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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. […]
By John Freer Repairing what he describes as isolation between its community and district council is a key objective of Thames Coromandel Mayoral candidate Peter Revell. In an interview about his campaign for the coming local government elections, Peter said the isolation was causing frustration for residents, community boards and ratepayer groups. To him there […]
By John Freer A slow response from Hauraki district residents in having a say on their proposed Local Waters Done Well management options. The opportunity for feedback closes this Friday with Mayor Toby Adams encouraging people to express an opinion. He said while the matter was extremely complex it was one of the biggest decisions […]
The growth, impact and success of Coromandel Peninsula’s Artbeat festival has been disclosed with over 30,000 people attending last year’s event. In only its second year Artbeat grew from 68 events to 91 last year. Also disclosed in the 2024 Festival impact report which is being released this week by Creative Coromandel, over 9000 people […]
