show regarding the Three Waters reform and answered an array of questions submitted by you. Listen here: Or listen directly on Soundcloud here >> shorturl.at/hvFOY
