Interview
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By John Freer Big-time rugby for Whangamata this weekend with Heartland rugby coming to town. The two championship leading teams, Thames Valley and South Canterbury, square off on Saturday afternoon being a first for the town. Local club spokesman, Russell Choat, told CFM the club hopes more than 2000 people would attend the game, special […]
By John Freer It had lots of promise, and it did delivered – this being Whitianga Oceans Festival which returned at the weekend after a three year hiatus. More than 3500 people attended with one of the organisers, Nick Reader, describing the event as being really good and a success for those who put in […]
As the general election looms, CFM interviews the second of the candidates standing for the Coromandel electorate, Katikati Kiwifruit Orchardist, Joanna Verburg. Joanna is the ACT candidate and has hit the ground running taking up the challenge a little over two weeks ago. Listen to our interview with Joanna by clicking on the link below.
According to the man behind Chaos on the Coromandel, an event planned for Thames later this month, his motivation was that he wanted his community to experience something positive and enjoyable, provided by other locals. Andrew Connaughton still admits a few nerves, but as time marches to Saturday, September 23, he is comfortable with the […]
An attempt to get the pulse of its town and use the information to meet the needs of residents, has struck a cord with Whangamata residents. The local ratepayer’s association has launched a survey of both residents and ratepayers and within a week, have received over 400 responses. Whangamata Ratepayers Association spokesperson, Amanda Stevenson, said […]
By John Freer Consideration of establishing Mercury Bay as a World Heritage Park has the backing of an international expert who is already working on similar projects in Asia. Professor Gordon Maxwell, who resides in Hong Kong while also farming near Hikutaia, has told CFM that Mercury Bay warrants such status to not just preserve […]
By John Freer It is renowned as one of the international tourist destinations on the Coromandel Peninsula, but the visitors are still not arriving, because they believe the access road is closed. This is the case for the Tapu-Coroglen Road, it is closed, but only once you are past the Rapaura Water Gardens. Unfortunately, Google […]
By John Freer Interviewing Rob Goldring is a very sobering experience. The discussion is about the recent wildfires in North America and how a similar scenario could be experienced on the Coromandel Peninsula. Rob is the Community Risk Manager for Fire and Emergency New Zealand in the Waikato. It is very easy to determine his […]
By John Freer Tourism on the Coromandel Peninsula continues to face significant challenges – having experienced the impacts of storms and pandemics, the region’s main lifeblood is still very much exposed. Aware of this and advocating the position is the person charged with the task of encouraging visitors, being Destination Hauraki Coromandel General Manager, Hadley […]
By John Freer The Hauraki Coromandel draft cycle and bike strategy, currently out for public feedback, could increase the region’s cycling economic impact by 47 percent. This is one of the reasons given for the importance of the proposal which, currently for the east coast alone, contributes $8.4 million each year. Outlining the strategy and […]
