Interview
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By John Freer The playing of the last post will be heard across the Coromandel Peninsula and Hauraki district this week as ANZAC Day is recognised. Parades and services are planned involving many communities – the flavour of which recognise the formality of the Thames Dawn service and a connection with Sir Keith Park, to […]
Hauraki District Council Mayor, Toby Adams, is not giving his blessing to the Government’s revised Three Waters Programme. The refreshment of the scheme – now referred to at Affordable Water Reforms, was announced late last week. Adams said while the scheme may assist some councils, his had made significant and appropriate water investment over the […]
By John Freer If he becomes Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon will work to fix our roads – he will do it in collaboration with our local council and interested parties and on a priority basis. Now that we have that out of the way, there was a freshness about having the Leader of the Opposition […]
Business recovery funding for the Coromandel Peninsula, Hauraki District and Waikato has a shortfall of $7 million dollars when considering applications lodged, and the funding available. This despite the Government saying it had boosted the original cyclone recovery fund by $25 million. The region has received $3.8 million – there have been 508 applications with […]
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 […]
