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By John Freer The meeting room had to be changed as the original choice could not cater for the numbers. This appeared to inject new life into the Whangamata Ratepayers Association today, organisers being overwhelmed by the number of people fronting to discuss flooding issues across their town. A rough count had somewhere between 140 […]

By John Freer Members of the Coromandel Peninsula businesses community, iwi and councillors had the chance to sell the need for significant on-going government support on the back of the devastation and impact of double cyclones. In Thames today was the Minister co-ordinating the storm recovery, Minister Michael Wood. After spending the afternoon meeting with […]

By John Freer Warren Maher is passionate about fishing but he is devastated by what is happening to the likes of our snapper, kahawai and trevally. Tairua-based, Warren is the Vice-Chairman of the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council, and he is the Thames Coromandel councillor on the Waikato Regional Council. He stood for council last […]

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 […]


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